We found ourselves out at the creek again looking for rocks. (We have a habit of doing this. My pockets are always crammed full of rocks by the time we get back in the house…) What did we find? Let’s take a look: We found POLYGONS (i.e., flat shapes with three or more straight sides)!! a square: […]
Creeks, forts, stones and bones
It was a lovely day to take a hike through the woods and up the ridge (ahem…only part of the way, though, since Levi was on my hip). On the way up, we added a few animal bones to our bone collection at Fort Bones. No animals were harmed in the making of this blog post. […]
S-P-E-L-L-I-N-G
We’ve been using a variety of resources for language arts this year, so it follows that we also have used a few different programs for spelling. As I mentioned in a previous post, the spelling lists in Total Language Plus are from the work of literature being studied, so they were not grouped by rules. […]
What language are you speaking?
We plan to use Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW) and Essentials of the English Language next year as part of our involvement with a classical homeschool community. But this year has been a year of testing some language and spelling programs as we also incorporate our own literature unit studies, since it was too […]
Metric Olympics & Egg Experiments
Though we didn’t quite get to do all the science experiments we had planned to do during our Super Science week, we did have a really fun time studying some fundamentals of physical science: the metric system, force, motion, and speed. To gain a better understanding of the metric system, we went on a metric scavenger hunt, measuring […]
World Wars and Geography
Though we haven’t gone into much detail regarding the World Wars, we are learning about the countries and world leaders during World War I and World War II, so I thought we’d touch on geography a bit here. When given the opportunity, Stephen likes to choose what to study (who doesn’t?!?), and, since he LOVES […]
Island of the Blue Dolphins Unit Study
Last week we finished reading Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell, a work of historical fiction based on a true story of an American Indian woman who spent 18 years in isolation on San Nicolas Island, one of eight Channel Islands off the coast of Southern California. (Read more about the true story […]
Studying South Korea Unit Study: Printables and Activities
As part of our world history and geography studies, we’re memorizing countries and other geographical features of Europe and Asia. Because my husband works in South Korea on a rotational basis, it was just natural for us to want to learn more about this fascinating country. After finding the Korean Peninsula on the globe (and […]
Ecology & Astronomy Lapbooks
Though we didn’t get pictures of the science experiments and investigation we completed during our science studies, we can at least share a little bit about the lapbooks we completed. Now, science is a big deal here in our home, as we have two boys who will go crazy over doing experiments. I’ve declared this week Super […]