Nikki | August 22, 2009
Daddy brought home 2 more caterpillars on Wed and one of the worms was mature already. So he began to hang and spin his chrysalis that night and when we checked him yesterday morning he was finished. Then today Hermie and Wormie decided to hang from the top or our jar. We went out shopping [...]
Nikki | August 18, 2009
It’s time for Monarch butterflies!! For the past 3 years we have “raised” a few butterflies and it’s something we enjoy learning about each year. So we were excited to have a go at it again this year. We have been searching for caterpillars for the past couple weeks and haven’t found any. The roadsides [...]
Nikki | August 16, 2009
My giveaways for the Curriculum Cleanout are now closed and I am happy to announce the winners!! Sequential Spelling Giveaway: #5 – Shawntele AOP LifePac Science Giveaway: #14 – HSB Suzanne A Beka 4 Science Giveaway: #11 – Tammany Congratulations, ladies! Look for an email from me
Nikki | August 13, 2009
E and I spent about a half an hour outside tonight watching the Perseids Meteor Shower! We counted about 9 meteors but I think there were more of the smaller ones. Beautiful!! God is such an awesome God!! *Photo from photobucket*
Nikki | August 12, 2009
Are you looking for a few fun ideas for your weekly workboxes? Check out this site!
Nikki | August 12, 2009
This year we have jumped on the workbox bandwagon. Really it just makes perfect sense and I know it will be a great organizational tool for our homeschooling. We are using 7 drawer & 3 drawer Sterlite carts for Emira and a 3 drawer cart for Ainsley. Below is our main curriculum however we will [...]
Nikki | August 11, 2009
My kids have been wanting Moon Sand for a while now but I have always said no – because of the Floam incedent where it ended up in my daughter’s sheets and in the carpet. But I was thinking maybe we could make some for outdoor play. Someone shared this link on the workbox group [...]
Nikki | August 9, 2009
LessonPathways.com, your unique source for creating custom homeschool curriculum! What a great resource for workboxers! The authors who are also homeschoolers, have written unit studies with links to lessons, games, worksheets and other printables, videos, etc. Great for history, science, reading, language math studies. ***Due to the unexpectedly quick filling of the first 500 slots, [...]
Nikki | August 9, 2009
Jolanthe at Homeschool Creations is hosting a Curriculum Clean-Out and I am joining in the fun…again! This giveaway is for A Beka Grade 4 Science Understanding God’s World. It is the 1989 edition Student Text, Teacher’s Text, and Test and Quizzes Answer Key I have the newest ed of this book and everything looks basically [...]
Nikki | August 9, 2009
Jolanthe at Homeschool Creations is hosting a Curriculum Clean-Out and I am joining in the fun…again! I am also giving away AOP LifePac Science Grade 3 Teacher Guide and Set of 10 LIFEPACs. We tried this last year but it didn’t work for us so we decided to go back to A Beka for Science. [...]
