Hamilton Pool

Working at a desk on worksheets can get really boring, let’s be real.
A friend had mentioned they went out to Hamilton Pool for a hike and swim and said it had the actual falls falling into the pool. Wow! It had been a wimpy falls the last time we visited so I thought that [...]

Rockin’ Out

So, this past couple of weeks the boys have been studying a little bit about rocks. We delved a wee bit into the different kinds of rocks (sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic). We thought we’d share a bit about how we made our own sedimentary rocks.
Sedimentary rocks are formed when earth is eroded by water [...]

Liquids!

So, inspired by an episode of DragonflyTV, J decided to do the recommended “Do It!” experiment. After all, he reasoned, we do have a little dropper.
So we did. They asked the kids to try dropping different amounts of fluids, drop by drop, onto pennies and see how things came out.
First was water:

The fine motor skills [...]

SeaWorld of San Antonio

We found out about SeaWorld’s homeschool day a couple days before. I didn’t know we’d get to go until the day before. Rush, rush, rush! When I found out we were going, after church we had to hit Walmart for ponchos but they had none. We ended up with umbrellas which pleased the boys to [...]

Home Chemistry: Fun With Non-Newtonian Fluids

The Aftermath
Originally uploaded by Phisch
More photos here (check the link again for videos).
So, after they asked so often and today decided to ask nicely (and I had the materials needed) I finally gave in and let the kids play with—scratch that—experiment with a non-newtonian fluid.
I found a recipe for Oobleck which, if you are a [...]

Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge

Prickly pear flower
Originally uploaded by Phisch
More photos on Flickr here.
Field trip today! I still can’t get over how much cool stuff is in and around Austin.
The boys and I packed up bright and all-too-early and headed north by north west to Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge. We made it there! Amazing because I got lost [...]

Paper Crafts

Paper boomerangs

A friend pointed me to this really neat resource: Canon’s Creative Park.
There are tons of models on their site ranging from monuments (Eiffel Tower, Castel d’ St. Angelo) to toys like chess sets and boomerangs. All the files are in PDF format. You just have to print all the pieces, cut them out and [...]

Bible Resource

Gary Petersen, who writes the blog Country Keepers, recently posted one of his projects. He put together a PDF version of A.T. Robertson’s A Harmony of the Gospels for Students of the Life of Christ.
Petersen’s post about the project and PDF file are here.
It could be a good resource for homeschoolers who study using timelines.

Pioneer Farms

2009-03-20 Pioneer Farm
Originally uploaded by Phisch
More pics here but there’s a problem with the hard drive so not all the photos are there yet. You can, however, see NM try walking in stilts.
Last Friday, the kids and enjoyed a field trip to Pioneer Farms here in Austin. It was once a farm and over the [...]

Texas Disposal Systems Field Trip

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Originally uploaded by Phisch
Sorry this is so late…things have been busy. We went on Oct. 13. More photos here.)
TDS. That would be: the local landfill. I know my boys are a little unusual in that they always thought a trip to the dump with their dad was fun. The one we took trash to when [...]

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