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A Closer Look at Chickens
We recently were offered the opportunity, through our home educators group, to incubate and hatch chicks! We, of course, jumped at the opportunity! Then…panic set in…what did we know about chickens?? So, in the weeks leading up to the eggs’ arrival…we did our homework. We were able to find these gorgeous Chicken Life Cycle printables over at Welcome to Mommyhood. Chicks and Chickens by Gail Gibbons We all know the age old dispute of what came first…the chicken or the egg? Well, the way we figure…an egg hatching a…
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Anne of Green Gables Activities
Early this summer, we booked a week of camping in Prince Edward Island with friends. It would be impossible to plan such a trip without a little Anne of Green Gables fun! So, we did what any fan(atic) would do and we added every possible “Anne” book to our library list and pinned every activity found on Pinterest. Here are our favourites to save you some time! We delved in slowly since the girls are still young, I wanted them to have a taste of what the original novel has…
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A Closer Look at Bees
In following The Playful Pioneers curriculum this week, we were led to study bees, beeswax and their common nectar sources. This study inspired the below activities and then so much more…we “followed the spark” and down the rabbit-hole we went for a fun-filled week studying all things bees! We used both Nature Anatomy and Farm Anatomy by Julia Rothman to kick off our study and repeatedly, throughout our week as reference. After recreating bees and their common nectar sources with pom poms and markers, we moved on to study…
