Maple Snow CandyWe've been reading the Little House on the Prairie series of books to coincide with the American history we're learning in cycle 3 this year.  So, today, I decided we should try our hand at making maple snow candy like Ma & the girls.  Our second attempt worked, the boys loved it & it only took a few minutes to … [Read more...]

Ice & Salt experimentsToday we indulged in a little interest led learning.  The boys watched me salt the driveway last night after some snowfall & wanted to know why/how that worked.  So, today, we conducted a little experiment.We put an equal number of ice cubes into 2 separate containers.  Each boy took a turn adding salt … [Read more...]

Learning about BaysWe started by looking on our large wall map to find the bays we're learning about this week.  Next, we played a quickly handmade game that allows the boys to match the name and definition of a body of water with a simple drawing of it. We started with bay, lake, river, and ocean. For older children, you … [Read more...]