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My Father's Dragon - A Literature Unit for Ages 3-6 (Part 1)
January 14, 2013
When I was in college, my elementary reading professor gave each of us a copy of My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett (Amazon Affiliate link). I can't remember if I…
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Cereal Box Name Project for Preschoolers
January 8, 2013
This name project was so simple, but it was Owen's favorite out of everything we've done recently! He has been becoming increasingly aware of letters that he knows on books…
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Engineering for Kids: Build a Bridge with Straws and Straight Pins
January 7, 2013
Last week, one of Aidan's history lessons was about advancements in bridge building during the 1800's. We are reading Landmark History of the American People as part of Sonlight Core…
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Make a Felt Play Scene for Toy Animals
January 2, 2013
My boys love to play with toy animals, especially Gresham who is our biggest animal fan. We've built up a pretty good collection of Schleich animals over the years, and…
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Indoor "Texas" Snowballs
December 21, 2012
Well, we've made it to the point of the Christmas season where we are so close to the big day that the boys are completely wound up, and yet we…
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Easy Science Experiments with Momentum
December 6, 2012
Lately, I've been doing a unit on physics with my boys that I prepared years ago when I taught science classes for homeschoolers. Of all the physics experiments we did,…
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Simple Science Experiment with Inertia
December 5, 2012
We had a lot of fun exploring Isaac Newton's first law of motion with a simple science experiment! Newton's 1st Law of Motion states that an object at rest tends…
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Christmas Tree Math
November 28, 2012
We made homeschooling a little more festive this week with some Christmas tree math! Gresham (1st grade) is working on learning his addition facts, so I made 6 trees with…
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Friction is a Force Science Experiment
November 27, 2012
We have been doing a unit on force and motion this month, and the older two boys have been enjoying the experiments! Our first experiment involved using marbles to study…
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F is for Fish Preschool Unit
November 26, 2012
A few weeks ago, Owen learned that F is for fish is his preschool time. (In fact, I was trying to remember when exactly we did this fish unit, and…
