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Layered Liquids

We really enjoy our Science studies together. This week we discussed density and why things sink or float. We started
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Great Backyard Bird Count: Day One

We had a great first day looking for birds in our neighborhood.We spent an hour and 15 minutes birdwatching in
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The Great Backyard Bird Count

The Great Backyard Bird Count started today. If you aren’t familiar with what it is, it is basically an annual
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Track Day

The boys had their first Track and Field Exhibition with their homeschool Physical Education Co-op. It was a cold and
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Manatee Study

As part of our study on manatees we read a few more books about manatees, made a paperbag puppet and
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Drawing Lessons

I started using, Little Kids…Draw! by Teacher’s Friend Publications a few weeks ago. It is for early learners and includes
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A Child’s Garden of Verses

This year we discovered, A Child’s Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson and I was pleasantly surprised to learn
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Counting

Pumpkin is counting using one to one correspondence and working on her numeral recognition. She is doing very well with
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Nature Study with Dad

Daddy recently came across an animal skeleton at the golf course. Being the homeschool dad that he is, in between
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Shut the Box

As a way to work on our addition skills we are playing Shut the Box regularly with the boys. The
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Building Blocks

We added Wood Pioneer Blocks to our Center Time rotation and the kids are having a good time constructing homes
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A study of seeds or a fun craft?

Flip Flops and Applesauce posted a free Paper Samara Spinner template. It mimics the movement the Samara fruit makes when
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Enchanted Forest Nature Sanctuary

On the way home we stopped off at Enchanted Forest Nature Sanctuary in Titusville, Florida. We wanted to visit this
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Entertaining on the Road

How do you keep 3 children and an infant entertained over 1,700 miles?Here is just a taste of what we
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Audubon Center for Birds of Prey

We made a quick trip over to Maitland, Florida today to visit the Audubon Center for Birds of Prey. We
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The Devil’s Millhopper

The Devil’s Millhopper is a 117-foot sinkhole that formed when the roof of an underground cave collapsed. It is now
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