3 Ways to Break the Winter Blues, including a Butterfly Unit Study
This year we are fighting the dull of winter with a brand new open-and-go Butterfly Unit Study. What’s not to love about colorful butterflies?!
This year we are fighting the dull of winter with a brand new open-and-go Butterfly Unit Study. What’s not to love about colorful butterflies?!
Thus, our inspiration for this Nutrition Unit Study! I did the unit study with 3rd, 2nd and PreK. We got some books at the library, made a lapbook, and analyzed every meal we ate for weeks.
This is why I jumped at the chance to check out the Young Scientist Series from Heron Books and see how it would work for our Outside the Box Kids.
When the weather changes we like to change our homeschool rhythm to make space to enjoy the seasons. We lighten our book based school work to give us time and energy to do other kinds of learning.
Today used that extra space to have some hands on learning outside. We drive by the local university Arboreteum everytime we visit the grandparents, but we never stop. Today was the day to make a stop and explore.
Homeschool Art Appreciation, like science, is a very large subject area with many parts. Doing messy projects did not excite me with a house of littles and I didn’t know where to start. So for our first few years of homeschooling we didn’t do formal art lessons.