Mathematics Enhancement Programme (MEP) offers a free full math curriculum for preschoolers up to 9th grade. MEP’s math curriculum is rather hands on, having children count real beads, for ex…
Charlotte Mason 5th and 3rd Grade Homeschool Curriculum Picks
Another year of homeschooling is just around the corner for us! Here’s a look at our 5th grade homeschool curriculum choices for next year.
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We do Copywork Charlotte Mason’s way! Although Copywork seems deceptively simple, it is power-packed with skills and range of difficulty that will teach, reinforce, strengthen and develop you…
Engaging Charlotte Mason geography activities for your homeschool with map study, drawing, and discussion. All are vital to an understanding of history.
I used this for my camp themed classroom!
Are you looking for open-and-go Charlotte Mason copywork printables from living books? Simplify your lessons with open-and-go copywork printables. Print as many as you need. These copywork passages are from 📚 The Little Duke by Charlotte Yonge 📚 ⭐There are two passages from each chapter. 25 Lessons. ⭐They are presented in 40-point font with a blank line underneath for transcription. Great for elementary-aged students (2nd-5th graders) ⭐Designed to be used in a Charlotte Mason copy work lesson. ⭐Open and Go ⭐Print as many as you need 💻This is a digital product. You will receive a 34-page PDF document. 💻
Charlotte Mason 5th and 3rd Grade Homeschool Curriculum Picks
This resource can be used on its own as a weekly assessment to guide instruction. However, is it particularly effective if used as a Friday assessment in conjunction with my 5-A-Day Math Review. My 5-A-Day Math Review contains 5 daily math tasks for (Monday-Thursday). This resource is now EDITABLE!!! Easily edit the student pages using PowerPoint
Charlotte Mason 5th and 3rd Grade Homeschool Curriculum Picks
In planing next year, how does language arts look for your fifth graders using Using Language Well and Spelling Wisdom? Does this fulfill language arts for a
When teach art, I use the immersive Charlotte-Mason approach which includes living books, narration, copywork, and creative expression. Here's how.
Yes, please! Sign me up for a free Charlotte Mason Mother's Planner! Mother culture, an elegant way of saying “homeschool for mom”, is an imperative (...)
LOTS of FREE Printable worksheets for kids to practice math, literacy, science, & history with kids of all ages from 123Homeschool4Me.
This free, no-frills elementary Charlotte Mason weekly planner will keep you on track with your Charlotte Mason style of homeschooling.
Because learning is best when it's hands-on.
(This post contains affiliate links to Amazon Affiliates, Please see my disclosure for my details) Charlotte Mason believed formal education should be delayed until children were the age of 6, but she did not believe they were incapable of learning at a very early age.
Fireflies are such fun bugs! I had never seen them until we moved to the East Coast and it really is magical to see them flying in the night sky. I bought some Glow in The Dark Paint and I've been wanting to try this for a Summer project. Here is what it looks like in the dark... I painted some of the dots and the bodies of the fireflies with glow in the dark paint. After you "charge" up the paint under a light it glows softly. You will need: Watercolor paint pencils Sharpies - black and silver Bamboo Skewers - (for the dots) White Acrylic paint Glow in the Dark Paint - I got mine at Target Start by drawing the jar with the fireflies in it. Pretty simple so any age can do it. I painted the lid first with some purple, red and blue watercolor paint mixed together. This is a great lesson for watercolor techniques. I surrounded each firefly with a circle of just water and then painted the jar blue around them. I added some black shading - especially under the lid, at the bottom and sides. Now let this dry a little so the blue won't totally bleed into the yellow. When the blue is just damp add a yellow wash over the fireflies and over the blue around them. I wanted the colors to bleed (wet into wet) together around the firefly to get the effect of the firefly being really bright and then fading outward. This photo also shows the sharpie on the head and body of the firefly after the yellow dries. Add some orange to the body of the firefly. I outlined the wings in metallic silver Sharpie and used a bamboo skewer dipped in paint to make the dots. The bigger dots are the fat end and the tiny ones are the pointy end. I did white paint and silver glitter paint first. Then I went over the white dots with the glow in the dark paint. The glow in the dark paint is pretty transparent so you need to do the white first. I also painted the bodies of the fireflies with glow paint. Do at least 2 coats, the more the better for the best glow. I think my students will enjoy looking at these before they go to sleep.
Teach your students about the elements of art with this elements of art worksheets pack. It includes 7 worksheets, activities, and posters.
One of Charlotte Mason’s principles is the Book of Centuries. She encourages each child to add important information to their Book of Centuries (BoC) as they learn. This year I decided to st…
Looking for a cool way to incorporate Architecture into a STEM project? This area and perimeter city brings together science, math, engineering, city planning, maps, and art to make the perfect STEM/STEAM project! And it
Charlotte Mason 5th and 3rd Grade Homeschool Curriculum Picks
This moon phase board was fairly easy to make. After making a run to the Dollar Tree and rummaging through our science storeroom to collect the needed supplies to make this, it was pretty inexpensive and so worth every penny! Essentially, this Moon Phase board allows students to visualize and better understand the cause of moon phases and comprehend the 2 different views that are often given on a diagram (view from space and view from the Earth). Up to this point, I've done a Lunar Lollipop Investigation, which I thought was great, but this beats it by a long shot! A large majority of my students don't really understand why the lit part of the moon doesn't face the sun on part of the view as seen from Earth on every moon phase diagram (see below). Even though I give many different examples and explanations, I still see a puzzled look on several of the students' faces. I really think this method will clear it up for even those puzzled kiddos. From this angle (see below), students can quickly see that the lit part of the moon is always the side of the ball that is facing the sun. Pretty uneventful, but definitely clarifies this view. But as students take the Moon Board and place their head through the hole, they are immediately taken to the view from Earth (their head being Earth or it could be explained that we LOOK out from Earth and see the moon as it revolves around the Earth). In order to give you a clearer idea of what the students will see, I placed my camera in the hole and continually rotated the board around counterclockwise (direction of the moon's revolution around the Earth). Here, you can see the new moon. Followed by the waxing crescent. The first quarter. Then waxing gibbous. Full moon Waning gibbous Third/Last quarter (oopsy....this ball got a little tilted when I glued it down) And finally, waning crescent. I have chosen to leave each phase unlabeled for my 8th graders. I provide each group with 8 Post-It Notes and have them write each moon phase name on a Post-it. They simply stick the Post-It in the correct location and call me over to check it. I am thinking about making one Moon Board with labels for my SpEd and ELL students until they get more comfortable with the names. To make your own, you will need the following supplies: Black foam board (got mine at Dollar Tree for $1) Box cutter Circular shaped object to cut around (I just turned my office trashcan upside down and started cutting!) 8 ball shaped objects to represent moon (ideas: ping pong balls [use black sharpie], Styrofoam balls (paint with black acrylic paint and sponge brush, wooden balls, etc....) Hot glue gun 1 ball to represent the Sun (larger than moon ball) This is optional; you could always just write "Sun" on one side of the board with a paint pen, but I think the added visual is great! Since I didn't have these made when I taught moon phases earlier in the year, I am going to use them when we begin to review for the state assessment. I can't wait to hear the oohs and aahs and FINALLY see the looks of confusion go away. For more great lessons, labs, and activities that related to moon phases, check out these products in my Teachers Pay Teachers store: Space Science for Interactive Notebooks Moon Phases and Seasons Task Cards Daily Science Starters for Middle School - Earth and Space Predicting the Sequence of Events in the Lunar Cycle Activity That's a Fact, Jack! Fact or Fiction Science Sorting: Motions of Earth and Moon Day/Night, Seasons, Moon Phases, & Tides Review Circuit Predicting Moon Phases Color-by-Number 8th Grade Science STAAR Review- Reporting Category 3 (Earth & Space) Moon Phases Reciprocal Learning Activity
Our plant and animal cell worksheets include the perfect visuals for your animal cell project in Grade 6. Animal cell poster ideas are here!
2 pages of Cornell notes over Air Masses and Fronts - Includes answer key and links to resources to use with the notes. ...
A Charlotte Mason Geography Lesson Before we begin A Charlotte Mason Geography Lesson … First, I explain why I’m focusing subject by subject. Also, I include Charlotte Mason quotes because I find her original lectures on education to be SO inspiring and helpful. Next, please keep reading to see the break down of implementing lessons, […]
Hello friends…..just stopping by with a mid week check in and wanted to share with you the cutest lesson we did today on PREPOSITIONS! Now if you've tackled this skill with your firsties, you know it's not the easiest skill for them to grasp! We've been working in these little rascals for a while now….we […]
Engaging Charlotte Mason geography activities for your homeschool with map study, drawing, and discussion. All are vital to an understanding of history.
Charlotte Mason was an amazing educator! Perhaps my favorite quote from Charlotte Mason reveals her understanding that a personal knowledge of and intimacy with God is the highest form of education. This is where we must
Charlotte Mason 5th and 3rd Grade Homeschool Curriculum Picks
DIY Dinosaur party games to make your child's dinosaur party extra fun.
30 School Themed Mason Jar Ideas: Mason Jars for organizing school supplies, teacher gifts and more.
A "Book Of Centuries" is the fancy Charlotte Mason way of saying "Timeline In A Book". The main idea of a book of centuries is that for each 2 page spread you open your book
Sometimes in home school (in life) we make things so complicated. Well, sometimes I make things so complicated. My family moved from the coast of Virginia to the mountains of Virginia the y…
