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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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Musical Shakers - Three Ways!
June 26, 2012
We've been making musical shakers today! And we ended up attempting three different types of shakers... #1: Cardboard Tube Shakers First, we made cardboard tube shakers. We made four and…
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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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Make Your Own I Spy Book
May 20, 2012
Owen turned 3 on Friday! I can't believe how big he's getting! For his birthday, Aidan and I worked together to make Owen an "I Spy" book. We had a…
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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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Easy Ways to Keep Preschoolers Busy
February 4, 2012
One of the most challenging parts of homeschooling (for us, anyway) is keeping 2 year old Owen busy while the other boys are doing their work! Now that a new…
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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…
