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Exploring Seeds and Nature
October 15, 2012
Last week, we spent some time exploring seeds after being inspired by this post on Teach Preschool. First, we went on a walk to see how many different types of…
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Pattern Block Art
September 30, 2012
The boys and I made art with construction paper pattern blocks and had so much fun! To make them, I traced our pattern block shapes onto construction paper and cut…
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Angry Birds Beanbags and Activities
September 6, 2012
Much to my children's chagrin, we don't spend very much time on video games at our house. This spring, however, I got my first smart phone and we downloaded Angry…
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American West Pioneer Activities: Part 2
August 22, 2012
If you missed Part 1 in our Pioneer Series, you can find it here. Field Trip After learning about wagon trains and American frontier life, I wanted to find a…
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American West Pioneer Activities: Part 1
August 20, 2012
We've been having so much fun studying wagon trains and the American frontier in Aidan's history this year (Sonlight Core E)! In fact, we are just about to start studying…
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Pool Noodle Marble Run
July 13, 2012
We had extra pool noodle ends left over from our pool noodle light sabers, so I thought the boys would have fun making marble runs with them. I've seen several…
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Make Your Own PVC Pipe Sling Shot
June 14, 2012
Aidan and I designed and built a PVC pipe sling shot yesterday! We had a lot of fun building a PVC pipe sprinkler last summer (the cool part is that…
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Electricity Experiments for Kids
March 19, 2012
Spring fever, anyone? The end of the school year definitely calls for some high-interest activities to keep kids (and mom!) on board with the whole homeschooling thing! I announced to…
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More Favorite Chapter Books for Boys
March 11, 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…
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Science Experiment: Solids, Liquids, and Polymers!
November 7, 2011
Gresham and I learned about the states of matter today in his science book. We're doing The Berenstein Bear's Big Book of Science and Nature as part of Sonlight Core…
