I’m planning to get my act together with preschool during summer break. I’ve found it really hard to add Eli into the schedule and his time has suffered more than I had hoped. We still manage to do fun things, just not quite as often as I’d like. Here are a few things we’ve done…
ALL planned unit studies for the 2009-10 school year are finished! To wrap up the school year by the end of April, we’ll be completing plans and texts for all of our other subjects and adding in a few fun writing, science and art lessons. While the kids work, I’ll begin the process of putting…
For well over a year, Caleb scrimped and saved every bit of money he could in his little money box. He made calling cards for family members telling them he was available for any kind of work to earn cash. He shredded papers for one grandma, washed cars and fish tanks for the other grandma,…
I continue to be impressed by the materials Prufrock Press sends me for review. Believe me, if I didn’t like something, I wouldn’t post about it! And if I don’t actually use it in my homeschool, I won’t post about it either! Hands-On Geometry is a book we used in our school once a week…
We spent much of our month with Matisse completing art with scissors since Matisse’s later works were often collages or realistic and abstract art constructed from cuttings. The artwork below was actually harder than it looks. I asked the kids to use rulers to measure the desired sized blocks of color for the background. The…
Johannes Brahms Composer Study Resources
I hate to admit that our study of the 50’s and 60’s was a bit more boring than the 20th century thus far. It’s partly because the gusto of school is waning as we see the end in sight, and partly because we covered most of this previously when we vacationed in Alabama last November….
We’ve been on the hunt for signs of erosion this month during our nature walks – and what a treasure we found! KY is known to have several cave systems because of the large amount of limestone rock that makes up the foundation. We also live near a large creek, have found many springs on…
This was a fun little activity Eli and I did as we talked about March winds. It’s super simple, too. I colored water with food coloring then let him use an eye dropper to place colored dots on a piece of card stock. He used a straw to blow the colored water all over the…
As spring kicks into gear, so does our schedule. And so does our time spent outdoors, which is why I’ve disappeared here a bit lately. We’re also moving into our final month of school (giddy jumping up and down) and trying to tie up loose ends. I have a lot of posts in the works,…
I had mentioned in my WWII post about the Cincinnati Museum Center. Besides the Cincinnati History Museum, this historical building – Union Terminal – houses the Duke Energy Children’s Museum and the Museum of Natural History and Science. (Oh, yes, and an Omnimax Theater and Amtrak Terminal.) For a very fair price, you can choose…
World War II was yet another touching unit in our household. We have grown to love history SO much through the use of living literature, good informational texts and projects. History was something I yawned over year after year in high school and college. I couldn’t imagine EVER liking it! It’s been a refreshing journey…