One of the most fiery debates in the homeschool world, and perhaps the country at large, these days is the culture war of words being waged by the seemingly irreconcilably opposed camps of Creationism and Evolution. After reading about as much as I could get my hands on at the library on this topic, […]
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As I type, our brand spankin’ new microscope is making its way to our happy home. It took quite a while to decide on one. Every step down this homeschooling path is a gigantic leap of learning for yours truly. I now know much more about microscopes and how they are manufactured and marketed and […]
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Take an ordinary deck of playing cards. Decide what set of math facts you would like to work on with your child. For ease of explanation, I will use the following set of addition facts:
0+5=5, 1+4=5, 2+3=5, 3+2=5, 4+1=5, 5+0=5
But this basic game can easily be played with any basic operation and any number of sets […]
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In honor of our shifting curriculum plans and Kindy Girl’s near completion of most of our Kindergarten work, I have decided to update everyone’s (except mine) blog names on both blogs. Sooo…
By official decree:
Kindy Girl will hereafter be refered to as Athena, Goddess of Wisdom
The Master of Destruction will hereafter be refered to as Apollo, […]
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Crunchy Mama waxes philisophical from her happy Texas home where she resides in matrimonial bliss with Patris Maximus and the Triad of Chaos: the ring leader, Athena, and her devoted twin followers, Apollo and Artemis