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Most popular science post #1-Microscopic Blood Model
Most popular science post #2-Easy Volcano Experiment
Most popular science post #3-Constellation Art
Reading & Charlotte’s Web
Make Lily’s Purple Plastic Purse
Snack-cup Jellyfish Craft
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Firefly, he’s 8.
The Queen Bee, she’s 6.
Love Bug, he’s 3.
Category Archives: kindergarten
Learning With Pinkalicous!
Pinkalicious! Purplicicious! Goldilicious! Silverliclious! Learning with the Pinkalicious series, by Victoria Kann and Elizabeth Kann, made for a fun week. Besides reading these great books, we did math, crafts and more. Our Pinkalicious Math Game We kept track of all the … Continue reading
Pin ItThe Very Hungry Caterpillars
We are raising caterpillars into butterflies. Painted Ladies, to be exact. We’ve done this before, but this time we are really paying attention, every single day, to these fantastic creatures and the amazing transformation they are making. In just 9 … Continue reading
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Posted in Early Elementary Years, homeschooling, kindergarten, nature, preschool, science
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Saying Goodbye
The Queen Bee recently turned six and so we got her a fish. Her very first pet, all to herself, hers and only hers. And about a month later, it died. Who knows why. She took very good care of … Continue reading
Posted in homeschooling, kindergarten, life, love
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Ancient Rome: Togas and More
We’ve been learning about ancient Rome and doing some fun projects. This week we made laurel wreath crowns and a toga, then the kids dressed up like the Roman emperors we’ve been studying. The laurel wreath crown was inspired by … Continue reading
Pin ItStar Jars and So Much More: Learning About the Life of Stars
We are learning about the amazing stars in the sky. We began with a fun project, then we got down to business to understand the life cycle of a star. First, let me show you our fun project. We made … Continue reading
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Posted in Early Elementary Years, homeschooling, kindergarten, preschool, science
Tagged astronomy
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Make a Cardboard Hobby Horse
Inspired by a story we read about Alexander the Great and his horse, a huge, wild black stallion that only Alexander could ride, Firefly and I decided to make a horse that he could ride. Perfect for a 7 year … Continue reading
Pin ItConstellation Art With Rocks and Sidewalk Chalk
We are learning about star constellations, using our Usborne Book of Astronomy and Space as a guide. After reading about constellations and looking at some of the internet links in the book, we headed outside to the driveway. A box of rocks … Continue reading
Pin ItTuesday Tea Time-It’s Not Just For Girls!
We started a new ritual today: Reading poetry while having tea time. It was really fun and it only took a half hour from start to finish, leaving me wondering why I’d never done it before. Genius, pure genius and … Continue reading
Pin ItAncient Greece Activities
We’ve been working our way through the chapters in our history curriculum that cover ancient Greece. Here are some of the fun projects we’ve done to go along with them. We made a paper parthenon from our History Pockets: Ancient … Continue reading
Pin ItIt’s a Pinning Party
We’ve begun to build up our fabulous collaborative Pinterest boards, to share even more wonderful hands-on history, science and literature activities with you all. My Pinning Friends have been quite busy. Please check out our boards and see what we’ve … Continue reading
Pin ItCountdown Paper Chain
My daughter is about to turn 6 and she has asked me no less than 400 times, “How many more days ’til my birthday, Mommy?” She is over the moon about her upcoming birthday party. So today we made a … Continue reading
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Posted in kindergarten, math, preschool
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The Leprechauns Were Here!
We had a bit ‘o fun this morning when we woke up to discover that leprechauns had visited our house. A tad early for St. Patrick’s Day, but the tricksters must’ve known the O’Creekside Family is going to be a … Continue reading
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Posted in Early Elementary Years, holidays, kindergarten
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Catching Leprechauns
We had so much fun today, making leprechaun traps and pots of gold. This is The Queen Bee’s Leprechaun Trap. I helped her cover a shoe box in green construction paper. She went out and collected sticks and we hot-glued … Continue reading
Pin ItOur Version of Me-On-The-Map
I loved the idea of a Me-on-the-Map Project for my 5 year old, to help her understand the order and place of things, from herself to her house, street, town and so on, right up to the solar system. Most … Continue reading
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Posted in geography, homeschooling, kindergarten
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Teaching My Kindergartener to Read
Here’s what’s working for us. The Word Wall. It all started with Fancy Nancy. We started to make fancy word cards of the words my daughter could read. Then she took it and ran with it. She started making cards … Continue reading
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Posted in homeschooling, kindergarten, learning to read
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