5+ Brain Break Ideas
{image credit: “Homework” by Patrick via flickr / CC BY-NC 2.0} Our kids work hard on home days, and so do we. We could all use a brain break once
Category: Home Schooling
Monday Mix-ins: Jamestown, Part 2
{image via Liberty Letters} Today we have even more Jamestown links to look into for E&E: VIDEOS: Exploring the World – The English Come to America Jamestown and Plymouth
Ocean Unit Field Trips
Today’s blog ties in somewhat to Tuesday’s, in that we are giving you MORE places outside your home where you can learn. But today we are focusing on a few
Tuesday Ten: Taking Home Days Outside the Home
Spring is here, trimester 3 has begun, and we’re all adjusting back to school routines after a glorious break. Has “Spring Fever” hit your home? If and when it does,
Monday Mix-ins: Jamestown, Part 1
Photo from the SLOCA Washington DC trip in 2013 – this was taken at the Jamestown Settlement. This week we begin to explore the settlement of Jamestown with a few
A Day in the Life: The Leppelmeier Family
{photos by Julie Leppelmeier} Let’s start off Trimester 3 with another installment in the blog series we’ve all come to know and love… a Day in the Life! This time
Monday Mix-ins: Champlain and Hudson
Henry Hudson: The celebrated and unfortunate navigator, abandoned by his crew in Hudson's Bay the 11th of June 1610 / / Drawn by F. Davignon ; Lith. of Lewis &
Shakespeare from the Mouths of Babes
{photo source} As trimester 2 comes to an end, we are saying goodbye to The Shakespeare Stealer and Elizabethan England after spending many enjoyable hours with both. But there’s more
Free Friday: March 11, 2016
SLOCA parents, have you downloaded the St. Patrick’s Day holiday resource guide? The link was shared in the March 1 weekly update. This guide provides a little history plus lists
Wednesday Wonders: Be on the Lookout
Today’s wonder was sent in by Track B mom Stephanie Ridley, and is a perfect example of how a small comment can reveal a moment of wonder happening in the
