Landforms and water forms are something we revisit from time to time, and since we did again recently, I thought I'd share some ideas on ways to have fun with this topic! First, here are two fabulous freebies I recommend you start with! Landforms Dictionary from Miss Martin's ...
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Invitation to explore solid geometry (3D shapes): I included a mix of wooden geometric solids and household objects. Pro-tip: hard to find shapes can often be found in Legos or can be constructed with various magnetic toys! After placing some of the spheres, my son moved ...
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Tuggy the tugboat had a good life as a sandbox when my oldest, now almost 8, was a toddler. We also used it as a baby pool! It's been sitting in the yard for years now, mostly because I've been too lazy to do anything about it. I needed an easy day at home after yesterday (details ...
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Today's harvest: 92 berries, 1045g Harvest YTD: 1382 berries, over 16kg Many of them have now been frozen and will hopefully last until at least October! Today was our second day harvesting snow peas as well, but only a handful. I also needed potatoes yesterday so I dug up ...
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Since we are in strawberry season, I thought I would give my top 5 tips about growing strawberries at home! This is the fourth year I have grown them (not counting the first year where the crop was minimal), and over the past several years I have learned some valuable lessons that ...
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There are some free coloring pages of famous works of art and this week we tried out Edvard Munch's The Scream. We didn't look at a photograph of the painting beforehand, but I asked the kids to color it as they wanted and then we looked at their color choices versus the original. ...
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One of the perks of homeschooling is that when the weather is nice, we can do things like go on nature walks. If the temperature is as warm as it was today, the kids can go in the small pool we have in the backyard. I happened to grab my camera and snap this photo as well: I ...
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