By SarahDees, on March 11th, 2012%
A year ago, I posted about our favorite chapter books for boys in two parts. (You can find those posts here and here.)
Now that Aidan is a year older and has read many more books, I thought I’d post some more titles that we recommend!
Last week, Jonathan had a doctor’s appointment, and . . . → Read More: More Favorite Chapter Books for Boys
By SarahDees, on February 23rd, 2012%
Our computer is back! Hooray! Not much time for writing at the moment, but I wanted to post a couple of quick math ideas for the kindergarten/first grade crowd.
Gresham and I worked on comparisons today:
Gresham made cube “towers” for the ages of our family members. This picture shows Dad (33), . . . → Read More: Math Activities: Comparisons
By SarahDees, on January 25th, 2012%
It hasn’t really worked to take time off from school while we adjust to life with a new baby, but we do need our school routine to be more simple than usual. My latest idea (we’ll see how well this works) is to choose a math or science “concept of the day” . . . → Read More: Concept of the Day: Measuring
By SarahDees, on January 21st, 2012%
Here is an idea for a unit study notebook that can be customized for any topic!
We had planned to take some time off of homeschooling after our new baby was born (he’s almost 3 weeks already! I can’t believe it!), but as it turns out, a lot of “down time” just doesn’t work . . . → Read More: American History Unit Study Notebook
By SarahDees, on November 10th, 2011%
We seem to be on a science kick this week! The reason is that Gresham’s science has corresponded with several activities that I did when I taught science (before my kids were born).
Here is a simple chemistry experiment that you can do with everyone’s favorite baking soda and vinegar reaction! Making a volcano . . . → Read More: Blow up a Balloon with Baking Soda and Vinegar
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