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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Rocket Science
Living on the Space Coast of Florida, you get pretty familiar with rockets. The Kennedy Space Center resides just 45 minutes from our home, and often we forget how lucky we are to be able to watch these amazing real-life science projects take flight. And right from our driveway! On the brink of the launch of Artemis this year, we […]
“Not” Back to School Fun
With parents posting all their back to school pictures all over social media and students getting excited about purchasing school supplies and starting the new year with classmates, as homeschoolers we always celebrate back to school as well, but in our own way. Why not have some fun with your kids on the 1st day of “not” back to school?! Many […]
Modeling the Ocean Floor
Looking for a quick mini lesson and kids project on the Ocean Floor? Check out this quick lesson and activity you can do with any student who is around age 8 and up. We are lucky enough that we live by the ocean, but if you don’t readily have a beach available, you can use dirt, sand, kinetic sand, or […]
Vikings & the Middle Ages
“Don’t waste your time looking back. You’re not going that way”.” -Ragnar Lothbrok Welcome to our Viking Unit! While reading this post, you will find ideas for putting together a unit study for your K-3rd students on the time period of the middle ages… ships, knights, Vikings, castles and more! This study was designed for my homeschool family, but many […]
Food Chain Mini Unit
“I did not climb to the top of the food chain to eat carrots.” -Ron White Welcome to the Food Chain Mini Unit! Here you will find about an hour or two’s worth of lessons for your student in grades 2nd to 4th grade. While my website is primarily designed for homeschool students, these activities (especially the first two) would […]