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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…
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A Closer Look at Bread
Our activity today with “The Playful Pioneers” by The Peaceful Press was to make French bread. It is painful to admit that we have never done this together before! We followed the beautiful recipe in the cookbook included with “The Playful Pioneers” curriculum. HERE is a similar recipe by Your Homebased Mom if needed. The kneading was a hit with Miss 6…she kept saying “I need to knead!”. The girls loved tucking in the loaves to rise in the sun, they kept peeking at it every few minutes and…
