Homeschooling in Elementary, Middle School and High School One of the questions I am asked the most is “Where do I start?” “Do you have any tips for me, my child is in x-Grade?” These free guides (Creating a Homeschool Curriculum) might provide a starting point for those of you just starting your homeschool journey and may give you an idea or two if you’ve been at this homeschool thing...
While the ocean is my favorite place in the world to be, the forest comes in as a close second. This Forest Animals Study is full of fun activities for your kids to complete before heading out into the woods to explore! Growing up, my family and I did a lot of camping. We didn’t …
When we start off the new school year, I want the kids to go over some basic world facts again. Do they remember… What are the four largest countries? (Russia, Canada, the U.S.A., China) What countries have the most people? (China, India, the U.S.A.) What are the world’s largest cities? (Tokyo, Jakarta, Seoul) Which countries have the longest life expectancy? (Monaco, Macau, Japan) What are the major religions? The packet...
Teach children about the importance of the rain forest. This is the first step in bringing about change.
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We have been studying Ancient China this semester. We are using The Story of Ancient China (affiliate link) (see more about that below) as our spine, but also have read selections from the Story of the World (affiliate link) and the Kingfisher History Encyclopedia. This is the packet that I made to go along with some of our readings. These are now included in our 100+ page Ancient China Unit. Recently,...
Today in our study of the forest animal habitat we read The Mitten. (affiliate link) We read Jan Brett’s book first. Using the beautiful mitten masks by Jan Brett the kids reenacted the story by putting the animal into the mitten (the kids are holding up the masks in the picture above). The mitten is just a file folder, drawn in the shape of a mitten. Jan Brett’s printables for...
I'm going to show you how to create a homeschool zoology unit without a curriculum. And I have more ideas about animals on my page Rain Forest – Animals of the Amazon.
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We started school this week! I did not think I was ready, had not finished organizing the school room (dining room), but finishing up this ...
Science in the Elementary and Middle School Years – Free Homeschool Checklist – K to 8 When I’m planning our units for the upcoming year, I think a lot about the science topics should we cover in our homeschool by the time they finish 8th grade. I have a general checklist of topics that I go consider… and try to fill in the gaps as we go (and as the kids’ interests...
Science in the Elementary and Middle School Years – Free Homeschool Checklist – K to 8 When I’m planning our units for the upcoming year, I think a lot about the science topics should we cover in our homeschool by the time they finish 8th grade. I have a general checklist of topics that I go consider… and try to fill in the gaps as we go (and as the kids’ interests...
This blog post may contain affiliate links. Please see disclaimer for more information. Homeschooling gives you the ultimate freedom to chose and adapt what your children learn, how they learn it and when! This month we decided to follow the interests of my youngest son (4 years-old), and learn more about snails! We found some fantastic
Learn about animal habitats as kids compare and contrast Arctic animals and Forest animals with this hands-on science activity!
This is a set of word sort activities to reinforce the “ow” and “ou” vowel team; the “oy” and “oi” patterns; and the “au” and “aw” vowel patterns. ED is finishing up volume 2 of All About Spelling (affiliate link), the spelling program I’ve used with all 3 kids, and she wanted some fun games again to go over these various vowel teams. Since we are diving into a new...
This Civics and Government Unit covers the 3 Branches of Government The Constitution & Bill of Rights The Presidential Cabinet Positions How a Bill becomes Law Civics Review (symbols, landmarks) Federal vs. State Governments and more! We are doing a Civics and Government Unit. I made this packet for the kids because I couldn’t find a homeschool unit that covered everything I wanted to include. Not only are we covering the...
Teach children about the importance of the rain forest. This is the first step in bringing about change.
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What is the difference between a biome, ecosystem, and habitat? What is the difference between a food chain and a food web? What are trophic levels? What is the energy pyramid? What is symbiosis? How do different species interact? What in the world is amensalism or antiobiosis?! These are some of the things we covered in our latest biology unit! How We Started Our unit on Biomes: This semester we...
5 Habitats worksheets. Students describe the ocean, forest, desert, arctic and grassland habitats and identify animals that live there. Students describe different habitats and identify animals that live there.
Spring has arrived with style! Blossoms, bulbs, bees, birds, babies; it's such a lovely season. I must admit when I was younger, I'd always be eager for Spring to hurry along into the long days of Summer, probably because in Australia, Summer means Christmas, school holidays, family holidays, camping, long days at the beach and warm summer evenings. I still do love all of those things, but as I've gotten older, I appreciate the 'in-between' seasons so much more more. Spring is such a beautiful, delicate time of reawakening. The world seems new again. The garden springs into life with such a sudden rush. The sunshine is warm and delicious and doesn't burn you like the harsh Summer sun does, and while many Spring days are windy, the wind is cool and sweetly scented with wattle blossom, unlike the scorching, dry, northerly Summer winds which bring the risk of devastating bushfires. We are out in the garden most sunny afternoons. On the warmer afternoons baby, now approaching 4 months old (!), is able to kick outside with bare legs, and the Winter warm woolies are slowly being discarded, replaced with lighter clothing. Oh, and the days are getting longer again! <3 Mr Second Grade begins his second Maths block this month. This month will start with a review and deepening of First Grade concepts such as the Four Processes, Odd and Even, Greater Than or Less Than, Addition and Subtraction Math Facts, and we will develop a deeper understanding of the sense of numbers, mental arithmetic and start to move from skip counting to formally learning the multiplication tables. Week 1 Snippets from our week... As usual we started the new month reading the monthly entry from our seasonal books , and , and Mr Grade 2 completed his September calendar entry. Form Drawing We then began our form drawing exercises from the wonderful book , Mr Grade 2's form work is steadily improving. At the end of last month, I began using colour in the chalkboard examples and had Mr Grade 2 use colour also, and I think this really helped him visualise the progression of the forms. It was a real breakthrough in his form drawing, so we will continue to use colour in this way. Mr Grade 2 is really enjoying the lessons from this wonderful book. I could recommend it highly enough! Week 1 Main Lesson - Grade 2 We began this block with a retelling of a fable found in the Second Grade curriculum book . It is a very funny trickster tale from Mexico called 'The Wolf and The Lamb'. I used this story to revist the notion of Greater Than or Less Than, which we'd touched on in First Grade. It was a great fable for this math topic. Mr Second Grade really enjoyed playing the 'Greater Than or Less Than' card game with the hungry wolf mouth. Circle Time is becoming more focussed on math games and rhythmical skip counting of tables - this week we introduced the 11x table, and continued practising 2, 3, 5, 10, and 20. We also continued with counting forwards and backwards to and from 100, with movement. This week we playing 'What's the time Mr Skip-Counting Wolf', the wolf would answer with things like "It's 12 O'clock, skip counting by 2's", which was lots of fun. Week 1 Main Lesson - Kindy This week we read a picture book as our weekly Kinder story, the delightful Spring story by Elsa Beskow. It is not only about the steps that go into making a new suit, from shearing his pet lamb to carding, spinning, dyeing, and weaving the wool, but it is also about the cooperative exchange of skills and labor. This story tied in nicely with Mr Second Grade's discussion from Lesson ** of the Oak Meadow Second Grade curriculum about cooperation between animals and humans. Science & Social Science Continuing our introduction to Habitats study (Oak Meadow Grade 2, Lesson 21), and using the same Biomes resources listed in , Mr Grade 2 continued to study the Forest Biome this week. We previously discovered there are 3 main types of forest - Tropical Rainforest, Coniferous (also called Boreal or Taiga) Forest, and Temperate Forests. This week we focussed on the Coniferous Biome which mostly comprises of the evergreens - pine, spruce, hemlock, larch and fir. Tying nicely with our Main Lesson story this week, we discovered the is found in this habitat. During afternoon rest time one day this week, the boys watched another episode from the excellent BBC documentary series narrated by David Attenborough. The series focuses on a different habitat or biome each episode. This week we watched Episode 10: 'Seasonal Forests', which is about the both the Coniferous and Deciduous Forest Biome. Mr Grade 2's Forest Habitat display Mr Grade 2's Coniferous Forest Biome drawing Creative Writing Artwork This week we continued our art exploration with graduated tonal exercises, this week using crayon and pencil. Mr Grade 2, who can tend to be very heavy handed with his drawing and writing, found these exercises quite helpful in learning how much pressure to apply to the page. Other Happenings... Another lovely day with our playgroup friends! Week 2 Snippets from our week... Form Drawing Week 2 Main Lesson - Grade 2 Week 2 Main Lesson - Kindy Week 3 Snippets from our week...
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The biomes and ecosystem activities is also available for Google apps here. The 6 main biomes are the Desert, the Deciduous Forest, the Grasslands, the Taiga, the Tundra and the Tropical Rainforest. This resources contains numerous reading passages and learning activities to ensure students learn about each of the main biomes, animal and plant adaptations and locations in the world. This package contains numerous activities that are aligned with standards. You'll find the following activities: Background information and maps Reading passages for each biome Map Quiz Research Project Outlines Biome Graphic Organizers/ KWLs Facts and Brainstorms (to be completed after the reading passages) Plant and Animal Adaptations for each Biome reading passages Numerous Printable Activities Task Cards Quizzes, Multiple Choice, Close Activities, Crossword Puzzles Rubric Flip Book Templates for each Biome Use your discretion and use these activities as centers, whole group or for independent learning.
These children's books about women in science show just how women have shaped our understanding of science and influenced their communities.
Teaching kids at a young age how important (and how fun!) P.E. can be will serve them well for many many years to come. Try these fun homeschool P.E. ideas.
ALuv and I just finished a 2-week unit in our science last week on animals in the winter. We had fun and both learned quite a bit! I wanted to share a few resources and ideas of how we integrated literacy into our study. We focused on the three ways that animals survive in the winter time: hibernation, migration, ... Read More about Animals in Winter
These FREE Owl Printables go along well with the owl pellet dissection activity or with your study of forest animals. You'll find them free here...
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We spent the last two weeks learning about animal classification. This all came about last year when we were doing our rain forest animal reports. Many of
Montessori education is a method of teaching that emphasizes hands-on learning, self-directed activity, and collaborative play. Utilizing Montessori printables in the classroom can greatly benefit students by providing them with engaging and interactive materials that
Teaching children about wildlife can be very rewarding and fun. I especially
