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October 8, 2008
Heather L
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Apiary Field Trip

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Today, we headed out on a field trip with our homeschooling group to a local apiary. We had a lot of fun as the kids (and adults) learned more about bees, honey, and beeswax. I came home with 4 pints of fresh honey, some beeswax candles, and a honey cookbook. I couldn’t pass up the great deal on yummy local honey and candles. Learning about how they build the boxes for the bees. Showing the parts of the hives. Talking about the hive and displaying empty hive. Munchkin getting a close-up look at the empty hive. Talking about the gear…

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October 6, 2008
Heather L
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Earthquake Lapbook

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On Friday, Munchkin completed the earthquake unit. We used the earthquake lapbook from Hands of a Child. She enjoyed learning about the different aspects of earthquakes. We were able to watch a few shows on Discovery/National Geographic Channel to go along with this unit. National Geographic’s website has some great interactive features on earthquakes (as well as tornadoes, hurricanes, and volcanoes) including being able to set off an earthquake.

October 1, 2008
Heather L
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BFS Wacky Week

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This is WACKY WEEK here at Blogger Friend School! Everything is wacky fun! This week YOU, the student, get to share something of your choice that is little “Wacky”!!! Have you done something crazy in your homeschool? Do you fingerpaint with your toes? Do you let your children do your hair? Do you wear your pajamas during homeschool? Oh, the list is endless, but it’s up to you and how much fun you want to have. To make it even “wackier” (not sure if it’s really a word, but hey, we don’t check spelling this week at BFS either!!!…..try and…

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