Designing a home-centered life: learning, exploring, and creating with our five littles
History - I hope you love this find as much as I do. It's a quick history of the Aztecs in pictures for your littles to cut & assemble. We are also going to grind up some corn kernels and make hot chocolate to discuss daily life of the Aztecs. And maybe take the leftover corn kernels to pop some popcorn! Latin - … [Read more...]
One of my guys has been so quiet during timeline review that I'm never quite sure what he knows. But, this week we stumbled upon a solution! All 3 guys held a stuffed animal whose arms they moved to the motions of the timeline. They were having so much fun that even my quiet guy was enthusiastically loud. I realize this probably … [Read more...]
Guys, there are two great giveaways for materials to use at home with CC Cycle One happening right now in the blogosphere & I want to make sure you've heard about them both. Go to these links to enter to win --1) Orchestra & Composer Lapbook Giveaway from Half-A-Hundred Acre Wood2) Montessori Print Shop … [Read more...]
Last minute planning finds me preparing to highlight Martin Luther King Jr. Day at my home tomorrow. I do not want my littles to miss out on these special days simply because they are not part of our regular curriculum. Maybe you're the same as me? If so, here are some simple, but meaningful ideas you could do with your littles … [Read more...]
History - Review our history sentences, by playing like the Mesoamericans with bouncy rubber balls - without using our hands & trying to get the ball through a ring. (without the element of human sacrifice and brutal competition - naturally.) Each correct answer gets a turn or 3 tries, depending on how hard this turns out … [Read more...]
With our acts and facts science cards out for reference during discussion, we all gathered around the kitchen counter today to learn about parts of the earth.I sliced eggs I hardboiled this morning into halves and gave each of my littles one half of an egg to hold and explore during our discussion. (These eggs then became egg salad for … [Read more...]
My guys are connecting the helping verb train by ordering the words of the definition. My oldest totally made the connection right away about helping verbs being to a sentence like a train engine is in moving train cars. Yay for things making sense! : ) I hope this continues as we use the train cars for the next several weeks.Next you'll see … [Read more...]
The entrance period is over. Thank you to everyone who entered! It's so exciting to build this community of homeschooling families who are seeking to know God and to make Him known first! I hope you're enjoying it as much as I am. : )Now to the winners...I'm so excited!! The two winners of the Creation Science for Kids - Earth Science … [Read more...]
We're on week 13 at our cc community day. How fun was the art today? Mixing egg yolks with crushed chalk to make paint was so cool. The little artists were all so diligent in their creativity. I love seeing the different visions come from their minds to their papers. Of course, we bring all their work home. I've … [Read more...]
History - Watch this video about Prince Henry the Navigator. Print a Google map of our neighborhood and hand write numbers (1,2,3,4) on the map. The numbers will signify locations I want my littles to walk (or bike ride) to for a clue. At the final destination, there will be some kind of reward. … [Read more...]