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]
Books of the Bible
September 11, 2013 by 4 Comments
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]
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 Worksheets
August 25, 2013 by 2 Comments
Here are a couple more worksheets to go with our study of the Seven Continents! The first one is a sheet to label. I always like to include the option for younger students to cut and paste and for older students to label by hand. The second worksheet is a color coded map. My kids [Read On]