Whenever possible I love to come up with a snack that goes with the topic we are studying. We love food in our house! 🙂 This week we studied the parts of the sun, so here’s my idea for a snack. I used ham for the bottom and top layers (convective zone & photosphere), provolone [Read On]
Parts of the Sun
October 16, 2013 by 18 Comments
We are starting a unit study on outer space! We will be doing a few activities to learn more about space. Our first activity was to talk about the sun. We are learning the different parts of the sun. This was very fun! I made a visual aid out of felt to give us a [Read On]
Vowels
October 10, 2013 by Leave a Comment
We have been learning about consonants and vowels. I heard a song to the tune of BINGO that helps children learn and identify the vowels. I thought it was pretty catchy so I tried it… the kids learned it right away! I made a little video with my camera so you could hear the song, [Read On]
Poetry – Once I Saw a Little Bird
October 9, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Our next poem is actually an old nursery rhyme. Here’s the video to go with it: I created some materials to go with the poem in order to help your child memorize it. I typed the poem typed with some pictures to help you remember the words in the poem, and also I made a [Read On]
El Cuerpo – Body Parts
October 4, 2013 by Leave a Comment
I teach a Spanish class for a local homeschool group. This week we are learning basic vocabulary for the body parts. I made a few resources for the parents to use with the children at home if they desire to do so, and of course, any of my readers are welcomed to download the materials [Read On]
Bible
September 28, 2013 by 1 Comment
This year we will be memorizing a lot of Scripture. Our community (local co-op) has chosen to use the ESV translation. Each grade has a list of Bible verses they will memorize throughout the year. I have created a few resources to use with my children in order to help them memorize the verses. The [Read On]
Poetry – Singing
September 18, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The next poem we are working on is Singing by Robert Louis Stevenson. I made a short little video to help your child memorize it. Have your child watch the video everyday until they know it by heart. I also made a few sheets to help you with the memorization process. I added picture cards [Read On]
Pollution
September 18, 2013 by Leave a Comment
We are having fun studying pollution. This week we used the picture cards I made to introduce the topic plus to play a few games. The kids had fun matching, sorting, classifying and they even made up a game of their own. We also did an activity where I had them look for some examples [Read On]
Pollution Cards
September 15, 2013 by 1 Comment
This week we will be studying pollution with our kids. To help me introduce the topic and show the kids some pictures of what we are talking about, I made these picture cards with a couple of photographs for each type of pollution. First, I will use these cards to introduce the topic. As we [Read On]
La Cara – The Face in Spanish
September 14, 2013 by Leave a Comment
This week we are learning new words for the face in Spanish! We picked a handful of words and a question and answer to learn. I made the picture cards to help us learn the words plus it gives us a chance to play games! 🙂 I also made a short video to help you [Read On]