We are working on learning the books of the Bible. I have created a few resources to help us memorize the 66 books. 🙂 First off, I made a couple of sheets with the books of the Bible listed and divided. This will be one of our visual aids as we sing the song. Next, [Read On]
Poetry – Foreign Lands
September 5, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Here’s the next poem we are working on at our homeschool! 🙂 Read the poem to your child first, and have him close his eyes and picture what the poem is describing. Talk about what the author is describing. Show the video to your child, or the sheet with the written poem and pictures. Explain [Read On]
Sight Words
September 3, 2013 by Leave a Comment
We have chosen the Dolch Sight Words List for our kids. If you are not familiar with sight words, they are the most common words in the English language and a lot of them can not be sounded out phonetically. Since these words cover a high percentage of any written material, it is very beneficial [Read On]
Poetry – At the Seaside
September 2, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Here’s our first poem! Like I explained in the previous post, I will have a video for each poem so your child can watch it over and over until they have memorized it. Here’s the video … I have also made a few sheets to help you and your child memorize the poem. The [Read On]
Poetry
August 31, 2013 by 1 Comment
This year we have added Poetry to our school work. We will be memorizing different poems throughout the year. We are using the book Harp and Laurel Wreath by Laura M. Berquist, and let me tell you that it is a wonderful book! We are loving the poems! I love that [Read On]
Sentimientos – Feelings
August 26, 2013 by 2 Comments
This week we will be studying the words for Feelings in Spanish. I have made some picture cards and a little worksheet to help the kids remember the vocabulary. We are planning on going through magazines and finding pictures of people showing different emotions. We will review our vocabulary by saying the words in Spanish. [Read On]
Seven Continents
August 21, 2013 by 4 Comments
This week we have been working on learning the Seven Continents. I made picture cards and matching cards for the kids to use and help them learn the Seven Continents. We have used the matching cards to play games such as “Race You” and memory game. We set up the timer and see how long [Read On]
Markings on the Globe Color Coded
April 11, 2013 by 4 Comments
We like to create an “art” project each week. In order to make it fit into our day we usually turn one of the subjects we are learning into an art project. By that I mean, something we can use paint, glitter, stickers, etc. anything fun, hands-on, that we can then hang on the wall. [Read On]
Markings on the Globe to Label
April 10, 2013 by Leave a Comment
As we study the markings on the globe, I created these worksheets to help the kids label and review the material we are memorizing. In this file you will find two options. One sheet is for younger students with the labels ready to cut and paste (my kids favorite). The other sheet is for older [Read On]
Markings on the Globe Model
April 8, 2013 by Leave a Comment
This week we are studying the markings on the globe. I decided to help the kids make a little model of a globe so they could paint, identify and highlight different markings on the globe. I bought Styrofoam balls at the local craft store. We stuck a wooden stick on one end of the ball to [Read On]