Last Friday we went to a local orchard and enjoyed picking peaches.     And today we decided to turn some of those peaches into peach pie.    And then we used that peach pie to learn fractions.  Fractions are always better when they involve a real pie. 🙂   Nature, Baking Skills, and Math.  I’d...Read More

One activity that we planned on doing for our Pioneer Unit was to make homemade soap from lye and lard.  I borrowed the supplies from my brother who likes to make soap and we finally got around to doing the activity yesterday.   We didn’t wear our pioneer clothes though since they were put away in...Read More