These activities will go great for your Apple Week! Apple Jacks Place Value with tens and one Skip Counting Apple Worm Math Check out THIS blogpost to see how I use them! I have more apple activities in my Hands-On Learning with Apples Pack and my September CCS Center packs for Grades 1 and 2...
Take a fascinating journey to Japan with this exciting Japan Study and learn more about the people, food and culture along the way.
A Preschool Planting Seeds Theme that includes preschool lesson plans, activities and Interest Learning Center ideas for your Preschool Classroom!
Here are our collection of paper dolls and paper men that my daughters and I have created for our World History studies, Social Studies, Unit Studies, as well as for re-enacting Shakespeare plays, …
Sweden, officially the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. Click for more facts or worksheets.
Looking for speech therapy flower activities? Flower Shop dramatic play is a perfect speech therapy group activity! Free adjective printable
Grab these Goldilocks and the Three Bears Worskehets for pre-k and kindergartners to practice alphabet letters, counting, which comes next and so much more!
Are you looking for fun resources to teach your kids about the Vikings? There are all sorts of wonderful crafts, printables, lesson plans and more — free for the taking! Crafts and costumes: Bug, Boo and Bean has instructions to make your own cardboard Viking helmets and swords and shields. Relentlessly Fun, Deceptively Educational has …
A blog about raising a multicultural child in a very diverse world. Diversity, culture, bilingualism, heritage.
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Viking facts & worksheets. Includes lesson plans & study material resources. Available in PDF & Google Slides format. Great for school & home use.
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Resources, links, printables, and some funny stories about what happened the week I decided to take my kids on a pretend "trip" to Canada to learn all about Canadian land, history, and culture.
In preparation for next year’s study of the USA I am creating...
Have fun learning about sea turtles with these adorable sea turtle life cycle worksheets. See the parts of a sea turtle, their life cycle stages and more.
How to make questions and information about sharks. This worksheet can be used as grammar practice: make questions that match with the answers given. Key included. - ESL worksheets
FIELD TRIPS Our first official year of preschool at home begins soon. Learning at home is a great fit for us because it affords us unique and natural learning opportunities. One benefit of homeschooling is the chance to take field trips together. Field trips provide many educational benefits to children such as real-life experience, tactile learning, […]
As part of our homeschool this week, we took on learning more about beavers and creating a dam with an All About Beavers Unit Study.
We recently received a package from Finland with an incredible amount of information and goodies, plus a well-written letter by 11 year old Emma!
Have you ever wondered what Johnny Appleseed carries in his knapsack? My students answered this question inside these knapsack crafts!
Learn about early American settlers with history activitity building a DIY Wattle and Daub House perfect for studying Colonial America.
Prehistorical playmates you can color like Stegosaurus, Triceratops, T-Rex and more in these fun, printable dinosaur coloring pages..
This week, my class started reading and writing with Scaredy Squirrel. This is one of my ALL TIME favorite book characters - probably because I can so easily relate to his insecurities and OCD! Melanie Watt has created the most amazing character with Scaredy Squirrel. He is a little squirrel who never leaves his nut tree because he is afraid of so many things out there in the unknown - green Martians, killer bees, germs, tarantulas... It is much safer to stay home, adhere to the schedule and be prepared for any possible emergency. Until, of course, one day everything goes wrong and Scaredy Squirrel is out in the Unknown! Are you beginning to see how kids (and teachers) can relate?! While the story itself is fantastic, the many different text features can lead to a million different writing lessons. There are lists, charts, diagrams, labels, maps, step by step directions - all with the dearest illustrations. At the beginning of first grade, I really am trying to get most of my little friends to just get anything down on paper during writing, much less a complete sentence! So, we usually start the year with lists, diagrams, and labels. These are much less intimidating that writing sentences and students can practice that ever-important skill of invented spelling on a smaller scale. And, of course, they all love to draw so labeling pictures is a given! This week, we started with labeling a squirrel... Then we ventured into lists... And we made our own Emergency Kits, just like Scaredy Squirrel! Translation: "My Emergency Kit has a balloon a flashlight and a ladder and a needle and a band aid." Next, we're going to write a few step by step instructions! Next week, we're moving on the other Scaredy Squirrel books: If you're interested in any of these activities, you can win a copy of my Scaredy Squirrel pack at Creation Castle! They are having a gigantic giveaway for every grade level! Have a terrific week! ~Nikki
This Viking unit study has everything you need for a quick, literature-based, project-based study. You can even download the book and activity lists for free!
Viking culture is closer than you think. Send the kids on a Viking adventure while they search at home for links to Viking life. Our Viking Scavenger Hunt is the ultimate Viking kids activity and it's super easy. The connections are there whether you realize it or not!
An awesome collection of preschool summer activities that revolve around coconuts! Ideas for play dough, sensory play, games, 5 senses fun, and more!
Amazing art activities I want to use in a DIY Summer Camp for kids!
Today I have a fantastic expansion set to add to our Mini Office Printables! Our Mini office has been an amazing resource for my son's Preschool and Kindergarten years, and I wanted to make sure
25 fabulous red and white Canada Day crafts and activities you can enjoy with your little ones as you celebrate everything Canada this year!
Everything you need to plan preschool rock theme activities for your kids. Preschoolers love collecting rocks and learning about them!
The panemic in italy is all over the news. Help kids learn more about this amazing country with this FREE Italy for Kids Printable Book.
If you’ve stumbled here from Pinterest, or some other site … welcome! While each of these books/lessons can stand alone, they are also a part of a year-long series that we have taught at our homeschool co-op. Each lesson builds in part on the one …
Step up your child's geography and history knowledge with this series of world coloring pages, starting with Stonehenge in England!
Kids will love this Charcoal Leaf Rubbing Art! These charcoal leaf pictures are such a fun way to explore the shapes, patterns and textures of leaves.
This Grade 6 lesson was inspired by Kathy Barbro's lesson found here on the blog Art Projects for Kids. It is an excellent simplification and good intro into portrait drawing. I showed my kids a video and powerpoint explaining why, in fact, King Tut is so famous. Then I did a demo of the basic drawing steps on the board. The kids always seem to know alot about Egypt as they tend to study it in elementary school. Here are the project steps below: Practice drawing in sketchbook..... Draw good copy on large heavy paper.... I was super impressed by this drawing--- so sophisticated. Then outline all pencil lines with a permanent black marker..... Then paint with tempera, including gold. For the gold tempera, we used the Italian brand PRIMO which I really like. I find with metallic temperas, in general, you usually need two coats of paint to get it nice and opaque. One girl asked to do a female, so I suggested Cleopatra- I will probably give this option next time I teach this lesson.
Young historians will love learning facts about the famous Viking explorer Leif Ericson while practicing their reading comprehension and writing skills.
In a previous blog, we talked about the depth of the ocean http://wp.me/p5MgcM-InC. Since the ocean is on average 3 miles deep, it may not surprise you that the water column is not uniform. In fact, sections of the water column in the ocean are differentiated by pressure, light, temperature, oxygen and mineral nutrients. It […]
Sit spotting is an observant type of meditation in nature that not only calms the mind, but soothes your senses with the sounds, touch and feel of nature.
These pumpkin activities is perfect for kindergarten or first grade and includes the life cycle of a pumpkin, crafts, and writing prompts.
