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Two years ago, Jerry Schubel, president and CEO of the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, California, told me, “If you want your kids to care about the ocean, get them to care about the things that live in the ocean.” He invited my four children (ages twelve, nine, four, and one at the time) to the aquarium for a day of petting sharks, feeding sea otters and manta rays, enjoying the company of a precocious two-year-old Magellanic penguin, and shadowing staff as they identified and logged aquatic life sightings aboard Harbor Breeze Cruises.  On that cruise, we fell in love with a family of five fin...

This amazing color changing slime is going to blow your mind! This heat sensitive slime will actually change color as your kids touch it because it is heat sensitive! This is a super cool project for kids you MUST TRY! Color Changing Slime I love kids activities that really WOW! You know the kind, where […] The post Amazing, Heat Sensitive Color Changing Slime Recipe appeared first on 123 Homeschool 4 Me.

"As soon as I started reading Sophie Washington: My BFF, I knew my 11-year-old niece would love it! Akin to the Junie B. Jones series for middle-graders, this book by Tonya Duncan Ellis, is about a girl and her friends, but it’s written in such a way that boys and girls alike would enjoy it." Gina P., Goodreads Description: Kids Ages 8-12 Sophie and Chloe have been best friends since they met in kindergarten. They get along like chips and salsa and do everything together from playing tennis to cheering on the school cheer squad. Lately, Chloe’s been leaving Sophie out,...

Beginning readers need lots of practice reading word family words and sight words. This free printable, short a words emergent reader is a great way for pre k, kindergarten, and first graders to gain fuency and confidence reading. Whether you are a parent, teacher, or homeschooler – you will love the practice preschoolers, prek, kindergartners, […] The post Short a Words Emergent Reader appeared first on 123 Homeschool 4 Me.

A lot of people have been asking me about home schooling lately-- especially what books I like and how we organize things. I thought it would be easiest to just explain what we do and my plans for the summer/fall here. Normally, we have a Home School Review meeting with the County education department around this time of year anyway.  Some people dread their reviews, but I like having an opportunity to do a little self assessment and see how we are doing. Our reviewer has become our friend and we really like her too, which helps make it all...