Category Archives: History

History, Homeschooling

Jesus and the Early Church

03/17/2015 Danielle Huddleston Leave a comment

To go along with our study of Hero of Alexandria we learned about Jesus the and the early church.

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At first I thought we would just read the bible but just reading one chapter after another of the new testament was not working.

So I bought “Case for Christ for Kids (Case for… Series for Kids)” by Lee Stobel

We had really enjoyed “Case for a Creator for Kids (Case for… Series for Kids)” by Lee Stobel for our Creation Study.

Case for Christ for kids was a great book!

It laid out the argument against Christ and used logic to look at the fallacies in a kid friendly way.

Both of his kids books we have read have been a great intro into Apologetics.

The Adventures in Odyssey has several audio shows about Jesus as well that would be great for this study.

For the history of the Early Church we read, “The Ides of April (Ray, Mary, Roman Empire Sequence.)” and “Beyond the Desert Gate” by Mary Ray, “Attack at the Arena (AIO Imagination Station Books Book 2)” an imagination station book,

and “For the Temple A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem” by G.A. Henty(which you can get free for your kindle).

His books seem to be more geared towards 10+, but my oldest(8yrs old) enjoys them.

They are just a bit more of a challenge for him.

I also bought “Spartacus (Young Reading Series Two)” by Russell Punter since it was during that time period.

History, Museums/Events

The Battle of Round Mountain Educational Day ~Yale, OK

02/24/2015 Danielle Huddleston Leave a comment

I found out about the Battle of Round Mountain Winter Encampment in Yale, OK right before it took place last year and did not make it!

So this year I was determined to get out there.

Friday is the educational day, Saturday and Sunday they have a battle re-enactment.

It is hosted at the Assemblies of God church in Yale.

You park in the church parking lot, go behind the church and you will see the trail sign.

There is a path that leads to the camp.

This was a wonderful setup.

She was so nice and shared so much information with us about the food during that time!

She really wanted the boys to touch everything!

We ended up buying some Molasses Cookies from her and it was like I was back at my Grandma’s house.

She loved Molasses cookies.

There were a couple of shops with some clothing, candy, and toys to buy.

My oldest wanted to know if the pants were pajamas.

This man loved to share and teach.

He wanted to show the kids everything.

I am so thankful for people like this, that share their love of history with kids.

His son was there as well and gave us a demonstration on his drum!

If you would like to hear what it sounded like, I posted a short video I took on YouTube, here.

We remember seeing this guy last year at the Honey Springs Re-enactment.

My oldest was pretty excited to see an artillery sign.

He likes the big guns…

Not sure where to start getting your children excited about history?

Check out how I introduced a love of history to my boys, here.

Or some of my favorite books for kids on the civil war, here.

History, Museums/Events

Living history event at the USS Batfish ~Muskogee, OK

02/10/2015 Danielle Huddleston Leave a comment

Last Saturday was the living history event at the USS Batfish in Muskogee!

That means that the museum and submarine were filled with people dressed up in period clothes to answer questions.

My boys were pretty excited to get to go in the submarine again!

I really enjoy being around others who appreciate history.

We recognized a few of the people from other events!

Did you know there is a submarine in Oklahoma?

Check out their site and go for a visit!