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Blogs that Nurture
Heart of the Matter is looking for a list of your favorite Blogs that Nurture.Nominate your favorite blogs by February
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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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Chapter 2
Lesson Plan:Read pages 8-11 in YNGF Create your own nature journal. You can email education@audubon.org to request a FREE copy
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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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State Tree: Sabal Palm (Cabbage Palm)
used with permission from Jacquelyn Modesitt Schindehettewww.floridalandscapes.com This tree was important in historical times, when early settlers used its leaf
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