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I had a friend recently ask me this question: What is Pinterest? It’s one of the fasting growing websites right now. It’s a type of social media, but very different from Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn. I use it as a way to organize my website bookmarks. Anytime I see something, like a craft, project, tutorial,…
We love doing projects in our homeschool! I don’t do as many as I’d like, but here are a few we did last year. One of my favorites was the Civil War lapbook from Homeschool in the Woods. We absolutely love their history materials! Here are a few of the projects we did last…
A few years ago I realized that it was going to be impossible to throw a big party for all our kids every year. So, we decided they could have one at 5 years and 10 years. We had our first 10-year party this year. Our son loves Legos, so we planned a party around…
Here is an updated version of a previous post. I saw a friend at the library today who asked how I decide what books to get at the library. Below are some ways to find good books and some of my favorites! I had a friend ask about homeschooling preschool and thought I’d share a…
Here is what we’re working on this month: History: Vikings (reading library books, crafts, food, lapbook). Listen to Story of the World middle ages CDs in the car. Music: violin lessons, Haydn composer study (read bios and listen to his music) Science: Simple machines (library books, lapbook). Nature study (frogs, flowers, trees, bugs). Biography: Abraham…
We have been studying Pilgrims and Thanksgiving for the past few weeks. I read aloud Stories of the Pilgrims, which I highly recommend. We also listened to A Thanksgiving to Remember by Barbara Rainey (Family Life). It’s an excellent recording, which uses sound effects, music and different characters speaking to tell of the Pilgrims’…
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