Tag: botany

  • Leaf Men come forth to rescue us!

    Leaf Men come forth to rescue us!

    With spring arriving and all the new leaves unfurling, it’s time to revisit a darling book we read way back when the kids were in preschool/kindergarten. We read this as part of our botany study for My Father’s World (leaf and apple theme). Of course this book is a bit more fantastical, so it’s barely…

  • Teaching kids how to identify leaves

    Teaching kids how to identify leaves

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    A few years ago I joked in a blogging group, “It’s December and the leaves finally fell off the trees here in Texas, should I make a fall leaves post?” We all laughed, or I should say I got lots of laugh emoticons on the post, but it’s true. By the time we get falling…

  • Does a pumpkin float?

    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 float? Before we find out does…

  • Johnny Appleseed lessons

    Johnny Appleseed lessons

    In September everyone starts thinking of back to school, apples, and in my case apples make me think of Johnny Appleseed. The funny thing is when I first started to write this post back in the beginning of August I had great plans of making this big huge Johnny Appleseed unit, and then I started…

  • Botanical Garden Scavenger Hunt

      My mother-in-law loves botanical gardens, and I have to admit I enjoy going to them also, they’re just so peaceful and calm.  Kids however don’t necessarily want to look at endless plants all day long.  My kids enjoy running around and creating their own adventures, but I also want to work on their observational…