I had the best of intentions when I bought pound after pound of fresh gala apples at the start of apples season. I wanted to make all kinds of apple deliciousness. We did manage an apple pie and some ...Read More
When putting together our unit study for geology, I assembled a variety of books, kits and projects. While we loved most of the activities and kits, the books we chose weren’t as successful. We ...Read More
For our geology unit, this lapbook is the culmination of most of our work. My 5th grader still wrote daily narrations, but no information stuck as well as what he learned and relearned to make this la...Read More
I love having a large chalkboard, but over the years, the texture was smoothed out from repeated use. This made drawing with pastel chalk very frustrating as none of the chalk would stick when ...Read More
When choosing English literature books for my 9th grader, I looked for ones with a historical theme, set in a time period we were studying or were American classics. That way, the books my son was rea...Read More
Plastic toys are common place now, but not so long ago it was metal and wood toys and before that it was cloth and wood. Both the Charlotte Mason and Waldorf philosophies advocate simple toys. And the...Read More
We are kicking off our American History units with the Colonial times. We did an introduction to American History with a small unit on Columbus, but this is our first official unit of a series of unit...Read More
For our geology unit, we excavated igneous rocks from a ‘volcano’ excavation kit. There were six rock specimens to find from a possible 12 samples. Once my 5th grader excavated the rocks, ...Read More
How cute are these dollhouse furniture pieces? And for only a dollar! If you are near a Dollar Tree, be sure to look for this dollhouse furniture because it’s well made, made from wood and has e...Read More
For our geology unit, we excavated igneous rocks from a ‘volcano’ excavation kit. There were six rock specimens to find from a possible 12 samples. Once my 5th grader excavated the rocks, ...Read More