Ever since the kiddos saw my new watercolor set, they’ve been dying to dig into the bright colors and try them out! And since the weather has been dreary all week, I decided that it would be a great time to really bring out the color. (Inspiration via: this great lesson in our Artistic Pursuits curriculum,) We practiced blending across …Read the Rest
Thanks to our November Sponsors: Speekee offers a Free Trial of their online Spanish program for kids! Did you know that Speekee won the 2011 TOS Homeschool Crew Blue Ribbon Award. Homeschool Mom’s simply LOVE this program. Pssst…. Like them on Facebook for a chance to win a TWO FREE Months! Hearts at Home Curriculum will solve your curriculum gaps! …Read the Rest
This post has been a long time coming. You might already know that we’re using The Mystery of History this year, (you might be annoyed of all my posts about the program), but the program is amazing and has quickly become the CORE of our homeschool days. It’s that good. I quickly found myself scheduling art projects, crafts, and even …Read the Rest
Today I’m joining up with the Not-Back-to-School Blog Hop in order to share what we’ll be using in our classroom for the upcoming 2011-2012 school year. I will be homeschooling a 3rd Grader, and a First Grader next year, and I’m going to do my best to OVERLAP learning where ever possible. In order to prepare for our school year …Read the Rest
I’ve been meaning to post these for a while now, We finished up our Unit on Australia before the start of Summer, and I’m just now getting around to sharing them. Learning about Australia was great fun! We used HOAC Continent Study on Australia As well as Discovering God’s Animals (from COAH) And of course we did lots of crafts …Read the Rest
We are wrapping up our lesson on Landforms! We have been using Beginning Geography which took us though basic map reading, animal habitats and landforms. I can’t say enough how much I loved this e-book, and how much my children loved doing “maps” during school. This week we decided to put all of our knowledge to the test by making …Read the Rest
Are you sick of owl crafts yet? Me too. Almost. Here are a couple more owl books and owl crafts to go along with your Owl Unit Studies. Don’t worry if you’re not learning about owls at the moment. Just bookmark and save :)
Okay, so I’m not really sure what category these little guys are going to fall under, because we made them with rose petals in the shape of hearts…and they look like Spring trees, but Valentine’s Day is not exactly in Spring per-se’ …..so for now we’re just calling them Valentine Trees. Whatever. They’re really easy, and they are like a …Read the Rest
This little guy sure has an expression doesn’t he? He looks a bit Twitterpaited if you ask me. (That term from Bambi might have a whole new meaning now that Twitter is so popular!) The belly of this little guy provides some white space for children to write in key facts or even some poetry about owls! Here’s the Photo …Read the Rest
We’ve added some other Owl resources on our sister sites too! Be sure and check these out and bookmark them for your Owl Unit Studies! Owl Valentine Craft Owl File Folder Game And we’ve got more fun Owl crafts coming too, so stay tuned!
We’ll if you haven’t already figured it out from the Owl File Folder Games, or the preview of the Owl Softie I’m sewing together, we’re busy working and learning about OWLS! And you know what that means…. OWL CRAFTS! Owls are just adorable aren’t they? We started by snagging a bunch of Owl books from the library. Right off the …Read the Rest
Since Sissy is officially in First Grade, it’s time for us to learn all about American Symbols! So over the next few weeks I’ll be adding in some fun Patriotic Themed crafts and activities that we do. Yes, I do realized that it is November and the rest of the world is doing Thanksgiving stuff. But that’s just how we …Read the Rest
These paper lanterns are soooooo simple to make. And they look so pretty when you use Origami Paper and hang them up as decorations. If you’re child can cut in a straight line, they can make these! And they love to have them to hang up in their bedrooms! Click Here for full Photo Tutorials
Just in case your children make something fantastic while learning about Japan Which is likely to happen, with all the amazing art techniques they’ll get to explore) Show them how to make this fun Origami frame to present their art: This frame has an adorable little Fishy I dug out of my new scrapbook set… See, I told you I …Read the Rest
…..Pitter Patter…. Hey What’s that sound? …..Pitter Patter……. There it is again? ….Pitter Patter……Pitter Patter….. I know it’s not my children (they sound like “stomp…stomp…crash…bang”) And it can’t be the baby (his range is a bit confined and can only kick my ribs) ….Pitter Patter….Pitter Patter…..Pitter Patter….. Oh Now I see what it is….. It’s the adorable Japanese Sandals we …Read the Rest
I saw this at Joann’s the other day, and I just couldn’t pass it up. Sewing + Education = Must Buy! All I really did to it was add a fleece backing. I thought about batting, but that’s just too much work for me. So I tried to learn how to do a new stitch on my sewing machine I …Read the Rest
…You can finish off this entire Tostada salad (shell and all) and not even worry about continuing on to the chips and salsa bar. Seriously, this has been my ultimate “craving” this time around, I just can’t get enough of these, or sour cream for that matter. (Lately, I’ve been know to take scoops of sour cream and just eat …Read the Rest
Well, we couldn’t keep the Oil Pastels put away for very long! They’re just too much fun, and too perfect for the Coral Reef theme we’ve been learning about. This time we added in a little “Sandy” fun, to learn more about Starfish. We’ve checked out this book from our local library, aptly named, “Starfish” by Edith Thacher Hurd. So …Read the Rest
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