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Kicking Off Our Ocean Unit Study With “Night of the Moonjellies”

June 19, 2015 by The Learning Basket Leave a Comment

night of the moonjellies

What is summer without a unit study about oceans? When my in-laws invited us for a quick beach get-away, I knew it would be a perfect culmination to this vast albeit fun and interesting topic. What began as a one-week lesson turned into a fun month of crafts, experiments and exploration. We kicked off our unit study by  reading Night of the Moonjellies by Mark Shasha. Part of … [Read more...]

FAQs on How We Use Five in a Row

September 15, 2014 by The Learning Basket 2 Comments

  I frequently receive emails and messages asking about how we use “Five in a Row” (FIAR). Though I stray from it from time to time to follow my children’s interests, I still come back to it and do my best to find a book that I can connect to our lives. That is actually the beauty of FIAR – it really encourages families to explore and experience learning in their own … [Read more...]

An Interview with Steve Lambert of “Five in a Row”

September 3, 2014 by The Learning Basket 2 Comments

Steve Lambert of Five in a Row

We started using Before Five in a Row four years ago, and Five in a Row two years ago. We love our experience so far and can’t recommend it enough to those who want a relaxed approach to learning. I previously got to talk online to Steve Lambert, the publisher of the Five in a Row books and husband of BFIAR and FIAR author Jane Lambert. Since the homeschool conference that … [Read more...]

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