Homeschool Share Contest!

Thursday, 30 April 2009, 14:12 | Category : Unit Studies
Tags : , , ,

HomeschoolShare.com is an AWESOME site for FREE literature-based unit studies!  Many units also contain lapbooking pages and/or notebooking pages for FREE!  If you’ve never visited, you don’t want to miss this site. Guess where all these wonderful units come from?  Me and you!  People just like us write units based on things we’re actually doing [...]

Science Activity Bags

Wednesday, 29 April 2009, 13:08 | Category : Science
Tags : , , , ,

I can’t tell you how excited I am about the Science Experiements in a Bag exchange we had at co-op this week!  Remember the preschool bags?   The same company that sells the preschool activity bag idea book now has a science experiment bag idea book!  My big kids can’t wait to dive into these! [...]

Co-op Talent Expo

Monday, 27 April 2009, 15:22 | Category : Co-op
Tags : , , , ,

This past weekend was time once again for our co-op’s talent expo.  It’s such a fun time of sharing talents and competing for ribbons in the areas of art, music, drama, spelling, Bible memorization, cooking, woodworking, science fair and/or sewing. This year’s projects for Caleb included two art projects, a *huge* birdhouse and a derby [...]

Caleb’s Latest Invention

Friday, 24 April 2009, 11:07 | Category : Family
Tags : , ,

What can an eight year old boy do with a yard stick, two clothespins, electrical tape and too many rubber bands?  Create a weapon, of course!  (And it really works!)

Creek Walking

Thursday, 23 April 2009, 11:33 | Category : Nature Study
Tags : , , , ,

We have a wonderful little creek on our farm that tends to dry up as summer approaches.  In the spring, though, it’s a source of much fun and nature exploration.  Here are some photos from our walk today.