Lunar Eclipse

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We had a spectacular view of the eclipse from our front yard!

Bean Seeds - Tale of Peter Rabbit

After rowing Peter Rabbit we planted several beans. Later we dug them up on different days to see the different stages. (Before we went out of town and they all dried up.)

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Miss Rumphius - Parts of a Flower

As part of our week with Miss Rumphius we read From Seed to Plant by Gail Gibbons. I also had a flower that we were able to examine closely.

Pet Hermit Crabs

I was finally able to see one of our hermit crabs change shells and was able to capture it on camera.

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We brought these crabs home from Manuel Antonio and the boys have really enjoyed them!

Snake Lapbook

Final pictures of our snake unit. We found a great snake place to go to, read lots and put together this lapbook from HSS.

Books we read:

Simple Machines Scavenger Hunt

After reading about simple machines this week (Who Owns the Sun?), I handed the boys my camera and set them loose in the neighborhood in hunt of simple machines. This is what they found:

Frogs

Books we read:

Links:
Free Frog Lapbook by HomeschoolShare
Additional Frog Clipart and Pictures (like the ones I used on the back cover)

Butterfly Lessons

Recently we went to a Butterfly Garden. We have been to a few over the last few months. I took this opportunity to put together a Lapbook.

Ami, over at HomeschoolShare, helped with the final product, so the Butterfly Lapbook at HSS is the new and improved version. Using the great ideas Ami added, I plan to add more pages to our books after our next butterfly garden visit.

Books we read: