Science is one of those subjects you either really love teaching, or don’t. Maybe you didn’t enjoy it in school when you were younger, or maybe you are having a hard time finding ways to keep your kids engaged. If that is you, I hope this post helps! This will be the first of a series of posts I plan to write–all about fun, engaging experiments! I have learned SO much teaching my kids. Don’t shy away if you don’t…
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My husband and I took the trip of a lifetime last month, to Northern Italy, for my cousin’s wedding. It was such a magical, romantic experience. Everyone should have it on their bucket list!…
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Last school year, we began our journey around the world as we learned about various countries in Asia, Australia and Africa. This school year, we are beginning in Europe. First stop: France! We started…
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We made mosaic collages today with our mantra for the year, “I can do hard things!” I am constantly encouraging these kids to never give up, even when things do not come easily. With…
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To create these, I took a picture of each student and made them black and white. The kids created their backgrounds with chalk pastels, I love these ones, and designed them however they wanted.…
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We started our unit on Japan by finding it on the map and globe. We identified what continent it belonged to and which ocean surrounded it. Then the kids painted the Japan flag, and…
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DISCLAIMER: The links used in this post are affiliate links, which means if you choose to purchase an item I may receive a small percentage. Welcome to our 🐝 BEE UNIT! 🐝 This was…
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Trying something new! And utilizing those darn roosters we have 😆 We learned all about chick development today. We started off with candling a couple of our eggs. We were able to identify the…
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We had so much fun learning the running and whip stitch 🪡🧵 I am so proud of these kids! This is a hard skill for little fingers. We worked in 20 minute increments all…
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To kick off our China study, we read the book Ping from Beautiful Feet Books. The kids really enjoyed this book. It mentioned cormorant fishing on a couple pages, and the kids had some strong…