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Ant Farm Kits: An Easy Science Lesson for Multiple Ages


Our boys exchange names every year for Christmas and then are blessed to buy gifts for their selected brother. This year, our youngest picked out an Ant Farm for his brother.

Not only is this an excellent gift for the animal lover of our family, but it has turned into an amazing “cross-grade” science lesson. 

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Ants and Homeschool

Nothing makes my skin crawl faster than crawling ants.

Kaiser rolls are tasty.
Imagine a hot ham and cheese sandwich on a kaiser roll. I even like those little black poppy seeds as long as they do not get trapped between my teeth.
Yum.
When I was in high school, I worked at a wonderful shop. It was like working with family.
Only this family never got under your skin.

Until they asked me to do the unthinkable.

Photo by Skitter 

We had a five-gallon bucket of poppy seeds. That’s a lot in case you are wondering. …

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Insects and Spring: The Perfect Homeschool Pair

Spring has sprung!

We live in the Pacific Northwest and there is no doubt that spring is in the air (Ah-choo!).
While everything is covered in pollen so thick that you leave footprints in the yellow, the boys are in heaven.

  • Sunshine
  • Warmth
  • Birds
  • Bees
  • Flowers 
  • Trees

 

Take advantage of the spring in your area and do a unit study on one or more aspects of God’s Creation.

This is a read along video about BUGS! Great for emerging readers!
 
 
 
Unit Study on Insects
 
Insect Documentary
 
 
50 Art Projects for Spring!
 

 

Wildflowers, Weeds, & Garden Flowers Notebooking Pages
 
Plants & Trees Nature Study Notebooking Pages
 
Nature Study Notebooking Pages
 
Birds of North America Notebooking Pages
 
 
Science Experiments!

Have Fun!

Download your FREE  “Science is Curiosity” {Printable}
 
 
 
 
 

 
 

 

Filed Under: blog Tagged With: bugs, insects, k, science, science for homeschoolers, Spring activities, Uncategorized, video

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