Cross Rhodes Academy

My son and I just finished a unit on the String Family last week. He had a lot of fun learning about these wonderful instruments and their history (so did I). I got all the ideas and printables for it from Pamela over at Joyful Songs. We did a lapbook for it and here's the pics below...

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We did a unit study about musical instruments and came across a lapook to do with it. You can find it at Homeschool Helper Online.
Here pictures of what ours looks like:

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The 2009 TOS Summer Reading Splash has begun. My son had fun meeting Splish and being a part of this last summer. Homeschoolers of all ages are invited to take part in this event. To kick things off there's a Scavenger Hunt and a coloring contests for the kids. Well hurry on over so you won't miss out on the fun. Just click on the picture and it will take you there.

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Whether you are a Mother, Step-mother, Mother of adopted children, Foster Mother, Grandmother, or Great Grandmother, ect., I would like to wish you a Happy Mother's Day. My prayers go out to all the mothers whose precious children have passed away. May God's love, peace, and c… Continue

Have you started listening to some Christmas music yet? I started today. Right before Thanksgiving I get in the mood for my favorite time of the year. This is the week we usually begin lots of holiday baking to get in the mood for the season. We will also (for the second time around) begin Advent on Dec. 1st. We had lots of fun doing it last year.

Here is the picture of a homemade tree we used to do our Advent countdown...

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