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You are here: Home / Homeschool / Gum in the Hair? Frog Blood? Gold Rush?- all part of our week!

Gum in the Hair? Frog Blood? Gold Rush?- all part of our week!

February 22, 2013 by Maureen Spell 12 Comments

This week we were able to have some science fun! My mother in law surprised us with a new microscope! It was on my wish-list since I saw the value of a nice microscope while teaching biology to my 9th grader. We pulled it out and looked at frog blood, a fly leg, human skin cell, and more. These all were from the prepared slide set we got with the microscope. I can’t wait to work more with it!

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My younger girls started working again in their Elemental Science book. We started last year and then took a very long summer break–lol. We only have a couple more units until we are finished. This week they started learning about air. They made a fan, did several activities with a plastic straw and more. I really enjoy this curriculum for young children. The curriculum uses Science Play as one of the spine books, and it is filled with fun, easy-to-do science activities for young children.

 

Learning About Birds
We also have spent some time learning about birds. I need to go buy more bird seed so that we can easily view the birds from the comfort of our warm home. πŸ˜‰ I am looking forward to warmer weather when we’ll head out to our local state park for more bird watching adventures!

Gum in Hair Removal

Life-School 101: When 2yr. olds chew gum, they will get it in their hair. Instead of pulling out peanut butter, or the scissors, I grabbed my lemon essential oil instead. It worked great getting the gum out and smelled good too! πŸ˜‰ Β Such a versatile essential oil to have on hand!

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My daughter has continued with her Lexercise tutoring. I am so happy that her reading is improving! Not only that, her spelling and writing skills are improving too!

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Well that’s a recap on our week! How did your week go?

 

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  1. Kris @ Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers says

    February 22, 2013 at 6:04 pm

    Now, I’ve got to say, that was an attention-getting title. πŸ™‚ I’m going to have to talk to Tori. She doesn’t draw cool pictures like Scott does. LOL

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  2. Lindsay @ Bytes of Memory says

    February 22, 2013 at 8:03 pm

    Good to know how to get gum out of the hair! The microscope sounds like it will be a lot of fun!

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  3. Eddie - The Usual Mayhem says

    February 23, 2013 at 11:07 am

    We use lemon essential oil too, and also tea tree and lavender essential oils regularly. Besides smelling great, they do a great job of cleaning, freshening, and improving our moods!

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    • Maureen Spell says

      February 23, 2013 at 2:13 pm

      Yes, we love to use tea tree and lavender too!:)

      Reply
  4. Savannah says

    February 23, 2013 at 1:05 pm

    This is a great post and I love the first collage picture with all of the girls’ faces. I hope you’ll consider adding this to the end of the week link up at HammockTracks.

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  5. Jessy at Our Side of the Mountain says

    February 23, 2013 at 1:49 pm

    Well, it was an interesting week! LOL How awesome that lemon oil does that! No more cutting! Cutting hair “hurts” this Mama! πŸ˜‰

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    • Maureen Spell says

      February 23, 2013 at 2:14 pm

      LOL! It was the frog blood–huh πŸ˜‰

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  6. Angel says

    February 23, 2013 at 2:37 pm

    I have been adding lemon extract to my vinegar to clean with. Takes quite a bit. though. How much oil do you need to add to get a nice smell?

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    • Maureen Spell says

      February 23, 2013 at 2:49 pm

      I’m using lemon essential oil which is different than lemon extract. Lemon essential oil is stronger than an extract. I only have to use a couple of drops. Now it doesn’t have a lingering scent like commercial products, but it has a nice, clean scent when using.

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      • Angel says

        February 23, 2013 at 2:51 pm

        that sounds good, I was hoping to find the oil but can only get the extract at the store. may need to order it, saw you sell it. I will see about doing that soon. Do you ever have specials on your oils?

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        • Maureen Spell says

          February 25, 2013 at 5:09 pm

          Angel, occasionally there are specials. You can see them on my essential oils page up in the header. Feel free to email me with any questions! I’d love to help.

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  7. Mary says

    February 23, 2013 at 3:00 pm

    We had so much fun with our Gold Rush unit. That is interesting abou the lemon!

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