My kids are getting excited about visiting the pumpkin patch this year. While they have all already taken a small trip this week (fall break) to a local patch where they all decorated a small pumpkin; they are anxiously awaiting the trip to the “Big Patch” where we will pick our pumpkins for jack-o-lanterns. I haven’t decided what “Big” patch…
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Tales of a Pumpkin Patch Past
Theme Units Made Easy: Apples
I love doing theme units with my kids. Theme units are a great way to incorporate many subjects into one unit study. They lend themselves well to a single homeschooler, or a family with children of multiple grades and ages equally easily. They also allow your child the time to focus and really learn about something thoroughly, which lends itself to a better understanding…
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I can’t homeschool because… my child has special needs
You have a child with special needs? Me too. In fact, I have two of them. Twin boys, both born with special needs due to birth trauma, and they are homeschooled. This is their 8th year of homeschooling; having started their homeschool journey when they were in the 4th grade. While I discuss the reasons we chose to pull them…
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Do you need a homeschool blogging break?
I have been blogging off and on for 5 years now. I’ve always done it more out of enjoyment and a desire to document the different stages of my children’s lives more than anything else. Last year, when I switched my old homeschool blog to “My Sweet Homeschool”, I was ready to get more consistent and more serious about my blog and what I…
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Your Family in Pictures: A Photography book for everyone
This post contains affiliate links. If you click on them, My Sweet Homeschool will receive a small compensation which is used to keep this free site available to you. When my sweet daughter Charlotte had a medical emergency back in January, I had many thoughts running through my head, and one of them was the sudden realization of the lack of…
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All about eggs: Using eggs to teach multiple subjects
Science: Do a unit on animals that lay eggs. Lifecycle of a chicken. Learn about which backyard chicken breeds and the color of eggs they lay. Also, natural Easter egg dyes, including natural pastel dyes and marbling! Also science of eggs and trying some fun egg experiments. My favorite is crystal egg geodes. Art: Coloring eggs last year provided a good supplement to…
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