Category Archives: Elementary School Projects
Invitations to Play and Learn: Kandinsky Circles
In the annals of “sometimes homeschool moms have great ideas which they plan for and then forget about” ….. I recently found a picture which I had printed out several years ago so the children could do some art … Continue reading
Invitations to Play and Learn: Science Center and Collaberation
As the big children continue to mature in their learning I am trying to move them towards more independent learning and learning to work together to do a project or master a concept. As I set up the schoolroom upstairs … Continue reading
Handwork: A Is For Apple
The toy carrots were so popular that I thought we’d continue with a food theme as Bull learns the letters of the alphabet. ?Since we’re learning the vowels before the consonants the next fruit to make was obviously an apple! … Continue reading
Recovery (And Planning)
Sometimes I just need to take a little time off. This past week has been one of those times. Not that I haven’t been working, it just hasn’t been blogging work! Last weekend was the HEAV Convention which was great … Continue reading
Unit Studies: The Life of Plants
Mouse started her new Science Unit today. I’ve been working on compiling it for a while (and I have some more to do) but I had enough done that I could let her start! I’m mostly trying to introduce her … Continue reading
Unit Study: Explorers (Ships of the Age of Discovery)
In the years between the adventures of Marco Polo and the sailing of Christopher Columbus there were some important changes in ship design. On Thursday we looked at how a change in rigging made it possible for ships to sail … Continue reading
Unit Study: Explorers Art Projects
One of the reasons that I’ve chosen to use Unit Studies for History and Science at this point in our educational adventure is that it forces me to incorporate art projects into the children’s regular schooling. Without that imposed inclusion … Continue reading
Unit Study: Explorers (More Marco Polo)
After stopping for a couple of weeks to adjust to some schedule changes (the big children now have two out-of-the-house classes every week) we picked back up with Explorers this past week! I’ve been reading aloud a biography of Marco … Continue reading
Unit Study: Explorers (Viking Coins and Marco Polo)
This past week the weather finely got warm enough for us to finish our viking “coins” I also had them write a couple of sentences about Leif Ericsson in their log books along with their own names spelled out in … Continue reading
Create: Project Time
For quite some time I’ve wanted to have a regular space in our weekly schedule to work on projects with the older children. They both love to make things but aren’t yet old enough to do much unsupervised. I’ve tried … Continue reading