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Harvard for Christmas

December 21, 2016 by Amy 3 Comments

Our third day of vacation was warmer than the previous two by ten to fifteen degrees, but those balmy temperatures also brought many inches of snow to the area.  We decided it would be the best day for us to ride the subway out to Cambridge and take in the Harvard Museum of Natural History. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Education Tagged: Boston, Cambridge, Christmas, Field Trips, Harvard, Holiday, Science

Boston for Christmas

December 20, 2016 by Amy 5 Comments

This year we decided to do something completely new for us.  We decided to take off for a week in an unknown (to us) city and explore!  In an effort to make the holiday meaningful (and to simplify our lives, a quest I feel like I’m just beginning and am hoping to take our family … [Read more…]

Posted in: Education Tagged: Boston, Christmas, Field Trips, Holiday, literary trips, U.S. History

Christmas Around the World: Books, Crafts, and Recipes

November 27, 2016 by Amy Leave a Comment

One upon a time there was a mama with two little girls and a baby boy.  Being a homeschooling mama, she was idealistic and energetic, and, above all, enthusiastic.  Christmas was coming, and she wanted to do something fun and educational with girls–something that really captures the excitement of the season, but because she was … [Read more…]

Posted in: Books, Education Tagged: Arts and crafts, book related crafts, Christmas around the World, Christmas Book Basket, Christmas books, Holiday

Multiplication & Fractions: Math Games for Tough Topics by Denise Gaskins (Review AND Giveaway!)

November 18, 2016 by Amy 52 Comments

Have you hit the mid-November slump yet?  Thankfully, I haven’t, but it’s mostly because we started our school year late this year.  If you have, I have just the thing:  a brand new math games book!  Math games add that spark to our homeschool week that makes me, the mama, feel like I can go … [Read more…]

Posted in: Books, Education Tagged: Math, Math Games

Fall 2016 Circle Time

November 17, 2016 by Amy Leave a Comment

So far this year, Circle Time has been short and sweet.  Well, that’s not exactly true; schooling a seventh grader and a first grader (with a fifth grader in the middle and a very chatty three year old bringing up the rear) has necessitated a re-ordering of our days.  What that means is that we … [Read more…]

Posted in: Education Tagged: circle time, Memory Work
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