Virtual homeschooling is a beautiful mix of traditional homeschooling and traditional public schooling. On Monday, my daughter and I had the opportunity to take advantage of one of the homeschool perks of our virtual world. This coming Thursday, August 29th,…
In my last post, What I Did on My Summer Vacation — Part 1, I shared some of the places we visited this summer. We had so many fun adventures, that I decided to write two posts about our summer vacation.…
Have you ever played with slime? Slime is an ooey, gooey mess that feels like a solid until you pick it up and it slips through your fingers as a liquid. Here is our adventure with slime. God Bless 🙂…
The word science comes from the Latin scientia meaning “knowledge”. Children have a natural thirst for knowledge. As parents, we can help quench this thirst by visiting science museums. Sometimes, however, these museums came be inaccessible for one reason or…
Volcanoes are fascinating! One of the best ways to bring geology and chemistry together is to make a baking soda and vinegar volcano. I discovered a fabulous page on About.com: Chemistry by Anne Marie Helmenstine, PhD. Ms Helmenstine guides the reader through dozens…
In a brick and mortar school, recess is usually a time for children to take a break from learning. In a virtual homeschool world, learning never takes a break! Every time we step outside there is something new to discover.…
One of the best parts of our virtual home school world is the fact that we are able to show our children the real-world applications of what they are learning. At the end of January, we bought our first baby…
There are times I think that I am Supermom and then I try to show my monkeys how science is all around us. It happened like this. One day last week, “R” was learning about the difference between mixtures and…
I love the choice we made! “R”is learning about the states of different elements right now. In the middle of her science lesson today she stopped so that she could learn more. First, we explored dry ice. She was fascinated, as…
Lately, I have been thinking about the many things I enjoy about our virtual learning adventure. I believe that the best part of our world is the flexibility we are afforded to learn when, where, and how we want. Our…
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