**Reposting this cute post from a few years back. Happy Groundhog’s Day! Since Groundhog day was this week, we decided to learn all about groundhogs in science and make a few fun crafts for art. Interesting facts we learned about groundhogs: 1. We learned that groundhogs are related to squirrels. 2. The people who love… Continue reading Learning with Pinterest-Groundhog Day
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Learning with Pinterest-Chinese New Year Edition
**Since it is the Chinese New Year, here is a fun Learning with Pinterest lesson we did a few years back. Enjoy! We love learning about other countries' cultural traditions and celebrations, so this year we decided to celebrate the Chinese New Year. Luckily, the library had lots of cute books on the subject… Continue reading Learning with Pinterest-Chinese New Year Edition
Learning with Pinterest – Middle Ages
We have been in a homeschool funk lately, so we decided to do something a little different and focus on the Middle Ages for history. Luckily there are a ton of fun ideas for activities/crafts inspired by the Middle Ages on Pinterest so that made lesson planning a breeze...and 100% free, once I found a… Continue reading Learning with Pinterest – Middle Ages
Learning with Pinterest-Native Americans
A few weeks ago, we saw a wonderful production of Peter Pan at Grissom High School in Huntsville, Alabama. Ben loved the scenes with Tiger Lily so much that we decided to study Native Americans during history for the month of April. Between Pinterest and the local library we found a lot of great books… Continue reading Learning with Pinterest-Native Americans
Learning with Pinterest-Ancient Greece
This week, we continued our exploration of ancient civilizations by learning all about Ancient Greece. As usual, Pinterest was full of great ideas to try out, so we picked a few and had a really fun, educational time. Our library also had a nice selection of books on many topics related to Ancient Greece, so… Continue reading Learning with Pinterest-Ancient Greece
Learning with Pinterest-Ancient Egypt
We started a new year of homeschool last week and now we have a 2nd grader and a high schooler in our house....which makes it all a little crazier! (Homeschooling in high school is way different than middle school...trust me..) While Emma is trudging along with her massive high school course load, Ben and I… Continue reading Learning with Pinterest-Ancient Egypt
Learning with Pinterest – Birds
Since spring is finally here, we decided to learn all about birds this week in school. Luckily, our library had lots of books about birds to choose from and of course Pinterest was loaded with great ideas. Here are some of the bird books that we read this past week, as well as, some that… Continue reading Learning with Pinterest – Birds
Learning with Pinterest-Groundhog Day
Since Groundhog day was this week, we decided to learn all about groundhogs in science and make a few fun crafts for art. Interesting facts we learned about groundhogs: 1. We learned that groundhogs are related to squirrels. 2. The people who love groundhogs are called marmotophiles and scientists who study groundhogs are called marmotologists.… Continue reading Learning with Pinterest-Groundhog Day
Learning with Pinterest (Snow edition)
This week we had a snow day, so we decided to focus our science and art on all things snow related, like polar bears, the Arctic, snowmen, and Eskimos. Luckily, between Pinterest and our library we had a ton of really cute ideas to choose from. Books we read: Snow Bear by Jean Craighead George: … Continue reading Learning with Pinterest (Snow edition)
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