Little Pink Apple

Author: preppyteacher

  • Making a Soda Bottle Turbine

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    As part of our physics unit we have been studying turbines.  You can pretty easily make a working model of a turbine using recycled supplies from home. First, lets make the fan.  This is what the finished product should look like. Notice that they are essentially scoops that will cup the water when you pour.…

  • Keeping the Arts in Our Schools

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    Sir Ken Robinson gave a lecture that is one of my very favorite TED talks of all time.  It is a wonderful reminder how imperative it is that we bring the arts back into our schools.

  • Our Summer Favorites

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    We can not believe summer is over.  It has been a lovely summer,  and it is very hard for us to say good bye to sleeping in, lounging in the pool, camp, and travel.  There were a few things that we really had a great time playing with this summer and couldn’t seem to get…

  • Kids In the Kitchen: Making Beef Jerky

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    We have been studying explorers.  We found the Franklin expedition particularly interesting (see previous post).  When reading the tales of all these explorers you naturally read about the trials and tribulations with their food.  They had to bring items that could last as long as possible.  Beef jerky, hardtack, and salted fish were all common…

  • Field Trip: Minute Man Historical Park

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    We stumbled on the Minute Man National Historical Park and loved it.  After visiting this museum we walked away with a better understanding of what exactly happened the night of Paul Revere’s famous ride.  The museum does a phenomenal job illustrating through an l.e.d map the confrontation between the revolutionaries and the British Troops in…

  • The Well Trained Mind

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    Many years ago when my husband and I made the decision to home school people would ask us about it with mild interest.  As time has gone on it seems I am asked about home schooling more than ever.  No longer is it with mild removed interest.  Parents want to know exactly how I do…

  • Camping Beads

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  • Kids In the Kitchen: French Macarons S’il Vous Plaît

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    Visually, French macarons are just lovely.  After watching the new American Girl movie, “Grace Stirs Up Success” we were seriously motivated to try and bake macarons ourselves.  Based on the reviews we settled on this recipe on food.com.  We were happy with our sweet, pink confections.  Instead of food coloring we used Wilton pink cake…

  • Field Trip: The Boston Freedom Trail

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    When the kids were small we walked the Boston Freedom Trail.  It was an epic fail.  My husband and I would dutifully stop and read the plaques and briefly try to explain the historical significance. Before long we had disgruntled children and weary parents who were simply trying to keep their kids from being hit…

  • Book Review: “Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy”

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    In the summer my family convenes at my parent’s home in Maine.  There is a wonderful book store that I look forward to visiting each and every year.  The kids and I read “Lizzy Bright and the Buckminster Boy” by Gary Schmidt at the recommendation of the friendly staff at BookStacks. We loved this book.…