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If you're ready to teach US history, Grab this free E-Book from Evan Moor. This US Facts and Fun book is fun and easy to follow. We use it and my son loves it! ~~~~~~~~~~ All photos posted here are property of LifewithMe3. Photos copyrighted to Portraits by Alinda. DO NOT use any content without written permission.

Join us for a SUPER FUN Read Across America Week or Three 😄. Every year, we celebrate Read Across America by reading our favorite books and learning about the Authors. We do some coloring and quiz, but this year, we are doing it differently. We have decided to not just read and learn about the Author, but also learn to WRITE and DRAW like our Top three. We have chosen Dr. Seuss, Mo Willems and James Dean (my son's top three favorites). We will do three weeks; One week for each Author. We will write our own mini story in the style of each Author and do illustrations like them. We will then put everything together in the form of a book with cover page and all. The first thing we will do is brainstorm what we will write about, come up with a Title. We will create our story, proof read and lay it out on our pages. We will then do our illustrations. Final thing we will do is create our cover. We like to leave our cover for last because it has to be perfect. It will only be perfect if w...

As we continue our lesson on Matter and materials, we continue to do fun science experiments. Today, we made our very own salted butter again. We have done this before but didn't have a video, so today, you get to see the process. We also made our own Bread a few weeks ago, you can check out that post here:   Cooking Class | How to make Bread | Homeschool | Lifewithme3 Materials needed to make BUTTER: Heavy cream glass jar with lid plastic wrap (optional) spatula or spoon for removing butter from jar bowl with lid for storing the butter Pour heavy cream in glass jar. Do not fill. You need air space for shaking. cover jar and shake until you see the fat separated from the liquid. that liquid is now butter milk. you can store it to use in your favorite recipes like cakes and biscuits. cover jar with cream and shake again until it's now looking light and creamy. pour into bowl, add a pinch or two of salt, mix well. There, you have some delicious home made butter. cover and store i...

Today as we continued with our lesson on Matter and Materials and mixing matter, We decided to do a lil experiment. That experiment led us to making bread. He did a great job following the directions and his bread turned out so good! He had so much fun! Recipe below. FULL RECIPE *Makes one loaf* 3 1/4 cups flour (I used all purpose but you can use bread flour) 1 tablespoon instant yeast 2 tablespoon sugar (helps the yeast ferment) 1 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons vegetable oil (you can use melted butter) 1 3/4 cups warm water PROCESS Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit In a bowl, mix the flour, salt, yeast and sugar. Add oil and water, mix until it forms a sticky dough. Knead the dough on a floured surface by folding and stretching it. Do this until dough is no longer sticky. Place the dough in bread pan or baking dish. You can roll the dough in different shape to fit your pan. You can also section it to make smaller size or rolls. Let dough rise until doubled in size. Bake in preh...