We’ve been on an impressive “clean house” streak lately, so today I was motivated to pull out our kid concoctions book. I have most of what we need for experiments in one bag. There is clear dish soap, shaving cream, sponges, drink mix, food coloring, balloons, starch, gelatin and corn starch. I keep all the…
Category: Home School
The Dust Is Settling
Yes, the dust is settling, and we’ve been busy naming the swamp-like creatures that form as it builds up. I have blown past so many great adventures that have happened over the last couple of months: A fifth birthday, a trip to Missouri, a Christmas vacation to Florida, including three Christmas celebrations, a trip to…
Five New Ways to Make a Mess
Here are some fun projects we’ve done over the last month. Building with PVC pipes Sidewalk painting with a mixture of cornstarch, water and food coloring. Construction at the mud pit. In the last shot, Ian built a bridge out of scrap wood and the boys had a blast crossing it over and over….
Marble Painting
We tried a new project today that was inspired from a Teacher Tom blog I read: marble painting. First, we put canvas boards in a box. I tried putting various-sized marbles each in its own well of a paint palette with different colors of paint and then dropping the colored marble into the box, but…
At the Door, In a Jam
We just bought a really cool new educational book set for the kids. It’s actually 26 books, interactive computer programs, “cling” stickers and laminated posters. And it was really stinkin’ expensive. But…we have our hearts set on homeschooling, and these books contain most of the subjects I’ve really wanted to start covering. Many of them…
Mountain Men
The boys and I decided to hike down Stone Mountain yesterday. We’re not officially homeschooling, but I’m practicing. This could count for Phys. Ed, History, Science and who knows what else, for all we did and learned. Isaac got the medal for power hiker – we had to work hard to keep up with him!…
Upcycled Space Port
I’ve been siphoning off some recycle-ables into a big box for the boys to use as building materials. Today I helped them build a space port and some vehicles. We used mostly tape and glue, but got a little fancy with wire hangers, bolts and rivets too. At the back side is the hovering space…
Sun Science
The boys enjoyed a project on Monday, experimenting with sun-sensitive paper. From top-left to bottom right, we have: a transformer, a leaf and some grass, a Shrek face from a drinking glass, Elijah’s hand, skateboard toys, three sticks and a flower, a bunch of grass, and Ian’s hand. Takes me back to my childhood, Mom!
A Meat Idea
We are not a hunting family, but we’ve explained a few things. Brian was trying to help Ian find a good show and flipped through the hunting channel just in time to see a beautiful moose meet a bullet. Ian said, “That moose got shot! Dad, I’m not big enough to use a gun yet,…
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