We’ve returned from our African safari! What an amazing variety of animals call the jungles and savannas of Africa home. Our travels at Disney’s Animal Kingdom gave us an opportunity to see many interesting and unique animals “up close and personal”. We did our homework before we went to learn about the habitats/biomes of Africa [...]
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African Animals & Habitats (Learning)
February 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · Animal Kingdom, Animals, Prep & Learning
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The Jungle Book (Learning)
February 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · Books, Magic Kingdom, Prep & Learning
We’ve wrapped up our learning activities for our January book club selection of “The Jungle Book”. The kids’ reaction to our new book club format exceeded all of our expectations! Here are a few additional things we did and learned on our journey – We allowed each family to select a version of the book [...]
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The Jungle Book (Prep)
January 16th, 2010 · No Comments · Books, Magic Kingdom, Prep & Learning
Last fall I worked with a couple of other homeschool families to start a book club. The goals were simple – to introduce our children to classic literature and to incorporate a writing/public speaking element (with each book we would introduce a different writing activity for the children to complete and share with the group). [...]
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African Animals & Habitats (Prep)
January 15th, 2010 · No Comments · Animal Kingdom, Animals, Prep & Learning
My youngest son LOVES animals so we are very excited to shift our science focus to animals and habitats. Our first stop on this journey will be the animals (and their habitats) of Africa. We are going to spend just a week or two on the subject therefore I don’t need any materials that are [...]
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