Dissecting Owl Pellets

Science is VERY cool — as long as there’s something a little disgusting involved. All this stuff is from Pellets, Inc.

Horses and Snakes and Bears! Oh My!

It was a brilliant, unseasonably warm, gloriously beautiful fall day!
Marie was in a horsemanship show for students at Ride With Pride, a therapeutic riding programs for people with disabilities. Students range from kids with mild differences, like Asperger’s and ADD, to children with serious limitations. They all seemed to have a blast! Marie participated in [...]

Repost: We Had Temporary Custody of a Baby Rat Snake

The Man brought it home, in the wee hours of the morning, Wednesday. It was in his office, and he saved it from being unjustly executed by a co-worker who thought it was a copperhead. My hubby insisted it was a baby rat snake, and an internet search proved him right. Its markings are similar [...]

Repost: Bird Adaptations

For Funschool yesterday, I brought some seeds, pots and soil, and a few of the kids planted sunflowers and tomatoes to transplant in their yards. I also prepared an activity on bird adaptations. I was really proud of the way Martin stepped up and guided the activity for the kids who were interested.
Challenge #1: A [...]

Repost — Winter 2007-2008: Unit on Mammals

This is part of a mammal unit Marie, Martin & I did, using the IMIUAWGA (“I Make it Up as We Go Along”) Method. We’ve been working on animal classification.
A. I made a large Venn Diagram with yarn (hula hoops work well). I wrote each of the 20 traits on my list on an index [...]

Repost (Winter 06-07) Reptile Unit

This is sort of a Montessori-inspired activity. This was part of a reptile unit Martin and I did, in which we read many books and did a lot of notebooking. I made many reptile cards, most were of species I knew we would see in the Reptile Zoo in Luray, Virginia. Martin and Marie matched [...]