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Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Memory Work

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DD is learning a couple of new poems from a very old book we own from 1904 called the Value of Cheerfulness . We both like these poems an...
Monday, January 2, 2012

Spelling: oi and oy words; ow and ou words

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We are doing lots of spelling review over the holidays just to keep things fresh. Today and tomorrow I'll share some of the spelling ...
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Friday, December 30, 2011

Mt. Vernon, George Washington's Home

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A couple of weeks ago we lucky to be able to take a trip to see George Washington's home, Mt. Vernon. It was a full day and the kids ...
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Thursday, December 29, 2011

Astronomy Unit: The Moon (Day 2)

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On this day we read about the Moon and did the lapbook components to add to our science notebook. What's perfect about these lapbooks...
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Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Astronomy Unit: The Moon (Day 1)

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 The moon is very far away (225,622 miles to 252,088 miles depending on its position in its elliptical orbit around the Earth). NASA had...
Monday, December 26, 2011

Happy Holidays!

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Since we are taking a couple of weeks off, I have some posts scheduled to post automatically.  I'll be sharing more pictures of our a...
Thursday, December 22, 2011

Holiday Crafts

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 This is by far my favorite craft we did this year!  You glue toothpicks onto a star (cut out from cardboard or poster board).  Then ...
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Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Astronomy Unit: Inner and Outer Planets, The Asteroid Belt

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We seem to talk about the planets about once a year, don't we?  This time we did a little activity that showed the four inner, rocky ...
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Monday, December 19, 2011

Astronomy Unit: Refraction, Vacuum, Saturn's Rings

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The kids have been begging for some hands-on science experiments. I have a bigger unit planned, but since December and January will be a bi...
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Friday, December 16, 2011

Preschool Life

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I feel like I haven't written a long post about ED's preschool work in forever. That's because she's been such an integral ...
Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Forest Unit (3rd Post): Owl Lapbook

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 Often while I'm reading aloud (in this case we're still reading Little House in the Big Woods ) I have the kids working on other...
Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Christmas Themed Math Downloads

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Find the missing addend activity: Do you ever get attitude when you do certain subjects with your kids?? For some reason, LD has been r...
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Monday, December 12, 2011

Music Class: Cute Christmas Activities

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I run two little music classes (for free) for our friends. We try to meet once a week (though illness, holidays, and travels sometimes ge...