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Teaching Tuesday: Cause & Effect / Chain Reaction

On May 14, 2012 By

I had told several people about our recent home school lesson and they got quite a kick out of it so I though I would share it with everyone!  Last week we learned about cause and effect along with chain reaction.  For example:

 

Ian ( 2 years [...]

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Teaching Tuesdays: Flash Cards

On April 24, 2012 By

One of the best things that has helped with homeschooling preschool is flash cards.  I love how easy and how compact they are.  They fit right in my purse and my 5 year old has become a wiz with them.  In fact we have mastered our letters, numbers, and shapes.

Since mastering our letters, [...]

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Teaching Tuesday: Bird Nest and Bird Feeders

On March 26, 2012 By

 Recently Kim from Surviving Motherhood posted about making bird feeders!  I loved the idea and I couldn’t wait to make them with the boys.  In fact I turned the whole project into a great homeschool lesson.  We have been having problems with a bird trying to build a nest in the window sill [...]

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Teaching Tuesdays: Science Project!

On March 20, 2012 By

Last week I posted about the Worm Composter that we made.  What I thought was a day project ( that I would then be taking care of!) has turned into a great science project.  Every time we are digging in any [...]

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Our Worm Farm: How To Make A Worm Composter!

On March 15, 2012 By

 

We have a pretty large back yard that is fenced in.  Behind our fence is an embankment that drops about 20 feet down to a creek.  Any time we have leaves, grass clippings, or dirt we dump them down the embankment.  This helps with erosion of the bank. While we were working [...]

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Teaching Tuesday: Religion At Home

On March 6, 2012 By

My family is Catholic and I love having the freedom of home schooling and being able to teach religion.  My kids are 2 and almost 5 and we were given an amazing non denominational book called “Our Together Time Bible.”

I love this book!  It has 52 bible stories that are perfect for my [...]

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Teaching Tuesday: Zoo Field Trip

On February 7, 2012 By

Last Friday we took a family trip to the Cincinnati Zoo!   The zoo is such a great learning experience and a tons of fun too!  I especially like going to the zoo in the winter months!  It is like we have the whole place to ourselves and the kids can run and [...]

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Teaching Tuesdays: A Classroom Inside My Purse!

On January 10, 2012 By

Last Tuesday I posted about how Bryson and I were attending the Half Pint Kids Club at our local Whole Foods and made Crunchy Snowman.  We had a ton of fun and we are looking forward to next week when they make Almond Cones.  Be sure to [...]

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