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State Studies Unit 1 :: Week 3 Mid-Atlantic
This is an outline of our State Studies Unit 1 :: Week 3 Mid-Atlantic States. It is the third week of a 9 week homeschool unit. Read the State Studies Unit 1 Overview to learn…
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Painting Cork Buoys
This is a relatively easy project to complete with your kids. While reading Going Lobstering, my girls made sort of a game out of finding the right buoy in the pictures. The idea that…
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State Studies Unit 1 :: Week 2 New England
This is an outline of our State Studies Unit 1 :: Week 2 New England States. It is the second week of a 9 week homeschool unit. Read the State Studies Unit Overview to learn…
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Mixed Media Sailboats
While learning about the New England states, we completed this fun mixed-media sailboat painting. It combines one of our favorite activities, wet on wet watercolor painting, with recycling easily found papers. I love how playful and…
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State Studies Unit 1 :: Week 1 New England
This is an outline of our State Studies Unit 1 :: Week 1 New England States. It is the first week of a 9 week homeschool unit. I will be adding more notes and journal…
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Free Homeschool Journal & Planner Pages
Reading Narration/Summary and Vocabulary Journal Page Journal Page with One Image Box and Dotted Mid Lines Journal Page with One Image Box and Standard Lines Journal Page with Two Image Boxes and Dotted Mid Lines…
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State Studies :: Overview
I’m excited to tell you that we will be sharing our new Free Homeschool Companion Curriculum, State Studies Unit 1, on a weekly basis as we are working on the unit. After we have completed…
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State Studies
One of the amazing things about homeschooling is the ability to reassess your process, your progress, and your goals at any time. You have the chance to make changes to your day or curriculum as…
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Harvest Time NEW EDITION coming soon!
Although the weather is launching a full scale, sizzling protest this week, refusing to yield to cooler temperatures… autumn is just around the corner. In fact, around here, the trees have been hinting at their…
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A New Year
Although January 1st usually gets credited with New Year’s Resolutions, isn’t it really at the end of August, as you gather school supplies gearing up to return to your normally scheduled activities that you make…
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Starting Our Harvest Time Curriculum
This week we are beginning our Harvest Time Curriculum with Pixie. Of course, Fairy and Bug will participate in many of the hands-on activities. Pixie has gone through the unit two years ago, but…
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Puddles and Ponds update…
Hi everyone. I just thought I would stop in and let you all know that the new Homeschool Companion Puddles and Ponds schedule and book list are organized and ready to use. I don’t have…
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Puddles and Ponds Activity Guide
Puddles and Ponds Activity Guide Click here for the Puddles and Ponds Schedule and Book List. The science experiments can be found in Nature in a Nutshell or One Small Square Pond. Use Can You…
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Puddles and Ponds Schedule
This unit was designed to be used as a summer guide in our homeschool companion series. If you followed our other units you will notice a few differences. First there is no phonics/alphabet study…
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A Flag for Our Country | One Snip Stars Project
We are studying American History this year. We are in the midst of the American Revolution Stories at the moment. This week we read about Betsy Ross and the First American Flag, A Flag for…
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Puddles and Ponds Preschool/Kindergarten Curriculum
UPDATE: Puddles and Ponds is now available online. I have received many emails from readers asking for a summer unit to go along with the Seasonal Curriculum Units I have already created. I am happy to announce…
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A Different Kind of W.I.P.
Around these parts when we talk about W.I.P. (work in progress) we are not always speaking about what’s on our needles or looms. Often we set aside our normal crafting and work on designing units…
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Spring B’s (Birds, Buds, Butterflies & Bees) Now Available
I know many of you have been waiting for this unit… I am happy to say it is now up. Enjoy!
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The Winner of the Winter Wonderland Book Give Away is…
Our winner of the Winter Wonderland Give Away is… Submitted by Kristy on Sat, 01/15/2011 – 10:38. What a nice thing to do! I would share these books with my 3 nature loving, homeschool girls.…
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Beginning Winter Wonderland
Ahhh, today is our first day getting back into our normal routines. We had a joyful holiday season but as I so often am, I am sooo ready to get into our normal pattern of…
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Harvest Time Week Five: Pelle’s New Suit
This week our focus was on wooly things. We of course love them wooly things! Pelle’s New Suit is one of our favorite books. I think the kids know it by heart. For a little…
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A Visit to North Star Alpacas
I “met” Maple, owner of North Star Alpacas, two years ago, soon after we started Wee Folk Art. I was looking for roving to use for different projects and came upon her Etsy store.…
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Harvest Time Week One – Tops and Bottoms
Our Week with Tops and Bottoms Here are some highlights from our week with Tops and Bottoms. It has been hot and hardly fall-like this past week but everyone was excited to get started. Pixie…
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In the Land of the Pharaohs
Bug, Fairy and Pixie are learning about Ancient Egypt. When they needed a pyramid, and needed one fast, we got out the Big Bucket-O-Legos and started building. After about an hour, the five of us……
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