Hands-On

Coding for Kids — I have one child who LOVES video games, loves, loves, loves. Sometimes he’ll have a great idea for expanding a game, or he’ll find a glitch that he wants to fix. I wanted to encourage him to get behind the screen and learn how to make the games himself. I […]

Coding for Kids Resources

22 Mar, 2018 in Hands-On tagged coding / STEM by Meg

Merge Cube - Augmented Virtual Reality in Education, HomeschoolGameschool.com — There are affiliate links in this post. This review was unsolicited. My husband, being the finder of all things strange and amusing, found the coolest thing ever! It’s called a Merge Cube, and we’ve been having so much fun with it that I just had to write a review. The […]

Merge Cube, using Virtual Reality in Education

19 Feb, 2018 in Board/Card / Hands-On by Meg

DIY cloud dough sensory recipe — Cloud dough is an easy, inexpensive sensory craft that keeps kids busy for hours! My son had a doctor appointment this morning so I hired a sitter for the other kids (meaning, I begged my adult child to watch her siblings) and it provided some precious one-on-one time. With […]

DIY Cloud Dough Recipe

14 Feb, 2017 in Hands-On tagged art / sensory by Meg

Painting Rocks to Change the World — I know it doesn’t seem life changing, but something as simple as painting rocks has lead to a revolution of kindness in cities across the country. No one is quite sure of where the Rocks! movement started, but one of the largest and most active groups is right here in […]

Painting Rocks for Art, Fun, and to Change the World

21 Nov, 2016 in Hands-On tagged art / hands on by Meg

Introduce your kids to the art of Andy Warhol with this easy Andy Warhol Art Project for Kids — Introduce your child to one of the most famous artists of the modern era with this Andy Warhol art project! When one grows up in the shadow of Pittsburgh, PA one has certain things ingrained into their heads early in life: Steelers. Pirates. Penguins. Iron City. Andy Warhol. It’s inevitable […]

Andy Warhol Art Project

3 Aug, 2016 in Hands-On tagged art by Meg

Free Hands on history for homeschoolers Medieval History unit study — When I was a kid I thought history was sooooo booooooooring. I remember telling my mom in elementary school that I enjoyed reading the first-person stories in my social studies texts but I found the rest of the information dull. When I moved on to high school I had one […]

Hands-On Medieval History Unit Study

3 Feb, 2016 in Hands-On tagged experience based learning / history by Meg

Free online art lessons for homeschool — Art instruction. It’s one of those things I always feel like I should be doing more of, but something I am absolutely unqualified to teach. Do you find yourself in the same predicament? I’ve put together this list of free art lessons my family has been using for a while. […]

Free Online Art Lessons for Homeschoolers

3 Jan, 2016 in Hands-On / Homeschool 101 tagged art by Meg

cience for high school secular science curriculum review — *This review was unsolicited and I was not compensated in any manner for it. This is a product I purchased for use in our homeschooling. This review applies only to the chemistry program, I have no experience with the others* There are two things that people often cite when giving […]

Bridget Ardoin’s Science for High School Chemistry Review

14 Apr, 2015 in Hands-On tagged chemistry / hands-on / high school / review / science by Meg

experienced based learning — Back in January I wrote about our foray into something I’ve decided to call Experience-Based Homeschooling, or EBH. I guess it’s catching on because I’ve seen some support groups pop up for EBH recently! That’s awesome because EBH is such a fantastic method of learning and retaining information that I […]

Experienced Based Learning Update

2 Apr, 2015 in Hands-On tagged experience / experience based learning / field trips / homeschool field trips by Meg

digestion science experiment — I’m coming at you today with a simple science experiment that your kids are going to love! You, eh, maybe not so much. This activity will teach your kids the basics of how their stomach works and is great for preschool and elementary science students, though to be fair my […]

Let’s Learn About Digestion! An easy science experiment & sensory ...

18 Mar, 2015 in Hands-On tagged elementary / lesson plan / preschool / science / science experiment by Meg

Cork bottle rocket science experiment — Mister Man is enthralled with stomp rockets, he received a set for his 10th birthday and has played with them almost every day since. While kid-powered rockets are fun, gas-powered rockets are even more fun! *WARNING: adult supervision strongly recommended! Use common sense and do not point the rocket at […]

Make a Cork Rocket Science Experiment

16 Feb, 2015 in Hands-On tagged cork / experiment / science / science experiment with cork by Meg

extracting dna — Is there anything better than getting a gift that your child loves so much they wake up at 7am to use it? Well, the 7am part I could do without…but that’s exactly what happened when my son received the Usborne book 50 Things to Make and Do as a Christmas […]

Extracting Onion DNA (and a book review!)

29 Dec, 2014 in Hands-On tagged DNA / experiment / hands-on / science by Meg