Making Candy DNA

Looking for a quick and fun project to go with a unit or lesson on DNA? Create a DNA model with your students with candy! This activity works well with a student who is is around age 7 and up. You can make the model with either candy (as shown below) or clay if using candy is not your style. […]

Weather & Storms Mini Unit

“There is peace in every storm.” -Vincent VanGogh Learning about weather in your homeschool? We hope you’ll find some ideas from our Weather and storms homeschool unit study! This page should serve as a guide for you, if you are teaching your 2nd-6th grade students about hurricanes, tornadoes, and thunderstorms. If your child has a fear of weather or storms, […]

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USA Geography Games for Kids

Looking for some great geography games for kids? This year in our homeschool, we are studying US geography as a full-year study on Fridays! We are lucky enough to have out main study built into our Blossom and Root curriculum (this is in Level 5 if you were wondering). In addition to using their curriculum, we also checked out an […]

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Human Cell Models

Looking for a quick mini lesson and parts of a cell project? Check out this quick lesson and activity you can do with any student who is around age 8 and up. You can make the model with either candy (as shown below) or clay if using candy is not your style. This mini lesson contains three parts: watching a […]

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Brazilian Cheese Balls

Join us in preparing cheese balls – a delicious Brazilian recipe for kids. A fun addition to homeschooling is learning about countries all around the world by choosing tasty recipes to make with the kids! My kids love to be in the kitchen, and we really enjoy making recipes (especially desserts) as a family. Even if you don’t homeschool, you […]

Medieval Times & The Renaissance

“Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it.” -Leonardo da Vinci Welcome to our Medieval times & the Renaissance homeschool unit! This page should serve as a guide for you, if you are teaching your 2nd-6th grade students or children all about knights, castles, and renaissance artists! If you are unfamiliar with what a unit study is, or […]

Sugar Pretzels – Sweden

Join us in cooking a delicious Swedish recipe for kids – sugar dipped pretzels! A fun addition to homeschooling is learning about countries all around the world by choosing interesting recipes to make with the whole family! My kids love to be in the kitchen, and we really enjoy making desserts as a family. Even if you don’t homeschool, you […]

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Winter Science

Join us for two fun elementary winter science experiments for ages 4-12. Although we live in Florida and don’t get to truly experience winter and snow, that doesn’t mean we can’t pretend! This year we created baking soda snowmen and then, in true Florida taste – we melted them! The girls also created peppermint slime – slime has really been […]

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Churros – Spain

Join us in cooking one of our favorite kid-friendly recipes from Spain – Churros! One of our favorite ways to learn about geography is through cooking recipes from all around the world! Such a simple and effective lesson for kids who love to be in the kitchen. Even if you don’t homeschool, you can enjoy an experience in creating something […]

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