Here’s a set of picture cards I created to provide a visual to my kids while learning the circles of latitude. They love holding the cards, setting them up on the floor and rearranging them. Sometimes I print the set twice so we can play memory (that’s what we did this week). We also play [Read On]
Five Circles of Latitude Game
March 11, 2013 by 1 Comment
Whenever the weather is nice and I can come up with an activity to be outside, I am all for it! This week the weather has been very nice, so we found an excuse to go outside and practice our Science content. We are learning the Five Circles of Latitude. I had some sidewalk chalk [Read On]
Canada
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For Geography, this week we will be studying Canada. I have made a couple of maps to use with the kids. I made the maps using the mapping feature on the National Geographic website. Have you tried it? It is amazing!!! You can choose which area of the world you want to make a map [Read On]
Linking Verbs
March 11, 2013 by 2 Comments
During the following four weeks we will be studying Linking Verbs. I have made a “chain” for the kids to practice their verbs. I plan on giving them one segment at a time, so each week they get to glue another segment to the chain and watch it grow. It creates anticipation, and they just [Read On]
Geometry
March 4, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Here’s some fun ways to practice geometry! We made our Geometry Buddies Worksheet and each week the kids added a new face. They really enjoyed adding a new face to each shape, it made it more “personable” and fun. We used the video below to sing while they were coloring and adding the face to [Read On]
Area of a Circle
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We have been having fun creating Geometry accessories! Anything we can wear and have fun with as we repeat the geometry formulas. This week we were studying the area of a circle… so we made watches! The kids would walk around the room pretending they were walking at the park. I would “run” into them and [Read On]
Earth’s Atmosphere
March 4, 2013 by 5 Comments
This week we have been studying the atmosphere. I created a little project for my kids to help them visualize the Earth’s atmosphere. We read the information about each layer and then stacked the circles to build the atmosphere. This project really helped them remember what we were studying. I hope this helps your kids [Read On]