The Girl
The Trip to the Apple Orchard
Tuesday, October 30th, 2007We went on a field trip to the apple orchard with a group of homeschoolers.
First there was a hayride, pulled by these guys….
We learned about the plants and animals that live in the area. Did you know bears need to eat 25 pounds of food per day to get ready for hibernation?
Then we learned about […]
But What in the Heck Do You Do With All of the Pumpkin?
Thursday, October 18th, 2007You chop it into chunks…..bake it…..puree it….and make pumpkin bread and muffins, of course. We only had the patience to use less than half of our pumpkin. Had we used our whole pumpkin, we could have made nine loaves of pumpkin bread. Um, yeah…..we’re just not that into it.
The ingredients are gathered, and The Boy […]
And Then the Seeds…..
Thursday, October 18th, 2007The Girl and I handled all of the seed toasting, as The Boy wanted nothing to do with any of the “goo”. We were able to persuade him to lick one when they were finished….if you call barely brushing his tongue across the very tippy top, licking.
This is waaaaaay too much butter. Waaaaaaaay. We made […]
Salt Clay Beads
Saturday, August 18th, 2007The Girl is definitely a crafty, art project type of learner. She loves coloring and painting and gluing. There are numerous kids crafts websites that we like. When I saw the project that involved making your own beads out of salt clay, painting them, and then making a necklace, I was all over that. […]
The Birds and The Bees…With a Heaping Helping of Testicles
Thursday, March 29th, 2007So in case you’ve missed it…we homeschool. We have been doing a unit study on the human body, and today it finally happened. We reached the reproductive organs. Cringe. As much as I was dreading this, the kids were all ready to go.
The day’s lesson featured pictures of said organs for the kids to color […]