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Our Curriculum Choices
We started this school year with one in Preschool and one in Grade 2. Late in the summer, I had stumbled upon “The Peaceful Press” and once I researched their curriculum offering of “The Playful Pioneers”, I knew it was something special we would all enjoy. The fact that it is based on “The Little House” series tugged at my heartstrings since this book series was so special to me when I was young (and now even more special at “not-so-young”). “Little House Series” by Laura Ingalls Wilder This curriculum…
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A Closer Look at Trees
Today’s activity with The Playful Pioneers brought us to the study of trees. We were happy to have our well-loved “Nature Anatomy” by Julia Rothman to use as a guide for the day’s studies. I quickly set up a interactive diagram of a tree using our Playmobil and a few basic (very) labels, including tree roots. Miss 6 read the part names and along with Miss 4, they were able to complete this together easily. We used our “Trees” by Safari Ltd to compare the characteristics…
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A Closer Look at Pumpkins
We have been following “The Playful Pioneers” curriculum this year and today’s activity included making pumpkin pie. In true homeschool-style…we turned the activity into a full-blown pumpkin study…we chopped, dissected and wrestled with this orange beauty all afternoon. Be sure to take a look at the books and crafts used for this unit study at the end of this post. We used Julia Rothman’s books for reference on how pumpkins grow and the different types of gourds. We followed the directions by “Delightful Adventures” found…
