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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs book club

September 19, 2022 Ticia 2 Comments

Cloud with a Chance of Meatballs book and a movie picture book

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...]

reading and writing 1st grade, 2nd grade, book and a movie, elementary

5 Beginning Chapter Book Series for Boys

December 17, 2021 Ticia 1 Comment

beginning chapter book series for boys book list reading elementary 2nd 3rd

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...]

reading and writing 2nd grade, 3rd grade, book list, elementary

Whale sounds? Why do they make them, and what do they sound like?

May 7, 2019 Ticia 13 Comments

why do whales sing

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...]

science 2nd grade, primary grades, Science Sunday, swimming creatures, zoology

Who shot first at the Battle of Lexington and Concord

June 14, 2018 Ticia 14 Comments

Colonists stand up at 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...]

history 2nd grade, American Revolution, US history

Does a pumpkin float?

October 6, 2017 Ticia 9 Comments

does a pumpkin float science experiment preschool kind 1st 2nd

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...]

Homeschool Holidays, science 1st grade, 2nd grade, Halloween, kindergarten, preschool

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