Welcome to the 14th edition of The Hands On Homeschool Blog Carnival. 

This month we had several submissions relating to preschool and young child activities.  We can learn so much from seasoned homeschoolers and the many young families starting out in their homeschool journey.  Sometimes when I'm surfing along and I see these wonderful posts for activities to do with the young children I glance by and keep going because I think the preschool activities are just for new homeschoolers.  But I can't forget the little ones in our multi-child families.  I have a five year old at home and I often have to remind myself to not only include her in our lessons for the older kids, but to also include lessons that are just for her at her level.  Just because I have done something before doesn't mean she has! 

I'm going to start this edition with our preschool submissions so we don't forget these young ones and how fun their school time can be!  If you have only older children at home, don't worry!  We have lots of hands on ideas for you too!

~ For Our Littles~

Amida presents Journey Into Unschooling: Bead People posted at Journey Into Unschooling.

You'll get to see an adorable video of A Picture of "One" posted at Baby Steps.  

Rachel says this is a "great way to incorporate masterpiece artworks into a learning activity, that doubles as emergency entertainment when out-and-about. I love this, DIY I Spy Board!"  Mini-Whiteboard becomes Animal ?I Spy? posted at quirkymomma.com.

Martha presents The Chef-a-nator Working on Fractions posted at Sunrise to Sunset.

~ Moving on to those "older" kids... ~

This month I wanted to share something in the math department.  This is Hands On Geometry with my 7yo posted at Talking to Myself.

Five in a Row is generally for younger ones but I gotta say my older daughter enjoyed many of our lessons when we did FIAR a few years ago.  So don't let this next post fool you, it is a field trip for kids of all ages especially those boys at heart...

Dawn presents FIAR Field Trip posted at my4sweetums - Homeschool Blogger.

Kris and friends held a Mesopotamia Party and she shared some pics at her blog Science of Relations. 

Brenda presents Rocks in My Dryer posted at The Tie That Binds Us.

There seems to be a rock thing going on this fall. Kris is studying geology too and submits her Saturday Science Challenge #12 on At Home Science.  And if you like science, you'll love the new At Home Science Yahoo group.

Rachel presents Try a Shoe Box Journal posted at Minds in Bloom.

Barb and her kids do a fabulous artist study and she shares her son's artwork here on her post Jean-Francois Millet Project-Oil Pastels found at Harmony Art Mom.

Writing...How do you make writing hands on?  Well you could argue that writing is in fact hands on just because of the nature of holding a pencil in your hand.  But I'm looking for something more than that.  Something that make writing more tangible, something that brings writing out of the mundane and into the extraordinary.  This next entry just might get us started in that direction.  There's nothing like a contest with funny rules to make writing interesting.

Pamela presents It's Almost NaNo Time! posted at Blah, Blah, Blog.

Another family with preschoolers running about, this final post doesn't really meet all of the guidelines for our carnival but it was such a great post that I hope will inspire us all in a way of life that will help us to meet our goal of doing more hands on projects with our kids. 

Adam presents Still No TV? posted at The Faughn Family of Four.

Thank you all for sharing your hands on projects here with us at The Hands On Homeschool Blog Carnival.  I look forward to seeing you next month.  If you are reading this and you have never submitted an article of your own, I encourage you to blog about your next educational, hands-on project and share with us here. 

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Posted by Brian

I love the idea for making your own whiteboard for games. we could use it on our upcoming road trip to WV.

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Posted by Anonymous

I enjoyed reading the entries in this edition of the carnival. There was a great variety and some ideas for our family to implement.

I enjoyed the No TV entry because we did the same thing in June 09 and have not regretted it. We actually do lots of hands-on learning in the evenings now where we did not before.

Thanks for hosting the carnival.
Barb-Harmony Art MOm

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