I am very excited to be studying South America for the next two weeks! I am originally from South America, Venezuela to be exact. I can’t wait to talk to my kids about the country their mommy was born in, our customs, our food, our music, our flag, among other things. They are familiar with [Read On]
Weather Fronts Body Movements
March 25, 2013 by 5 Comments
I guess my brain never stops working, even when I am asleep. On Saturday night I had a dream that the kids and I were reviewing the weather fronts and we were using colorful ribbons to represent the weather fronts. I kid you not… when I woke up I thought to myself: That is a [Read On]
Commutative Law for Addition and Multiplication
March 23, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The Commutative Law for Addition and Multiplication could be a little too abstract for young children. As I was trying to make it more concrete and visual for my kids, I came up with a few ideas to help them understand it. First, we pulled out some play food and plates and [Read On]
Weather Fronts to Label
March 23, 2013 by Leave a Comment
One the activities we do every week is to label pictures of the material we are learning. Sometimes we label by hand so they can practice handwriting and review their material all at once. 🙂 Other times we like to cut and paste. I always have both options available so they can pick, or I can pick, [Read On]
Weather Fronts Self-Check Worksheet
March 23, 2013 by Leave a Comment
As we are studying the weather fronts, I wanted to created a worksheet that would help my kids practice and review the vocabulary for weather fronts. This worksheet provides them with a self-check option. As they point to the weather symbol, they can open the flap and check if they identified it correctly. My kids [Read On]
Weather Fronts Cards
March 23, 2013 by Leave a Comment
We have been studying the weather and the four types of weather fronts. I created these cards to go with this study unit. I wanted my kids to understand what the four types of weather fronts look like so I included a picture on each card. I also wanted them to learn the symbols that [Read On]
Canadian Waters
March 19, 2013 by 1 Comment
For Geography, this week we are studying Canadian Waters. I made two maps to help the kids locate each body of water and learn the names. The first one shows all the locations and names. The second one, has empty boxes for them to label them correctly. My kids like cutting and pasting, so I [Read On]
Circles of Latitude Interactive Sheet
March 17, 2013 by 6 Comments
We love creating hands-on materials to help the kids learn their material as they “play” and have fun. This sheet is just that. We put it together and then got to play silly games as we reviewed and sang songs. I highly recommend that you print [Read On]
Circles of Latitude Cards and Body Motions
March 17, 2013 by 4 Comments
Here’s a set of picture cards I created to provide a visual to my kids while learning the circles of latitude. They love holding the cards, setting them up on the floor and rearranging them. Sometimes I print the set twice so we can play memory (that’s what we did this week). We also play [Read On]
Circles of Latitude Craft
March 15, 2013 by Leave a Comment
We had fun making this little craft as we were studying the circles of latitude. This is how we did it: First, the kids just colored the picture of the Earth. Then, they cut out and glued the labels on each circle. Last, we used [Read On]