I realized, as I was planning our next unit of Tapestry of Grace, that I had not shared our holiday unit celebration. A unit celebration brings closure to our studies and boosts us on to further learning in the next unit. In the past, we plan for our unit celebration to happen on Thanksgiving Day [...]
1. Middle Girl got a new devotional – it’s ok math was delayed a little each day. | 2. History review with Tapestry of Grace lapbook | 3. Rise and shine it’s biscuit time! | 4. Lots of leaves | 5. Fun fact about red blood cells from AiG Science: Human Body | 6. Sunset [...]
What’s a lapbook? I had no idea what to do with one when we first began our Tapestry of Grace days. So, we figured it out together, as a family. Now, it’s a time we look forward to each Tapestry unit. Tapestry of Grace lapbooks are available for each unit – four lapbooks for each [...]
Inspired by our current Tapestry of Grace studies, Nana taught us how to create castles with pastels! Gather your castle battalion of colors. Black, gray, green, light blue, brown and pink. Then, using your black, draw a simple, glass shape. This is the main structure of your castle. Next, add the ‘teeth’ on the castle [...]
Unit studies serve the age range in our homeschool well. Especially when two or more subjects overlap and the learning is on several different age and grade levels. Each day this week the older three first completed their Math and English studies. Saxon K Math made for a tasty mid-morning snack identifying cracker shapes. Zuzu [...]
1. Baby niece | 2. F is for Fritos (an f snack while practicing f in handwriting) | 3. Me on the Map | 4. Hurricane Irene current events | 5. Sand Art | 6. dropped butter | 7. Cicada – unexpected nature study | 8. AiG Science lesson – muscles | 9. Waiting for big sis [...]
We made a salt dough map as part of our Tapestry of Grace arts and activities assignment. We made it on a Friday after lunch, mixing up the flour, salt and water recipe. I opened up a SunButter box and covered it with tin foil. The children each scooped out a portion of the salt [...]
I’m keeping up the habit of sharing a helpful habit on Fridays. Plus, this post is also our Homeschool Weekly Wrap and the new habit I’m enjoying – Camera Phone Friday! In the true fashion of a Hodgepodge (hodgepodge |ˈhäjˌpäj|(Brit. hotchpotch ) noun [ in sing. ]a confused mixture). First, our Camera Phone Friday mosaic [...]
Keeping the habit of sharing a helpful habit on Fridays… That title might make you cringe or it may make you curious. Really, this post is somewhat selfish on my part. See, I need the motivation. Preparing for a new school year is not really something I’m ready to tackle. Yes, I’ve been to a [...]
Do you know how very excited I am to share a review of Tapestry of Grace with you? About as excited as I was when Little Sanctuary introduced me to this resource. Won’t you join me today at The Curriculum Choice? We’ll talk Tapestry… Have you found a curriculum you and your children absolutely love? [...]
This weekly wrap is posted early because this homeschool mama is off at the Georgia Home Educators Association at the Georgia International Convention Center. (I’m in booth #311 if you can stop by!) Hodgepodgedad and our two middle schoolers will get to join me tonight. We’re looking forward to hearing Ken Ham of Answers in [...]
I’m the project cheerleader. “Projects to the left and projects to the right. Stand up. Sit down. Write, write, write!” We are heavy into preparations for our annual Homeschool Expo with our homeschool group. It’s just two weeks from today. We have four science projects and I don’t know how many history projects going. It [...]
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