This year the students chose the songs that they wanted to sing for their Christmas program and we wrote the play around them. Song...

Wow! It's been a long time since I've had time to blog. We are off to a great start of a new year at Homestead. This is our fifth year...

Spring is "springing" all around us. We have baby chicks and a new lion head bunny, "Rosie." The students helped amend the garden soil...

Today we traveled to Topeka for a tour of the State Capital. Our trip was rescheduled for today because of the snow last week. We were...

A little elbow grease and some chalkboard paint have our outdoor classroom ready for the new school year. We can't wait to investigate...

We have been having wonderful hikes for recess, looking at all the new signs of spring. Observing animal tracks, new flowers blossoming,...

We have had so much fun this year in our STEAM Fridays. We have studied magnetism, the physics of flight, rocketry, body systems, plants,...

As part of our STEAM program, we took a trip to Code Ninjas in Lenexa. The students had used hands on code at school in the morning...

Our class party and pajama day was so much fun! We sang carols, dressed a classmate as a snowman, made snow birds, played games, watched...

This year we read the Adornaments Book with ornaments that taught us the names of Jesus as part of our morning devotions. We also did an...

After studying Africa, we moved on to South America. Since coffee is one of the largest exports from South America we decided to visit...

Every year we have all the student's families join us for a school Thanksgiving celebration. This year the students helped prep the...

This year we have added Homeschool enrichment classes. We are offering Art on Tuesday, Music on Thursday and STEAM classes on Friday....

As an introduction to the study of ocean life, we made a field trip to Crown Center's Sea Life aquarium. The students enjoyed all of the...

This summer, several of our students came back to school to help with the honey harvest. Students learned how to remove cappings, spin...

Due to the cancellation of school by Governor Kelly, I thought I would post some of the student work so that you could see some of the...

Who would have thought we'd be finishing our school year remotely? Or that hand sanitizers, face masks and toilet paper shortages would...

On Tuesday, February 4th, we attended the musical, "Walk On: Rosa Parks Story," presented by Mad River Theater Works at the Carlsen...

January 15th - Our trip to the Puppetry Arts Institute was so informative and fun. We definitely recommend it! We learned some of the...