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Swimming Creatures Lesson 11: Echinoderms

Swimming Creatures Lesson 11: Echinoderms
Last week we covered the wonderful world of spiny skinned creatures, otherwise known as echinoderms. These benthic creatures which have no eyes, no brain and tube feet include Sea Stars, Brittle Stars, Crinoids, Sea Urchins, Sand Dollars, and Sea Cucumbers. …

Beginnings - A Dirt Road

Beginnings - A Dirt Road
We spent last weekend at our property in Montana.  We were very blessed to have Luke's aunt and uncle come from California to bring us a load of building materials to help us build a house. (Thank you, J & C!)  Also, we rented a backhoe on Sunday and …

Around the World in 80 Days: Chapters 17-20

Around the World in 80 Days: Chapters 17-20
Chapter 17: Showing What Happened on the Voyage from Singapore to Hong Kong. Fix suspects that Passepartout has guessed his identity and purpose! Vocabulary: cudgel, adversary, chaff, agile, consign, accomplice Discussion questions from Trail Gu…

J is for Jellyfish

J is for  Jellyfish
~Malachi is 4 years, 3 months~ ABC Book: Memory Verse: Sing the Word from A-Z " J esus Christ is the same, yesterday, and today and forever . . . (Hebrews 13:8) Books: Bread and J am for Frances ,  by Russell & Lillian Hoban Jamberry , by Bruce …

Tot School ~ Now I Know My ABC's

Tot School ~ Now I Know My ABC's
~Eliana is 28 months~ I have been singing the "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" version of the alphabet to Eliana. Here is how it looks: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T UVW XYZ Sung to the tune of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star," it …

Around the World in 80 Days: Chapters 13-16

Around the World in 80 Days: Chapters 13-16
Chapter 13:In Which Passepartout Recieves a New Proof That Fortune Favors the Brave The rajah rises from the burial pyre – or did he? Who was that, anyway? Vocabulary: pyre, aperature, suppleness, hemp, prostrate, spectre, prodigy, inanimate, resuscitat…

Around the World in 80 Days: Chapters 9-12

Around the World in 80 Days: Chapters 9-12
'Very curious, very curious," said Passepartout to himself. 'I see it is by no means useless to travel if a man wants to see something new.' Chapter 9: In Which the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean Prove Propitious to the Designs of Philea…

Swimming Creatures Lesson 10: Cephalopods

Swimming Creatures Lesson 10: Cephalopods
This week, we have been learning about the four different kinds of "head-footed" animals, the octopus, the squid, the nautilus, and the cuttlefish, which are all cephalopods. We learned how they swim (by jet propulsion), what they eat, what kinds o…