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The Big List of Popular Plant Journal Ideas- open plant journal with a tamarack pine drawn in it

The Big List of Popular Plant Journal Ideas

Book Binding the Plant Journal Pages for Homeschoolers- journal on a wood surface with drawing tools

Book Binding Plant Journal Pages for Homeschoolers

Plant Journaling for Homeschoolers- a set of 40 pages pictures on a teal background

Plant Journal Pages for Homeschoolers

cattails on a pond

Resources for Studying Life in a Pond

How to Make Your Own Maple Syrup with an Evaporator- someone loading the firebox of a sap evaporator

How to Make Your Own Maple Syrup with an Evaporator

How to Observe Salt under a Microscope

100 Awesome Educational Videos for Homeschooling High School

100 Awesome Educational Videos for Homeschooling High School

picture of a pond in the fall

The Beginner’s Guide to Microscopic Life in a Pond

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Pro tip: this includes the high school years! 🀩 Pro tip: this includes the high school years! 🀩

Just think of all the wonder coming your way:

πŸ’™ amazing, revealing conversations
πŸ’™ driver's ed
πŸ’™ first time voting
πŸ’™ trigonometry!
πŸ’™ explored passions
πŸ’™ maturing attitudes
πŸ’™ independence
πŸ’™ good company

This might be a well kept secret, but the teen years are some of the best years of homeschooling! πŸ₯³

Click through to get a steady dose of homeschooling high school encouragement. πŸ‘‰

Drop a comment below and tell me your favorite thing about teaching high school! πŸ‘‡
If you haven't signed up for the free webinar toni If you haven't signed up for the free webinar tonight on Unstructured High School Work, there's still time! πŸŽ‰

Just click the through the link in my sign on. πŸ‘‡

If you are a subscriber, you've already been sent the link to the call tonight and you'll get one more reminder. 🀩

We'll be talking about how to change your mindset on what you think are learning obstacles in high school! ✌️

I hope to see you there! 😍
What do you do about all the hours of unstructured What do you do about all the hours of unstructured project time your teen craves?

As a parent of out of the box, differently wired, gifted teens, you've probably asked yourself this question often. πŸ€”

Maybe you even ask it daily as your teen escapes to their work space to get lost in the work yet again. 😬

πŸ‘‰Does your teen avoid conventional school work?

πŸ‘‰Does your teen naturally lean toward big, engaging projects?

πŸ‘‰Do you have a hard time steering them toward the other work that *should*  be getting done?

Let's talk about it!

We’re doing a deep dive into:

 βœ…What to do with that time your teen needs

 βœ…Why your teen craves unstructured work time

 βœ…How much unstructured time is ok

 βœ…How to count that project time for high school credit

 βœ…The benefits of unstructured time

Join me by signing up for the webinar through the link in my profile. πŸ‘‡

I'll see you on Wednesday the 17th at 8pm ET.
The snow crystals . . . come to us not only to rev The snow crystals . . . come to us not only to reveal the wondrous beauty of the minute in Nature, but to teach us that all earthly beauty is transient and must soon fade way. But though the beauty of the snow is evanescent, like the beauties of the autumn, as of the evening sky, it fades but to come again.  – Wilson Bentley ❄️

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I can’t help myself. πŸ•΅οΈ

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When it snows, I check the crystal shapes and if there’s a shot of getting good pictures, I brave the cold and set up my equipment. πŸ”¬πŸ–ŒοΈ

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These images were taken with @Homesciencetools Home 1000x LED Microscope on low power with a digital microscope camera which gives me a smaller field of view than the whole snowflake, but I love looking at snowflake centers! ❄️❄️

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Did you know the hexagonal shape in the center can vary? I have lots of photographic proof! πŸ“·

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Right now microscopes are on sale for 10% off. Check out my link to learn how to capture snowflakes with your kids and teens! πŸ”¬β„οΈ
It is a good rule after reading a new book, never It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself a new one till you have read an old one in between. - C.S. Lewis

My 15yo read all of Frank Baum's Oz books when he was very young. They are lovely and enchanting. 🧚

We thought it would be fun to revisit the first book this winter with this year's Boomerang title from @juliebravewriter. No regrets! πŸ₯³

What are you reading right now? πŸ“š
One of the key ingredients in the high school year One of the key ingredients in the high school years in our homeschool is authentic engagement with something they love. πŸ’™

We encourage our teens to look for ways to incorporate community connection into their goal seeking experiences. 🀩

It works. πŸ‘

Not only do our teens meet their personal expectations with a goal, but they add to it a connection component that is so important.

Our daughter spent high school immersed in the world of fashion design. She arrived there at a young age and hit her stride in her teen years, designing for local runway shows and being chosen for a curated exhibit at our local library with industry professionals and local design students. πŸ‘—πŸ§΅ 

While pursuing design, she had this other thread running with #4H, being a student member of our Plant & Environmental Science programming committee. She served there five years helping to plan, teaching at workshops, and as a 4-Her, participating in horticulture contests at the local, state, and national levels and bringing home ribbons! πŸŒΏπŸ…πŸŽ–

Rebecca adores wild plants and ecology! When she arrived at university, she knew she still wanted to study plants along with her fashion design. 😍

She's taken classes in forensic botany and natural plant dyes, worked to cultivate and harvest the department's dye garden, and she was chosen as the designer for a team working on a grant to reforest hemlock trees devastated by an invasive insect species. 🦟🌲

That grant work came full circle since she helped to plan a 4-H workshop on that insect species and the damage it's doing to the Eastern Hemlock. 🀩

Rebecca designed, patterned, and constructed a vest to fit on dogs to release seeds onto hillsides that are deforested of their hemlocks. Did you know hemlocks thrive on steep terrain? Her task was to create a pattern that dog owners could replicate and place on their dogs to let them romp and drop seeds where humans cannot go. πŸΉπŸŒΏπŸ’™

Recently, I was talking with her about her work in high school and how it prepared her for the work she's doing now. 

Her response? Unique opportunities in high school lead to unique opportunities in college. πŸ’™

I could not agree more! πŸ‘‡
Happy Saturday and welcome to all of you who are n Happy Saturday and welcome to all of you who are new this week! 😍

My name is Heather and I’m a mom to four kids ages 22 to 15. I’ve been blogging for just about 14 years at BlogSheWrote.org.  Before becoming a mom, I was a professional science educator teaching middle and high school biology. πŸ”¬I have an undergraduate degree in biological sciences and a master's in curriculum and instruction, secondary education. πŸ’™

Our two oldest are off to university with big scholarships, honors college designations, and an Ivy League admission. Their big dreams didn’t stop us from homeschooling differently. πŸ’™

This year we’re homeschooling a senior and a sophomore. I just finished the last time through Algebra II. Sniff. They grow up so fast! πŸ˜‚

Just like my kids, my blog has grown up and now I offer encouragement to families homeschooling high school. Woot! 🀩

My specialty is helping you to homeschool out of the box teens with a different approach so you can watch them soar toward their dreams, no matter what that looks like post high school. ✌️

We use an authentic, goal oriented, community connected, knowledge and experience seeking strategy to meet our teens where they are and get them to where they want to be! πŸ‘Š

All four of our kids have chronic challenges from varying levels of neurodiversity and neurological infectious diseases that changed our approach to high school and their launch into the world beyond our homeschool. I love to help moms who have sick teens!πŸ₯³ 

In this space, I share our story and homeschool snapshots,

encouragement as you homeschool high school,

and information about the resources I have for you including three self-paced courses all about planning, implementing, and packaging a personalized homeschool high school that your teen envisions,

along with a membership where I offer mentoring through the courses and our live calls and online community. πŸ™Œ

When you click through my profile, you’ll find all these resources plus the 14 years of homeschooling goodness I want to share with you! πŸ’™

Come for free guides, STEM materials, nature courses, and a free writer’s workshop. 

I hope to see you in the comments! 😍
He knows what's up! πŸ˜‚ πŸ˜‚ I cannot tell you h He knows what's up! πŸ˜‚
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I cannot tell you how much joy it brings me to read with my teen boys (who are currently 15 and 18) and to challenge them with some classics that are conventionally not for teenage boys. 😍

The running commentary is not to be missed. 🀩

Just pick up a book and see what comes of it. If they are listening, I can guarantee, they won't be able to keep quiet. πŸ€ͺ

Old books tell us a lot about the time they were written and the norms of the culture and it provides a glorious talking point opportunity. πŸ“šβœ…

If you want to know more about how to dig deep on books with your teens without a lot of prep, click through my profile and sign up for your free guide called, How to Engage Your Teens with Books: A Homeschooler's Guide to Reading with Teens. πŸ“š

Bonus points today if you share me what you're reading with your teens right now! ✌️
Woot! It's a GIVEAWAY! πŸŽ‰πŸ¦‰ You don't want t Woot! It's a GIVEAWAY! πŸŽ‰πŸ¦‰ 

You don't want to miss ALL THINGS BACKYARD BIRD WATCHING! Favorite books, bird feeders, game and chalk pastels for a bird study adventure! 🐦

Enter to win in celebration of Nana's Backyard Bird art lessons! Your resident ornithologists will love learning with art at the link in my profile. πŸ¦†

Take a look below to see all the great resources included!! 
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πŸͺŸ  Window bird feeder
🌳 Double Suet feeder and (2) suet cakes
🦜 Wingspan board game
πŸ“– Birds, Nests & Eggs book
πŸ“š Burgess Bird Book for Children
πŸ”Ž The Little Book of Backyard Bird Songs
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🎨 AND a set of NuPastels for bird chalk pastel lessons!
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Check out ALL the Backyard Bird fun with Nana at the link in profile: 
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Giveaway will end at 11:59 PM PT on January 28, 2021. Winner will be announced in Stories within 72 hours after the giveaway closes. Open to U.S. residents only. This giveaway is in no way sponsored, endorsed, or administered by Instagram. By entering, entrants confirm that they are at least 18+ years of age, release Instagram of responsibility, and agree to Instagram’s terms of use. If for any reason any titles show in this giveaway are unavailable a book or item of equal or lesser value will be chosen and sent to the winner in its place instead.

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Today is the last day that the Masterpiece Society Today is the last day that the Masterpiece Society is open for membership. πŸ₯³

We used this program for middle and high school art and it helped to steward Rebecca's art instruction. πŸ˜ŽπŸŽ¨πŸ–Œ

Fast forward a few years and she's declared an art minor at Cornell with her Fashion Design major. 😍 I can hardly wait to see where she goes!

If you are mentoring a creative teen, Masterpiece Society provides daily creative inspiration. ❀

PS- There's stuff for moms inside the membership. Join us! 

Click through the link in my profile to head to your membership purchase.

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