http://www.artprojectsforkids.org/2008/01/colorful-spiderweb.html
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Spider Web Craft
We tried this spider web craft that we came across at
http://www.artprojectsforkids.org/2008/01/colorful-spiderweb.html
http://www.artprojectsforkids.org/2008/01/colorful-spiderweb.html
Cardboard Tank
LD made this cardboard tank about a month ago. He was
very excited by this project so I thought I'd share the
instruction link for others if you're interested:
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-To-Make-a-Cardboard-tank/
very excited by this project so I thought I'd share the
instruction link for others if you're interested:
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-To-Make-a-Cardboard-tank/
Art Appreciation
Most every week Mom puts up a new artist in our weekly
calendar. Below are pictures by Norman Rockwell and
Albert Bierstadt. We've also done some of the following
artists:
Leonardo DaVinci
Michelangelo
Rembrandt
Van Gogh
I usually post a self portrait of the artist and we talk
briefly about each picture (what they see, what they like
or don't like about it) and leave it at that. I notice it does
sink in as LD noticed a Van Gogh's "Starry Night" and commented
on it a few weeks after I posted those pictures.
You can see I blew this past week and made my little pictures too
big for the calendar!
calendar. Below are pictures by Norman Rockwell and
Albert Bierstadt. We've also done some of the following
artists:
Leonardo DaVinci
Michelangelo
Rembrandt
Van Gogh
I usually post a self portrait of the artist and we talk
briefly about each picture (what they see, what they like
or don't like about it) and leave it at that. I notice it does
sink in as LD noticed a Van Gogh's "Starry Night" and commented
on it a few weeks after I posted those pictures.
You can see I blew this past week and made my little pictures too
big for the calendar!
Art Appreciation -- Georgia O'Keeffe
his favorite painting.
Country Box Exchange -- China
We did a "country box" exchange with another family
who lives and homeschools in China. The kids were
very excited to open their box of goodies. We were
truly overwhelmed by their generosity and it made
our study of China fantastic!
The Chinese paper cuttings you see below are so
intricate; its hard to believe they are done with scissors.
In the first picture below you can see the kids are wearing
scarves. Chinese school kids all wear different school
uniforms but all the young Chinese students (regardless
of their school) wear the red scarves. The older students
wear green scarves. This helps demonstrate national
unity we were told.
who lives and homeschools in China. The kids were
very excited to open their box of goodies. We were
truly overwhelmed by their generosity and it made
our study of China fantastic!
The Chinese paper cuttings you see below are so
intricate; its hard to believe they are done with scissors.
In the first picture below you can see the kids are wearing
scarves. Chinese school kids all wear different school
uniforms but all the young Chinese students (regardless
of their school) wear the red scarves. The older students
wear green scarves. This helps demonstrate national
unity we were told.
A Study of China
LD worked very hard to put together a book on China.
We have a new binding gadget and have moved away
from lapbooking and instead are putting pages together
with a comb binder. He did some sand writing (China and
the GreatWall using glue/colored sand). He did some
lapbook elements (the capital of China, the flagand things
like that). He did some Chinese writing(with the answers
folded up on the left). We read some interesting stories
from activity village about the Great Wall and the Chinese
zodiac. He learned a little bit about foot binding and about
the Terra Cotta Warriors. He even got to do his own archaelogical
dig to uncover a small Terra Cotta Warrior. Then he researched
what animal each family member was based on the year
they were born. He learned about the "lucky envelopes"
given to kids at the Chinese New Year (and his contains "real"
Chinese money courtesy of our "country box" exchange) He
learned about the animals of China, learned to draw a panda,
made "moon cakes" and more! What a fun unit!
The pictures below were taken before we compiled the book.
We have a new binding gadget and have moved away
from lapbooking and instead are putting pages together
with a comb binder. He did some sand writing (China and
the GreatWall using glue/colored sand). He did some
lapbook elements (the capital of China, the flagand things
like that). He did some Chinese writing(with the answers
folded up on the left). We read some interesting stories
from activity village about the Great Wall and the Chinese
zodiac. He learned a little bit about foot binding and about
the Terra Cotta Warriors. He even got to do his own archaelogical
dig to uncover a small Terra Cotta Warrior. Then he researched
what animal each family member was based on the year
they were born. He learned about the "lucky envelopes"
given to kids at the Chinese New Year (and his contains "real"
Chinese money courtesy of our "country box" exchange) He
learned about the animals of China, learned to draw a panda,
made "moon cakes" and more! What a fun unit!
The pictures below were taken before we compiled the book.
Uncovering the Terra Cotta Warrior
LD was SO excited when this showed up in his workbox.
LD and DD just loved doing this!
LD and DD just loved doing this!
Dress Up Time -- Chinese Style!
This dress is actually MD's (Mom's) dress, but it looked
really cute on DD.
really cute on DD.
Our Homeschool Corner of the Living Room
These are some older pictures of our homeschooling corner.
You can see this is before we put labels on the boxes. We
don't have much room in the living room/dining room area,
but this is just perfect!!
Then pictured below is the hard filebox holder.
These pictures were taken several months ago. Now we use
subject labels on the outside of each drawer (more details below).
You can see this is before we put labels on the boxes. We
don't have much room in the living room/dining room area,
but this is just perfect!!
Then pictured below is the hard filebox holder.
These pictures were taken several months ago. Now we use
subject labels on the outside of each drawer (more details below).
Workbox Organization
WELCOME EVERYONE!
This blog will be our public forum for sharing our
homeschooling journey. Our family happenings will still
continue at the old site. We hope you enjoy our postings.
From here on out the family members will be referred to as:
MD -- Mommy Dingo
FD -- Daddy (Father) Dingo
LD -- 6 year old boy Dingo
DD -- 4 year old girl Dingo
ED -- 19 monh old girl Dingo
This year is off to a great start with the organization of
our homeschool materials -- into "workboxes." Each weekend,
MD spends time loading the boxes and planning for the coming
week. This system works extremely well -- and even 19 month
old ED checks things out (often strewing math manipulatives
and other things over her shoulder!). And like so many
other families have mentioned, we get a lot more done
each day since the materials are all there ready to go.
This blog will be our public forum for sharing our
homeschooling journey. Our family happenings will still
continue at the old site. We hope you enjoy our postings.
From here on out the family members will be referred to as:
MD -- Mommy Dingo
FD -- Daddy (Father) Dingo
LD -- 6 year old boy Dingo
DD -- 4 year old girl Dingo
ED -- 19 monh old girl Dingo
This year is off to a great start with the organization of
our homeschool materials -- into "workboxes." Each weekend,
MD spends time loading the boxes and planning for the coming
week. This system works extremely well -- and even 19 month
old ED checks things out (often strewing math manipulatives
and other things over her shoulder!). And like so many
other families have mentioned, we get a lot more done
each day since the materials are all there ready to go.
More on Workbox Organization
Here are a few other things we do to keep our homeschooling
things organized. I have a file box with our activities/ideas
listed on them. I also have a spread sheet (I'll post a picture
below) with math activities, preschool activities and so forth.
I have hard-shelled file boxes that contain some of our workbox
materials (especially math materials, phonics letters and things
like that). They get placed in an upright file holder (again,
I'll post a picture below).
things organized. I have a file box with our activities/ideas
listed on them. I also have a spread sheet (I'll post a picture
below) with math activities, preschool activities and so forth.
I have hard-shelled file boxes that contain some of our workbox
materials (especially math materials, phonics letters and things
like that). They get placed in an upright file holder (again,
I'll post a picture below).
Workbox Organization -- Idea Grid Sheet
I've found it really useful having these grids with the various
ideas I've come across listed on one sheet. Below I've pictured
my tables for preschool and math. I typed up the math ideas
sheet and have posted those below in two parts.
ideas I've come across listed on one sheet. Below I've pictured
my tables for preschool and math. I typed up the math ideas
sheet and have posted those below in two parts.
MATH IDEAS PART I -- addition, hundreds board, skip counting (roughly K-2):
MATH IDEAS PART I -- addition, hundreds board, skip counting (roughly K-2):
With the beginning of the new school year, I worked a lot to become more organized. Perhaps someone out there can benefit from my master math list.
GENERAL MATH SITES: (I used these a lot for Kindergarten Math)
http://www.littlegiraffes.com/math.html
http://www.jmeacham.com/
http://www.thevirtualvine.com/math.html
NUMBER GAMES
from this website: http://www.mathwire.com/games/numbergames.html
ADDITION:
Addition Math War -- a card game. The person with the highest amount wins the round
Popsicle Stick Math Facts -- Place addition math facts on Popsicle sticks with the answers at the bottom. Stick them in sand and have child self check his/her math facts.
Math Fact Card Toss Relay -- Throw flashcard as far as possible, run, pick it up, solve it and race back so the next person can go. Race for 3 (or whatever) minutes solving as many facts as possible.
Mathlines Online Game -- Practice the sums equaling 4 (5, 6... up to 15). You blaster has a number, shoot the ball that gets you 4 (2+2, 1+3) http://www.coolmath-games.com/0-math-lines/addition-10.html
Math Monster Game: Write out the equations you want to practice (5+7 and the answer 12 on a different sheet). Give the child the answer and spread the equations around the back yard. You are the Monster trying to freeze them before they get the correct answer. If you tag them and they think they have the right answer, they check it with you. If they are correct they are free, if not they are frozen until another player sets them free. We play this with my 3 year old daughter who has to find a number (1 through 12) and tell the Math Monster what number she has. The Math Monster won if she froze all players.
Math Number Family Gameboards: http://www.theschoolbell.com/Links/math/number_families/main/gameboard.html
Addition Worksheets: http://www.theschoolbell.com/Links/math/number_families/main/worksheets.html
EGG CARTON ADDITION (not my idea, I think from Louise on this board?) Each person had to toss a pom pom into an egg carton (which had numbers on it). They had to add their two numbers together and the person with the highest number won the round.
ADDITION STRIP BOARD:
addition strip board and I printed it out here:
http://www.montessorimaterials.org/Math/AdditionStripBoard.pdf
MATH BALANCE: Do addition equations on a math balance (If you place a weight on 5 and 4 on one side, what number do you need place the weight on on the other side to make it balance properly.
http://www.activitiesforlearning.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=53 (for purchase from RightStart Math)
HUNDREDS BOARD ACTIVITIES
such as cutting up the hundreds board and making it into a puzzle
missing number puzzle board activity
http://www.mathwire.com/archives/october07.html;
I also got some ideas from this site: http://www.squidoo.com/hundredboard)
Picture Prompts (the numbers to read out to make pictures on the 100s board) http://www.jmeacham.com/games.htm
SKIP COUNTING:
Practice skip counting by 1s, 2s, 3s, etc. up to 200 with these mazes http://www.printactivities.com/Mazes.html I laminated ours so my son could do them more than once
Skip Counting Wagons File Folder Game: http://filefolderfun.com/FirstGradeMath.html
With the beginning of the new school year, I worked a lot to become more organized. Perhaps someone out there can benefit from my master math list.
GENERAL MATH SITES: (I used these a lot for Kindergarten Math)
http://www.littlegiraffes.com/math.html
http://www.jmeacham.com/
http://www.thevirtualvine.com/math.html
NUMBER GAMES
from this website: http://www.mathwire.com/games/numbergames.html
ADDITION:
Addition Math War -- a card game. The person with the highest amount wins the round
Popsicle Stick Math Facts -- Place addition math facts on Popsicle sticks with the answers at the bottom. Stick them in sand and have child self check his/her math facts.
Math Fact Card Toss Relay -- Throw flashcard as far as possible, run, pick it up, solve it and race back so the next person can go. Race for 3 (or whatever) minutes solving as many facts as possible.
Mathlines Online Game -- Practice the sums equaling 4 (5, 6... up to 15). You blaster has a number, shoot the ball that gets you 4 (2+2, 1+3) http://www.coolmath-games.com/0-math-lines/addition-10.html
Math Monster Game: Write out the equations you want to practice (5+7 and the answer 12 on a different sheet). Give the child the answer and spread the equations around the back yard. You are the Monster trying to freeze them before they get the correct answer. If you tag them and they think they have the right answer, they check it with you. If they are correct they are free, if not they are frozen until another player sets them free. We play this with my 3 year old daughter who has to find a number (1 through 12) and tell the Math Monster what number she has. The Math Monster won if she froze all players.
Math Number Family Gameboards: http://www.theschoolbell.com/Links/math/number_families/main/gameboard.html
Addition Worksheets: http://www.theschoolbell.com/Links/math/number_families/main/worksheets.html
EGG CARTON ADDITION (not my idea, I think from Louise on this board?) Each person had to toss a pom pom into an egg carton (which had numbers on it). They had to add their two numbers together and the person with the highest number won the round.
ADDITION STRIP BOARD:
addition strip board and I printed it out here:
http://www.montessorimaterials.org/Math/AdditionStripBoard.pdf
MATH BALANCE: Do addition equations on a math balance (If you place a weight on 5 and 4 on one side, what number do you need place the weight on on the other side to make it balance properly.
http://www.activitiesforlearning.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=53 (for purchase from RightStart Math)
HUNDREDS BOARD ACTIVITIES
such as cutting up the hundreds board and making it into a puzzle
missing number puzzle board activity
http://www.mathwire.com/archives/october07.html;
I also got some ideas from this site: http://www.squidoo.com/hundredboard)
Picture Prompts (the numbers to read out to make pictures on the 100s board) http://www.jmeacham.com/games.htm
SKIP COUNTING:
Practice skip counting by 1s, 2s, 3s, etc. up to 200 with these mazes http://www.printactivities.com/Mazes.html I laminated ours so my son could do them more than once
Skip Counting Wagons File Folder Game: http://filefolderfun.com/FirstGradeMath.html
MATH IDEAS PART II: (Time, Place Value, Money Activities, Multiplication)
MATH IDEAS PART II: (Time, Place Value, Money Activities, Multiplication)
TIME: One activity we did quite a bit was to take a blank clock face (no numbers) and to practice putting the hours (1-12) around the edge of the clock in the correct spot. Once that was easy for my son, we took a clock with the numerals and then put the five minute increments around the edge of the clock. :05, :10, :15... up to :55.
Here's an online game my son does to practice matching the digital time with the analog time http://www.teachingtime.co.uk/draggames/sthec1.html
CLOTHES PINS CLOCK/TIME GAME: http://www.makinglearningfun.com/themepages/TrainTimeClipCards.htm
PLACE VALUE UP TO 1000:
Straw/Beans -- practice making bundles of 10
Go to the Bank -- Give a heap of tiles (beans, whatever) 60-90 or so. Have the child count out group 10 tiles and take it to the bank to trade for a Popsicle stick. Do this until he/she can't count out 10 any more. Have him/her tell parent the total (6 Popsicle sticks, 4 left over =64). Parent counts tiles to check the answer.
Math Stacking Cups -- using little plastic cups (the size of medicine cups) place the numerals 0 through 9 on them with stickers (I have about 20 cups). Race to make pyramids with 4 digit, 3 digit, 2 digit and 1 digit numbers. For example give the following numbers 3, 17, 296, 4058 and have the child stack them as fast as possible reading out the numbers properly (four thousand fifty-eight, etc.)
Place Value File Folder Game: http://filefolderfun.com/FirstGradeMath3.html
Sunny Side Up -- a dice game for learning single and double digits. I won't put the directions here; I don't want this posting to be too long.
MONTESSORI MATH PLACE VALUE
Right now we are using a lot of Montessori Math materials for practicing place value (printing out purple dots in single units, groups of ten, squares of 100 and then I put 10 of the 100s together with a brad to represent the thousands place).
Here's the site where I got a lot of my free math manipulatives (purple beads) from http://www.montessorimaterials.org/math.htm
I got the Stamp Cards (1 units, 10s, 100s, 1000s for practicing place value here http://www.montessorimaterials.org/Math/stampgame1.pdf -- just print them out on colored paper). My numerals were bought from Right Start math, but you can print them out from Montessori Materials here: http://www.montessorimaterials.org/math1.html
MONEY -- We work with US coins because there is a penny (1 cent) coin
CANDY STORE GAME: One activity that has been a big hit has been the candy store. You can print out these cards and have your kids shop for candy (with real coins). Printables are at this website: http://www.makinglearningfun.com/themepages/MoneyCandyCards.htm
MONKEY MONEY FILE FOLDER GAME: http://filefolderfun.com/FirstGradeMath.html
ROBIN HOOD -- Playing Cards have coin stickers(a quarter, a dime and a penny, etc.). I made them up using coin stickers from Oriental Trading. Each player puts down a card the person with the LEAST amount of money is Robin Hood and gets to take the "rich" person's money.
MULTIPLICATION Sea Lion File Folder Game -- X2 and X3 http://filefolderfun.com/SecondGradeMath.html
**TIMEZ ATTACK -- There is an AMAZING, free video game called Timez Attack for kids who are learning their times tables. You can download it free at http://www.bigbrainz.com/Download.html It's well worth taking the video tour to get a feel for the game: http://www.bigbrainz.com/VideoTour.html
MATH JOURNAL -- once a week I include a math-related writing activity in his writing journal (example 1: draw me a picture that includes one circle, one square; example 2: draw out this word problem -- Max has 6 ice cream cones and drops one; Jill has three ice cream cones but drops two. How many ice cream cones do they have total now?)
MANCALA -- http://www.coolmath-games.com/0-mancala/index.html
TANGRAMS:
Here are some links for making your own tangram puzzles. I cut mine out of foam board.
tangram puzzle pieces
small=http://www.abcteach.com/free/t/tangrams_small.pdf
large= http://www.abcteach.com/free/t/tangram_large.pdf
I cut out the tangran puzzles from these webpages and put
them together with a key ring:
animals--http://www.abcteach.com/free/t/tangram_pattern_cards_animal.pdf
abstract designs--http://www.abcteach.com/free/t/tangram_pattern_cards_abstract.pdf
people--http://www.abcteach.com/free/t/tangram_pattern_cards_people_1.pdf
PURCHASED MATH THINGS:
RightStart Math Card Games Kit -- http://www.activitiesforlearning.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=12 I just LOVE these ideas!
Family Math for Young Children by Jean Kerr Stenmark
Family Math by Jean Kerr Stenmark
Zap
DinoMath Tracks Game
Addition War
Sunny Side Up Dice Game
Math Mat
TIME: One activity we did quite a bit was to take a blank clock face (no numbers) and to practice putting the hours (1-12) around the edge of the clock in the correct spot. Once that was easy for my son, we took a clock with the numerals and then put the five minute increments around the edge of the clock. :05, :10, :15... up to :55.
Here's an online game my son does to practice matching the digital time with the analog time http://www.teachingtime.co.uk/draggames/sthec1.html
CLOTHES PINS CLOCK/TIME GAME: http://www.makinglearningfun.com/themepages/TrainTimeClipCards.htm
PLACE VALUE UP TO 1000:
Straw/Beans -- practice making bundles of 10
Go to the Bank -- Give a heap of tiles (beans, whatever) 60-90 or so. Have the child count out group 10 tiles and take it to the bank to trade for a Popsicle stick. Do this until he/she can't count out 10 any more. Have him/her tell parent the total (6 Popsicle sticks, 4 left over =64). Parent counts tiles to check the answer.
Math Stacking Cups -- using little plastic cups (the size of medicine cups) place the numerals 0 through 9 on them with stickers (I have about 20 cups). Race to make pyramids with 4 digit, 3 digit, 2 digit and 1 digit numbers. For example give the following numbers 3, 17, 296, 4058 and have the child stack them as fast as possible reading out the numbers properly (four thousand fifty-eight, etc.)
Place Value File Folder Game: http://filefolderfun.com/FirstGradeMath3.html
Sunny Side Up -- a dice game for learning single and double digits. I won't put the directions here; I don't want this posting to be too long.
MONTESSORI MATH PLACE VALUE
Right now we are using a lot of Montessori Math materials for practicing place value (printing out purple dots in single units, groups of ten, squares of 100 and then I put 10 of the 100s together with a brad to represent the thousands place).
Here's the site where I got a lot of my free math manipulatives (purple beads) from http://www.montessorimaterials.org/math.htm
I got the Stamp Cards (1 units, 10s, 100s, 1000s for practicing place value here http://www.montessorimaterials.org/Math/stampgame1.pdf -- just print them out on colored paper). My numerals were bought from Right Start math, but you can print them out from Montessori Materials here: http://www.montessorimaterials.org/math1.html
MONEY -- We work with US coins because there is a penny (1 cent) coin
CANDY STORE GAME: One activity that has been a big hit has been the candy store. You can print out these cards and have your kids shop for candy (with real coins). Printables are at this website: http://www.makinglearningfun.com/themepages/MoneyCandyCards.htm
MONKEY MONEY FILE FOLDER GAME: http://filefolderfun.com/FirstGradeMath.html
ROBIN HOOD -- Playing Cards have coin stickers(a quarter, a dime and a penny, etc.). I made them up using coin stickers from Oriental Trading. Each player puts down a card the person with the LEAST amount of money is Robin Hood and gets to take the "rich" person's money.
MULTIPLICATION Sea Lion File Folder Game -- X2 and X3 http://filefolderfun.com/SecondGradeMath.html
**TIMEZ ATTACK -- There is an AMAZING, free video game called Timez Attack for kids who are learning their times tables. You can download it free at http://www.bigbrainz.com/Download.html It's well worth taking the video tour to get a feel for the game: http://www.bigbrainz.com/VideoTour.html
MATH JOURNAL -- once a week I include a math-related writing activity in his writing journal (example 1: draw me a picture that includes one circle, one square; example 2: draw out this word problem -- Max has 6 ice cream cones and drops one; Jill has three ice cream cones but drops two. How many ice cream cones do they have total now?)
MANCALA -- http://www.coolmath-games.com/0-mancala/index.html
TANGRAMS:
Here are some links for making your own tangram puzzles. I cut mine out of foam board.
tangram puzzle pieces
small=http://www.abcteach.com/free/t/tangrams_small.pdf
large= http://www.abcteach.com/free/t/tangram_large.pdf
I cut out the tangran puzzles from these webpages and put
them together with a key ring:
animals--http://www.abcteach.com/free/t/tangram_pattern_cards_animal.pdf
abstract designs--http://www.abcteach.com/free/t/tangram_pattern_cards_abstract.pdf
people--http://www.abcteach.com/free/t/tangram_pattern_cards_people_1.pdf
PURCHASED MATH THINGS:
RightStart Math Card Games Kit -- http://www.activitiesforlearning.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=12 I just LOVE these ideas!
Family Math for Young Children by Jean Kerr Stenmark
Family Math by Jean Kerr Stenmark
Zap
DinoMath Tracks Game
Addition War
Sunny Side Up Dice Game
Math Mat
Our Very First Post
We have just set up a new website that will be dedicated to our homeschooling activities. Hope you enjoy our new blog!
UPDATE: Our new location is now homeschoolden.com. Our blog was here for a number of years. Then we blogged under the Parents.com umbrella for several years. Finally, in 2015 we moved to our final location homeschoolden.com. We promise, we won't move again!!! ~Liesl
If you have elementary and middle school aged kids and are interested in hands-on activities, I suggest you check out these two pages:
Science Units - Here you'll find links to dozens of posts from the units we've covered: Earth Science, Simple Machines, Rocks and Minerals, our Cell Unit, the Digestive System, Skeletal System, Chemistry (and lots of science experiments), Biomes & Animal Habitats, our Ocean Unit, Weather and Water, our Plants Unit, Astronomy, and Dinosaurs.
History Units -- Again, you'll find links to dozens of our hands-on activities and many of our free printables. We've covered world geography, Ancient India, Ancient China, Ancient Greece, Ancient Egypt, World Religions, Native Americans, the Middle Ages, Renaissance and Reformation and tons more!!
If you have preschoolers, you may be interested in these posts:
Teaching Kids to Read: Books and Resources We Used:
We've also started making a new video series about homeschooling. You might want to check these out.
Resources for this video are found here: Homeschool Den Minute 1: Homeschool Science in Early Elementary
Wondering what to cover throughout elementary and middle school? You might want to check out our Homeschool Science Checklist for the Elementary and Middle School Years:
See you again soon at homeschoolden.com or Homeschool Den Facebook page. Don’t forget to Subscribe to our Homeschool Den Newsletter! ~Liesl
UPDATE: Our new location is now homeschoolden.com. Our blog was here for a number of years. Then we blogged under the Parents.com umbrella for several years. Finally, in 2015 we moved to our final location homeschoolden.com. We promise, we won't move again!!! ~Liesl
If you have elementary and middle school aged kids and are interested in hands-on activities, I suggest you check out these two pages:
Science Units - Here you'll find links to dozens of posts from the units we've covered: Earth Science, Simple Machines, Rocks and Minerals, our Cell Unit, the Digestive System, Skeletal System, Chemistry (and lots of science experiments), Biomes & Animal Habitats, our Ocean Unit, Weather and Water, our Plants Unit, Astronomy, and Dinosaurs.
History Units -- Again, you'll find links to dozens of our hands-on activities and many of our free printables. We've covered world geography, Ancient India, Ancient China, Ancient Greece, Ancient Egypt, World Religions, Native Americans, the Middle Ages, Renaissance and Reformation and tons more!!
If you have preschoolers, you may be interested in these posts:
If you have preschoolers you may be interested in these posts:
- Preschool at Home: Activities you can do with your 2-4 Year Olds, Fine Motor Skills
- Preschool at Home: Learning Letters
- Preschool at Home: Alphabet Activities
- Preschool at Home: Handwriting
- Preschool at Home: Science for 2-4 Year Olds
- Preschool Montessori: Vertebrate and Invertebrate Study and Free Cards
- Preschool at Home: A Few Math Ideas for the 2 1/2-3 year old crowd
- Preschool Math Activities (K4) Montessori Math and More
- Preschool at Home: Lapbooks
- You might also be interested in the post: Homeschool Preschool Year in Review which was a recap of many of our preschool activities this past year.
- Preschool Geography: Activities for learning about where we live in the world, Montessori world map work and more
- Preschool Geography: Maps and More
- The Seven Continents and World Landmarks
- Various Free Montessori 3-Part Cards
- Animal Packet (Animal Classification, vertebrates vs. invertebrates, spiders vs. insects, domesticated vs. wild animals, etc).
- If your child knows their letter sounds, they may be ready to learn to read. Visit this post, Teach Your Child to Read, for fun ideas that help your child learn to read!
Homeschool Den Minute: Video Episode 1
Wondering what to cover throughout elementary and middle school? You might want to check out our Homeschool Science Checklist for the Elementary and Middle School Years:
Some of our other videos:
- Homeschool Science Units - Video Post
- Hands-On Homeschooling
- DD shares what she learned when we studied the Organelles of the Cell
- Becoming Deaf in One Year (A video post about my horrible year… six ear operations, crazy symptoms… and having to have everything removed from my left ear… ear drum, bones, balance system, everything! Ack!)
- How we Made our Earthquake Shake Table
- Ringing Rocks State Park (in Pennsylvania)
- Skip Counting by 6s – Clapping Game and Song
- The Kids Sing the 7 Continents Song - We did this to show how we used our Montessori World Pin Map.
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Friday, September 4, 2009
Welcome to Our New Blog
Hi! Welcome to our new homeschool blog.
I'll leave these first few pictures here for the first
month or so -- scroll on down to see if we've
added anything new.
I thought I'd first post a couple of pictures
from our area of the world. Pictured below
is a Ghost Gum Tree. We drive off road a
lot and go hiking, looking for rocks and
kangaroo bones (one of LD's favorite
activities!)
I'll leave these first few pictures here for the first
month or so -- scroll on down to see if we've
added anything new.
I thought I'd first post a couple of pictures
from our area of the world. Pictured below
is a Ghost Gum Tree. We drive off road a
lot and go hiking, looking for rocks and
kangaroo bones (one of LD's favorite
activities!)
Bearded Dragon
We go to the local Reptile Centre fairly often (once a month
or so). Here's a picture of a bearded dragon. We once had
one of these peer into our sliding glass door! This one is probably
about 25 centimeters long or 10 inches.
or so). Here's a picture of a bearded dragon. We once had
one of these peer into our sliding glass door! This one is probably
about 25 centimeters long or 10 inches.
Camel Cup, June 2009
We have unique things to do here in our town. I took this
picture at the Camel Cup Races in June.
picture at the Camel Cup Races in June.
Rock Wallabies
Here we are feeding the wallabies. If you
look closely, you can see a little joey poking
its head out of the Mama Wallaby's pouch.
Every now and then we'll post more pictures of
our area -- but not today!
Now on to some of our homeschool activities!
look closely, you can see a little joey poking
its head out of the Mama Wallaby's pouch.
Every now and then we'll post more pictures of
our area -- but not today!
Now on to some of our homeschool activities!
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