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March 11, 2013

My Daughter – The Illustrator

For my latest notebooking pages project, Munchkin is making the illustrations for me. We couldn’t find any free illustrations that we really liked to go along with the theme, so she offered to do some sketches for me. She was tickled pink when I told her that I would credit her with the illustrations on the pages. Because of this, the Dragons of the Deep notebooking pages are probably going to be my favorite pages to date. There is something special about working on a project with your daughter. I admit that I have the easier job with the project.…

Learning about a Filibuster: History in Action

You might be a homeschooler if your child thinks a filibuster is cool

March 7, 2013

Heather L

Learning about a Filibuster: History in Action

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Wednesday morning, March 6, 2013, at 11:47 am EST, Senator Rand Paul started a talking filibuster in Congress. Being a homeschooler, this quickly became an opportunity to teach Munchkin about a filibuster and discuss what was going on in Congress today. I explained to her that the Senator had to remember to say, “without yielding the floor” every time he wanted to allow questions or supporting remarks because he had to hold the floor to maintain the filibuster. That also meant that he wasn’t allowed to take any bathroom breaks which made his filibuster even more impressive. What is a…

Signers of the Declaration of Independence Notebooking Pages

March 6, 2013

Heather L

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Signers of the Declaration of Independence Notebooking Pages

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Once Munchkin finishes up with Mystery of History Volume 3, we’ll be starting a study of the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence as well as a study of the Declaration of Independence itself. For our studies, we’re going to be using For You They Signed by Marilyn Boyer as the spine and then add in some other books and resources. (We had originally received this book as a review item and started using it as part of her history curriculum, but after studying a few of the men, we decided that to truly get an in-depth study we needed…

Chemistry: Periodic Table of Elements Notebooking Pages

February 26, 2013

Heather L

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Chemistry: Periodic Table of Elements Notebooking Pages

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Munchkin is currently working on the periodic table of elements in her Chemistry class, so I thought I would make up some notebooking pages to assist her in the learning process. This set includes: generic pages for each of the types of elements where she can fill in the element’s information labeling the atom discussing the element, atom, compound, and molecule a filled-in periodic table a blank periodic table history of the periodic table element information covered on the periodic table of elements 4 science experiment sheets (lined and unlined). The set includes 20 pages total. The Chemistry: Periodic Table…

Complete Little House on the Prairie Series Lapbook Set

The Complete Little House Lapbook Series

February 23, 2013

Heather L

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Complete Little House on the Prairie Series Lapbook Set

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My free Little House on the Prairie Lapbooks are probably one of the most downloaded homeschool freebies on my site. Because of this, I thought I would put them all in one place for easy location of the layout posts. Just click on the individual images to be taken to the post for that lapbook. This set of lapbooks is based on the Little House on the Prairie series by Laura Ingalls Wilder.