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Math Review
I admit that I’ve never had a love affair with math. In fact, I’m sure my track record with mathematics
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Postcard Learning: Part One
The kids recently received this postcard from their big sister R. from Rwanda. Getting mail is always exciting but it’s
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Practical Life
We’ve been taking advantage of all of the recent markdowns on educational products, so Pumpkin received some new materials for
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Learning about weather
Big Daddy found this website when the boys became curious about how clouds are formed.I’ve noticed he has really started
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Building a House
Our family has been blessed this year to be able to custom build our own home. It’s been an exciting
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Tips for planning a homeschool field trip
Readers of my blog (and personal friends) have commented on the large number of field trips we take as part
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Montessori Math: Spindle Box
Pumpkin had her turn with the spindle box today. She did very well counting using one-to-one correspondence, but started to
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Family Math: Odd or Even
Oddness and evenness are important concepts for understanding fractions, algebra and other advanced mathematics. Purpose: To understand numbers Activity: Odd
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Project Feederwatch: Setting up bird feeders
We are participating in Project Feederwatch and today we set up our bird feeders.The kids are hopeful that we will
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Meet the Author
Reading Rockets Meet the Author is a great new resource I found online to help with our author studies. You
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Cardinal Study
Lesson Plan: Read chapter 27: “A new friend and an old one” from The Burgess bird book for children. Read
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Meet the Author
Reading Rockets Meet the Author is a great new resource I found online to help with our author studies. You
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Family Math
One of my new favorite math resources is the book, Family Math by Jean Kerr Stenmark, Virginia Thompson and Ruth
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Nature Walk: Grassy Waters
Today we went on a nature walk with a group of other homeschoolers at Grassy Waters Preserve. It’s a gorgeous
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Project Feederwatch
Inspired by the Great Backyard Bird Count we are now participating in Project Feederwatch. Although there is a $15 fee
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