Living, Loving and Learning Together
Today is Valentine’s Day! Our homeschool will be celebrating with crafts, a few themed worksheets and eating heart shaped food! I will be printing out this card and placing under each child’s door to find in the morning. This will be a gift they can keep forever. Need Last-Minute Ideas? Education.com Valentine’s Day Idea [...]
Yesterday was our scheduled field trip day. We have been trying to visit Petra School for months. Every month something happens: weather, sickness, cranky car. Determined to make it happen, I planned for Monday and prayed that the morning would find us on our way to Lincoln City! We two moms plotted to surprise our [...]
Occasionally I will mention a trip to Village Home. Have you ever wondered what I am referring to? I thought I would use today to share with you our “community college for homeschoolers” in the Portland Metro area. What is Village Home? Village Home Education Resource Center serves homeschool families in Beaverton and Portland, [...]
Credit: Prisqua.com Today, the Chinese celebrate a new year. 2012 is the Year of the Dragon. For our family we will be trying not to think of today (It’s my father’s birthday). What a fantastic day for a craft project! We are going to be enjoying 3 crafts from Family Fun Magazine. Good-Luck Goldfish We [...]
After our Hersey’s® Multiplication Lesson, we decided to jump into fractions. Both girls are learning how to add fractions. I created flashcards using index cards torn in half. I had the girls visually show me the answer using the Hershey’s® bar pieces. This lesson took 8 pieces of chocolate: 1/4 = 1 piece, 3/4 = [...]
The girls LOVE hands-on learning, especially if it involves chocolate. What girl doesn’t love chocolate? Right? When I told the girls we were going to review this book, they were excited! “Does this mean we get to use chocolate mom?” Um yep. “Can we eat it?” Yes, AFTER the lesson. The Hershey’s Milk Chocolate Multiplication [...]
Is it possible to learn math without the use of a textbook? YES! YES! YES! Bear and I have spent the last week working with living math books. It’s been a blast! Here’s just a sample of what we have enjoyed! We read the book together first. Then we moved to our white board to [...]
We went to the Zoo lights at Oregon Zoo last night. Some of the pictures are BLEH…and it was hard to record the vibrancy of the colors, I hope you get a picture of what it was like. Zoo Lights 2011 VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL I love Christmas lights, however, my kids (13, [...]
One of the joys of homeschooling is the ability to spend time with my sister Julie and her children. (Julie is my “adopted” sister. Her family fostered me when I moved to Oregon at 16 and I’ve been a member of the family since then). They live on an acre about 10 minutes from us. [...]
Friday we made reindeer. The Dancing reindeer is Bear’s. The Diva Reindeer is Missy’s. I love how they choose their own styles. Here’s the fun craft link we found: http://learningideasgradesk-8.blogspot.com/2011/12/heart-reindeer.html. Actually, an awesome site. I have bookmarked it for future fun ideas! Have a Happy Monday. Today is Poinsettia Day!
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