Using only tape and straws, Emma and I built a tower capable of holding a baseball! Here’s proof! This assignment from the Livingmath.net curriculum was not an easy project because there were no directions, just an assignment — build a tower from straws. Never having constructed anything like this nor ever having seen a straw […]
What if I Had No Money for Curriculum?
I was recently pondering how blessed we are to have such fantastic homeschool resources in our home. And I also started thinking about what would happen if we lost all of that. How would we homeschool if we had none of those books on hand? And although it would be quite inconvenient not to have […]
Eight Online Science Games for Homeschool
These are eight of our favorite sites for playing online science games. They cover all types of science which I’ve indicated above each screenshot. Edheads anatomy, physics, and earth science (virtual surgeries, simple machines, and weather) Fantastic Contraption physics (Caution — there will be an ad to watch before you can play.) ARKive Education biology […]
Rocks the Charlotte Mason Way
Living books plus hands-on investigation are hallmarks of a Charlotte Mason (CM) education. Our study of rocks & minerals was right along those lines. I wanted to start off with something that would immediately get Sprite enthusiastic about the topic, so I assigned her to choose any four rocks from our collection and fill out […]
It’s Entropy, Sweetie
Sprite: [sigh] Mom, why does my room get messy so quickly? Me: It’s entropy, sweetie. Sprite: What? Me: Entropy. [Handing Sprite our new Kingfisher Science Encyclopedia] Look it up. Sprite reads the encyclopedia entry and looks at me with a smile. Me: So, in your case, what is the system that is moving towards disorder? […]
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