Wednesday, March 11, 2015

The First Robin of Spring - Connecting Learning to the World Around Us.

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We had our first robin sighting of the year. And, whether it's with a good book (like the one we're reading today)... ...
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Monday, March 9, 2015

Homeschooling Multiple Ages - Teaching and Reteaching Subjects

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When teaching multiple ages at home, especially if you do a lot of group lessons and activities, it can be easy to fall into the trap of t...
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Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Pass the Soma?

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After a week of post-sickness lethargy, laying on the couch hopelessly binge watching whatever series happened to pop up first on Netfli...
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Sunday, March 1, 2015

Richardson's Ground Squirrels

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The lingering effects of a semi-serious bout of some sort of stomach bug coupled with seesawing winter/spring/winter weather has left u...
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Thursday, February 19, 2015

Engineering for Children - Compression, Tension and Toilet Paper Tubes

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The children have been doing a lot of building with the empty toilet paper tubes we have out this week.  Watching them experiment with dif...
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Exploring Perimeter and Area

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While we still had the cardboard tubes out, we used them for a quick lesson on perimeter and area to go along with an episode of PBS...
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Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Toppling Toilet Tube Towers - The Scientific Method

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I noticed, this week, that our recyclables were starting to overflow in the craft room, especially the toilet paper tubes.  Wit...
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