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Laura L Sanchez
Dec 27, 20231 min read
The Best Christmas Party We've Never Had
This year the students chose the songs that they wanted to sing for their Christmas program and we wrote the play around them. Song...
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Laura L Sanchez
Oct 25, 20231 min read
Happy Fall!
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...
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Laura L Sanchez
Apr 5, 20221 min read
New Animals & Garden Preparation!
Spring is "springing" all around us. We have baby chicks and a new lion head bunny, "Rosie." The students helped amend the garden soil...
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Laura L Sanchez
Feb 23, 20221 min read
Kansas State Capital Tour
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...
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Laura L Sanchez
Aug 29, 20211 min read
Nature Classroom is Ready!
A little elbow grease and some chalkboard paint have our outdoor classroom ready for the new school year. We can't wait to investigate...
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Laura L Sanchez
Apr 19, 20211 min read
Afternoon Hike
We have been having wonderful hikes for recess, looking at all the new signs of spring. Observing animal tracks, new flowers blossoming,...
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Laura L Sanchez
Apr 19, 20211 min read
STEAM - What A Year We've Had!
We have had so much fun this year in our STEAM Fridays. We have studied magnetism, the physics of flight, rocketry, body systems, plants,...
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Laura L Sanchez
Jan 2, 20211 min read
Code Ninjas
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...
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Laura L Sanchez
Jan 2, 20211 min read
Christmas Celebration
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...
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Laura L Sanchez
Jan 2, 20211 min read
The Advent Season
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...
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Laura L Sanchez
Jan 2, 20211 min read
A Trip To The Roasterie
After studying Africa, we moved on to South America. Since coffee is one of the largest exports from South America we decided to visit...
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Laura L Sanchez
Jan 2, 20211 min read
Thanksgiving Celebration
Every year we have all the student's families join us for a school Thanksgiving celebration. This year the students helped prep the...
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Laura L Sanchez
Jan 2, 20211 min read
New Year - New Classes!
This year we have added Homeschool enrichment classes. We are offering Art on Tuesday, Music on Thursday and STEAM classes on Friday....
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Laura L Sanchez
Dec 1, 20201 min read
Field Trip to Sea Life
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...
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Laura L Sanchez
Aug 15, 20201 min read
Summer Honey Harvest
This summer, several of our students came back to school to help with the honey harvest. Students learned how to remove cappings, spin...
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Laura L Sanchez
May 11, 20201 min read
Artist Walk Canceled...
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...
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Laura L Sanchez
Apr 2, 20201 min read
A New "Normal"...
Who would have thought we'd be finishing our school year remotely? Or that hand sanitizers, face masks and toilet paper shortages would...
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Laura L Sanchez
Feb 6, 20201 min read
Walk On: The Story Rosa Parks
On Tuesday, February 4th, we attended the musical, "Walk On: Rosa Parks Story," presented by Mad River Theater Works at the Carlsen...
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Laura L Sanchez
Dec 1, 20191 min read
Puppetry Arts Institute Field Trip
January 15th - Our trip to the Puppetry Arts Institute was so informative and fun. We definitely recommend it! We learned some of the...
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