We have bookshelves flanking two walls in our homeschool room. The kids take books up and down at will from them. Ava in particular will hunt through some of the books (most recently the holiday books), and tote some up to her room for her bedtime enjoyment. This past week she pulled down a book […]
Due to the weather getting nicer here in NY I am running a series of posts on fun, inexpensive things for the kids to do outside. This is the third post in the Fair Weather Fun series and I am focusing on BUBBLES today! Fair Weather Bubble Fun 1. Make Your Own Bubble Wand […]
Lifecycle – Caterpillar to Butterfly Four Stages in the Lifecycle of Caterpillar to Butterfly: The female lays her egg on a leaf or plant. Newly hatched caterpillars are VERY hungry. They spend most of their time eating just like the caterpillar in The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. The only difference is real caterpillars eat […]
Throughout the years we have used the late spring and early summer to garden in various forms. We have started seeds inside, researched and read about plants, planned, dug and planted an outdoor garden and more. A Homeschooling Gardening Unit makes for great family time as well as a fun and engaging science unit. We […]
Last week we stumbled upon an “accidental” science lesson/experiment. Sometimes at lunchtime I will read to the kids. Whether it be Fairy Tales, short stories, poetry, or in this case Aesop’s Fables. The fable that brought upon the science lesson was: The Crow and the Pitcher [image width=”296″ height=”353″ frame=”simple” align=”left”]http://www.startsateight.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/The-Crow-and-the-Pitcher.jpg[/image] In a spell of […]
This month in our zoo class at the Seneca Park Zoo we talked all about animals that live in the cold. Upon walking in the door, the first thing we were able to see was a large stuffed polar bear. We talked about 4 differences between an animal more suited for the cold, snowy weather, […]
While doing some blog reading and activity searching this weekend, I stumbled upon a new Preschool/Early Learning Activity Site called Making Learning Fun. As I was clicking around looking for things that struck me, I found this My Body Felt Board that I think will be great for Ava. So naturally it is 11:45pm on […]
Not sure what to do with all that Halloween candy you won’t let your kids eat? I found this fun resource for doing basic science experiments with candy! Now, what better way to use that candy you won’t eat than to put it to good learning use! So here are some photos and insights into […]
I created this to help my middle school student with a monthly Middle School Lab she is participating in. It is her first chance to get into an actual lab and dig in to some experiments. In preparation for her next one we were given a list of definitions to look over. Here are the […]
This is something new that I stumbled upon in my time spent blog jumping recently. It is one of the things that has inspired me to work on changing the theme of blog, and adding more homeschool content to my blog. I was thinking I could use this post each week to log something we […]