So after my last post I should tell you "that Arctic day" we went to an Indian restaurant to get a taste of Indian food. I told the kids we could see belly dancers and that they would have a tea called chai, eat some Naan- they were super excited and so was I to save the lost day. When we drove up to the restaurant, it was closed- like shut down, boards on the windows... so instead we drove to get pizza. :) I mean really, what should I have expected? :) Onto this wonderful week of CC... Here is a file of our History sentence for Week 8 with picture format. I thought since it was such a long sentence it would help to have some picture cues to talk about it as well. :) You can just right click and save it. Hopefully you will have no problems with this document. :) Ok for science... http://mrsrosales-acaciawoodschool.weebly.com/comparing-monocot-and-dicot.html We have the ever helpful and resourceful teacher who made this sheet. But I wanted something I could make for my memory board so I made this instead.... And for some Geography Week 9 cards... https://dl.dropbox.com/u/83404917/week%209%20map%20cards/Slide1.png I love this idea! SO simple and fun for little hands. If you didn't want to do construction paper you could do paint. :) I hope everyone has a wonderful week and you are blessed beyond measure! -Crecia
Learning can be so fun with these Science Printables! They are brightly colored, interactive, and easy to use. Perfect for little learners!
Got a kid who loves rocks? Encourage your little geologist to learn about the 3 major rock types with this worksheet.
As we are studying the weather fronts, I wanted to created a worksheet that would help my kids practice and review the vocabulary for weather fronts. This worksheet provides them with a self-check option. As they point to the weather symbol, they can open the flap and check if they identified it correctly. My kids [Read On]
Here are some printable resources for Week 15: Latin First Declension Packet, Highest Mountains on Each Continent and Metric Equivalents. You can download the 3 .pdf files here: Highest Moun…
Learn the science of volcanic eruption with this cutaway diagram
There are many different kinds of energy but the single most widely used in society as well as in nature is chemical energy. Chemical energy allows energy to be stored for later use and it is also easy to access. Without chemical energy, many of the luxuries and even basic necessities that people have grown
My pal, Melody over at And Here We Go! posted this GREAT resource for Cycle 1, Weeks 13-24 Science! The Homeschool Curriculum Company created a Creation Science 4 Kids: Earth Science Unit Study tha…
Discover the exciting world beneath your feet with our interactive layers of the earth preschool craft. Dive in and make learning fun!
Explore the layers of the Earth and what they're made of with fun planet science experiments like playdough planets and cupcake core samples.
CC Cycle 1 Science Booklet, Printable PDF A complimentary booklet for Cycle 1 Science, filled with fun pages to color, cut, glue. Every week is a page that on top of coloring it the student can also interact with it. (Watch the little video) A fantastic addition to your time at home with your children. ============================================================================= Other questions: What Edition is this: - All of my CC products are made in the 5th Edition. What ages is this suitable for? - It’s a versatile tool that can be modified to the level of the student. How does the Digital Download work? - Once your purchase is made, you will be able to download the PDF file.
Today we learned about the layers of the Atmosphere. We made a model of the layers using aquarium rocks and recycled glass bottles along with some labels I found that worked well. The pictures I used to label our bottles are from http://www.theozonehole.com/atmosphere.htm. I attached the label with mod podge and then some of us glued/packing taped the larger label to the side and others used rubber bands after hole punching. Both worked well and it was just a matter of personal preference.
Hi Friends! I'm excited to offer this free download! This is a drawing tutorial from We Draw to Learn: Cycle 1 Science that matches up with Classical Conversations Science Memory Work. This download is for CC Cycle 1 Science Weeks 1-4. This is just four drawings of the 26 (24 CC Weeks + 2 bonus
Label the lava, vent, conduit, crater, magma chamber, ash cloud and crust.
So one of my goals this year was to put student work up on the walls in my classroom. You see, with 200+ students, how do I put all student...
Affiliate DisclaimerWe sometimes use affiliate links in our content. This won’t cost you anything, but […]
A blog about homeschooling little ones with a Unit Style Approach.
LIFT-THE-FLAP CLASSIFICATION CHART OF INVERTEBRATES Purpose of activity: To learn how invertebrates are classified. The phyla are represented as flaps, so the alliteration (think of them a…
Scripture connections for CC Cycle 1 science. Devotions to use for experiments and projects for second semester of Classical Conversations Cycle 1.
Today we did our project on our science memory work. We made a fun sensory project on the three ocean zones. Here is how I did it...I used various materials that are easy to come by. I went to to dollar store and purchased foam boards, white glue, shaving cream, blue colored body wash, bubble wrap, sand paper and then printed out a bunch of pictures from the internet of various ocean creatures that you would find in the three layers of the ocean. I used light blue, medium blue and black colored construction paper for the backgrounds. Click above picture for labels/experiment. For the added information like the fisherman with the various ocean jobs and the verses and the list of animals at various levels of the ocean I used parts of the lapbook from the Atlantic Ocean Study on http://www.homeschoolshare.com/atlantic.php you could use whatever elements grab you for your project from that unit study. The elements I used I printed out to be 2 to a page which reduced their size down to what you see on the boards. I don't have a website for the various pictures of ocean life - I just google imaged that and printed a couple that looked good to me. First we did a little experiment to demonstrate how far light can penetrate the ocean and sustain life. It's noted at the end of the above document, so click above if you would like to do that activity. Then the kids all colored the sea life that they wanted to use for their various layer of the ocean and cut them out. Once they completed the coloring then they added their sand paper that was cut to represent the continental shelf and pasted it onto their top light blue paper. Next they added the appropriate fish to their paper and pasted them on. Lastly, the added the bubble wrap and glued that down over top the sheet of paper. The bubble wrap was to represent the oxygenated/light filled layer of the photic zone. Next we took gallon plastic bags and filled each one about 1/3 a cup full of blue body wash gel. Then the kids with Mom's help sealed the plastic bag closed properly and began to squish and play with their bag. Once they played for a while they folded the bag over about 2 inches to overlap the back of the second blue paper and taped it to it. Then they flipped over their paper and the gel covered the blue sheet with their ocean animals that had been glued to the front side and it represented the darker less oxygenated/light bathyl zone. Once those two steps were completed, then they glued down their black construction paper and did NOT add their fish pictures to this layer yet. I got out a large pan and added shaving cream and white glue and had the kids mix it together with their hands - they LOVED this part! Add added a bit of black tempura paint to turn it dark and they continued to mix. I had they take turns 2 at a time because it is a very messy project - so two at a time would play in the mixture and then they would take some of the mixture and added it to to their black construction paper covering all of the paper. Then once their hands were again clean, they gently placed the pictures into the mixture on their paper. Lastly, they labeled and pasted any of the additional documents to complete their project. Notice how April is standing back.... Special Guest Appearance by our very own Ms. Erynn!!! That made the day extra fun too!! For our snack, I made miniature seas using rice cakes putting cream cheese that I mixed blueberries into to make blue (although I didn't mix much so it was very light-but better than blue dye!) and pushed in goldfish cracker and starfish crackers. The kids enjoyed that as well! What a WONDERFUL Wednesday!!!
Animal Printouts: Invertebrates
Kids will have fun exploring animal habitats with this FREE printable science game for kids of all ages to learn about biomes!
Here is a coloring sheet I put together for my kids which explains the different parts of our earth. Please feel free to print this out and enjoy!
Our plant and animal cell worksheets include the perfect visuals for your animal cell project in Grade 6. Animal cell poster ideas are here!
Teach about the rock cycle in a creative way with this printable geology rock cycle board game~ The Rock Collectors. Geology will never be boring again!
Geography Cards Just right click and save to your computer. I'm no longer using these, and don't have them up on dropbox anymore. And we skip on over to And Here we Go for weeks 7-12 Here are Weeks 13-24!!! Whoo Hooo! Give a shout for the organized girl that is dying to come out once in a while! :) And give me one more week and I will have all the map cards done for weeks 17- 24, I was on vacation for a week. :) In the mean time, here are the ready made geography ones. Lessons ideas in reverse order for Year 1 Lesson 23 Lesson 22 Lesson 21 Lesson 20 Lesson 19 Lesson 18 Lesson 17 Lesson 16 For a complete link to all my posts about lesson 16, click here. Here's just a few fun things we did separated by subject. For Science We did Volcanoes. I mean who didn't do that? Here's a link in case you need the recipe and or instructions. http://www.sciencebob.com/experiments/volcano.php The only thing I did differently was I used an egg carton sleeve instead of a plastic film canister. And the rest was history... or science? For History, we made glyphs. If you would like to try to make one with us, you can and you can email it to me. I will have them all posted on the website, click here to see the samples. It is so much fun to receive these. These are pages from my lesson plans. If you have any questions about the glyphs, just comment or email. :) For Geography... I am asking people to watch this video and consider raising money (in a small fundraiser way) for children who need good drinking water. 1. A short video (about 6 min) explaining the struggles and needs of the African people near Lake Victoria. This is the trash they throw in the lake and of course this is where children and families get their water from... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AV343saR778 2. Here is a link to how Compassion International is helping families all over the world. www.water.compassion.com http://water.compassion.com/water-of-life-video/ Compassion has had a long history of making sound decisions with money. They are rated among the highest in non profit organizations and above all are a Christian organization that cares about spreading the good news of Jesus. Will you partner with us to make a difference in this world? If so, write me a comment and I can help you get started. Wouldn't it be great if our children learned more than just the geography of Africa, but also had a memory of when they helped someone get good water there as well? To start, I've spoken to our wonderful director and she is letting me ask the kids to "earn" money for a filter. We are going to make it a simple competition between girls and boys and will bring in our money in one week. We have abut 30 families in our community, so that averages to around $2/ family. I get so very excited thinking about what God is going to do with that! Lesson 15 For a complete link to all my posts about lesson 15, click here. Here's just a few fun things we did separated by subject. For Science We watched a movie, studied our fact sheet, had the kids make paper mountains, topping it all with a song. Here's the link to the movie: "Farther than the Eye Can See" http://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/farther_than_the_eye_can_see It's about Erik Weihenmayer from Boulder, CO who is legally blind and climbs Mt Everest. He was the first blind man to climb Mt. Everest and the movie takes you through the journey and shows how he trained to do it. I wasn't sure if my kids would like it, but they surprised me and did. Our science sheet was a great reference for me, go here to download. My sweet baby girl singing along. I just love her so much! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUn1EXiqWjQ For History, I have the Fact Sheet Template and tutorial on how to make your own here. Plus here's a great link to making your own compass . For Math, Here's a great link for Metric Olympics For Geography: I used my Geography / Map cards Lesson 14 For a complete link to all my lessons for 14, click here. Or go below to break it down by day/ subject. For Science we did a rock experiment, and loved making our rock candy. Then we demonstrated and played "mix it up games" with legos that demonstrated the structure of rocks. History Day We made "Tower of Power" hats and play do mosques resembling Timbuktu. For Math and Geography we made a measurement chart and used our geography cards in a simple game. I sell detailed plans that help you map out each day and all the activities for the week's lessons. The plans include: *Book Lists *Web Links *Material List *Objectives for age groups (4-12yr olds) *Step by Step Lesson plans for all the activities above, and *Background information for linking the weeks together We sell them for $6 (Week 14 and 15) and it's a downloadable link so you get it instantly. Brandy from Half A Hundred Acre Woods did a review, please read there for more info. To see a sample of them, you can download week 13 for free. If you have any questions or need help, I'm available at [email protected] or www.facebook.com/ccingit Lesson 13 Here are the fabulous web links that go along with my lesson plans. Day 1 Links (Science) "Make Me Genius" You Tube video last web link Day 2 Links (History) Kush Video Kush Info Berber Info Current Berbers Day 3 Links (Geography/ Math) Measurement Video Video about Timbuktu and Mali Brain Pop Video on Measurement Here is the link to the activities and extra resources for Science (Day 1) listed in my lesson plans. Here is the link for History (Day 2) activities in my lesson plans. Or try the link... https://www.dropbox.com/s/1cj4i80ohighm0b/History%20Sentence%20week%2013.pdf Here's our Science Illustrated... (right click to save) Or try the link... https://www.dropbox.com/s/y6eq2861kdizdq9/parts%20of%20the%20Earth.pdf Here's our Math Sentence Illustrated... (right click to save) Or try the link... https://www.dropbox.com/s/9e4xktpspn4okcs/week%2013.pdf Gallon Man ClipArt and Words for activity on Day 3 In the lesson plans I have everyone making a "Gallon Man" here are the sheets you need to do so. The model is above and I printed out words so I could have it fast and easy for little ones. (Right Click to Save) Or try the link... https://www.dropbox.com/s/uv9h876c84etchp/gallon%20man%20words.pdf If the above links don't work, I will not be able to mail out the docs this week. I'm really trying to focus on weeks 14-18 so I can get those to everyone this weekend. I did put the on CC 3, so hopefully you will be able to either get them off here or there. :) Here's a little something not in the plans, but I thought I would share. It's great for kids 7 and older. Click on the link to download both the worksheet and answers so they can self check. GallonBot Worksheet http://ccingitonedayatatime.blogspot.com/2012/12/week-13-easy-weesy-for-busy-moms.html Lesson 12 Math: Comparison Predictions: I will have the kids predict which container can hold more. We will use two obviously different ones and two similar sized ones. I will use the measuring tools for us and talk about the different types. Then we will go over our sheet of measurements I got from CC3. This is a great measuring lesson for kids 6 and older (or maybe with a mature 5 yr old with a lot of parental assistance.) It covers more than just this week's objectives. It has a ton of great stuff that you can do with your kids to cover all the important measurements. Science: We will go outside and to identify which plants are changing and or dead, verses the evergreens and why they stay that way. Then I will have them watch these videos. Cute video on the process of photosynthesis Great Free Power points about plants Fun Plant Facts Sprouting Bean Book Sprouting Bean Sequencing Cards History: Hmmm, a bit of a tougher subject today especially with all the wars in the middle east. I will age appropriately connect them to our more recent history when discussing this week's sentence. I will do a Venn Diagram chart for us about Christianity and Islam. Simple and to the point. They will cut out the clipart and paste up on the chart. Islam Lesson Plan Britannica Video of Islam Geography: Connect the Geography to the History sentence and use our new cloth map to locate present day places. If you haven't checked out my blog candy, you should. I'm giving away a cloth map just in time for Christmas and the new semester. :) Grammar: Make a prepositions video with pictures of them standing in different places. Simple and fun. And no materials necessary. :) My book idea was way too expensive, and the video can easily be done on my Mac. Lesson 11 Science: Go to the store, buy a flower that has all parts. Take it home, discuss each part. Flatten it in a book, wait a few days, open it up and label each part once dried. :) Here's an idea we actually accomplished... Here's the file for you to do the same. Click on either tab for labeled or blank. http://www.learner.org/jnorth/tm/tulips/flower_diagram_blank.html Social Studies/ Geography: * Use History Sentence Illustrated * Read STOW 4, 39, 18-20 * Connect the Geography to the History sentence and use our new cloth map to locate present day places. Math: * make blank cubes with paper * Use a block of cheese to demonstrate cubed and the original value (velveta), then count out noodles for the total to cook.- Ok , so I tried that and it was really hard, I then tried play dough cubes, it took long, so I suggest sugar cubes! If only I had thought of that before I started Week 11 :) Here are our pictures of it, but really, trust me and just use sugar cubes. I showed here how the squared numbers and cubed numbers related... English: * make a picture book of kids acting out prepositions and make a powerpoint using the photos. Then use for review during break. Yeah- I didn't do this one yet, but hope to do it by next week. :) * Here's a great idea from another blog that I hope to do- but wanted to share regardless- Preposition Fill In the Blank Lesson 10 Ok, so I'm super excited about Japan because I actually taught a unit on it last year with a good friend. So maybe this week, I won't feel so behind the ball. :) A great book if you can check it out at the library is this one. It's a sweet story about the tradition they have in Japan regarding Kite day. In fact, for the most part I don't love Disney books- movies yes, but books no. They tend to bore me as a reader, but this book my kids remember the story well and still talk about it. We then followed it by making some carp kites ourselves. Very easy and very fun! Directions: 1) Get one sheet of Construction paper and line it about 1.5 inches apart. See below. 2) Get glue and paste scales made out of tissue paper (shaped as U's) onto the black lines. 3) Place some eyes on top, and staple the sides together. 4) Then last but not least attach streamers to bottom. I taped ours on, you can staple as well. It was very fun and went along perfectly with the book above. Hang them outside and make everyone think, you are a cool mom. :) In studying Japan we talked about how an island is formed and how many are formed by volcanoes under the sea. So we made our own volcano, because what kids doesn't like an explosion now and then? Directions: 1) Get an empty water bottle with a (wide top)- gatorade works well. 2) Get playdough and cover the sides of the bottle in the shape of a volcano. Leave a hole on top to put baking soda. 3) Add food coloring on the outside. 4) Pour baking soda inside the bottle with a funnel. 5)Then have someone pour some vinegar inside and watch it explode. Repeat steps 4 and 5 for ongoing entertainment. Our History Sentence Illustrated... As for other great crafts and resources galore- http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/japan/ Square Numbers Activity It worked out really well. So I think you guys will like it. Again, the objective is to show them where we are getting the numbers from our memory board. I will take two days to go through all the numbers as we still had our Singapore Math to complete as well. :) Lesson 9: Science Ok, I love this worksheet because it's easy and simple and can buy you some time while teaching another child. http://www.havefunteaching.com/worksheets/science/plants/parts-of-a-plant-worksheet.pdf This was an idea from my friend, Lockett. She did this with her kids and I loved it so I did it with mine. Next week when we do the flower we are doing it again- as pipe cleaners make even the very unartistic feel talented. Social Studies/ Geography Download by right clicking or go to the link... https://dl.dropbox.com/u/83404917/week%209%20map%20cards/Slide1.png I used this in conjunction with Melody's cards she made from And Here We Go. I really like keeping the focus on both the map and the picture of the place. They matched up map cards with picture and might I say, even my 3 year old enjoyed the game. :) This is how I placed them on our memory board. Of course ours was the older smaller version, the new cards are much better. Lesson 8 Um, where did this week go? Oh, yeah. here's what we did... http://ccingitonedayatatime.blogspot.com/2012/10/week-8-and-little-9-resources.html Lesson 7 Science A Great Interactive Powerpoint I made this as a quiz, review, or introduction to this week's memory work. Now I know the memory work is easy, so I put in some trick animals to really show the kids some things they might not have seen otherwise. It took way longer than I had hoped, but hey, hopefully it's helpful and therefore all worth it. :) My Little Science Tune :) Show videos of each type: Live Birth http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIwQXxC9UoY. This video is a quick live birth of a miniature hourse. It shows the placenta and such. I think it's appropriate for kids, however there is a disclaimer at the beginning. So watch it first on your own. :) Egg Hatching This video I found on pinterest. It's quick and to the point. I like the contrast of this one after the live birth to show how you can see the baby come out in a different outer coating. http://pinterest.com/pin/115052965451674235/ And Here We Go If you haven't already checked out this jewel mine, than I encourage you to do so now. Like now! This is a great site for all sorts of activities, I love that she has a rocking lists of books on Missionaries and related Topics to Week 7. Review Tic Tac Go game... It's a review game with all our memory work on one sheet. The kids pick which square and based on the answer either get to put their "X" or their opponent gets to put their "O" if they get it wrong. :) Put it in a sheet protector and use dry erase to reuse the sheets. Weeks 5-7 are included. :) Social Studies/ Geography And Here We Go If you haven't already checked out this jewel mine, than I encourage you to do so now. Like now! This is a great site for all sorts of activities, I love that she has a rocking lists of books on Missionaries and related Topics to Week 7. Geography Flash Cards Castes System For an activity this week I'm going to divide our room into three squares with blocks. Each block will represent a different castes' system. The rich ones will have lots of clothes, food, beautiful housing, toys, the TV, etc. The poor area will be set up as a tent, and the middle class will have a couple of each things in it. I will then explain how this is what the system is like in India and how you are not to be friends with or marry anyone in another caste system. When we do this I will post pictures so you can see how it turns out. :) Review Tic Tac Go game... Math So with the bigger numbers, I really want the kids to visualize the numbers. I grabbed old strips of card stock and had Tony glue noodles in the count of 15. The next step is to write the numeral on each strip and show the progression. For week 10, I'm going to use some kind of square snack. Regardless, you can use whatever you have in your pantry. :) If I do this again, I'd use flatter noodles. These were a little tricky to not roll. Lesson 6 Science Science Notebooking Page Science Chart Paper: Have your child draw their favorite (or cut and paste) picture of each one. Discuss what makes each groups it's own and the characteristics they all share. My science song (with sounds effects for each one). For the first sound I'm making a fish face while doing a "fish kiss", for the second I'm hopping like a frog, for the third my hand is slithering like a snake, for the fourth I hold my arms out as I'm rocking a baby, for the last I flap my arms like a bird. Review Tic Tac Go game... It's a review game with all our memory work on one sheet. The kids pick which square and based on the answer either get to put their "X" or their opponent gets to put their "O" if they get it wrong. :) Put it in a sheet protector and use dry erase to reuse the sheets. Weeks 5-7 are included. :) Geography/ History Roman Tax Day Have the kids act out the unfair taxes the Roman Government started to tax on the people and get them to understand why they didn't want the government to rule anymore. Great Videos and Website Links on the study of Roman Empire Here's another great site. She has books to read, and great file folder games for review. My Geography Jingle Here's my tough man Roman Empire song, because let's face it you can't do the Roman Empire in a wimpy voice. I'm going to encourage my kids to look tough and mean when saying it. :) Review Tic Tac Go game... (see above) Lesson 5 Science Do Memory cards for Invertebrates Play Dough Snacks Make them out of Play dough after looking at the cards. Then put on a tray and serve them up on dishes. Have the kids guess which group they are called. Invertebrate Lap Book This can be started in week 5 and finished in week 6! Great idea! Love how she set it up. By the way you can get those card envelopes at the dollar store. :) Social Studies/ Geography Thumbprint Play Do it for any week. They are quick and easy to make! After they memorize the sentence have them use the thumbprints. Then when they are done have them draw out their favorite scene using a different perspective (tying in art from this week). Review Tic Tac Go game... (see above) Lesson 5 Science Do Memory cards for Invertebrates Play Dough Snacks Make them out of Play dough after looking at the cards. Then put on a tray and serve them up on dishes. Have the kids guess which group they are called. Invertebrate Lap Book This can be started in week 5 and finished in week 6! Great idea! Love how she set it up. By the way you can get those card envelopes at the dollar store. :) Social Studies/ Geography Thumbprint Play Do it for any week. They are quick and easy to make! After they memorize the sentence have them use the thumbprints. Then when they are done have them draw out their favorite scene using a different perspective (tying in art from this week). Review Tic Tac Go game... (see above) Lesson 4 Science Plant Cell Well, while there are many ideas out there, we did ours as concrete as possible and just improved our items. Social Studies/ Geography In our Co op, we made Joseph's Dream coat using butcher paper and clay stamps that hung around the necks. They symbolized the signature stamps Sumerians used long ago. Kids loved and it was easy to do. :) Math Weeks 1-6: Use any of the ideas listed on our Math Page or go with some of these... Extra ideas that apply to all weeks: Pattern Search Circle the 9's and 10's on a hundred's chart. Ask your child to write them down on a long strip of paper (register paper is best if available)- if not you get the idea. Give them one color marker for ones, another for 10's, and another for the 100's. Ask them what they see. In the 9's they will see a pattern 9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1,0 and repeat 9,8... they can even go on to predict. I use to do this with my 2/3rd multiage and they loved it! Repeat with 10's place and so on. Do with both numbers (9's and 10's). This one is great for understanding that all math has a predictable pattern. Then take a sticky note and cover up a number, after letting them figure out the pattern have them guess what comes next. At this point I would also explain to them the strategy of skip counting. Place Value Straws 11's Memory Cards For the 11's I'm going to just do an old fashioned memory game. Print these out on card stock. I really just want my son to learn the names of numbers here. As I said earlier, my objective is not mastery at this point, just number identification and concepts of skip counting. The great thing about this is I can do it with my daughter as an activity she will understand as well. :) Lesson 3 Science Week 3:Animal Cell Jello I love this! This will take some planning and buying a head of time, but there's nothing like 3D! And it's yummy enough to eat, I mean why not? 3D Animal and Week 4 Plant Cell Models (Video) I love that she gives examples of how to apply this in a way that young children will understand it. Plastic Baggies made into Cells What a cool and quicker idea than the jello idea! A Styrofoam Ball This one might be one to hang in the room! I can only imagine a room filled with these. :) Social Studies/ Geography Toilet Paper Greek God Zeus Great Ideas and Info on both Greek and Roman Gods Lesson 2 Science Living Kingdoms Book Nature walk around, trying to collect as many as samples of each animalia and plantae, plus searching for some fungi lurking below. Take pictures of all of them, find some pics on the internet that you couldn't find outside, make a book using the computer or good old cut and paste. Don't want to do ink? Just have them bring their science journals around. I like Walmart in this case because you can get the photo books made in about an hour and the kids can see the work of the labor. Plus it makes for a great review that is meaningful to them. We're going to make this our presentation for this next week. I will post when we do it. Social Studies/ Geography Week 2: Make Egyptian king crowns (Like ours on the blog) Do a Ten Commandments Lap Book We have ours almost complete! Hopefully he likes it enough to play with it later. :) Make a video or just take pictures of the kids dressing up and reenacting the division of the two parts of Egypt. Any week... An idea from my friend, Lis. Print off some maps and have them place chocolate chips on the locations. If they get it wrong, they try again. Once they get it right, they get to eat it. We use mini's because the regular sized ones can sometimes cover up the smaller things and it's less sugar but still fun. :)
This free animal and plant cell worksheet, has children coloring in cell parts, cut and pasting them in the right cell, and finally comparing the cells.
It finally came in the mail!!!! The hook up for my iPad to my projector. It looks like this: I found mine on amazon, click on the p...
Affiliate DisclaimerWe sometimes use affiliate links in our content. This won’t cost you anything, but […]
Today we kicked off our Wonderful Wednesday's Week #15. We started with our lapbooks as always. Two of my fabulous Mom's came up with a brilliant idea of putting all the answers onto peel-n-stick labels to help expedite writing/filling in blanks. We did a project today on the 7 tallest Mountains from our memory work for this week. I cut up some old boxes I had out in the garage and made long rectangles big enough to hold the models and the information for each model that they would be gluing down in front of them. I made a document with the 7 mountains that had the name, country, elevation and map. I also added a map of the world for them to note where each mountain was in the world view and a label that asks the memory work question. I next took egg cartons and cut out the "mountains" from each of them so each kids had at least 7. I gathered newspaper, tape, hot glue gun and paints/paint brushes. Then we let the kids glue and create their mountains model. We ended our day with a game of "review war"! Thanks to the fabulous Mrs. April! Click on this to download document
I didn't include my printables for Science and Art for Cycle 1 Week 1, so I'm doing them in a separate post, and I hope that's not too confusing! Science: Baby Bean Experiment from Van Cleave Science . I tutor an Abecedarian class (it's a fun class, but with ages 3, 4, 5, and 6), so I want to leave myself some grace to skip an overly-long explanation, but still provide children with all the information and ideas. I also don't want anything too "writing intensive", so in addition to demonstrating the experiment, I provided the children with a dry and wet bean to break apart and explore, as well as a few beans to plant and draw into their science journals at home. I sent home an explanation of what we were doing, along with pictures so the kids could follow along with the steps and concepts. Yay for iPhone pictures as a learning tool ;) I included a diagram of the bean parts in the back with numbered parts that I encouraged the kids to color when they got home (one color for each part) since we ran out of time. So then there was art. I have to admit that I'm super nervous about teaching art. I'm not really an artist and I'm not terribly comfortable pushing kids outside of their comfort zone where art is concerned, since I'm not in mine either!! This week's Cycle 1 Week 1 Art was OiLS, or "Basic Shapes". O for circles, i for dots and line, L for angle lines, and S for curved lines. I decided to fold a sheet of paper in half and then in thirds and let the kids fill in examples of each of the basic shapes. We didn't do a great job on creating an image using the basic shapes, and that was my fault. I offered several suggestions and with such a mixed age group, I think we'd have done better if I mandated that we were drawing a bird and then demonstrated each shape as we added it. We were at the beach the week before CC started, so I just hand-drew my charts, but you could just as easily print them.
Look closer at optical illusions, says Melissa Hogenboom, and they can reveal how you truly perceive reality.
This article contains an affiliate link. When my kids studied plate tectonics and earthquakes, we did some super fun hands-on activities. We are continuin
What’s an aye-aye, a bilby, a kiang, a pika or wombat? Land Animals! We love our Science lessons using Apologia Zoology books! In preparation for our next book, Exploring Creation with Zoolog…
Look closer at optical illusions, says Melissa Hogenboom, and they can reveal how you truly perceive reality.
Despite the cold, spring IS here! The daffodils are out in all their golden glory and it's the perfect time for an egg hunt with a little bit of a difference ... BECAUSE those lovely
After learning the photosynthesis song, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1_uez5WX1o, we create a photosynthesis model. This model begins as a single sheet of copy paper. Fold it in half and cut out a large leaf shape. Very little scrap should be left over, but don’t toss it away! The two leaves are glued together from the petiole towards the tip. We draw in veins and label the upper epidermis. Fold the upper leaf back, so it stands up and away from the lower leaf. Draw the veins on the lower leaf. I show the students how to draw a cross-section that indicates the epidermis layer. Using some of the scraps, we cut and color a scalloped strip to represent the chloroplasts. This gets glued to the upper leaf, along the inside, right at the fold. Finally, students cut out 4 arrows, free-hand or stenciled, label each with the basic steps of photosynthesis, and glue them to the leaf.
Books that match up great with cycle 1 Classical Conversations
Make it fun learning the layers of the Earth for kids! These activities, crafts and snacks make it easy to teach; plus, there is a free coloring printable.
