Our new poem will be Clouds by Christina Rossetti. It is a short little poem, very easy to memorize and act out. The kids enjoy moving with the poem as we recite it. When the wind is blowing, they move and wiggle around; when the wind stops, they freeze and stand still. Here’s a short [Read On]
Transporte – Transportation
March 20, 2018 by Leave a Comment
We will be learning the vocabulary words for Transportation in our Spanish class. I have created the video to help the students and parents with the pronunciation. It would really benefit the student to watch the video at least three times a week. This would help the child memorize the vocabulary easily. Below you will [Read On]
Verbos – Action Words Set 3
March 19, 2018 by Leave a Comment
The new set of Action Words in Spanish is available now! In each set we will learn 5 action words/verbs. Building a great vocabulary base, including verbs, will insure that our students will have a solid foundation as they move to more in depth Spanish learning (conjugating verbs, forming complete sentences, etc.) With the younger [Read On]
Beowulf
August 28, 2016 by 1 Comment
This year we will be studying Medieval and Renaissance Era in our History curriculum. Some of our Poetry will be related to that era. Our co-op will be memorizing a couple of excerpts from “Beowulf”. Last week, we spent some time reading about Beowulf, watching some videos and having some discussion about what this 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]
Romulus and Remus by Rudyard Kipling
November 7, 2015 by 2 Comments
Since we are studying ancient history this year, our Poetry is related to the topics we are learning about. The founding of Rome is one of the topics we will be covering in the next few weeks, so we will be memorizing the poem “Romulus and Remus” by Rudyard Kipling. I put together this video [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]
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]
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]
Los Vegetales – Vegetables
October 5, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Our next topic in Spanish class is the vegetables. We are learning basic vocabulary for vegetables in Spanish. Here is the video going over the vocabulary and pronunciation: I created a few sheets to go with this topic. In the link below you will find a document containing the following sheets: 1. Vocabulary sheet 2. [Read On]