Learning in the Dragon's Lair

The journal of one homeschooling family's adventure.

Monday, January 3, 2011

Out With The Old

and in with the new. Our blog is moving. Please join us at

Learning in the Woolly Dragon's Lair

I haven't gotten around to posting there yet, hopefully soon.

Favorite Homeschooling Blogs

No Time For Flash Cards

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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Activities - The children’s book “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” by Judi Barrett is a great book for children of all ages! It is so well loved that it even inspir...
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Science Project Ideas for Kids

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By Sun and Candlelight

My Homemade 2023-2024 Academic Planner (Free PDFs!) - Hello my fiends, and long no time see! I hope you've all had a good year so far. I can't believe how time just got away from me this year and my poor littl...
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Chicken Spaghetti

Poem: Pull Up a Chair - Pull Up a Chair I just need to sit with a poem Standing tires us both Jumping demands such stamina Whirling distracts us from the task When we sit, we can ...
1 year ago
Somewhat in the Air

Fine Art in the Atrium - As we pondered together previously – how are we support the chid’s development by offering them a diversity of Christian art and music. Let’s shift to the ...
2 years ago
Handbook of Nature Study

Homeschool Nature Study Resource: Keeping a Nature Journal – Review - Keeping a Nature Journal is a great homeschool nature study resource and contains a wealth of ideas that you can pick and choose to use as inspiration. T...
2 years ago
Chasing Cheerios

Alma Woodsey Thomas Art Project - We’ve been learning about the life and art of Alma Woodsey Thomas. After learning about her and looking at her art, the girls created pieces inspired by ...
3 years ago
Ten kids and a Dog

A Lazy Sunday - We spent a peaceful...snowy...stuffy nosed Sunday... Thankfully this baby is still healthy The family puzzle baby snuggling Carson swinging My dad's...
6 years ago
Splintered Sunshine

was that so hard? - *dated 20 July 2017, 2 weeks after breaking that cuboid bone* I'm sitting in the ice asana, with my broken foot semi-propped on two pillows and the other ...
7 years ago
Counter-cultural School

Cross country road trip: Goals for the Trip - Our family recently completed a 6 week long cross country road trip. We traveled from Atlanta, GA to Jackson, Mississippi and from there to Chicago, IL. Af...
7 years ago
It's Twinsanity

Summer 2016 - Here's a brief recap of our summer. I was in school and on call all summer so there were no fun vacations or trips but we have still had fun hanging arou...
8 years ago
Think!

- American Thanksgiving challenge: Use only the following to create a Thanksgiving centerpiece. Send us your pictures and we'll post them! Send to kidthink...
9 years ago
Let's Explore - Creative Activities for Preschoolers

{Writing Poetry} Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn - I love the changing of the seasons, and autumn is my favorite. I’m ready for cool mornings with hot drinks, collecting colorful leaves on our walks, and ...
9 years ago
An Exaltation of Larks

Positive Changes - I’m in the process of updating our blog to better reflect our mission and focus. WordPress has also had trouble uploading photos for a few months, and as...
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My Montessori Journey

- I'm now on Twitter. I'd love to have you follow me over there!!! https://twitter.com/mslauralambert
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Art Projects for Kids

Draw a Sitting Dragon - *Here’s a tutorial for drawing a sitting dragon. A print friendly PDF may be downloaded HERE.* 1. Follow the steps on my handout to make the drawing shown....
10 years ago
Three Plus Two

This blog has moved! - Hello! If an old link or a google search has led you to this blog, I hope you'll join me for more recent posts at the new home of Three Plus Two: threeplus...
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Chronicle of an Infant Bibliophile

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Nurtured by Love

Backpacking Hamill Creek Trail - Post content is here, on the wordpress site. Please update your bookmarks and subscriptions to the new blog location.
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Tired, Need Sleep.

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.little moments.

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Fieldwork

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14 years ago
Fresh Thoughts From The Laundry Room

Introducing.... - The truth is, I am just too tired to post and pull up pictures and all of that, so you get to hear our big news from my daughter.... go here to find out ab...
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Harmony Art Mom

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The Tie That Binds Us

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To The Outskirts

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Fleet of Fun

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LaPaz Home Learning

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Chasing Marcus

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Growing Up Our Style

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