I have seen so many great ideas for review games out there. I thought I would compile a list of my favorites to have as a resource. I figure if I could come up with 6 great games that work, I only have to use the same game 4 times in a year! 1. Zap! - This is my favorite game so far simply because the smartest group doesn't always win. It's kind of like Jeopardy, but with a curve ball - if you get the "Zapped" card, you lose all your points! Thanks for sharing, Mathtastrophe! Game instructions and printable here. Another take on this game is Bazinga by Simplifying Radicals. 2. Nerf Gun - Love this idea! Draw a bullseye on the board. Divide the kids into teams. Ask a team a review question. If they get the answer correct, they get to shoot at the board to see how many points they earn. So fun! 3. Jenga - I really like how Living Out His Love blog does this one. She writes with a sharpie marker directly onto the Jenga piece. And, she write a subject and week on both sides of each piece. Though, if done this way, it seems like you could only do this at the end of the semester (because if you have Sciene, week 7 written in sharpie and you're only at week 3, that wouldn't work!). Another idea is to tape the subject and week with clear packing tape and then re-do it as your progress along in the year. 4. Power Tower - Similar to Jenga, but with paper cups. Write the question on the cup. If the class answers correctly, they get to stack the cups. If the tower falls, they have to start over. via Mrs. Lewis' Learning Library 5. Mr Potato Head - For every question the class gets correct, they get to add a body part to Mr. Potato. I also like the idea on 2nd Grade Rocks! blog. She uses it as a behavior incentive. Every time the class has good behavior, they get to add a body part. When Mr. Potato is completely put together, they get to have an ice cream party! 6. Snowball Fight - Love this idea for Texas as this may be the only snow the children ever see. Write the review questions on a piece of paper. Divide the kids into 2 teams. If the kids get it correct, they get to crumble it up into a ball. After all the questions have been answered, they get to have a snowball fight using the paper balls! 7. Chair Tic-Tac-Toe - Put nine chairs in 3 rows of 3 to make a square. Divide the class into 2 teams. Ask a team a question. If they get it correctly, one of their players gets to sit in one of the chairs. The first team to have 3 players sitting in a row wins. 8. Memory Mogul - Awesome (and free!) printable game from Sola Gratia Mom blog. This one seems like it could take some time printing out the cards and possibly creating a game board. But, the game board and cards could last all year. Click here for instructions and printables. 9. Stinky Feet - My 7 year old son would love this one. Very simple with little prep time. Idea and instructions can be found here at Teaching in the Fast Lane blog. 10. Classroom Board Game - This game may require a little adapting, but it looks like fun. Turn the classroom into a life size game board. Great ideas for how to do this game here at Blessings for Bible School Teachers.
Here is the breakdown of what we did for Classical Conversations Cycle 3 Week 2. I'm personally loving the material and extra sources for supplementing our curriculum!
These DIY constellation cards are the perfect project for a summer afternoon. It's a great way to introduce constellations for kids!
I have seen so many great ideas for review games out there. I thought I would compile a list of my favorites to have as a resource. I figure if I could come up with 6 great games that work, I only have to use the same game 4 times in a year! 1. Zap! - This is my favorite game so far simply because the smartest group doesn't always win. It's kind of like Jeopardy, but with a curve ball - if you get the "Zapped" card, you lose all your points! Thanks for sharing, Mathtastrophe! Game instructions and printable here. Another take on this game is Bazinga by Simplifying Radicals. 2. Nerf Gun - Love this idea! Draw a bullseye on the board. Divide the kids into teams. Ask a team a review question. If they get the answer correct, they get to shoot at the board to see how many points they earn. So fun! 3. Jenga - I really like how Living Out His Love blog does this one. She writes with a sharpie marker directly onto the Jenga piece. And, she write a subject and week on both sides of each piece. Though, if done this way, it seems like you could only do this at the end of the semester (because if you have Sciene, week 7 written in sharpie and you're only at week 3, that wouldn't work!). Another idea is to tape the subject and week with clear packing tape and then re-do it as your progress along in the year. 4. Power Tower - Similar to Jenga, but with paper cups. Write the question on the cup. If the class answers correctly, they get to stack the cups. If the tower falls, they have to start over. via Mrs. Lewis' Learning Library 5. Mr Potato Head - For every question the class gets correct, they get to add a body part to Mr. Potato. I also like the idea on 2nd Grade Rocks! blog. She uses it as a behavior incentive. Every time the class has good behavior, they get to add a body part. When Mr. Potato is completely put together, they get to have an ice cream party! 6. Snowball Fight - Love this idea for Texas as this may be the only snow the children ever see. Write the review questions on a piece of paper. Divide the kids into 2 teams. If the kids get it correct, they get to crumble it up into a ball. After all the questions have been answered, they get to have a snowball fight using the paper balls! 7. Chair Tic-Tac-Toe - Put nine chairs in 3 rows of 3 to make a square. Divide the class into 2 teams. Ask a team a question. If they get it correctly, one of their players gets to sit in one of the chairs. The first team to have 3 players sitting in a row wins. 8. Memory Mogul - Awesome (and free!) printable game from Sola Gratia Mom blog. This one seems like it could take some time printing out the cards and possibly creating a game board. But, the game board and cards could last all year. Click here for instructions and printables. 9. Stinky Feet - My 7 year old son would love this one. Very simple with little prep time. Idea and instructions can be found here at Teaching in the Fast Lane blog. 10. Classroom Board Game - This game may require a little adapting, but it looks like fun. Turn the classroom into a life size game board. Great ideas for how to do this game here at Blessings for Bible School Teachers.
My kids like super heroes and they still like to dress up from time to time (although it is slowing down… they are growing … too fast!) So for the identity law I made up a silly story about a super hero. When they saw the pictures they immediately said with excitement: A Super hero? [Read On]
We started The Story of the World Volume 2: Medieval Times this past January. We are 6 months off, due to my pulling the kids out in Dec 2011, so we've already read through SOW Ancients and are now partway through Medieval. As we were going through our first CC year (this past year), I loved that the kids were connecting the dots between the CC History Timeline cards ( they are technically called Acts & Facts History Cards) and our History lessons. That got me to thinking....wouldn't it be nice if I could cross reference our CC cards when we were going through a Chapter of The Story of the World? And vice verse? Some searching on the internet for a cross referenced list of the two found nothing. Nada. Zip. Zilch. Surely I can't be the only one? Maybe the only one crazy enough to go back through the book and match the two up? :) Well....here it is! Please, download it and reference it! I hope it helps your kiddos connect the dots too! {Link to PDF} So Volume 1: Ancient Times is done. Check! (If you see anything I missed, or any errors, please holler so I can fix them.) I've already started working on Volume 2: Medieval Times so that will be coming along soon....
Enhance your child's science education with an engaging, fun lapbook of plant and animal cells.
I really enjoyed colouring the Abigail Rose Designer Series Paper, for the card I shared yesterday. From the same sheet of paper, I cut an edge piece (and fussy-cut around the floral design), and coloured it, to create another card. This is what I came up with, using the same colourways, but different elements and composition: Onto my Crumb Cake card base, I added a Very Vanilla card layer that I had embossed using the Gingham embossing folder. I then adhered the coloured floral piece, just in from the edges of the Very Vanilla panel. I added Champagne Rhinestones to a few of the flower centres, and in a couple of places on the Gingham embossed background. Using my Stamparatus, I stamped the sentiment in Soft Suede ink (stamped twice, to achieve good depth of colour) on a scrap of Petal Pink card. After cutting it out with a Sending Die, I raised it up on Mini Stampin' Dimensionals. The bow was created with Petal Pink Polyester Ribbon. It's beautiful, but as you can see doesn't match the orangey tones of the Petal Pink ink and card. I think it is a good complement to the small pink flowers, coloured with Light Natural Tones Stampin' Blends. Listed below are all the products I used to make this card. If you live in Australia, and would like to shop with me for your Stampin' Up! supplies, you can get to my online store by clicking on any of the thumbnail images below. Product List Cottage Rose Bundle (English) [159048] $93.50 Stamparatus [148187] $85.50 Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock [121685] $16.25 Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock [106550] $18.00 Petal Pink A4 Cardstock [147009] $16.25 Abigail Rose 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [159037] $21.00 Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad [147115] $14.00 Petal Pink Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154893] $15.75 Stampin’ Blends Light Combo Pack [159465] $15.75 Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154882] $15.75 Soft Suede Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154906] $15.75 Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $218.00 Gingham Embossing Folder [157627] $13.00 Sending Dies (English) [159271] $58.00 Paper Snips [103579] $19.25 Petal Pink 3/8" (1 Cm) Soft Polyester Ribbon [159192] $14.00 Champagne Rhinestone Basic Jewels [151193] $10.50 Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00 Mini Stampin' Dimensionals [144108] $7.50 Mini Glue Dots [103683] $9.25
Singing time yoga also known as position cards, singing time review activity providing tons of movement as you sing Primary songs.
Using our new Latin review cards, which I printed from Suzanne Shares and laminated, the boys worked to lay out the declension sheets in order from first to fourth (They are not in the co…
Every morning, at the start of our Morning Meeting, we recite our five classroom rules. The rules I use are similar to Whole Brain Teaching's, but with a twist. I use the set from The Polka Dot Patch. You can read all of the specifics on the rules and gestures HERE. Something fun that we do every Friday is reciting the rules in a different voice. It helps keep up the interest and engagement, plus, we all need a laugh Friday morning :) I have seen different fluency practice ideas a lot on Pinterest and I think these would be a wonderful resource for rule-reciting. Sometimes the Meeting Leader has an idea themselves- one girl decided to recite the rules as if we all had a mouth full of food!- but other times, the student may need some inspiration. Find these at I Love 2 Teach! All I am doing is printing these on cardstock, laminating them, and putting a binder ring though a hole in the top corner. I will keep these near our Morning Meeting Bucket and talking ball for our Meeting Leader to use if he/she needs them. Do you have these fluency cards in your class? Try incorporating them into your rule recitation- it's a great way to wrap up the week!
We were out of town last week, so I’m getting caught up here. :) I have a couple of printables for Week 17 to share. I finally took a picture, as promised, of how I’m using the Latin pa…
'Do you think you can fit through this index card?' My daughter looked at me like I was crazy as I asked her this question and held up a 3x5 index card. She emphatically answered no, and was very curious when I told her that I could show her how she could very easily fit through an index card. What followed was one our favorite science experiments for kids as we learned how to make an index card chain. Why this experiment is fun for kids With this science experiment, kids will learn about how physical objects change. As a bonus,
Some more graphics for The Sims 4. This time, the Disney Princess 10 Gen Challenge by MissPlaying, but with a few tweaks and additions. Watch me play the challenge here!
Latin! So i've been working on some ways to help with remembering the pronunciations for conjugating Latin verbs and I'm sharing, in case it helps anyone out there with their kiddos or class! I am also posting the link again to my file folder match game for the Latin as well! Update: I have changed the first hand out to remain consistent with the following weeks pronunciation on mus. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD FREE Click here to download
Download a set of 3-part orchestra cards to supplement your child's study of the orchestra!
Thank you again to @kimbasprite for these incredible graphics! I love how they turned out🥰
If your child is anything like mine, they struggle to truly commit their multiplication tables to memory. For the last couple of years, I have operated under the assumption that repetition would ev…
This parts of speech worksheet is great for teaching your child about interjections and more. Use this parts of speech worksheet to get in gear with grammar.
A blog about homeschooling little ones with a Unit Style Approach.
I’m sharing with you today my New Grammar games/ideas for CC. This is my “easy” list of things to fall back on if I haven’t created a new, more “complicated game”…
Free Latin Resources, printables, games, and other activities to help with memorizing noun declensions, verb conjugations, and vocabulary.
Don't you just love review games?! I'll be tutoring Mary's class at our new CC campus this year (so excited!), so I've been keeping...
Add some fun to your homeschool science curriculum with this free chemistry game! Click "Read More" to see the directions.
See this box full of stuff? Its my current project. I've been trying to find something that has the correlation between the chapters in the Story of the World and the Classical Conversations History timeline cards. Can't find one. So... What do I do when I can't find what I want? I make it myself! I've been painstakingly working my way through the Ancients book and cross referencing them with the timeline cards. Its a process, let me tell ya! I'm up to chapter 22 so hopefully soon I'll be able to post a sheet for everyone to reference. We, curriculum-wise, are in the Middle Ages so I'm linking the two as we go through the book. The Ancients I'm having to go back through in my "spare time." UPDATED 7/16/13: Volume 1 - Ancient Times is done. Here is the link. UPDATED 8/21/13:Volume 2 - The Middle Ages is done. Here is the link.
'Do you think you can fit through this index card?' My daughter looked at me like I was crazy as I asked her this question and held up a 3x5 index card. She emphatically answered no, and was very curious when I told her that I could show her how she could very easily fit through an index card. What followed was one our favorite science experiments for kids as we learned how to make an index card chain. Why this experiment is fun for kids With this science experiment, kids will learn about how physical objects change. As a bonus,
My son is covering the parts of speech and labeling sentences in Grammar right now. When working on his grammar sheets, he has a tendency to jump around and label the words he knows, then go back and figure out the rest. Unfortunately for him, this causes him to mislabel a lot of words. He knows the parts of speech and knows how to do the grammar work, but he just. won't. slow. down.
I know these look like the regular timeline cards, no big deal, right? Well... they're actually mini cards ! My fabulous, wonderful...
I’ve made my Popsicle Pick game…finally! I had the idea last year, but just made time to bang it out. I’m excited to add it to our short list of simple ways to review …
Whew! This set took a lot of tweaking, but I really love how they came out! 🤩 This is another 10 generation challenge, this time it's the Solar System Legacy Challenge by @ginovasims Graphics by me…
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