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How to make memory pens for all your family adventures

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Memory pens are a great way to keep track of all your family’s adventures and are super easy to make.  A friend, Mrs. Ann, that lives in a travel trailer and will be going full-time very soon (so exciting) actually gave me this idea.  What I love about this idea is they take up very little space, they are inexpensive ($1 -$10 each), not heavy (a huge concern in an RV), you can make them Continue reading →

Unschool Zoo science and around the world

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Reid Park Zoo was small but had many animals throughout the zoo.  It was fun seeing live animals after spending the day at the Sonora Desert Museum. We enjoyed reading the signs about each animal and I enjoy quizzing the girls about certain facts to see if they remember from the last zoo. I didn’t take a lot of pictures this time because Munchy and Hubby got to practice some photography.  She is really enjoying Continue reading →

Bug Painting Badges Girl Scout Badges

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We had our second Girl scout meeting today with all five little girls.  This time we decided to work on the bug painting badges together.   I must say being a unschooler makes it very hard to get organized and be prepared before everyone shows up.   So right now the moms are winging it, and as long as the girls are together, I don’t think they have noticed that the moms have no idea Continue reading →

What to make with Duck Tape – purse

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What to make with Duck Tape? What to make with Duct Tape, that is the big question today. The first thing the girls wanted to do is find something they could decorate, so why not start at the Good Will. The girls found a bunch of purses, wallets, a vest, and I found some boots. I bought a bunch of the fun duck tape at AC Moore on sale a couple of days ago. We Continue reading →

Unschool learn even more science

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Today we worked on our lego ship and Unschool even more science. Last night before we went to bed we worked on our pirate ship. We are finally in the second book. The girls took turns finding the pieces and building on the ship. I will be so happy when this cool pirate ship is done. We learned even more science by watching Beakman’s World. It was a movie we got from the library. So Continue reading →

Home scientist Badge

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We have been working on our home science badge. The best part about Unschooling is it allows us to have a whole day of nothing but science. We picked out five experiments that we thought we would try. Some of the experiments we very successful and others I think we need to try again.  Follow along with us as we try to learn from our failures. Dancing Peppers First, we made pepper dance, the girls Continue reading →