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18 Feb

We have been reading Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel, as part of our Five in a Row (FIAR) curriculum. This is a classic children’s book, written in 1939. It is about a man who takes his well-loved steam shovel, Mary Anne, on an adventure to show that they are just as good – or better than all of the new gas, electric and diesel shovels. Of course, we read the book several times, but Clark and Luci enjoyed watching the movie for one of the days. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZtXtbZn5f0 Community Helpers and Transportation The story of Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel includes a lot of community helpers. Many of...

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13 Feb

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....

06:09 / Craft Projects / Homeschool / Our Best Life
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04 Feb

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...

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15 Dec

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...

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29 Nov

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...

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27 Oct

After taking some time off from Five in a Row, we are back, studying The Glorious Flight by Alice and Martin Provensen.  I chose this book because Clark has been asking some very specific questions recently about airplanes and how they fly.  So I thought this would provide a great opportunity to take him in the direction of his interest. The Glorious Flight tells the story about Louis Bleriot who, with great persistence and passion, built a flying machine to become one of the first to fly across a large body of water, the English Channel. Social Studies  We began our study of The Glorious Flight by talking about human...

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