History/Geography - Seven Wonders coloring sheets - Colosseum Paper Model - Pyramid Paper … [Read more...]
What We're Doing – Week Three Links
As you probably noticed last week, I will add in other activities and ideas as time allows and inspiration strikes, but here is the basic list of links we're planning to use in conjunction with our new grammar for week 3.And if inspiration strikes, I'll be sure to share ideas with you!History - Greek gods information & coloring … [Read more...]
Week Two – Living Thing Eating
Okay, so weird title, I agree. But, our dinner tonight included (at least) one thing from 4 out of the 5 kingdoms of living things. Did you guess what we made?PIZZA! Thanks to our Creation Science for Kids: Biology Study Unit, we learned that pizza contains ingredients that are from 4 out of the 5 kingdoms of living things. The … [Read more...]
Week Two – Mummy Making
Mummy making happened today! As previously mentioned, I have 3 boys and 1 baby girl so there are no barbies to speak of yet in our home. So, we used some random plastic figures we had around the house. The boys picked ones they wouldn't mind saying goodbye to, in case they don't clean up well after the mummification process. In regard … [Read more...]
Cycle One – Week Two – 7 Wonders & Pyramid Building
I liked this video for giving my littles visuals for the size, scale, and some of the mechanics for the seven wonders of the ancient world. We only watched about the first 7 minutes. Let me know if you go further and like what it shares!We played this pyramid builder game yesterday, which they really loved! You make … [Read more...]
Week Two – Playing with Hieroglyphics
Today we used this jpg file of hieroglyphics to write in our notebooks. After writing his name, my oldest wanted to continue on with his brother's name. He was really impressed with his work and enjoyed it too! Later, he brought his notebook around to Daddy, Mom Mom, and Pop Pop to guess what the hieroglyphics spelled. … [Read more...]
What We're Doing – Week Two Links
Here are links to some ideas I've found online and plan to use for our week 2 grammar time at home. History - Ten Commandment Hand Commands Ten Commandments MovieGeography/History - Mummifying a Barbie-type dollEnglish - Teaching Prepositions - DIY posterScience … [Read more...]
Week One – English Grammar Review
To review our english grammar memory work, we made a sentence chain. Since prepositions link words in a sentence together, I thought this would be a simple way to review, "What is a preposition?," while connecting the concept to something concrete and literal. I cut strips of paper from card stock and wrote one word on each … [Read more...]
History + Timeline + Bible
Today after reviewing our timeline, we read the reverse of the first card. We plan to read the back of 1-2 cards a day. We also spontaneously decided to locate the ancient civilizations on our modern day map. That was great fun for all of us! and really helped give us context before we read in The Story of the World. I love … [Read more...]
What We're Doing – Week One Links
www.artlessonsforkids.meMany of our week one plans come from ideas I've found online. Here are the links by subject to those ideas --History -- 10 Commandments Hand CommandsScience -- Animal Classification InfoGeography -- Fertile Crescent Lesson Plans, Video & Recipe … [Read more...]