The Crabs Homestead
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Category: Homeschooling
Follow our adventures with preparing and starting homes chool for the 2014 and beyond school year!
A “Typical” Homeschool Day on the Road in a Tiny House
NEWEST Video Out! A “Typical” Homeschool Day on the Road in a Tiny House 🚎 🌞I finally did a video on our kids typical homeschool day, along with how it changes and how we adapt to boredom, burn out, traveling, tips, out mottos, and… Continue Reading “A “Typical” Homeschool Day on the Road in a Tiny House”
Road schooling: Pros, Cons, and Tips for Homeschooling on the Road
Road schooling: Pros, Cons, and Tips for Homeschooling on the Road Here is a video I did on the pros and cons of “roadschooling”, as well as some tips we came up with on how-to combat some of the cons. As most of you… Continue Reading “Road schooling: Pros, Cons, and Tips for Homeschooling on the Road”
Science/Art: The Planets
A few weeks ago, we did a lot of research on our planets, rockets, space stations, astronauts, and space in general. We watched YouTube videos, explored NASA’s website, played space games, watched movies based in space (because sci fi is always fun:)), and wrote… Continue Reading “Science/Art: The Planets”
Science/Art: The Human Body
Earlier this year we talked about the Human Body and the internal organs. We learned about how our food is digested, how our brains send signals to our muscles and nerves, and even about how many bones we have in our bodies! The book… Continue Reading “Science/Art: The Human Body”
DIY Tornado In a Jar
Adding to our cloud/weather week, we also made a tornado in a jar. The girls loved this one and we have had it on the counter for a few days randomly playing with it! There is a tornado spinning in the jar in the… Continue Reading “DIY Tornado In a Jar”
DIY Cloud Identifier Project
This past week in our Homeschool Science Lab, we have talked about the clouds and how if you can identify them, you can pretty much predict the weather! It definitely worked for us! I have to admit I was actually excited about the cloud… Continue Reading “DIY Cloud Identifier Project”
Homeschool- Our First 2 Month’s Journey
What A Learning Experience! After we figured out why we wanted to homeschool and when we would be ready, we had to physically do it. So we did. 🙂 The plan was to sell our home, start homeschooling and travel. We would begin looking… Continue Reading “Homeschool- Our First 2 Month’s Journey”
Homeschooling- When We Decided We Were Ready
Homeschooling. I won’t even waste my time going over all of the stereotypes. You are probably thinking of one right now. I have to say that I have gone from being totally against it, to being so excited about it I find it hard… Continue Reading “Homeschooling- When We Decided We Were Ready”
Why I am a Thrift Shop Junkie
I used to never go to the thrift shops, goodwills, salvation army stores, etc. just because I never saw the need. I always thought my local thrift shop was full of junk and I figured I could find a good deal on Amazon too.… Continue Reading “Why I am a Thrift Shop Junkie”
Homeschool-Growing Our Classroom
My husband and I have been thinking of homeschooling for a while. I was slightly against it because I thought that my kids would be these weird social outcasts…terrible stereotypes! So, after my third grader came home (We will call her Razzy, 8) and… Continue Reading “Homeschool-Growing Our Classroom”
Some Products From Our Store
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MY 20s- Short sleeve t-shirt
$23.00 – $26.00
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Vintage 1995 David Winter Cottage
$125.00$105.00 -
Bus Life (B&W) Premium Face Mask
$16.00
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Van Life Charm
$4.00
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Christmas Tree Earrings (Wood, Small)
$6.00 – $8.00
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1930s/40s Historical Douglas, AZ Grocers Delivery Crate/ Hubbard Folding Box Co.
$155.00
