Homeschool Hacks

Fun Weekend Activities

How to garden with the kids.(Parenting.com)

How to plant hanging upside down tomato plants.(Instructables.com)

Great ideas for displaying your kid's artwork.(Parents.com)

Wonderful St. Patrick's Day activities.(familyfun.com)

Every Day’s a Celebration

Did you know that every day's a holiday? And there are some interesting ones. I like to search the web to find out what's special about today, then create a little "celebration" that incorporates a learning activity. A great resource is About.com's Fundays Calendar, which includes links of related activities for each "funday."

I'll be posting some of the holidays and activities here as often as possible. Shall we start with today?

March 19th is:

1. Act Happy Day: Founded by a doctor/speaker who prescribes method acting techniques to "enhance health and wealth." We're going to celebrate by laying down some "no whining" and "happy faces only" rules for the day!


2. National Chocolate Caramel Day: Recipes here.


3. And for your history study/discussion, today is also the anniversary of the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (I'm SO resisting the urge to add my own personal commentary here.)

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