summer

Why I Take a Summer Break from Homeschooling (and How Learning Seems to Happen Anyway)

In case you haven’t noticed by now, I really love homeschooling. While not every day has been easy, and some…
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Do you take a long summer break from homeschooling? If so, you NEED the I’M BORED Activity List! Because we…
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Maybe you’ve noticed that I haven’t been around for a while? Sometimes life just gets so busy that certain things…
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What could we possibly find during one simple walk around a small pond? Enough to keep us busy for over…
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(This post contains links to my business website, Shining Dawn Books.) August Nature Study Anytime is the perfect time…
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While Mahayla takes a formal, high school biology class this year, Caleb (6th grade) and I (along with the interested…
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In our neck of the woods, July is wild blackberry month. Over time, we’ve located several wild brambles growing along…
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(This post contains links to my products.) It’s caterpillar and butterfly season, but those fast and furious butterflies won’t sit…
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*Although this post is about home vegetable gardening, you’ll notice some of the pictures are from a field day class…
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In our Remarkable Rain NaturExplorers unit, one of the suggested activities is to watch and document an approaching rain system….
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Summer is the perfect time for nature study trips that might be difficult to fit into the regular school schedule. …
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Many people think fungi are only around during the wet and warm spring months. How are these for August and…
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