We are super duper excited about this week’s episode! We bring you the challenge to consider doing hilarious and fun educational theme school moments, days, or weeks! Why? Let us share! We even provide help for you!! It’s Mindy’s favorite theme week of the year and we are here for it! AND we want you to be too! As usual, we start with our Homeschooling Moments of the Week, have some Topic Talk, then suggest ways for you to Make It Personal. We end this week with some (awkward, but wonderful) encouragement and a hack (recipe). Join us for Season 2, Episode 8! Fatten up!!!

1:30 Homeschooling Moments of Week

3:03 S1 E11 Car Schooling

5:25 Topic Talk: Why Take the Time to Do Something Hilarious?

12:28 S1 E39 Summer Reading Guide: Japan Olympics Theme

17:30 Fat Bear Week site

17:33 Fat Bear Week Katmai site

18:42 Katmai Bear Cams

19:20 Online Fat Bear Week Chats with Explore.org

19:22 Online Fat Bear Week Chats with Katmai Rangers

21:35 Fat Bear Week Explore.org Lesson Plans on Brown Bears of Katmai

21:36 Fat Bear Week In the Classroom

20:04 Fat Bear Junior

22:47 Download our Fat Bear Week Homeschool Guide and 9 other download sheets on our site!

24:25 Make It Personal: Near Bookends

26:06 Make It Personal: Far Bookends

27:00 Take This With You: Mindy

28:53 Take This With You: Rachel (recipe!)

Cole Mac&Cheese Bag of pasta into the IP, add 2c water. Cook 4mins. Drain. Add “a bit of milk, a bit of butter, and some cheese”. Cover for 4mins. Have a child stir for exercise. Enjoy on Mac&Cheese Monday!

Bookend Homeschoolers on Instagram Mindy at gratefulforgrace

Rachel at colemountainhomeschool