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Exploring Volume in First Grade Math
February 20, 2013
This year, Gresham is doing first grade math with Making Math Meaningful. We have finally landed on MMM after sampling several math programs. (If you're interested, I wrote a comparison…
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Build a Moving Target for Nerf Guns
February 18, 2013
Over the weekend, my husband had the idea that it would be fun to build a moving target for the boys to use with their Nerf guns. He was envisioning…
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Lego Fun Friday: Bridge Building Challenge
February 14, 2013
It's time for LEGO® Fun Friday! This is the building challenge for today (announced at the end of the last Lego Fun Friday post): Build a bridge out of LEGO®'s!…
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Turtle Activities for Preschoolers
February 12, 2013
Last week was turtle week at our home school! Turtle Patterns Owen (age 3) had fun counting and making patterns with turtles. I printed three types of turtles -…
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Egg Carton Turtle Craft
February 11, 2013
Last week was turtle week in our homeschooling! The older boys had arrived at the turtle chapter in their science book (Exploring Creation with Zoology Vol. 3), and so I…
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Lego Math: How Many Legos Does it Weigh?
February 5, 2013
Yesterday Gresham and I had so much fun with LEGO®'s and math! We made a balance using a clothes hanger (I saw the idea on Kids Activities Blog), but instead…
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Preschool Counting Activities
January 30, 2013
While Gresham was playing his math games this week, I needed a way to keep Owen (age 3) occupied. He hates to play by himself, so his favorite place to…
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DIY Marble Bowling Game
January 27, 2013
DIY Marble Bowling with Pencil Eraser Pins Last spring, we sold our home and moved into a larger home, which we actually purchased from friends. Their kids are older than…
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An Alphabet Lift-the-Flap Craft for Preschoolers
January 23, 2013
Preschoolers love to keep their hands busy! It's a constant task around here to find enough things to keep Owen's hands busy while Aidan and Gresham are doing their school…
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Exploring Nature with Kids by Observing and Sketching
January 22, 2013
After being more or less at home for 11 days in a row with sick children (we got out a few times to get library books and buy more tissues!)…
