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Outdoor Hour Challenge–Pond Study::Cows and Dragon(flies)
We ended our first week of the new school year last week with a day of artist, composer, and nature study. This was just the breath of fresh air we needed after a week of trying to find our groove! I...
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Read Aloud Thursday–More 2011 Picture Books::Animals and an Animal Lover
We’ve enjoyed a handful of really great 2011 picture books in the last few weeks; each one of these comes with a Highly Recommended designation from Hope Is the Word! Time to Eat by the husband-wife...
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OHC::leaf miners and morning glory leaves
We picked up our nature studies again for last week‘s Fun Friday. I was inspired by Barb’s Outdoor Hour Challenge to get my children outdoors to look for evidence of leaf-rollers or leaf-miners (or...
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OHC::Fall colors in our backyard # 1 + some tree books we like
I took my own advice last week and headed into our backyard for a bit of nature study. We have one tree in our yard now, thanks to a storm when Lulu was a baby that revealed to us the wisdom of having...
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Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems by Joyce Sidman
To say that I am excited about this book is an understatement. I love Joyce Sidman‘s poetry, so choosing her Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems to kick off National Poetry Month was a...
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dogwood tree study
Last week I planned all week long for us to get outdoors on Thursday for a bit of nature study. I knew that the dogwood tree is one of April’s topics for study in Barb‘s newsletter, but I also knew...
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Ocean Sunlight by Molly Bang and Penny Chisholm
Ocean Sunlight: How Tiny Plants Feed the Seas by Molly Bang and Penny Chisholm is exactly what I’ve come to expect from Molly Bang: a complex scientific process simplified but not dumbed-down,...
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Island: A Story of the Galapagos by Jason Chin
Island: A Story of the Galápagos by Jason Chin is a narrative account of “the geological and biological processes that led to the Galápagos Islands we know today” (from the author’s note). The story...
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Impromptu Science Lesson
Lulu’s Writing with Ease lesson today was a narration from an informational piece from Magic. . .Naturally! Science Entertainments and Amusements by Vicki Cobb. I was glad to see a passage from a...
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Science + Chocolate = Fun
Steady Eddie and I were working on cleaning up the kitchen after supper Monday night, and I began wondering aloud what to do with some leftover Valentine’s Day candy. We still had almost three whole...
View ArticleFriday’s Fave Five
1. Weight Watchers. I joined WW last Friday. My mom has been a member for a long time now and has had great success with the program. I have lost weight by following the plan, too, years and years...
View ArticleWhat Floats in a Moat? by Lynne Berry
I love sharing nonfiction titles with my children, but I love even more when I can read them a story through which they learn something. My only complaint is that often these titles are overlooked...
View ArticleJust call me E.B. White
Confession: I wanted to knew I needed to clean the window really well before I hung the new faux Roman shade, but I couldn’t bring myself to do it. Louise has had such a good time getting to know our...
View ArticleImpromptu Science Lesson
Lulu’s Writing with Ease lesson today was a narration from an informational piece from Magic. . .Naturally! Science Entertainments and Amusements by Vicki Cobb. I was glad to see a passage from a...
View ArticleScience + Chocolate = Fun
Steady Eddie and I were working on cleaning up the kitchen after supper Monday night, and I began wondering aloud what to do with some leftover Valentine’s Day candy. We still had almost three whole...
View ArticleFriday’s Fave Five
1. Weight Watchers. I joined WW last Friday. My mom has been a member for a long time now and has had great success with the program. I have lost weight by following the plan, too, years and years...
View ArticleWhat Floats in a Moat? by Lynne Berry
I love sharing nonfiction titles with my children, but I love even more when I can read them a story through which they learn something. My only complaint is that often these titles are overlooked...
View ArticleJust call me E.B. White
Confession: I wanted to knew I needed to clean the window really well before I hung the new faux Roman shade, but I couldn’t bring myself to do it. Louise has had such a good time getting to know our...
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Two new books about plants for the preschool crowd
I am excited today to share these two new titles. I shared both of these with Benny, age four, and he was delighted by both. Plant the Tiny Seed by Christie Matheson is a delightful rhyming book that...
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