The next piece of Poetry we will be memorizing with our kids is an excerpt from Mark Antony’s Speech in the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. Our kids are enjoying it, specially watching the short video I created. I also created some worksheets to help my kids memorize it. I typed the poem [Read On]
Doubles Math Facts
January 28, 2016 by Leave a Comment
This week we will be introducing the Doubles Facts in our Kindergarten room at our local homeschool group. As I was preparing for the lesson, I looked all around the web for more ideas. I ran into this wonderful idea by Jenae over at I Can Teach My Child. She cut out circles to represent [Read On]
Phoneme Segmentation
September 14, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Phoneme segmentation is just one component of Phonemic Awareness. When we talk about Phonemic Awareness, we refer to the ability of manipulating & identifying sounds in a word WITHOUT looking at printed symbols (letters, words). In order for a child to be a successful reader and decoder, he must be able to manipulate & identify [Read On]
Poetry – Laocoon’s Warning
September 4, 2015 by 1 Comment
This year we will be studying Ancient History. Some of our Poetry will be related to the History, so for the next three weeks we will focus on learning a portion of the Latin poem “The Aeneid”, translated by Robert Fagles. We will memorize the segment where Laocoon warns the Trojans about accepting the Trojan [Read On]
My Shadow by Robert Louis Stevenson
August 15, 2015 by Leave a Comment
We love poems by Robert Louis Stevenson. This is a very fun poem for kids. So we decided to work on memorizing this piece of poetry. I found an animated video of the poem and my kids love watching it. Here are some of the resources I created to go with the poem. 1. Written [Read On]
Poetry – The Squirrel
August 14, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Hello readers! The first poem we will be memorizing this year is a short, fun poem. I found that it can have two different titles. Some people have titled it “The Squirrel”, while others have titled it “Whisky, Frisky”. The author is anonymous. I made a short video with the pictures I used in the [Read On]
Length Measurement Conversions
January 31, 2015 by 2 Comments
Hello my dear readers! We are working hard on memorizing length measurement conversions. We had fun measuring things around the house and using different measurement units. I created a few resources for my kids to practice and review the conversions. These are the particular conversions we are learning in our local co-op, so that is [Read On]
La Comunidad – The City
January 11, 2015 by Leave a Comment
In the next couple of weeks, we will be learning basic vocabulary in Spanish for the city (our community). Here’s the video to help you with the vocabulary and pronunciation. I made a couple of sheets to go with the video and topic. I always like to make a sheet that has all the vocabulary [Read On]
The New Colossus
December 16, 2014 by Leave a Comment
The next poem we will be memorizing is The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus. We have read a few books about the history of the Statue of Liberty, watched videos, looked at pictures and articles online. We have learned a lot the past few weeks. I love how much I get to learn as a [Read On]
Star-Spangled Banner
November 9, 2014 by Leave a Comment
For the next couple of weeks, we will be working on memorizing The Star-Spangled Banner. My plan was to create a few resources like I usually do, but when I looked around, I found plenty of other websites offering free resources to use. So thankful for all the bloggers out there willing to share their [Read On]