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What are some of the coolest things you can see in the night sky?
The night sky is full of incredible sights for curious nature explorers. In this episode of the No Sweat Nature Study Podcast, children learn about three amazing things you might see after dark: shooting stars, comets, and the Northern Lights. A northern lights nature study is a wonderful way to spark curiosity about the sky while helping kids understand what they are actually seeing when they look up at night. During the episode, listeners learn what causes meteors to streak across the sky, why comets grow glowing tails when they move closer to the Sun, and what the Northern Lights…
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40 Games to Teach History in the Homeschool
Do your children love history, or do you hit walls every time you try to teach it? I hated history as a child, mostly because the textbooks were horribly boring, the teachers were dry as a crust of day-old bread,…
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How To Easily Plan Monthly Homeschool Field Trips
For years, we’ve taken at least one homeschool field trip each month of the school year. These trips have created some of our best memories and have always provided us with wonderful learning opportunities. It may sound overwhelming to plan…
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Great Ideas for St. Patrick’s Day Fun in Your Homeschool
Sometimes, funschooling is as simple as gathering in the kitchen to create easy themed treats and curling up with a giant stack of really good books. A laid-back St. Patrick’s Day like this may feel ordinary in the moment, but…
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Why do waterfalls make so much noise?
Waterfalls are powerful, beautiful, and impossible to ignore, but have you ever stopped to wonder why they are so loud? In this episode’s waterfall nature study, we explore the science of that deep, steady roar. From smoothly flowing streams to…
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How to Teach Geography with Living Books
I hated geography as a child. It was tedious and repetitive, and it involved a lot of looking up things like the population of a given country, which I have never cared to look up since. It wasn’t until I…
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50 of the Best Character Building Chapter Books for Boys
Now that I’m a “boy-only mom” (because my daughter is in college) choosing read-aloud books requires a new consideration. Will the potential book appeal to my boys? I can’t get away any longer with reading books that have any sort…
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