Wow has it been busy at our house for the past month and a half! We've been finishing up school, finishing up our MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) year, going on vacation, and celebrating three of the kids' birthdays! In addition, we've been taking day trips and making doctor's appointments. ...
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Reading through the Presidents!
Part way through this school year I found an idea on the FIAR from a mom who has her kids "read through the Presidents." Knowing I have a fact hungry boy, I thought he might enjoy learning facts about the Presidents of the United States in order. I also wanted some more independent work for our ...
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Our Study within a Study- New York State
Farmer Boy provides us with a great view of farming in NY in the mid 1800s. The Wilders owned a large farm in Malone, NY which is way up near the Canadian border above the Adirondack Mtns. We would love to take the kids there this summer. I'll keep you posted on our plans. It's still quite a ...
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Our Studies with Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Who would have thought I would become an advocate for unit studies after years of training and teaching one subject- science. However, it is a wonderful way to introduce topics of all kinds at a young age and works very well for our kids.Farmer Boy is one of their favorites. Who can't identify ...
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Visit to a local dairy farm
What a field trip!! We had the opportunity to visit a friend's farm today and despite the cool, damp weather we are sure glad we got to go. We've been studying Farmer Boy and if you know anything about the story of Almanzo Wilder's childhood, then you know he grew up on a large farm in northern NY ...
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Easter Notebooks
This blog is a work in progress and since I'm refining my knowledge of how to use the templates, I'm moving some stuff around!Our Easter notebooks are one of the additions to the scrapbook notebook that the kids are keeping. For this one we actually used a product called a Fold and Learn developed ...
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