So today, I have another fun little giveaway from Educational Insights for you! Smens Scented Pens! The Smens from Educational Insights have become our latest summer school motivating tool! We’ve been using them to complete our Summer Bridge Activities from Carson Dellosa. We do a lesson each day and the…
As the winner of the 2010 Best Mom Blog, I’m super excited to see all of the 2011 Homeschool Blog Nominees! Each year there is a list of amazing homeschool blogs, including new blogs as well! It’s a wonderful resource for ideas, inspiration, and a great way to give a…
As I mentioned this week in our Road Trip USA Maryland post, we learned about the Maryland Skip Jack boats, then made our own version! The Skipjack was designated the official state boat of Maryland in 1985. Skipjacks are the last working boats in the US, they are used…
Here are some things we learned about this week: Located Annapolis, MD on our Wall Map Read National Geographic US Atlas and located Annapolis, MD using the mapping grid Reviewed the first two verses of the next verse to our 50 States and Capitals Song Learned about the Mason-Dixon…
We’ve finally started on our Young Scientist Kits for the year and the kids are loving the experiments. Kit #1 includes 3 separate activities, this one has Recycling, Scientific Measurement, and Magnets. The first activity we did was on Recycling. This kit discussed the importance of recycling. The…
Once a month my kids get to participate in a Lego Club. It’s a super simple concept and the kids love it! So how do you start your own Lego club? Simple, find about 6-10 kids who love Lego’s and invite them over to show off their stuff! You’ll…
Welcome to another day with the Teeny Tot ! If you missed it, click here to read last weeks post on keeping your toddler busy during school time. In all honesty, I can’t say I have all the answers for you. Frankly I’ve been amazed at how much interest in…
Hi everyone! Are you looking for a easy, fun, structured physical education curriculum? I have a wonderful giveaway for you today courtesy the awesome people at Family Time Fitness! What is Family Time Fitness? “The Fitness 4 Homeschool curriculum is 260 professionally planned lessons, fully detailed with demonstration videos…
Hi everyone! I hope you are all having a wonderful fall day today! We’re hanging out at home enjoying some family time, football, snacks, and some good old relaxation! Anyway, I just realized it was October 2nd already and I hadn’t posted my Monthly Meal plan yet, so…
Welcome to our 3rd stop on our Road Trip USA! This week we’re trekking through Maine! We started off by adding the Maine flag to our Travel Journal. We started off by reviewing the states and capitals we’ve learned so far, then located Maine and Augusta on our Wall…
