Hello! Welcome to Eclectic Education Homeschool! My name is Lynn and I am a Homeschooling WAHM. I write here about my daily happenings at home with my two darling sons. When I am not busy taking care of children, I write for eHow, make pages on Squidoo, and spend time designing merchandise for Lynn's Boutique. I also make free curriculum for homeschoolers to use at Homeschool Launch. I would love for you to check out my work. I hope that this blog will be a blessing to other Homeschool mothers and be a light for my Savior Jesus. So please pour yourself a cup of coffee and sit back and enjoy! Please also feel free to check out my website, Eclectic Education Homeschool Curriculum, for more homeschool tips. Thank you for visiting!

Nov. 10, 2008 ~ Nature Studies- Our Crab Apple Tree ~

We have a wonderful crab apple tree.  It does get a little messy at times, but it makes a wonderful bird feeder in the winter.  We always have tons of birds around our house all year long because of the ample food source we have.  Well, I decided to bring a branch in for Little One and I to draw.  I also cut one of the tiny apples open so Little One could see the inside of it and yes, it looks like a tiny apple on the inside.  Little One decided he was going to draw his picture only in red. lol!!! Here are some pictures: To see the picture better, just click on it and it will enlarge and stop.

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Nov. 2, 2007 ~ Nature Walk ~

Today we went on another nature walk.  It was in the 50's again today and plenty of sunshine.  The boys found a lot of pretty leaves.  PC spotted a feather lying on the ground and they also found lots of acorns.  At one point, we were looking at the acorns on the ground and one went whizzing past us.  PC said he saw a squirrel throw it at us! lol!!!!   I took some of the leaves and covered them with contact paper.  I hope it preserves them.  I guess we will see.  I plan to put them in some nature books we are going to make.

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Oct. 18, 2007 ~ Our 1st Nature Walk ~

Ok, it's not like we never went on a nature walk. Sure we've walked through the woods or picked up leaves before, but this is the first of what I hope to be a semi regular habit where my children learn to enjoy and observe nature. Yesterday was beautiful! It was in the mid to high 70's. Perfect day for a short walk. I chose our neighborhood as the site for our first walk. This is where we will do most of them.         Our neighborhood is a typical suburban neighborhood with normal size lots. It's a slightly mature neighborhood, most of the houses are about 40 years old. It has a lot of mature trees, so there is variety and even some small wildlife. We regularly see bunnies, squirrels and chipmunks. There is also a variety of birds.         Right now in our area it is a cross between summer and fall. It's obvious that fall is coming, but a lot of the trees are still green. Yesterday PC and LO had bags and they were going to collect "signs of fall". Two neighbor kids joined us to "help" us. lol!!! PC got a little side tracked looking for 4 leaf clovers and PC did find two 4 leaf clovers and a five leaf clover.  One didn't survive.  This child has a nack for finding 4- leaf clovers!!!! Here are a few more pictures.... Here is Little One's bag of autumn stuff (with some help from the younger neighbor kid. Here is Prince Caspian's bag. There are more pictures in the slide show. I hope you enjoy them!

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