Jan

30

Wordless Wednesday

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January 30, 2008 | 7 Comments

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Jan

29

Free Mini Unit Study: Snow/Helpfulness

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January 29, 2008 | 2 Comments

Every once in awhile it is nice, no matter what type of method you use, to stop in the middle of the week and do a quick unit on something fun. It breaks the week up and revives lagging enthusiasm. So, I hope you enjoy this.
All of the materials are available online [...]

Jan

28

Monday Inspiration

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January 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Just doing some surfing and I came across some ideas that inspired me..alot!
Be sure to check out these cool nature notebooks from LunaBlog.net 
I was enthralled with the idea and can definitely see  leaf rubbing, bark rubbing, and neat pictures being drawn in it.
Beautiful image and the haiku to go with it on Handmade Homeschool! 
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Jan

25

Write Your Own Unit Study: Part 2

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January 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment

I didn’t get back finish up the unit study post yesterday.  Life happens, huh?
I believe I mentioned that it was best to be very specific with the younger kids and use more  of an overview technique with the older kids.
To me, the easiest way to begin a unit study is to use a book as [...]

Jan

25

Tell Me Thursday

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January 25, 2008 | 2 Comments

Well, here it is the official second tell me thursday.  Even though it is actually friday..I am running late. :/
The photo  from yesteday is two of the kids helping ot make tortillas. Not just tortillas but tie dyed tortillas.
I really like coming up with recipes that get the kids helping in the kitchen and htis [...]

Jan

23

Wordless Wednesday

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January 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment

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Jan

22

How-To Write Your Own Unit Study

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January 22, 2008 | 2 Comments

Did you ever wonder how to write your own unit study? Unit studies are an excellent teaching method and very frugal, especially when you do it yourself!
There are some basic things to consider when writing your own unit study:

Decide on your subject. Make it as broad or focused as you like. For example you [...]

Jan

18

Historical Fiction For Boys: Gary Paulsen

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January 18, 2008 | 1 Comment

Historical fiction is super easy to find if you don’t care that the main character is a girl. In fact, much of the time every main character is a girl! With five boys, sexist or not, I know one thing. Boys like male main characters.
Gary Paulsen writes for boys. Maybe he writes for girls too, [...]

Jan

17

Tell Me Thursday

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January 17, 2008 | 3 Comments

The shot for Wordless Wednesday was of a small fly that had landed on me as I was checking the progress my 15 year old was making on shaving the goats for summer.
I had my camera because we had a couple of kids that were going up for sale and when this hover fly kept [...]

Jan

16

Wordless Wednesday

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January 16, 2008 | 7 Comments

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