Follow along as we trek through the mountains, climb through caves, and explore everything between the animals and the zoo! We'll share our lapbooks, units studies, book reviews and more.
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Back in October Yang became ill and we had a few family emergencies. We ended up taking almost the entire month off. November came and my back injury from March came back, although luckily not in full force but enough to put me down a bit - along with some other health issues. December is here now and we've just decided to continue to take it easy until the first of the year.
With the holidays around the corner we are all trying to save as much as possible while preparing for the 2nd half of the school year. From now until December 31st you can save 20% of your entire order by using MARIETTA20 during checkout! With already drastically reduced prices from Educents, how can you go wrong?
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Educents is in a frenzy! 15 items are being featured for $15 or LESS, but you'll have to hurry - sale ends Monday, 9/30. Here are just a few of the great deals that are being featured.
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It is that time of year again when things get crazy hectic for us and we don't stop for months. With free movies at the theater, discounted days at one of the local public pools, summer fun with our local homeschooling group, camping, fair for 4-H & more, it is hard to stay on track some days with school work. Luckily we homeschooling and there are many learning opportunities in all that we do. We've even had some life experiences recently. In late May we had an electrical fire in our outside breaker box and then in early June we had a hot water tank leak. Needless to say, things are never dull around here!
A few weeks ago we made Bird Seed Paper from our Green Kids Crafts kit. We started by taking several sheets of scrap paper and ripping it up into smaller pieces. We then added the paper to our blender and filled it with water just above the paper, and blended it. After it was mixed we poured it into a 10 x 13 baking sheet that had water covering the bottom and sprinkled our bird seed (included in the kit) over the top. Yang then used her hands, for a second, to mix everything together. There was a small screen, about 5 x 7, included in our kit, that we dipped into the mixture. We then held it over the baking dish while the water drained out.
Blending water with shredded paper.
Straining the water through the screen.
Once the water had stopped pouring out we placed the screen on a folder dish towel, and then used another dish towel to squeeze out an excess water. We removed the screen and placed then 'paper' between a piece of felt to dry for 24 hours.
So a few weeks ago I posted this picture on our facebook page, and asked if anyone knew what we would be making. We had one good guess of Jello Gigglers. It was a close guess but we where actually making gummies. We bought a mold online and watched several videos on YouTube to find the perfect recipe.
At the end of the summer last year we discovered a local spray park. We didn't get a chance to visit it last year but it has been a huge hit this year. Yang wakes each morning and ask how many lessons she has to do before we can go to the spray park. I love seeing this motivation in her as she has not complained once about having to do school. Now, to figure out how to keep that momentum going once the park closes at the end of summer. What keeps your kids inspired to do structured learning without complaining?
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