Join us in preparing Nanaimo Bars – a delicious Canadian recipe for kids straight from Calgary! We love checking out new recipes (especially desserts) from other countries. During what we called “Canada week,” we also experimented with making Maple “crack,” Poutine, and the Canadian Donair for dinner. Making recipes is a fun addition to homeschooling to enhance our curriculum. Even […]
Earth Day Food
“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need, but not every man’s greed.” -Gandhi We didn’t have time to put together a full unit on Earth day, but here is a fun snack and game we did to help celebrate! These were just two of our favorites from the week’s activities. Dirt Cups Since this coincided with our insect and […]
What is a Unit Study?
So you’re here on the website and you’re thinking… Well I like the sound of homeschool and budget, but what the heck is a unit study? Well folks, I’m here to tell you the best and simplest way to home school multiple ages, and it’s – you guessed it – unit studies. At my house I have tons of projects […]
Welcome to Beachside Homeschool!
I started this site as a way to organize all my homeschool themes and units for my own children. It is a sister site to my travel website in which you can find free and low cost Florida destinations. In keeping with the same theme, this site provides budget friendly activities and unit studies, especially for those schooling multiple grades!! […]