I have this goal.....a long held, nearly impossible (for me) goal, but one I shall keep working on until the day I die. That goal? To have a well stoked, well organised pantry. Thing is, I don't own a pantry. I don't really even own kitchen cupboards which we could use as a pantry. We…
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Around the House in 80 Hours: Progress Week One – Bathroom
This week we have concentrated on the bathroom, which has needed such a lot of work done to it. We only have one bathroom between the seven of us (we have a second loo upstairs but only one bath/shower), which means this bathroom has to work hard and, as a corner room off the kitchen…
Home Making – Soap Nuts
Over the past year I have tried out many different recipes for home-made laundry soap. We have very hard water and to be honest I wasn't that impressed with any of them. At least I wasn't until this summer. I had come across soap nuts during one of my forays into the world-wide web and…
Financial Studies for the 2014-2015 School Year
This was one topic all three older ones wanted as an elective. The younger two are just starting to show an interest with A6 methodically counting her money over and over again. I wasn't sure I would be able to find something that would be suitable for all ages from 12 down to 3, so…
Spar-Klean Science: What is the dirtiest place in the kitchen?
We did this experiment along side our dish cloth verses the loo germ growing fest. First we made the agar from gelatin, bouillon and water: The children decided to take samples from the door handle, the coffee machine, the fridge door, the floor and the sink: My heart sank as I watched C11 poke the…
Spar-Klean Science – Is the loo really cleaner than the dish cloth?
I need to be honest and say I am posting this against my better judgement. I mean, no one is going to want to eat at my house if the cloth we use to clean the dishes is actually dirtier than my loo! That said, 'dirty' may be a misnomer here because we all know…
Incr-Edible Science: Yeast (Micro Fungi – part 2)
After covering mold type fungi in Part 1, we moved onto the unicellular yeast: This is Leeuwenhoek, the man responsible for the discovery of micro-organisms through his very simple 'microscope' A labelled diagram of a yeast cell Yeast as we know it To find out a bit more about yeast we mainly used the same resources as before: We…
Spar-Klean Science – The Science Behind Microfiber Cloths
As you all might recall, I have been trying to reduce the chemicals I buy, reduce the amount of money I spend at the same time as enjoying the whole process of making my own products. I am focusing on the kitchen first and the last time I posted about my home-made endeavors it was…
Prairie Crispy Fried Salt Pork: A True Pioneer Meal
If you're immersing your family in a Little House on the Prairie Unit Study, one of the most meaningful ways to bring pioneer life right into your homeschool kitchen is through authentic, hands-on historical cooking. Today, we're making a classic frontier-style supper: prairie crispy fried salt pork, mashed potatoes, tender green beans, and homemade gravy, just the…
Home-Made Baking Powder {Incredible Science}
In this continuation of our Incr-Edible Science Curriculum, we shall be applying the knowledge we learnt from our last lesson on the science of soda bread. This week, we shall be making some home-made Baking Powder. Check out our earlier posts: The Science of Lemonade and Perfecting Lemonade Why Include Incr-Edible Science in our Home School? Pin This! Whilst…
Soda Bread Science {Incr-Edible Science}
In this continuation of our Incr-Edible Science Curriculum, we shall be applying the knowledge we learnt from our last lesson on acids and bases in the kitchen. This week we will be focusing on soda bread science. Check out our earlier posts: The Science of Lemonade and Perfecting Lemonade We left our last lesson making hypotheses concerning substitutes…
Acid and Base Kitchen Science {Incr-Edible Science}
The whole point of this home-made Incr-Edible science curriculum is that Lillie learns the why of cooking, as opposed to the simple how. I want her to be able to take knowledge about one set of ingredients and apply the same principles to another set. I want her to understand substitutions and suggest some of…
More Lemonade Science {Incr-Edible Science}
In our Incr-Edible Science last week, we made some rather revolting lemonade. If I'm honest, calling it lemonade is a stretch. It was fizzy and it has lemon in it. 'Nuff said! This week, our goal was to explore some more lemonade science to see if we could create a more palatable lemonade. Read More!…
The Science of Lemonade {Incr-Edible Science}
Last week, during our Incr-Edible Science, the children and I discovered the joys of making atoms, molecules and compounds out of sweeties! Better than that we all actually understood the concepts. Although I took chemistry at advanced level, I always found it hard to understand. I think I only passed by working incredibly hard learning everything…
Edible Science {Incr-Edible Science}
Having four young girls and at least two of them being passionate about being in the kitchen, I thought I would take a bit of time and create a curriculum that not only teaches my children how to cook but also teaches them why ingredients work as they do. The science of cooking, if you…