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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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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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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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 […]

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“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 […]

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Color Wheel Cookie Activity

“The Soul Becomes Dyed with the Color of its Thoughts.” -Marcus Aurelius Need an art project to spend an hour or so in the afternoon? Enjoy this short activity on the color wheel by baking cookies and combining colors to make frosting!! Plus- you can eat your project afterwards! Supplies To do this activity, you’ll need: sugar cookies, or buy […]

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