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More Betsy Ross
Thought I’d update our study of Betsy Ross. We’ve been engaged in some language arts and social studies this past week. R8 has done one hand sewing project that turned out well. I’ll share that next....
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Miss Kitten Has Finished Her Mittens!
R8 took a little hand sewing project last week. She finished it within an hour. We followed the directions in cutting a pattern for them and cutting out the fleece. I helped her with drawing the...
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Colonial Money…Cool Lesson
Thanks to Sheri over at Shades of Pink, I found a great lesson on Colonial money from Smithsonian Source. R8 and E10 did a great job of sorting through the paper money and drawing some conclusions from...
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A Closer Look at Germs
Last week, as part of our study of Betsy Ross, we took a closer look at the germs which can make us sick. It was a fabulous little lesson. I also used this link both found at Sheri’s blog, The Shades...
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My Brother Sam is Dead
E10 read My Brother Sam is Dead as a part of his Betsy Ross studies. He devoured it in just two days. I found some great book report forms at Ed Helper so he could write about what he read. I really...
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Revolutionary War Webquest
Along with the resources I mentioned in an earlier post, we are using a Revolutionary War Webquest as the framework of our study of the American Revolution. I actually found lots of webquests just by...
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Quilting Webquest
A Webquest on Quilting and Geometry- a fun math diversion for our Betsy Ross students The web quest task is to make a quilt square that has two or three shapes and has symmetry. R8 is so in to...
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More on the American Revolution
Last week was our final week with Betsy Ross. We focused on the American Revolution and studied people and events leading up to and at the start of the war. We kicked off the week by watching...
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Beyond Five in a Row: Some Planning Advice!
Recently, I was contacted by three new homeschooling moms. One mom asked me about how to schedule the Beyond books. So, I thought my answer would make a good blog post. Happy Planning! Seeing as this...
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Sarah, Plain and Tall: Notebooking
R10 has been studying Sarah, Plain and Tall in Beyond FIAR. When her brother did this unit, he had a great time reading and reporting on all the creatures for his prairie and sea notebooks. E12 loves...
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