Posted in cooking/home ec, art, holidays, science, math on Feb 13th, 2008 No Comments »
Valentine’s Day: theme by theme….
Here’s ways to work the holiday into every subject. I wrote this for my newsletter a few years ago & I haven’t rechecked the links yet, so apologies if any are dead.
Art:
This site has instructions on how to make a beautiful little heart shaped scrapbook
http://crafterscommunity.com/view/220/Valentine_Scrap_Book […]
Posted in Fun, science on Feb 13th, 2008 No Comments »
Build a Blood Cell!
Materials needed:
ziplock baggie
some kind of cooking oil
cranberry jelly or red gelatin
a dark button
about 10-12 grains of rice
Put all of the ingredients into the ziplock baggie and squish around to mix. The oil will separate and show blobs here and there.
Those represent the white blood cells, the cranberry or gelatin […]
Posted in lesson plans, nature, science on Feb 11th, 2008 No Comments »
We host various science and history themed homeschool events at a local historic site and tomorrow we’re having “Sun, Wind and Weather” Day. I thought I’d post the agenda in case anybody wanted to incorporate some into their own homeschool. We use a lot of supplies like UV beads and electronic gadgets to […]
Posted in Funnies, pictures, Alex on Feb 10th, 2008 2 Comments »
Daddy got some ridiculous bunny ears for Alex and we tried them on him yesterday. Below, the many faces of Bunny Alex.
Happy Bunny
Mad Bunny
Unsure Bunny
Peeved Bunny
Pensive Bunny
Wonky Bunny
Scrunchy Bunny
Resolved Bunny
Posted in cool sites, contests, Fun, science on Feb 9th, 2008 No Comments »
This could be neat for kids to take part in!
NASA is inviting members of the general public from around the […]
Posted in Japanese, Clubs & Classes on Feb 8th, 2008 No Comments »
Today the kids start their new Japanese lessons. We’re so excited. A homeschooling dad set the class up at a college about an hour from us. The teacher is a Japanese student at the college and she’ll be teaching the kids not only the language but also culture. It’s a small class of just 5 […]
Posted in cool sites, Goals, nature on Feb 6th, 2008 1 Comment »
The Great Backyard Bird Count is coming up in a little over a week. We’ve taken part for a few years and the kids really enjoy it. Here’s some info if you want to join in…
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
11th Annual Great Backyard Bird Count
February 15 – 18, 2008
Count for Fun, Count for the […]
Posted in cool sites, holidays on Feb 5th, 2008 1 Comment »
Happy Mardi Gras!
I’m sore and tired from a long night with the baby so I got a late start to the day. Even so, I can’t let today slip by without celebrating it with the kids!
The girls are presently making bead necklaces and bracelets. They’re wearing green, gold and purple and pretty soon we’re going […]
Posted in Daily log, Fun, reading on Feb 5th, 2008 No Comments »
Daryl and the kids have been doing Reader’s Theater lately and having lots of fun. Since we have Betsy-Tacy fans here, Daryl copied a section of one of those books and assigned parts for everybody to read. The piece they performed yesterday was where the girls make “Everything Pudding” while alone in the kitchen one […]
I came downstairs this afternoon and found Victoria wearing round blue glasses and playing “college teacher” with Jack and Anna. She had them at the dining room table, filling out homework pages. I came back a little while later and was told that she’d given Annalee a “pop quiz” and she had to […]
I'm a frazzled AP mom to 4 fabulous kids in rural Minnesota. Homeschooling here tends to be child-led and focused on fun. We do lots of crafts, reading and exploring. I'm madly in love with my brilliant, goofy lug of a husband and I don't get nearly enough sleep.