Brain Pop educational video for homeschool

Little Belle’s favorite class is art class and now we have combined that with a little history by watching some you tube videos. I really love what the art teacher is doing by having the kids paint the masters.  I also just signed us up for brain pop. If you haven’t heard about Brain Pop you should definitely check it out. It has over 700 educational videos with games and quizzes. Heck, I even watched some Continue reading

Valentine hair

I have never been so proud of my daughters than today. Let me set the stage….. I agreed to let the girls color their hair for Valentines day but they had to pay for it with their own money. The girls earn money by doing school work and chores. So Mac was about $6 short and Belle was only $2 short. So I suggest that they read a book from the library.   Then Mac Continue reading

Unschool Adventure: How Ursula escaped from a volcano

Our Unschool adventure was all about volcanoes. We started off by imagining that Ursula escaped from a Volcano called Ursula jail or Erta Ale, located near the red sea. That’s the first thing Munchy said when I read the name of the volcano. Our science packet came from magic school bus on volcanoes. So Rubber Ducky thought the girls should do a little report before we jumped into the science stuff. The girls watched magic school bus on volcanoes, Continue reading

J.K. Rowling

J.K.Rowling is one of my favorite authors who wrote one of my all time favorite books, Harry Potter. I am not an avid reader but I loved the whole Harry Potter series. The girls and I are currently reading a biography of J. K. Rowling. We have done a video on the first part of the book and will continue to read and discuss the book as we finish the biography. Seahorses… We also read Continue reading

Manatees

We were at the dock the other day and saw a manatees up close – so cool….. He was drinking fresh water and we could have reached out and touched him or her.  The girls and I were so excited that I forgot that I could take a video so all we have are pictures.  We went home that night and looked it up and found some other stuff out about them… They weigh 800 – 1200 Continue reading