We learned all about cetaceans in this lesson. Whales are cetaceans because they are in Kingdom Animalia, phylum Chordata, class Mammalia and order Cetacea. Cetaceans are divided into two kinds: baleen whales and toothed whales. We learned that whales have b…

I saw an adorable fleece skirt on my friend's daughter and loved it! Well, she was so sweet to teach me how she did it . . . and I think they are adorable! They are so soft, warm and cozy and will be perfect as a winter and spring dress. The skirts are 10…

I loved hearing what my boys love about homeschooling . What I loved most about it, though, is that I gave them this assignment during a tough week - one where school was not so fun. I appreciate that they were able to pick out the good even when faced with t…

Why do you love being homeschooled? From Heart of the Matter {Online} , "Have your child write, or narrate for the youngest set, their thoughts. Not only will it be an interesting record of this period in their lives, but it can serve as a great encoura…

. . .Two, Two, Two! Elli is 2 ! Elli's birth name means, "My God has answered" and her name is a daily reminder to me that He hears my prayers. My pregnancy and Elli's birth were special because they were a time of growing in faith as I tru…

For our Hebrew lesson this week, we worked on the letters aleph (no sound), bet/vet (b/v), gimmel (g), dalet (d), hey (h), vav (v), zayin (z), chet (ch as in ba ch ) and tet (t) and the sounds they make. We also learned two new vowel points /ay/ and /e/ as…

Ever since reading The Toothpaste Millionaire with the boys, I have wanted to make toothpaste! The story is about a 12 year old boy named Rufus, who decides to make his own toothpaste after seeing how much it costs for a tube of the stuff. After all, how ha…

For Lifeskills, we made yogurt, kefir and kefir cheese. To make the yogurt, Nathan is adding 1 cup of Mountain High Yogurt (a yogurt with live and active cultures) to 2 1/2 cups of milk in a quart jar. The jar is then placed in a warm oven (turned on to 170 d…