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Easy-to-Make Felt Snowman Toddler Activity
December 7, 2011
Keeping Owen (age 2) busy while we do our home school work is a perpetual challenge... I am always on the lookout for things that keep him busy at the…
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Blow up a Balloon with Baking Soda and Vinegar
November 10, 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…
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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…
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Fall Tree Art Project
November 4, 2011
I was inspired by Red Ted Art's Blog to make fall tree paintings with the boys, and they turned out great! We did this project over two days. On the…
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Science and Math Activity: Measuring the Length of Sea Animals
November 1, 2011
This year in science, Aidan and I are studying Apologia's Exploring Creation with Swimming Creatures of the Fifth Day. We love Apologia science! So far, we have learned about whales,…
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Frugal Costume Ideas: Frontiersman, Zookeeper, and More
October 27, 2011
Last night was our church's annual fall fair! Our costumes were simpler than the Toy Story Army Guy costumes that we did last year, but we still had a great…
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Make a Plastic Cup Rocket Launcher
October 19, 2011
When the most recent of issue of Family Fun magazine arrived last week, we did one of the activities right away! These rocket launchers made out of plastic cups were…
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Hot Wheels Math
October 12, 2011
Gresham was thrilled when I announced that we were going to do math with hot wheels cars! This activity was similar to our counting scavenger hunt, but covered the skill…
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Tinker Toy Star Wars Battle Droid
October 5, 2011
This morning, Aidan and Gresham decided to build Star Wars droids during a break from school. We got a Star Wars book at the library yesterday, and I could hear…
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Monarch Butterly Life Cycle
October 3, 2011
This past week, we had the fun of observing part of the Monarch butterfly's life cycle! We have a friend who teaches kindergarten, and she always raises Monarch caterpillars/butterflies with…
