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Making Chia Seed Jam with Kids
One of the highlights of Summer for us is berry picking. Whether it’s blueberries and strawberries from our garden, wild strawberries from our yard or blackberries and raspberries that we find along our local nature trail…we love them all. In previous years, we would make a few jars of jam but with the high amount of sugar involved, we ended up abandoning that habit. This year, when we were picking our rhubarb in the garden, our youngest asked if it was possible to make jam with rhubarb. After a few…
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Building a Sod House
We have fallen in love with the Ingalls new home “On the Banks of Plum Creek”. The wildlife that is described in this book, along with the antics of the ever-precocious Laura is a win-win for the girls. On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder This week our curriculum with The Playful Pioneers curriculum asked us to re-create a sod home with grass and twigs…well, we happen to be in the dead of winter and had to be creative with this one. We quickly found inspiration over…
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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…
