Here is a fun and fast little Valentine craft project to do with the kids: Tissue Paper Stained Glass Hearts. They are fun to make and will brighten up your window even on a gloomy winter day. This post was originally published on: Jan 21, 2010 @ 07:59. Valentine Craft Stained Glass Heart Materials: Tissue Paper …
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Updated Advent Activities is Now Available!
We are pleased to announced that our Advent Activities 2nd Edition is now available in print and tablet ready format from MagCloud. In this version we have added additional crafts, books, music, and poetry. We have also included a resource appendix. Advent Activities is a 4 week long, literature based, hands-on curriculum that has been …
Coffee Filter Butterflies
One of the projects in our Spring Bs homeschool unit is to make colorful coffee filter butterflies. Whether you are following are unit or not, your young crafters will enjoy playing with colors while dying the coffee filter butterfly wings. You can make just a couple of coffee filter butterflies to use as magnets, or …
Nature Study :: Fungi / October 2014
This past week we worked on a fun Nature Study. I am hoping to have this turn into a fuller study, but if not, we did learn quite a bit in one afternoon and had a lot of fun. It started with fungi popping up all over our backyard, which happens every autumn and sometimes …
Oil Pastel & Watercolor Bridge
For those of you who had been following along with our State Studies Unit 1, I wanted to let you know that our State Studies Unit 2 is almost complete. I have been adding everything you need to do the unit on the State Studies Unit 2 Overview page. I will not be sharing each …
State Studies Unit 2 :: Overview
Here is the Overview Schedule for the State Studies Unit 2. The quizzes and journal pages will be available shortly. I plan to have them all done by the end of July. I will be posting the directions for the crafts over the next few weeks. Enjoy! Week 10: Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina …
State Studies Unit 1 :: Week 9 Review
This is an outline of our State Studies Unit 1 :: Week 9 Mid-West States. It is the ninth week of a 9 week homeschool unit. Read the State Studies Unit 1 Overview to learn more about the program and catch up on past weeks. Public Domain Photo Week 9 is mostly a review week. …
State Studies Unit 1 :: Week 8 Mid-West States
This is an outline of our State Studies Unit 1 :: Week 7 Mid-West States. It is the eight week of a 9 week homeschool unit. Read the State Studies Unit 1 Overview to learn more about the program and catch up on past weeks. Public Domain Photo Read about: North Dakota, ND, Bismarck South …
Corn Husk Dolls
As part of our Mid-West studies, the girls and I made Corn Husk Dolls. These would also tie in well with a pioneer unit. I remember making these as a kid… maybe at Girl Scouts? Not sure. All I know is that my mom swears she never made them with us, although she did have …
State Studies Unit 1 :: Week 7 Mid-West States
This is an outline of our State Studies Unit 1 :: Week 7 Mid-West States. It is the seventh week of a 9 week homeschool unit. Read the State Studies Unit 1 Overview to learn more about the program and catch up on past weeks. Public Domain Photo Read about: Iowa, IA, Des Moines Kansas, …
State Studies Homeschool Companion Curriculum Guides
State Studies :: Elementary School (8-10 years old) Coming Spring 2014: State Studies, a new homeschool guide dedicated to learning about the 50 United States. Like our Seasonal units, this Free Homeschool Curriculum includes art projects, literature, journaling, recipes, picture studies, and more. We are sharing this free homeschool curriculum on a week by week …