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APRIL 24, 2014

Create Your Own Nature Exploration Backpack

1) A durable backpack with lots of pockets, a place to store a water bottle. I love our QQuickSilverbag with the built in cooler. It has tons of pockets, it's durable and it's comfortable.…

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APRIL 16, 2014

Learning Homeschool Science Through Photography

One of the most common questions that I get from homeschoolers is, “What one piece of scientific equipment would be the best investment for our science studies?” Let me start by saying…

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APRIL 14, 2014

Soggy Cereal Homeschool Science

It always amazes me to see so many people think they need expensive equipment to teach the basics of science.  Newton did not need a digital scale to study the effects of gravity and Einstein…

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APRIL 11, 2014

Homeschool Science – Rock Nature Study

    Do you have a little geologist? My kids are fascinated by rocks. They have jars and containers full of them. We recently moved into a house with a very nice backyard. In…

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APRIL 10, 2014

Get Outdoors and Hands-On with Science

Springtime is a great time of year to take learning outside. Your children will be itching to get out, and you can build their science skills by helping them observe nature the way scientists…

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APRIL 2, 2014

Preschool Online -Free Resource

The preschool years are an exciting but intense time for us as parents, and for our children. Schooling choices, potty training, and socialization. In the beginning, we fought our way through…

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MARCH 31, 2014

Pre-K Science: Beginning to Explore

So, there you are with your little four-year-old you’ve decided to homeschool.  There are multiple schools of thought out there on how much “school” should actually be happening in preschool. …

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MARCH 12, 2014

Build Something – Woodworking Inspiration

Do your kids know how to build things?  I mean, really, BUILD things?! That's a great way to cultivate their creativity and grow their minds. Using woodworking for kids is one of the best…

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MARCH 6, 2014

Nature Study for Everybody

   “There is no kind of knowledge to be had in these early years so valuable to children as that which they get for themselves, of the world they live in. Let them at once get into…

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FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Sewing in the Curriculum

    Want to teach your child some new skills while also making wonderful connections to their regular curriculum?  Sewing just might be the answer! Sewing not only allows…

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