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February 26, 2009

Our United States Lapbook

This post contains affiliate links. If you purchase through these links, I will receive a small commission which helps me continue to provide these resources for free. I put this together as an overview unit on the states. It’s a great way to complete a unit study of the 50 states as a review. It can also be used as the core of the unit study. For younger grades, just completing the lapbook provides a solid unit study. For older grades, you can provide additional in-depth studies, reports, and assignments to turn it into a complete study. 50 States Study…

February 25, 2009

Heather L

Online Art Classes

Posted in Homeschooling

Have you tried to figure out a way to teach your child art, but just don’t know where to start? Do you want to sign your child up for art classes, but you can’t find one that works for you? Cindy Rushton has joined up with Sharon Jeffus from Visual Manna to offer online art classes for kids! Your kids can learn about art and artists from an amazing teacher in the comfort of your own home. Munchkin has been to one of Sharon’s classes locally, and she loved it. I was amazed at how much they accomplished in one…

February 25, 2009

Heather L

Online Creation Astronomy Classes

Posted in Homeschooling

Cindy Rushton has paired with Felice Gerwitz from Media Angels to offer an online Creation Astronomy Class. Yes, you can enjoy an astronomy class (from a creation viewpoint) from the comfort of your own home. Felice has a real passion for Creation Science that will help ignite your child’s love of science. Felice Gerwitz has lectured extensively on the topic of science fairs. She is an award winning author and her book “An Insider’s Guide to Successful Science Fair Projects” was chosen book of the month by God’s World Publishing. Let Felice help you teach Creation Astronomy to your children…

Online Cooking Class: Week 5

Posted in Homemaking, and Homeschooling

Munchkin’s lesson for this week’s online cooking class was turkey burgers and carrots. We tweaked the ingredients a little to meet our dietary needs. She did a wonderful job, and everything tasted fantastic!!

February 21, 2009

Heather L

The CPSIA Meets Dr. Seuss

Posted in Homeschooling, and Thoughts

In the town of Beddubble, far out on the Moor,there lived a small tot, who was not more than four. Little Annabelle Ruth (her close friends would recall)had swallowed the string off a dilly-dunk ball. And then in the Spring of two thousand and one,she died of the thing that the string must have done. They were sure of this fact, though the details were thin — “Something HAS to be done, we have GOT to begin!” Those dilly-dunk balls that tots spin on a stringare quite dangerous toys — What a horrible thing! We’ll form a committee to draft…