January Unit Study – Dinosaurs

Do you have a budding paleontologist in your home? Someone who likes to read about dinosaurs or go out in the backyard and dig up ‘fossils’.. This month’s hands on unit extender is on Dinosaurs. Activities you can do with any age range. All three of my children participated in all the activities and their ages...

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Christmas Unit Study

It’s Christmas time already. Time to start thinking about activities to do with your kids this month. We have a full schedule of fun things to do and make this month to really bring Jesus alive to us. I would like to give you some ideas that you can work on with your kids to help celebrate the birth of Christ while...

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Weather Unit Helper – Part 2

For Part 2 of this month’s unit helper on weather, I have put together some experiments you can add to your existing curriculum. In Part 1, I shared craft ideas on many different kinds of weather, from clouds to hurricanes and tornadoes. Part 2 will show you how to make some experiments about weather from air pressure to...

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Weather Unit Helper – Part 1

Nothing amazes my kids more than the weather. Where we live the weather changes constantly. From very cold with snow and ice to warm windy days literally within days of each other. Living up north has inspired my kids to learn more about extreme weather and how it affects us. This month for the unit study helper, I would like...

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October Unit Study Helper: Apples & Autumn

I am very excited to bring you a specific unit extender here at Heart of the Matter– the crafts, projects, recipes, and experiments that we’ve used in our schooling to help add to your existing unit on the topics I post each month. At our home, we tend to lean towards a hands on approach to help enhance our children’s...

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