One thing I love about homeschooling is the ability to mix subjects together. In this case, we mixed some science lessons with some geography lessons. As part of our Utah unit study, we learned all about the Great Salt Lake, and that, of course, led us to a Great Salt Lake … [Read more...]
Get your kids learning about science while having fun this summer
A few years ago Batman went through and gave his grandparents his Christmas list. It consisted of about 10 different science kits to play around with. Most were duds. They were fun for a little bit, but he quickly forgot about them, there was one kit he got that had staying … [Read more...]
Can you drink the water from your faucet?
We have gone as a family to the Navajo Nation three times now. We started when Princess was six. Each year I look on it as an excellent time of family discipleship, as the kids grow and stretch themselves. This year was different though, this year I was more aware of the … [Read more...]
How did Mount Saint Helen change the landscape of Washington?
When I was in second grade my class had a subscription to Weekly Reader. I saved every single one of those issues, and they might actually all be on a shelf upstairs somewhere. I bring this up because in one of the issues it talked about the Mount Saint Helen volcano eruption. … [Read more...]
Explore a cave with your kids without leaving home
Two years ago we studied earth science for our science lessons. I had one project we did when the kids were preschoolers, that I desperately wanted to figure out how to recreate, but never did figure out how to do it. We created a cave system in our house. It was amazing, but … [Read more...]
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