Category Archives: activities

Baking With History

Posted on February 8, 2013 by

On our (second) trip through Story of the World 1, we have sometimes picked activities that we’ve done before. However, sometimes the kids choose to do something that we haven’t tried before. In Chapter 24, one of the activities is … Continue reading →

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Mummifying a Chicken (Cornish Game Hen)

Posted on September 16, 2012 by

As part of our studies of Ancient History (Nomads/First Civilizations through Fall of Rome) using Story of the World I, we are mummifying a chicken. Well, not a chicken. We decided to scale the project down to Cornish game hen size. First … Continue reading →

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Short Trip

Posted on August 18, 2010 by

We are supposed to be on a trip right now. We drove 12 hours to our first stop – camping with some of my darling husband’s relations. The first night was cool and somewhat windy. The heat and humidity we … Continue reading →

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I need a rest from my vacation!

Posted on August 5, 2009 by

When we got back from our camping trip, I was exhausted. We really got off easy. The only sunburns were my husband and I on our noses. The hundreds of mosquito bites seem to have healed. (I’ve never seen a mosquito … Continue reading →

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Camping Out

Posted on July 26, 2009 by

My husband didn’t do any camping out as a kid. I did some and I was the one who came into the relationship with a 2-3 person tent, a good “mummy bag”, and some experience. That said, I dislike the … Continue reading →

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Summer school update

Posted on July 20, 2009 by

In what should only take an hour a day, we have been working through Writing With Ease Level 2 (both older kids), Growing with Grammar 3 (Child #1), Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons (Child #2), A … Continue reading →

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Summer Reading Club

Posted on July 2, 2009 by

The tiny local library has started their summer reading club up. Activities are planned once per week at the library and all books the kids read (or have read to them) are recorded on sheets and turned in. At the … Continue reading →

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A new bike

Posted on June 29, 2009 by

Child #2 recently decided it was time to finally bite the bullet and ride without training wheels. We’ve tried to get her to learn since last fall, but she did not have the confidence in herself to do it. Once … Continue reading →

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Winding Down The School Year & Field Trip Update

Posted on May 10, 2009 by

Well, we made it to the first field trip of the week, but had to skip the second. (We had two sick!) We were able to hit the third field trip and all had a wonderful time. My spouse used the time … Continue reading →

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Celebrating Earth Day as a Homeschooling Parent

Posted on April 23, 2009 by

So, yesterday was “Earth Day.” One of the neighborhood kids was really surprised that we studied “caves and erosion” (one of my children’s summaries) in science today. He wanted to know, “Why didn’t you do Earth Day like we did?” … Continue reading →

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