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Learning about Algae at Deering Estate
Today's lesson at Deering's Eco Academy was all about algae. After our initial lecture the kids got to jump in the water to collect all types of algae and seagrass and then paste them in sheets covered with wax paper. The finished product has made its way triumphantly...
Leaf Identification at Deering Estate
Leaf Identification Scavenger Hunt As usual, the classes for homeschoolers at Deering Estate are instructive, fun and oh so hands-on! Today we looked at how to identify leaves in different trees and plants. I got really excited about this because we have just recently...
Drawing with Children Overlapping – Drawing from Graphics Part 2
Drawing with Children Overlapping Objects - Drawing from Graphics Part 2 New (July 2015): Drawing Warm Ups Practice Sheets are ready at my store. Buy them today, only $3.99 Preparation: Read pages 85 – 87 Download overlapping worksheets from Donna Young's website...
Biomes of the World Eco Academy at Deering Estate
Biomes of the World at Eco Academy For this lesson the children and parents got to pick one biome or more if so wanted, and construct a biome with several creative materials provided by Ms. Sherry and Elios. Super Hero chose to work on the Desert habitat along with...
US Geography Activities Mail Mapping
US Geography Activities Mapping Our Junk Mail into a Wall Map I recently got the book Geography Crafts for Kids: 50 Cool Projects & Activities for Exploring the World. It's been a reassuring to see it does indeed have lots of really cool ideas for very fun...
Drawing with Children Flow of Contour – Drawing from Graphics Part 1
Drawing with Children Flow of Contour Drawing New (July 2015): Drawing Warm Ups Practice Sheets are ready at my store. Buy them today, only $3.99 Preparation: Read pages 83 - 85 Have your child choose a toy, stuffed animal or some other special possession Follow the...
Halloween 2012 Piano Recital
This Halloween 2012 was the last one as a member of the MusicTime class. Super Hero will be graduating next Spring from MusicTime. A journey that started when he was 6 months old with MusicTime for Babies will then come to an end. How time has passed! Thank...
Rocks and Soil Study at Eco Academy
Rocks and Soil at Eco Academy Deering Estate Learning about soil and rocks in different eco systems around Florida. As usual with Eco Academy's classes, the children experience the lesson in a hands-on, fun manner. Super Hero and I are always looking forward to our...
Drawing with Children Wow I Can Draw Exercise -Learning the Basics Part 6
Drawing with Children Wow! I Can Draw! Exercise Today we tried Mona Brookes' Drawing with Children Wow! I Can Draw! exercise. Yay! I, myself, had been looking forward to this one and see how we are progressing. Or at least, how comfortable we are with approaching a...
Magic School Bus Science Experiments – All About Air Kit Part 2
Magic School Bus Science Experiments - All About Air Kit Part 2 Today we finished all experiments in the All About Air kit from the Magic School Bus. The first part of the experiments are posted here. We worked on the following: 1. The swirling snake 2. Burning...