Posted in Egypt, geography, history, lesson plans, social studies on Feb 28th, 2012 4 Comments »
Anna has decided she wants to learn lots more about ancient Egypt. She took these photos at the Egyptian display at the Science Museum of Minnesota and she got even more hooked on that fascinating time and culture. So it looks like we’re diving into some Egyptian fun! Here’s a bit of stuff I’ve [...]
Posted in Fun, games, geography, lesson plans, math, plans for the day, science, vocabulary on Aug 14th, 2011 3 Comments »
It’s been forever since I’ve done one of these posts so I thought I’d throw out some fun alternative HS ideas for the week… Play a homeschool version of Balderdash. Write up a list of vocabulary words and make up some fake and real definitions. Challenge the kids to name the right definition for each [...]
Posted in Fun, holidays, lesson plans, Links, math on Mar 13th, 2011 3 Comments »
Don’t forget that Monday is Pi Day — 3/14. In honor of the day, here’s oodles of fun ways to work it into your homeschool. Celebrate Pi Day with fun games and activities Crafts, songs, links, lesson plans and a video to help celebrate Pi Day (from yours truly). Let Them Eat Pie! Beth has posted [...]
Posted in Fun, history, lesson plans, math, nature, Poetry, science on Sep 30th, 2010 3 Comments »
I realized I haven’t done one of these in a while, so until I catch up on photos and such I thought it could be fun. Here’s a few ways to have some homeschool fun this week…. Sing “100 bottles of beer on the wall” — math style. Take turns adding or subtracting numbers and [...]
Posted in geography, lesson plans, Links, social studies on Jul 1st, 2010 1 Comment »
Susan at Stitching Life has come up with a really fun sounding plan. She’s going “around the world” with her 3 kiddos in homeschool, starting August 9 — complete with an altered composition book log of the journey. She says, “Our journey will last 36 weeks and take us through six continents and twelve countries.” [...]
Posted in holidays, lesson plans, Poetry on Mar 21st, 2010 6 Comments »
I always find out these things once the day has already started and I have no advance prep time. In case you want to take part and haven’t prepped either, I threw together a bunch of poetry ideas here (in every subject!). I figure poetry is too fun to relegate to one day so [...]
Posted in crafts, holidays, lesson plans, science on Nov 22nd, 2009 1 Comment »
I thought some of you might be interested in the Thanksgiving themed articles I wrote for the Examiner this week… Thanksgiving Science Fun is full of T-day facts, easy science experiments and cool info (know how turkey pop-up timers work? it’s really cool and you can reuse them). How Should We Teach Kids About Thanksgiving? [...]
Posted in cool sites, history, holidays, lesson plans, nature, recipes, science, social studies, Toddlers on Nov 11th, 2009 1 Comment »
I’m so behind in housework and homeschooling and laundry and writing (and getting out of pajamas, if we’re going to be perfectly honest!) but had to share a few good things with y’all… 1. Thirteen “extinct” animal species that were found alive (in pictures). Check out the little marsupial who was thought to be extinct [...]
Posted in freebies, lesson plans, nature, science, social studies on Aug 27th, 2009 1 Comment »
Moody Gardens offers some really great curricula for educators on all sorts of subjects from whales and dolphins to the Grand Canyon to bugs to The Titanic. I checked out the bones file and was really impressed with the information and lesson plans. They’re in PDF format and the one I viewed was 70 pages [...]
Posted in cool sites, Curriculum, Jack, lesson plans, math on Jul 16th, 2009 No Comments »
This teacher-run first grade site is so thorough and full of neat stuff that I’m planning on using it whenever I have a sudden urge for something schooly with Jack next year. The math program works for grades K-5 so I may use it with the girls too. This is a great resource!
