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Homeschool

There is one thing I’ve learned from homeschooling: If you don’t make holidays and celebrations into a really big deal, then your kids are going to miss out. This is especially true in my case, being a Canadian, transplanted into the United States. I was actually a little surprised to learn that I had very little understanding of many of the holidays. The great part is, as a Homeschooler, I get to learn with my children! Today we are using the opportunity to learn about President's Day, while sharing some activities and resources for homeschool. Starting with the Basics President’s Day is...

Kids never get tired of building, do they?  As I was going to bed last night, I tripped over an elaborate arrangement of blankets, toys and chairs in the hallway, which was apparently a gnome village of some sort.  As I peeked into Clark’s room, I see his room completely draped in more sheets and blankets.  I didn’t even dare to go in.  So I go to bed, deeply disturbed about the probable condition of my linen cabinet. I feel like I am constantly navigating construction, circuits, and forts. I find this sort of thing around the house all the time....

We’ve been studying the classic children’s book, Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel as part of our Five in a Row homeschool curriculum. This is the story about Mike Mulligan, who, along with his beloved steam shovel, Mary Ann, finds himself caught in a changing world. In fact, the book was written in 1939, around the time when steam shovels were being replaced with diesel engines, which were cheaper and simpler to use. Learning How a Steam Shovel Works Clark was immediately fascinated by the steam shovel in the story and wanted to know exactly how it worked. We learned that the first, crude steam...

As the weather slowly turned cool, ushering in fall, our next Five in a Row adventure seemed an obvious one: How to Make an Apple Pie and see the World. Growing up, I have some wonderful memories of my parents taking us each fall to the apple orchards to pick bushel after bushel of apples. They were the best apples I have ever tasted. Right off the tree, they were cold, crisp and delicious. Unfortunately, we don’t have the opportunity to pick bushels of apples in apple orchards, but we can bake an apple pie! How to Make and Apple Pie With the assistance of...

We’ve been reading the book, How to Make an Apple Pie and see the World as part of our homeschool curriculum. Of course, learning about apples was a logical part of this study, but when I told Clark and Luci that we were going to learn about, their response was: “What?! We already KNOW about apples!” Well, surprise, surprise, they still had lots to learn! One of Luci’s favorite projects during our apple unit study was a little puzzle that I made for her. Luci loves puzzles, so if there’s ever an opportunity to do a puzzle, she’s fully engaged. From the time she...

Here’s a super simple craft for your young ones.  It’s a great way to help learn the Letter A, as well as the differences between a capital or lower case Letter A.  It’s a little labor-intensive with the scissors, but very doable.  We have been reading the book, How to Bake an Apple Pie and See the World, and this little craft made for an enjoyable afternoon together.  Or actually it took a couple of afternoons, because it’s no easy to cut out all those apples! We found these cute apples to cut out at Confessions of a Homeschooler.  They just happened to be...