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Author: preppyteacher

  • That Mom That Isn’t Bragging About Her Kids

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    I follow a great home school blog called “The Home Scholar” by Lee Binz.  She posted an article on her Facebook page  that I keep thinking about from the “Washington Post”. It really struck a chord with me. I have a middle schooler and a pre-teen.  We have some less than perfect days to say…

  • Artist Study: Albrecht Durer

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    Albrecht Durer makes a wonderful target for an artist study.  Like so many of the great renaissance masters, Durer excelled in more than one artistic medium.  Personally, I regard his paintings as amazing his woodcuts; there is so much fine detail.  To think that he carved all those little patterns.  Wow! We started our Durer…

  • Wrench Xylophone

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    Making homemade instruments can be a little lackluster to say the least.  They frequently only play one note and children loose interest very quickly.  We made these xylophones out of inexpensive tubing that can easily be purchased from Home Depot and a cheap wrench set which you can find  from Walmart, Target or the Dollar…

  • An “Eggcellent” Experiment

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    This is a series of really fun experiments with nothing more than an egg, vinegar, clear corn syrup, and water.  I like to write and display the kids hypothesis’ with each step because they usually vary greatly.  In the first step of the experiment we place a raw egg with shell in a jar of…

  • Mini Paper Globe Theater

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    We are studying Shakespeare.  Besides all the great literature, we have studied Queen Elizabeth I, the Spanish Armada, and of course Shakespeare and his life.  It’s hard to study Shakespeare with out studying the Globe Theater as well.  The Globe Theater is where Shakespeare put on his plays in Elizabethan England. We found this great…

  • How to Make a Ziplock Fall Leaf Book

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    If you are lucky enough to live in a place where your leaves turn beautiful colors, your fall leaf book will be breath taking.  If like me, you live in an area that does not have a change of season you can still do this project and get great results.  For those of us living…

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    October is a fantastic time to study owls and examine owl pellets.  Don’t worry if you have never dissected an owl pellet before, just do it!   It is so easy and fun.   People have a lot of crazy ideas about what an owl pellet is.  Basically, an owl  pellet is owl barf.   They look…

  • The Oregon Trail

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    I do not have any personal experience with this company.  With that said I have read positive reviews about taking an “Oregon Trail Journey” in the past and was never able to find one offered. Kids basically experience and learn history while pretending to be on a wagon train along the Oregon Trail.   They…

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    There are so many choices of great books to read this time of year.  The change in the weather beckons us to use our imagination through literature.  These are some of our favorite books for this time of year. For Older Children: “The Widows Broom” by Chris Van Allsburg -This is my very favorite!  I…

  • Kids in the Kitchen: Little Women

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    Louisa May Alcott must have been a “foodie”.  You have to love how she describes food so scrumptiously in her writing.  From Hannah’s apple turnovers to Amy’s pickled limes there are definite opportunities to incorporate some culinary arts and math skills into reading “Little Women”.  The kids and I had a great time making apple…