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« Previous Entries21 Ways For Your Children To Help Haitian Earthquake Victims
Saturday, January 16th, 2010I don’t think anyone is unaware of the horrible events that have left over 50 000 Haitians dead, and rising. Time to show the world what kids can accomplish…especially homeschooled kids!
Pray
No one can really deny the power of prayer. Since at least the dawn of recorded history, and regardless of what your personal religious beliefs [...]
Halloween Mini-Unit Study
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009There are 10 days left until Halloween, and what better way to get kids psyched for the event than to do a unit study on the subject!
A bit about Halloween…
There are perhaps as many stories about the origins of Halloween as there are people to tell the story. It seems like the story of the [...]
Make a Play Kitchen Out Of a Bookshelf!
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009This adorable play kitchen was designed by Jodie and makes an awesome addition to the family play-room!
Read how to make this simple design on Ikea Hacker.
How To Start An Advent Exchange With Other Local Homeschoolers
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009 Ever watch the wonder of a child who, during the days leading up to Christmas, gets to open a little flap on his advent calendar daily to reveal a picture or piece of chocolate? Now imagine taking that concept to a higher level!
I came across this idea last year. There are many adult crafting groups [...]
10 Autumn Crafts to Make With Your Children
Saturday, October 17th, 2009Unless you live in a place like Edmonton (Alberta) where we’ve already received our fair share of snow, you are probably admiring the changes that autumn brings onto us. Bring autumn inside with these great craft ideas!
1. Fall wreath
This small wreath is made with artificial leaves (found at a dollar store), a little raffia, and [...]
40 Free Field Trip Ideas
Monday, October 5th, 2009One of the most awesome things about homeschooling is that you have the freedom to schedule field trips whenever you want! You can take advantage of ’school-hours’ to go out when it’s less crowded to take advantage of free field-trip opportunities in the community around you. Of course, not all these ideas might apply to your family, [...]
LooLeDo: an awesome new site for crafts and projects
Wednesday, September 16th, 2009If you’re looking for a superb and interactive site to pick up (and share) craft projects and ideas, take the time to check-out LooLeDo.
From the site:
LooLeDo is a project-based website for parents, teachers, and educators. LooLedo makes available the ability to share and upload your own photo and video craft projects, and allows you to [...]
Fruit Picking, Anyone?
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009This is for those of you living here in Edmonton and surrounding areas…
If you’re looking for a field-tripish outing with your children, why not go out and pick from fruit? Operation Fruit Rescue Edmonton just started up a few weeks ago and is a wonderful idea to get some fruit that would otherwise be wasted.
Every [...]
Handstands and MoonSand and Cookies! (Oh my!)
Thursday, August 27th, 2009What a day today has been. I feel as though a huge weight has just been lifted off of my shoulders. My new condo is FINALLY unpacked and clean to my liking. It certainly hasn’t been easy and I’m very thankful to those who took the time to give me a hand (especially with the [...]
Back to the Grind
Friday, August 7th, 2009We are finally (sort of) settled in and the girls are really getting impatient about starting up their schooling again. I can’t say that I blame them…it’s been way over 4 months and they seem to love doing traditional bookwork!
I’ve been trying to get out daily or almost daily with the girls to take advantage [...]
