I read Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs as a kid and loved the book. It's such a fun silly book. When I was in high school the first sequel came out. At the time I was volunteering in a first grade classroom, so I had a valid excuse for reading the book. A second sequel came out … [Read more...]
5 Beginning Chapter Book Series for Boys
When my boys were at the stage where they were ready to move beyond the "Leard to Read" books but weren't quite ready for most chapter books. I headed over to the local Barnes and Noble and perused the beginning chapter books and found a lot of fairies, cute pets, Disney … [Read more...]
Whale sounds? Why do they make them, and what do they sound like?
In our science lessons, we’ve started learning about whales and dolphins for our Swimming Creatures Science Lessons, and as I was reading about them it brought up all sorts of questions about their sounds, so I did a quick youtube search and played the different whale sounds. I … [Read more...]
Who shot first at the Battle of Lexington and Concord
Do you ever think about what starts a war? Some of the wars in history officially started for ridiculous reasons (War of Jenkins Ear comes to mind). Then there are wars like the American Revolution. There's not a single cause, and in many ways, they tried for so long not to … [Read more...]
Does a pumpkin float?
Some homeschool science lessons can be super duper simple. OF course, some are not so simple, I went with simple this week because I had in-laws coming and costumes to finish. Lots of costumes to finish for Halloween, sigh silly girl. But, back to the experiment: Does a pumpkin … [Read more...]
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