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Mothers Homeschool Journal 10/30/11 - 10/14/11
In my life this week…We have had a busy past two weeks. I have been working on canning apples and grapes. We are finished with the grapes now, but we will still have some more apples to can. I am...
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Elephant study using Elephants Can Paint Too!
Pin ItLittle BBQ chose the book Elephants can Paint Too! by Katya Arnold at the library. I decided to turn this short and easy nonfiction book into a small unit study for him. Elephants can Paint Too!...
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El Dia De Los Muertos Toddler Craft
This year our family threw the annual homeschool Halloween party at our house. To add a twist to the party I also made the party an El Dia De Los Muertos party as well since there are always tons of...
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Homeschool Mother's Journal 10/21/2011-11/4/2011
In my life this week…We have been doing lots of partying lately. I love this time of year with all the fun parties that the kids get to attend, and we even hosted a party ourselves! We very rarely host...
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How I Taught My Preschooler How to Multiply
Pin ItLittle BBQ has been asking to learn multiplication, so I decided to give it a shot. Little BBQ already has a good grasp of addition and subtraction so multiplication seemed like a logical next...
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Marigold Necklaces
Pin ItEl Dia De Los Muertos is a holiday celebrated in Mexico to honor the dead (for a more detailed description of this holiday click here). Marigold garland is traditionally made to decorate alters...
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Even Steven and Odd Todd Gingerbread Cut Outs
Pin ItWe have been enjoying the Christmas season here at our house. We have also been doing a lot of learning. We read the book, Even Steven and Odd Todd by Kathryn Cristaldi which teaches children...
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Freezing Art
Pin ItFor Christmas I got the kids some liquid water colors because I was tired of struggling to get the water color pellets to produce nice vibrant colors that I had seen on so many art teacher blogs....
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Weaving A Pot Holder With a Loop Loom
Pin ItOne of the best parts about homeschooling is that you can pick and choose different styles of education that you like and work well for your family. One of the things that I really liked about...
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Pinecone, Lard, and Bird Seed Winter Bird Feeders
We have been having an usually mild winter this year, but we decided to give the birds some good winter time bird food anyway. In general, birds need more fat during winter time, so we used lard in our...
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Toddler Nature Journal
Pin ItIt seems that everyone is talking about nature journals these days. They are a very popular tool for teaching children drawing, observation skills, and science. At our house, we use nature...
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Building Secondary Cavity Nesting Bird Nests: Bluebird, House Wren, Tree...
We have been studying birds as part of our nature study in the past few weeks. In particular, we have been focusing on the Bluebird. Bluebirds are secondary cavity nesters meaning that they can not...
View ArticleMelissa and Doug Pinterest Giveaway
Melissa and Doug is doing a giveaway on Pinterest! All you have to do is make a board called "Spring Wish List" and pin 10 Melissa and Doug items that you like. At least 5 of the items have to be in...
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Activities for The Secret Life of Walter Kitty
Little BBQ has requested that Miss Bubbles participate more in our school which is a challenge since Miss Bubbles is only 2 years old. Miss Bubbles calls our school, "special school." I love that she...
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Paper Mâché Bluebirds
We have been continuing to work on our bluebird studies. I decided to take a big leap and have us attempt paper mâché bluebirds. For me this is a big step in our homeschool because I am not...
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Mushroom Hunting
We went on a super cool field trip this morning. We went mushroom hunting! We did not find a lot of mushrooms, but we had a blast. We had an excellent guide that knew every plant that we came across on...
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Wild Forest Plants
Yesterday we went on a nature hike with an awesome guide who knew all sorts of edible plants that are found wild in our local wood lands. Here are some of the plants that we identified on our...
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Free Homeschooling Curriculum, Textbooks, and Resources
It seems like everyone these days is trying to save some money, so I have been working on compiling a list of free homeschooling curriculum, textbooks, and general resources. I hope you find this list...
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Craft: Olympic Medals
We have been doing a unit study in order to prepare for the London 2012 games. I am so excited to watch diving, swimming, and gymnastics again this summer, so I wanted to transfer some of my excitement...
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Designing Olympic Uniforms and the Olympic Village
We have been studying the upcoming Olympics here at our house. One of the things we discussed a lot was what being on a team meant since this year was the first time that Little BBQ played on a team...
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