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Coco’s Flute Composition
I’ve been somewhat skeptical of the idea that kids can self teach musical instruments. But, Coco has been hard at work on his Native American Flute. He’s written a short song, and learns a new note or...
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Random Activities Today
I often struggle with feeling that we don’t do enough. However, when I catalog even a portion of our day, we look really busy! Guess I should stop worrying! Morgan working on frog and dragonfly life...
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Country Life
We drove 22 hours (!!) out to our country house, on 85 acres, in Graham, Texas. It hard to tell at this point who is having more fun readjusting to country life, the kids, or the dogs! Here is Jack...
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Race Track Engineering
A friend recommended a race track set. It’s really great, you can build and rebuild it all sorts of ways. Bryn used the battery powered cars to push other cars around the tracks.
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Math and Shopping!
The girls bought some little trinkets, and paid themselves. It was a great math lesson. I was so proud of shy little Cakes dealing with the cashier all by herself! They put their change in the Miracle...
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Junk Yard Olympics!
We are currently staying at country house for vacation. (85 acres in HOT North Texas) The kids’ most favorite thing to while we are out here is to build various things with a pile of old tires. It’s a...
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Goats and Yoga!
Goats and yoga might seem like an odd combo to some, but not if you have awesome friends like mine! The fabulous Ellie brought her new baby goats to our yoga class today. They were so cute! The big...
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Baking
Bryn’s goals for the new school year included cooking or baking something new each week. Today she made the Pioneer Woman’s Coffee Cream cake. It was SO delicious and moist! Not to be outdone, Morgan...
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Snakes and Salamanders
Chris found a cute little snake while mowing the grass today. We believe it was a Smooth Earth Snake. The kids had great fun playing with it. Finger Knitting with snakes! It would weave all through...
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Cooking Science
Cakes decided to make some popovers today, and everyone else joined in. The popovers The Aftermath We use a great illustrated cookbook. It’s great for emergent readers, all I do is take things in...
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Math Magic
Today we watched Aurora’s (Supercharged Science) free math class. We learned multiplying by 11 tricks and secret codes. By far the most fun: challenge an adult that you can cut a hole large enough, in...
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Reading fun!
We made it to the library now that we are back from our vacation. The library’s ice cream incentive had the girls snuggling on the couch and reading!
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Kiawah Beach Walk
We met up with our homeschool group to walk down Kiawah Beach and hopefully see the dolphin pod. Kiawah is my favorite beach, and low tide is such a great time to go. We always find something...
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Coco’s Boat- The Momma Mohawk
Chris bought some scrap wood and Coco has been building away! Here he is making his boat. It floats!! He tied a string to it, so it can speed across the pond. “Mr. Potatohead” who Coco also built, was...
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Sibling Rivalry? (I Think Not)
One of my favorite things about homeschooling is how much time my kids get to spend together. Here is Bryn teaching Jack his numbers with a math app. Way more fun than preschool! Here are the girls and...
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Root Beer!
When the kids made up their list of goals for the year, they included the making of LOTS of treats. Root beer is one of the first we are tackling. Plenty of chemistry is needed, and there is the...
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My Little Pony- Midsummer Night’s Dream
Tomorrow is Shakespeare day at Tuesday School. In preparation, the kids spent HOURS working on a My Little Pony version of Midsummer Night’s Dream. Coco knows his lines cold, from listening to Jim...
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Tuesday School- Shakespeare
After last night’s dress rehearsal, the kids were excited to perform Midsummer Night’s Dream for their friends. I did take some video snippets, but, unfortunately, all you can hear is Jack complaining...
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Carpenter Coco
Coco has been a woodworking fool the past week or so. Here are some highlights of what he has made. Coco made this structure for Jack. Here they are playing cars on it. Coco also made the sword on the...
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