In Our Homeschool This Month: Smashing Rocks for Science

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In my attempt to bring us back to learning together as a family more, I’ve been creatively trying to balance K & J’s need to learn middle school and high school geology with introducing the topic to Little E and …

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Free Homeschool Resource: Biology Songs to Reinforce Facts

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If you are studying biology this year like we are, here’s a great way to reinforce those biology facts – with biology songs.  Songs for Teaching has a whole page of biology songs to help reinforce those biology facts. If you …

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7 Steps to Successful Science Projects for the Science Fair

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Lately, I’ve been contemplating having my kids participate in our local homeschool science fair. While we do a lot of science at our house and science is one of our favorite things to do together, we’ve never done a science …

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Q&A: Where to Get Ideas for a Science Project

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Q: Where do you get  ideas for science projects? A: Most of our science project ideas come from the kids. They want to try something, or they are showing an interest in something. For example, two years ago, my oldest son …

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Homeschool Science: Fun in the Sun with Solar Beads

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Looking for a fun way to teach your children about UV light? Especially during the spring and summer months when they need to be wearing sunglasses and sunscreen, or in my kids cases, swim shirts as well. In her comment …

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