Life-sheets - a great way to learn science or any other subject !

Life-sheets is our own term....the girls love them.  We use the kind of cards you find in any tourist shop.  They are colorful, attractive and you find them on pretty much any topic from animals to national parks you name it.  You can make them into a book at the end of the year, and kids get to really learn their facts while they practice handwriting.  It is a win win win kind of deal!  Easy for trips, no carrying around big books, Internet always handy!

Have fun and remember :  Homeschool, it will always be worth your effort!!

Costa Rican Adventure

In Costa Rica we had many fantastic adventures.  Encounters with animals, an experiencing the rain forest, volcanoes and more.  Every time we tried to have a craft or at least to have some coloring pages for it to really stick in their memory.  We started a sort of a science journal with a picture of every animal we saw and a small simple explanation.  

 We had the blessing of volunteering in a sea turtle hatchery!  That was an experience of a lifetime!

We have also seen many monkeys.  Both Howler Monkeys and White faced Capuccins!

We have seen literally hundreds of different colorful dragonflies in Guanacaste Costa Rica!  My little girls decided to paint them with water colors!

We even had a close encounter with a Mexican Parrot snake!

We had a tour in a typical Costa Rican Carreta, pulled by oxen!  Then we decided to make a craft about Carretas!