Wednesdays have turned into our science day. Today, we read: This was a cute and engaging book about levers, wheels, and pulleys. We already knew about simple machines from reading The Berenstain Bears’ Big Book of Science and Nature earlier in Sonlight Core P 4/5. After reading, we decided to go on a scavenger hunt…
Archives for May 2011
Solar System Cards
Here is my first creation for our study of Astronomy that will begin in the fall: Solar System Montessori Style 3 Part Cards.
Clipart for Astronomy
Isn’t it cute? I love My Grafico because the clipart is reasonably priced. They were running a 40% off sale for Mother’s Day so I got this set for only $3! It is perfect for the printables that I’m creating for Apologia Astronomy!
Warrior Prayers
I’ve been following Brooke’s blog for a while now, but I haven’t read her book yet. Last week, she released a second edition of Warrior Prayers and offered it for free for one day only to those who’d help her promote it via Facebook and Twitter. I jumped at the chance to get a free…
Josh’s Birthday
Josh is old like me now, at least until the end of the month 🙂 (I tease him every year from May 8 to June 1, which is the time that we’re the same age each year.) Josh had to share his birthday with Mother’s Day this year, but he didn’t seem to mind too…