Each week, our family routinely sets aside time to enjoy a Poetry Tea Time together. The table is set, the drinks and snacks are served, and poetry is shared aloud. On a typical week we bring favorite books from our own collection or from a recent library trip to the table. But this week was…
What does your third grader do all day? It’s a common question from all sorts of people. Fellow homeschoolers are curious and eager for a peek into someone else’s routine. Non-homeschoolers wonder what “school” looks like in our home. Today, I offer you a peek into third grade at the Wilson Academy.
{This post contains affiliate links. Read my disclosure here.} This year, we are studying Anatomy and Physiology using Apologia’s Human Anatomy and Physiology curriculum. The textbook is a very in-depth curriculum, so it can be difficult to break down into bite size chunks for the kids, but a friend of mine and I are doing…
While our January Boomerang Book Club meeting couldn’t relocate to Prince Edward Island, I did attempt to capture the feeling of a tea party with Anne at Green Gables as much as possible.
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Our book selection this month was the delightful tale, Love That Dog by Sharon Creech. This book is unique in that the entire story is written through free verse poetry journal entries. It was a quick and enjoyable read for all of our attendees. We focused on creating a dog-themed book club for our celebration this…
Beginning in January, we decided to focus on Geography as we finish off the year. I will select one continent each month to focus on. This month we are studying the continent of South America, but this same basic format is the plan through May. Our Monthly Geography Plan First, I will print a large map for the wall as…
