How To Make Magnetic Slime (and Learn About The Periodic Table)

Magnetic Slime has been on my "to do" list for a long time.

Do you have one of those lists? (You know -- the "do this fun stuff with my kids" list?)

For me, the list usually consists of things I've seen on Pinterest that look SUPER fun, that I will save for "one day".

Guess what?

ONE DAY may never come. All we are guaranteed is today, so I am resolving to do these projects a lot more often! 

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The Best Homeschool Field trip - Seeing Winter the Dolphin

Our family makes many trips to Florida. I am a native Floridian and still have family in the Sunshine State.

Each time we travel to Florida we plan an educational "side trip". This summer I wanted it to be something super special for Anna because we were traveling on her 13th birthday.

Our trip to see Winter the dolphin at The Clearwater Marine Aquarium will go down as the best field trip ever!

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Owl Unit Study Resources

If you've never done a unit study about owls in your homeschool, you MUST.  It's such fun!

A homeschool day at a local nature center was all about Birds of Prey - more specifically owls.

We were fortunate enough to see a wonderful Birds of Prey demonstration, followed by owl pellet dissection, and then visiting several injured birds of prey.

We are big fans of Interest Led Unit Studies around here, and while we have joined Classical Conversations this year, I can still tell that we will have time for some quick and enjoyable unit studies throughout the year.

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