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A free history program that covers 13.8 billion years of history — from the Big Bang to the present day.
Download Free Roman History Printable Resources
I love Lichtenstein! Seriously, he's one of my favorites. I was so excited to find out that there was a retrospective of his work at the Art Institute of Chicago when we were visiting family there a couple of years ago. His work is captivating, and it's also really fun for kids to reproduce.
We have a hallway upstairs that is rather drab with nothing on the wall, so for quite some time, I was eyeing that hallway with the keen observance that only a homeschool mom can have. Pretty artwo…
Photo Source: Thomas Elementary Art We recently stumbled upon this fantastic art project for upper elementary students and wanted to share! The idea comes from Mr. Stoller over at Thomas Elementary Art and provides a wonderful way to incorporate art into a multicultural lesson. Students will have the opportunity to create an animal using stylization (something that is very big in Native American culture) and then they will work together as a group to create an actual totem pole. The best part about Mr. Stoller's site is he provides everything you will need to teach the lesson in your classroom! Literally. There is a downloadable lesson plan, a power point keynote and even pictures of his student's finished work. Here are a few (they did a fantastic job!): Photo Source: Thomas Elementary Art Photo Source: Thomas Elementary Art Photo Source: Thomas Elementary Art To check out this amazing lesson plan, head over to Thomas Elementary Art!
This awesome packet for bringing Project Based Learning (PBL) in your World History classes will be life-changing! PBL brings real world experiences into the classroom to make lessons more meaningful…
Help your students understand and create timelines with this engaging, interactive collection of timeline projects and activities that would work for reading, social studies, or any content area! This resource is full of 12 different timeline variations that are sure to engage your students while teaching them this important social studies (or even reading graphic sources) skill! It's perfect for projects or practice once a month! It is also great for morning work, fast finishers (or early finishers), centers, homework, small group work, partner work, individual classwork, or even whole group! It is also perfect for tutors or substitutes. This activity helps your students practice chronological order, practice identifying the most important details (determining importance), and other significant information related to historical or timeline events. Plus, it aligns well with the Reading Common Core! File Type PDF (Acrobat) Document File Be sure that you have an application to open this file type before downloading and/or purchasing.
A wonderful free collection of vintage educational posters including the complete Adolphe Millot collection of natural history illustrations.
Here's an Australia map colouring page - an annotated and illustrated map of Australia for kids to colour in.
Our school year began with intentions of making one of those big history timelines. Confession: we never did it. The project turned out to be a huge hassle.
This Halloween instead of buying a mass produced plastic broomstick for your little witches why not engage them in making their own out of natural materials that will last well beyond the witching hour? Here's how:
An abstract scraper painting project is a great middle school art lesson that incorporates color theory and painting without a brush!
Let’s learn about the quilters of Gee’s Bend, Alabama and try our own simple quilt project. This is a bright and bold art history lesson which is a perfect addition to art lessons for Black History Month, and as part of a curriculum of art lessons for children inspired by famous artists. […]
We make a Book of Years to help us keep track of the big story of the history of the world. It has independently turning timeline pages and entries.
Building one's own medicine wheel is one of the best ways to become familiar with the earth - sky relationship. To build an effective medicine wheel, one needs a flat and isolated stretch of ground in which to begin mapping out important transits of the sun, moon and stars over the years. This construction can then serve everyone who knows how to use it thereafter.
In our study of Ancient Rome, Josh and Megan enjoyed learning how to build a model of a Roman road. Brianna was in charge of the salt dough map, so I let Josh
Early American history is full of exciting people & events that make it easy to love, so get out of the textbook & make it fun with these hands-on activities.
I have been knee deep in swim fabric for a few weeks now, and I have loved every minute of it!! Okay, well maybe not every minute of it because no project is complete without a little time spent s…
Free Ancient Greece Lapbook. And grab this free Ancient Greece Go Fish game to bring history to life. I finally have the rest of the minibooks for the free Ancient Greece lapbook. This is my second free Ancient Greece lapbook.
Create your own artistic interpretations of famous artists' work with these Famous Artists Crafts for Kids!
Moods vary. But art lasts. LadyKflo loves Pinterest mood boards and all social media #mood posts. It’s like an unfurled secret, finding out how you feel. Even if just for a moment, a mood matters. Here are those moments – captured with art. Welcome to LadyKflo's curated Mood Museum.
Kids will have fun while learning where do I Live with this printable activity perfect for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten students.
Austrian artist Egon Schiele is best known for his erotic and frank representations of people but he also created town paintings.
Get a sense of history: interactive printable history timeline template. Add names, events, and dates in many colors, fonts, and sizes. Card stock lasts years.
I made a cave book for my kiddo while we were studying the Stone Age. There's a lot of other uses for this little book, though. The center is designed to be cut out revealing a picture on a second page. Subsequent pages could be used using these two pages again. You could use this book to make a story or non-fiction book about... Caves (of course) Cave Art Bats Hibernation The Stone Age David and Saul's Encounter in the Cave (1 Samual 24) Platos Cave Allegory Etc. Here's what my son did with it for the stone age. You can see he drew a girl, a fire, cave art, and a lizard. If I were to do this again I would have the second page be black construction paper and then have my son use light colored crayons to draw on top of it. You could also shrink the size of this (easy to do in printer settings) and use this as part of a lapbook. Click Links Below to Download Pages Cave Cover Cave Blank Pages Template More Fun Cave Ideas Caves Unit Study My Pinterest Page With More Fun Cave Ideas My Favorite Cave Non-Fiction Book One Small Square: Cave We did whole unit on caves lasting several weeks using this book as our spine last year after visiting a nearby cavern (really, it would be more ideal for reading BEFORE going as it has several activities to do inside a cave, but it worked great as a follow up too). The book is beautifully written and illustrated, and chalk full of great information, activities, and experiments to do. It encourages kids to look at one small square of a cave thoroughly...thus the name. This is one of a series of various other environments (backyard, forest, pond, jungle, african savana, etc.). Link to book above is an affiliate link through which I can earn commission. TERMS OF USE You are free to use this cave printable however you would like in your homeschool or for classroom or other educational or play use. If you want to use it commercially, or make alterations and share it for free, see additional terms at the bottom of this page. ADDITIONAL TERMS FOR SHARING/ALTERING If you want to share this somewhere, THANKS...you're welcome to share a link to this post and use a picture from this page (but please don't share the files directly, thank you). You are welcome to make some alterations to this and distribute/share your altered version directly on your own blog or site, if you do the following: YOU MUST INCLUDE A LINK TO MY BLOG ON THE PAGE YOU SHARE IT. The resource must be offered FREE. You must keep my copyright info on the front page (adding your own info too is fine...or moving it to another spot on the page, but it must still be there. I don't care about the second or later pages). Please let me know about it by sharing a link in the comments. Most likely I'll add a link to it on this page. If you want to make alterations to this, but offer it commercially (for sale), we can work that out. It involves giving me credit and letting me have a free copy to use myself or share with friends, but you will need to contact me at [email protected] to sort out the details.
Day sixteen of our Stay at Home, Screen Free Activities Programme is all about cool things to do with a big roll of paper. Cool things to do with a big roll of paper One of my daughters favourite things to do is roll out a BIG sheet of paper. There’s something about the scale which […]
Reading about the explorers to America and doing hands-on activities helps us too explore. This time, we're exploring the explorers!
