Shadybrook Acres: Puzzles

Tuesday, April 04, 2006

Puzzles

A friend told us about White Moutain Puzzles and we recently bought the American History puzzle. Six of the children are busy working on it, much faster and with more obsession than I would have preferred. I was hoping it would last a while but 'many hands make light work'. It has been great fun, except when I have to tell them to stop and get to work! :)

We also bought the American Revolution but we are saving that for next year when the boys study that time period with Ambleside Year 4. I had forgotten how nice it is to have a puzzle in process and see everyone work on it from time to time. The nice thing about these puzzles is that you are learning about the topic while you work the puzzle. We plan on adding to our collection over the years and maybe keeping a puzzle going all the time.

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I've been married to my husband since January of 1987. In November of that year our first daughter arrived. Twenty-one years and seven children later, we are living a full life in rural Tennessee. Our children are ages 22, 21, 19, 17, 15, 13 and 9. We've homeschooled from the start ~ back when two little girls sat at their desks filling out preschool workbooks. Boy, have we learned a lot! Now we don't own any desks at all but instead we prefer to gather at the large kitchen table or in the living room with cozy blankets and hot tea to read many wonderful books. I really do love my life!