Little Pink Apple

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  • The Picture Says It All

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    The angel on the top of my Christmas tree spoke volumes about not only my holiday season but the entire fall for me and my family. Normally, a tipsy angel would be something I would correct immediately. I am a little ocd and this would seriously bother me. This year I didn’t have time. I…

  • When It All Comes Together

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    I had my children watch an inspiring TED talk by Janet Echelman. I featured it a few months back (here). As we were walking around Montreal my twelve year old suddenly became so excited. She was jumping up and down and pointing. She had spotted a piece of art by Janet Echelman. It was even…

  • Les Fetes De La Nouvelle France

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    This is a wonderful time of year to visit Quebec City. The Québécois are celebrating Les Fetes De La Nouvelle France or what we would say in English “New France” (Link to Calendar of Events). There are wonderful festivities taking place all over the city. We particularly enjoyed the parades, military reenactments, and aboriginal displays. I…

  • Life Lately

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    How sad? I have not blogged in awhile! The last month has been a complete whirl wind. As most home school parents will tell you their life is non stop. In my case, if one little wrench is thrown my way it is a complete nightmare. My wrench was a kidney stone Memorial Day weekend.…

  • WW II Vet Wisdom

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    The kids and I heard this commentary on NPR by WW II vet Larry Kirby. There is so much to be learned from the “greatest generation”. There is much wisdom to be gained from someone who has over ninety years of life experience.

  • Direct Current (DC) Experiment

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    Now that we have studied the differences between DC (direct current) and AC (alternating current) and Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla it was time to get hands on with our knowledge. We decided to start chronologically with direct current. Homopolar motors are really fun and easy to make. All you need is: I bought the…

  • Newton’s First Law of Motion

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    Who would have thought Newton’s Three Laws of Motion could be so fun. I was probably just imagining it but when I informed the kids we were studying Newton’s Law’s of Motion I could have sworn I heard sighs and groaning. There are some really fun and easy experiments that illustrate the laws really well.…

  • A Little Help From the Kids

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    This past year has been a difficult one for our family. My mother in law and my husband’s grandmother passed away three months apart. Our house has felt a little bit like it was falling into physical disrepair. Projects which we would usually spread out and tackle here and there were completely thrown on the…

  • William Kamkwamba

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    This young man I find incredibly inspiring.  He was starving, as was his whole village.  He was living in poverty but did not loose sight that education was the key to fixing his problems.  Sometimes I worry that we “spoon feed” education too much.  It could be argued that some of the best learning is…

  • Lab Time: Protozoa

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    Friday is lab day in our house.  This past Friday we studied those fabulous single cell organism also known as protozoa.  We had such a fun time looking at amoebas, paramecium, and euglena under the microscope.  I have linked slides for purchase in case you don’t happen to have amoeba, paramecium, and euglena slides sitting…