Lilac Mohr's Blog, page 3
May 9, 2016
DNA for Early Elementary
One of the twins' (6.5-years-old) homeschool activities involves finding interesting encyclopedia articles and summarizing them. Recently, L was especially fascinated by a photograph of a mouse that has a fluorescent green glow because it received jellyfish genes. As a follow-up to all her questions, I decided to do a little DNA mini-unit for the kids...
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May 7, 2016
Homeschool Recap: April 18 - May 6, 2016
The kids have been engaged in a lot of self-directed learning over the past three weeks while I get my first novel ready for publication (details coming soon). They've been cooking, sewing, inventing, and writing their own books. The twins (age 6.5) have even been creating their own Preschool activities for little brother H (age 4.5). Here's a summary...
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May 3, 2016
Welcome May!
I try to do something special to welcome each month in our homeschool. Yesterday, we celebrated the start of May with a little maypole dance. The girls danced with silk scarves around a broom handle while we watched some real maypole dances on YouTube. This was integrated into our learning...
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April 21, 2016
Botany for Children
The kids and I explored the world of plants a couple weeks ago. Botany is actually an ongoing science topic at our homeschool, especially with the arrival of spring and more opportunity for outdoor nature study, but I wanted to share some of the resources and activities we've already used...
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