Category Archives: Homeschool

Singing In the Rain, Part 2

Posted on May 11, 2013 by Amy

Many years ago, my Grandma embellished these umbrellas. She was in a performing group. They did all sorts of musical shows, and she made all her costumes for their acts. When the group stopped doing performances, she gave me many … Continue reading →

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Should Preschoolers “Do School?”

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Amy

I went to my first homeschooling convention this past weekend. I learned some good stuff, got lots of cheap used books, and bought a few new manipulatives for our school room. I had a really good time. Most of the … Continue reading →

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Singing in the Rain

Posted on May 4, 2013 by Amy

Today was a gorgeous day. We usually are on the crap end of the weather spectrum, but in the past few days we have been celebrating “Hooray, we aren’t getting snow in May!” While other places not too far away … Continue reading →

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Field Trip – Elephant and Piggie Style

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Amy

A few days ago, I started our morning by telling my girls we were going to the children’s museum to see Elephant and Piggie. I case you don’t know, Elephant (Gerald) and Piggie (who doesn’t have another name) are the … Continue reading →

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Somewhere Over the Rainbow

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Amy

We’ve spent the last week or so talking about R is for Rainbows. I love rainbows. My girls love rainbows. It was a good week. We painted rainbows. We sang rainbow songs, and danced to rainbow songs, and did magnet … Continue reading →

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Ready for Easter

Posted on March 30, 2013 by Amy

We have been talking about Easter all week in school. We’ve read books about the Easter Bunny. About Easter Eggs. About where both of these traditions originated. And about Jesus and the Resurrection, of course. It has been a good … Continue reading →

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Presidents and Perfectionism

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Amy

Since we were out of town last week, we’re talking about presidents and President’s Day in our homeschool this week. Miss is very fascinated by the stories of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. I think she especially likes President Lincoln, … Continue reading →

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Valentine’s Day Science

Posted on February 8, 2013 by Amy

Pinterest success was mine today. Last night I pinned a link to this blog post about using Valentine’s Day candy conversation hearts for science experiments. I watched the video in the above link, and then checked out this post and this … Continue reading →

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Groundhog Day Has Never Been So Fun

Posted on February 2, 2013 by Amy

Groundhog Day has been my most favorite homeschooling unit so far. Apparently I dig groundhogs (pun intended, sorry). So do my girls. I have discovered the magic of Pinterest and my library for really bringing the fun to the topics … Continue reading →

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Accidental Anatomy Lesson

Posted on January 30, 2013 by Amy

I tend to pick the worst days to go grocery shopping. Somehow I didn’t know we had a snow storm coming our way today. I would have postponed our shopping trip, but we were out of many essentials and nearly … Continue reading →