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Why we home educate

It's no great secret, we actually enjoy and value the time spent with our children. As for the physical act of educating them, well we've been doing that since the moment they entered the world. We taught them to speak their first language, recognise...

Exploring Creation Science Unit Study

This lens is to record our unit study on creation science for the coming school year. We will be using the book, Unlocking the Mysteries of Creation, as our spine for this unit. Use this for your own family and come explore creation science with us!...

Solving Systems of Equations

This Lens explores the three ways to solve a system of equations in two variables.  It includes various videos explaining examples and an explanation on how to use each method.  Feel free to ask any specific questions in the comments sectio...

Winter Nature Walks

Our family enjoys taking walks in nature at all times of the year. We are getting ready to do some hiking and I thought I would share some ideas and resources that might be helpful to your family.

Polar Lands

The idea for this lens came about after finding this wonderful Interfact Book and Disk from our local library.  My kids love learning about animals and nature and this computer program made learning that much more fun for them.  As a home s...

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Did You Know That There's a Science of SLIME?

Slime Science

It's fun, it's educational, it's messy, it's SLIME!!! Let's face it, most kids love to make a mess! And, yes, slime can be messy. But it is truely amazing how many different things you can learn about just by playing with this oohey gooey goop. Come...

Cameras Can Be a Great Teaching Tool

Cameras for Kids

Whether you're struggling to find something to keep a child busy, wish to spark a life long love of an exciting hobby, or hope to stimulate learning through a less traditional approach; photography, especially with a digital camera may be at lea...

Art for Toddlers

This is a great resource for the little ones who aren't old enough for school, but want to be involved in "homeschool!" You'll find a lot of great ideas in this lens.

Art Projects for Toddlers

My daughter goes to nursery school. I love the art projects they make in class so I decided to share them to inspire others. If you are looking for toddler artwork ideas or just ideas to keep your child entertained, take a look at these easy, fun to...

History Mysteries... an Intriguing Look at Peculiar Historical Facts

Mysterious and Amazing History

This lens is dedicated to the Earth, it's people, and it's mysterious and amazing history.

Examples of Science Fair Projects

Examples Of Science Fair Projects

Getting good examples of science fair projects are not always that easy. It feels as if it has all been done before. Or maybe you have left it too late and now you are desperately searching for a good idea. This is what this lens is about. I'm taking...

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Lilliput Station Adventures

Learning is a very exciting thing, but most methods of education quickly remove this excitement. Here at Lilliput Station, we believe that children (and adults) learn best by experience. Some of these experiences will happen naturally, others must be...

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What the Heck is a Polynomial?

Polynomials

The following lens is a description of how to add, subtract, multiply and factor polynomials. The majority of the teaching is done through the use of videos. There are videos tutorials and examples. Be sure to scroll down or us the table of contents...

Adventure to Alaska

GREAT JOURNEY WEST!

Our trip journals have been merged together from our Great Journey West! This was our cross country round trip family vacation from North Carolina to Washington and Oregon. For this trip we kept individual journals and wrote in them daily. For a writ...

ALASKA the WILD!

Two homeschool sisters merged their personal trip journals as they traveled to Alaska with their parents for their senior graduation trip. Now they have traveled to all 50 states during their twelve years of homeschooling! You can read their journal...

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Plants Encyclopedia Lens

Do you know what the largest or the smallest plant in the world is?  How about the oldest plant in the world? What about the parts of a plant? This lens will answer those questions and more.  Exploring many interesting and different types o...

Deserts of the World

How do plants and animals survive in the desert? Are all deserts hot and how much rain do they generally get? Do you know how the holes were made in the Papago Park Mountains shown in the picture above located in the Phoenix, Arizona desert? In this le...

Weather

That's a question that is on everyone's mind at the beginning of each new day! What's it like outside? Is it cold, rainy or snowing...or steaming hot and sultry? The answer depends on where you live! This unit will cover climates, extreme weather, and...

Rainforest Facts

What do you know about the Rainforest? Do people actually live in the Rainforests? What are the Rainforest layers?   Rainforests are located near the Equator, the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn in South America, Africa, Asia and Aust...

Let's Learn About Frogs, Lemmings & Bluebirds!

Frog Unit Study: Hopping to Learn

Take trips to the frog pond, play games and sing songs, gobble up the insect words and swat the fly verbs. This lens will give you dozens of ideas, resources, hints and tricks to create frog-themed activities for both homeschool families and classro...

Bluebirds of the Meadow

Summer nears and the bluebirds start nesting along the fenceline. The children are fascinated with the way they fly back and forth to build their nests. They become the focus of our next Unit Study, Bluebirds of the Meadow. As your little bluebirds...

Lemmings: Falling into the Sea of Knowledge

When the winds start to howl and the snow begins to blow you can capture your student's attention with this innovative Arctic Unit Study focusing on lemmings. Your little lemmings will be excited to learn with a theme that includes little furry crea...

Homeschool Graduation Help

Make your homeschool graduation memorable for your graduate and all your friends and family. After planning what kind of ceremony you'll have or participate in, you'll need to order your diploma, cap and gown, invitations or announcements, party favo...

Sonoran Desert For Families

Our family recently took a trip to Tucson, Arizona to see the Sonoran Desert. One of our goals for the trip was to learn as much as possible about this unique habitat. We visited Saguaro National Park for hiking and birdwatching. The visitor's cente...

Plants Encyclopedia Lens

Do you know what the largest or the smallest plant in the world is?  How about the oldest plant in the world? What about the parts of a plant? This lens will answer those questions and more.  Exploring many interesting and different types o...

Rudolf Steiner the founder of Anthroposophy

Introducing the founder of Waldorf education, alternative farming methods (bio-dynamic farming), alternative health practices and dietary advice - Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925) was way ahead of his time. Rudolf Steiner was quite a learned man. He was a...

History is a Story: Teaching History the Interesting Way

Welcome to Chapter 4 of Noori's Library: History is a Story, dedicated to sharing the best historical fiction and non-fiction for kids from preschool to high school and beyond.

Focus on Lapbooking

Timelines for Homeschool

Timelines are an important complement to any homeschool history curriculum. They are especially good for visual learners because they offer a view of historical events in a pictoral way. Even very young children can use a timeline to see the span of...

Lapbooking

Lapbooking can be done by any learner-- from preschoolers to adults. With this educational method, you make mini-books covering details that you've studied. After making a variety of mini-books about a larger topic, all the books are put together in...

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Medical Student Provides Programs of Hope for Amputee Victims in the Sierra Leone

John Daniel Kelly is a 4th yr medical student at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx. He traveled to Sierra Leone on a Global Health Fellowship to help those in need. A native Sierra Leonean doctor, Dr. Barrie, and Dan co-founded an...

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Let's Learn to Measure the Weather

Measuring the Weather

"Whether the weather be fine, Whether the weather be not, Whether the weather be cold, Whether the weather be hot, We'll weather the weather, Whatever the whether, Whether we like it or not." -Author Unknown This lens focuses on real-world...

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