Bugs are super popular with kids, especially during the warm months when we start to see more ants, bees, and other creepy critters around more often. Personally, I’m not a fan. But my boys (in particular) think they’re super cool! So, I’ve worked up the nerve to start putting together a bug unit study. AndKeep Reading…
Happy spring everyone! I love this time of year! The warmer weather, the longer days, the brighter skies – it’s all great stuff! It’s just the BUGS that bother me. I really dislike bugs. When I was a child, I was deathly afraid of almost everything that had more than four legs. (Except potato bugs. They’re adorable.)Keep Reading…
Studying the human body is always a fun unit with kids. And one of the basic concepts is the five senses, right? But it turns out that every time I cover this unit, I learn something new. This time it was about how our taste buds work. Now I’m probably exposing myself as an ignoramus, butKeep Reading…
How many of you parents are extremely comfortable with teaching science? And I mean extremely comfortable. If you’re not, you’re not alone! I’m not much of a science buff myself. I got good grades in it as a kid, but I haven’t really ever been interested in it. (Except for astronomy. Astronomy is awesome.) SoKeep Reading…
We’re joining up with the 2nd Grade Blogging Team again this week to share a fun and easy way to learn about nocturnal animals: a Nocturnal and Diurnal Animals Sorting Activity! I remember learning about nocturnal animals when I was a kid, but we didn’t talk much about diurnal animals (at least not using theKeep Reading…
Tigger is a huge science fan. HUGE. For me, though, science is so abstract that it can be difficult for me to get into teaching it in our homeschool. Thanks to a great kids’ book that I got the chance to review, though, I was able to teach my kids (even my toddler) about electronsKeep Reading…
Since my kids went to public school for a few months last year, this is actually our first day of homeschooling in ten months! As you can imagine, it’s probably going to take us a while to get back into the “groove” of learning at home. Today should be interesting! 🙂 Our very first unitKeep Reading…
Do your kids love to perform science experiments? A really easy one is to make colorful celery! If you’re looking for some simple science experiments, you can’t get much easier than this one! I am slowly learning to appreciate science. For years, I shied away from it, because it seemed too technical and abstract. ButKeep Reading…
It’s time for another one of our simple science experiments! This time, we’re learning about salinity and floating with a simple floating egg experiment. My boys are entering first and second grade, respectively. These are excellent ages to introduce science experiments – especially ones that are low-prep, inexpensive, and simple to do, right? Check outKeep Reading…
It’s hurricane season! And we’ve been talking about hurricanes, tropical storms, and tropical depressions with the kids lately. We even got to review a Hurricane Lapbook a few weeks back. As part of our hurricane studies, I put together a list of kids’ books about hurricanes that are awesome for introducing this topic to childrenKeep Reading…
We’re going to be focusing more on science during the upcoming school year than we have in the past. Science is NOT one of my favorite subjects to teach. I was a humanities major. 😉 But, thanks to some of the great resources available from Enchanted Homeschooling Mom, I’m finding it easier than ever toKeep Reading…
Are you trying to keep your kids interested in learning over summer break? Last week’s edition of Family Fun Friday featured some easy science and math ideas for kids that I wanted to spotlight today! Don’t forget to scroll on down and read this week’s newest parenting, homeschooling, and cooking posts! Monica created Family FunKeep Reading…
Tigger is a HUGE science fan. Huge. She loves learning about animals, the human body, the environment – pretty much any scientific topic you can think of. Here’s the issue for us: She has ADHD. So finding ways to hold her interest in a science lesson can be a challenge. When I heard about the opportunityKeep Reading…
We were riding home the other day and Tigger spotted a flock of geese flying south for the winter. She shouted “V formation, Mom! V formation!” She was super excited to see that birds actually make the V formation when they fly together. Since that was such a big hit, I thought we’d look upKeep Reading…
As I mentioned earlier this year, we’ve made a bit of a homeschooling U-turn in our family and started focusing more on STEM subjects and foreign language. So – we’ll be sharing more science lessons and experiments on the blog, along with resources we find online that we love for learning STEM concepts. Today we’reKeep Reading…
Do your kids like to learn about weird science facts? Ours do! Especially since they tend to lose interest in a structured science lesson. 🙂 We got the chance to visit Ripley’s Believe It or Not! in Orlando, Florida when Tigger was very young, but we haven’t been able to get back since. We did,Keep Reading…
Winter is coming to an end, but we wanted to sneak in one last winter-themed activity this school year. Tigger is a science fanatic, and she’s always up for an experiment, so it was a great time to learn about condensation and frost. 🙂 I was reading through one of our science workbooks and foundKeep Reading…
This post contains affiliate links. See our Disclosure Policy here. Happy Wednesday, y’all! We’re back with another look at how we teach our kids with ADHD – this time we’re focusing on the teaching methods we use to cover science. Unit Studies If you haven’t noticed yet, I’m basically a fanatic about unit studies. 🙂Keep Reading…
This post contains affiliate links, which help to support this site. Thank you! Good morning everyone! Hope your week is going well! We’re having a blast over here! (Because we just studied volcanoes – get it?) Last month we decided to set aside a day to learn about Mount Vesuvius, which erupted in August ofKeep Reading…
