Take A Look – The Littles' Notebooks

We do lots of little projects on paper in our schooling - copywork, drawing, diagramming, worksheets, cut & paste, etc.  My littles really love doing these activities.  They're so good for reinforcing memory work and for expounding with more information. We store all of these papers in their notebooks.  Each little has a 1.5 inch … [Read more...]

What We're Doing – Week 9 Links

History - Did anyone else get a paperback version of this Confucius book from Chick-Fil-A in their littles' meal? I can't remember exactly when we got it, but we have one & plan to read it this week!Science - Parts of a Plant Worksheets free, printable, choose your own!- Find a plant to dissect after going on … [Read more...]

What We're Doing – Week 8 Links

History - read The Story of Little Babaji, the story of Mohandas Gandhi and What Should I Make?Science - Monocot, Dicot, and Conifers printable for discussion or copy work- watch the Magic School Bus Goes to Seed Video Geography - create our own DIY Blue & White Ming Plates. If we don't … [Read more...]

What We're Doing – Week 7 Links

English - Preposition Song Video and Preposition Motions - Slowed Down & by WeekGeography - (free! printable!) Indus River Valley Flashcards with Photos- Indus River Valley Civilization Info Fine Arts - (free! printable!) Music Theory NotebookWell, here in the Northeast, we're hunkering down in anticipation of … [Read more...]

Vertebrates in Fall

First, we sorted some animal flashcards into invertebrate and vertebrate stacks.Next, using this book for inspiration, we made our own leaf animals - vertebrates specifically.  I gotta say, one of my sons was totally into this, the other two more or less helped me make their animals.  They all liked drawing faces on their animals though. … [Read more...]

Blog Crushes

You might remember my post, Blog Love, from a few months back that contained a short list of my favorite CC blogs.  Those bloggers have been providing great resources for CC families for (at least) a few years now.  Well, today, I offer you two more for the short list - this time containing new CC blogs that have popped up this year! … [Read more...]

Take A Look – Memory Work Board

As was previously shown in my school room look, here is our grammar board aka my version of the at home tri-fold board for memory work.   I have 8 page protector sleeves hung by binder clips pinned to the cork board with a tack.  Each sleeve holds one subject's memory work - Bible passage, Latin, English, History, Science, … [Read more...]

Election Coverage

The presidential election is fast approaching and politics are on my mind.  You, too? I've found some good ideas to share with our littles!We'll start by doing some copy work with election vocabulary words (p.48-49).  Good to start with the grammar, right?  Next, we'll have fun doing an election scavenger hunt through … [Read more...]

Fire Safety Month

Since October is fire safety month, a mom in our CC Community arranged for a local fire company to visit our campus during lunch break for a fire safety discussion and walk through the firetruck.  My littles are still too young to be monitored for Pennsylvania state guidelines, but from what I understand, this is one of them. I'm so glad … [Read more...]