Designing a home-centered life: learning, exploring, and creating with our five littles
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...]
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...]
Mia of Homeschool Curriculum Resources contacted me to share the homeschool science curriculum she has written, because she knew one of her books - Creation Science For Kids: Biology Study Unit - would match up nicely with Classical Conversations Cycle One Science. & it does! The book contains 12 weeks of Biology lessons, about 50 pages … [Read more...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
Many of our notebook pages will not come from pre-made worksheets, but some will! I've selected the ones I think we'll be using for the first 12 weeks of cycle one and thought I'd share the links with you now. I picked ones that I thought would be most relevant to our weekly grammar, that my littles could mostly complete independently, and … [Read more...]
Reference BooksNary a day goes by that this book isn't flipped through and its beautiful images studied. It was an inspired birthday present from my parents for my children and it sits on our coffee table for regular browsing. And believe me, it gets plenty of attention - unprompted by me. Without a doubt, a favorite book of my … [Read more...]
Food Funhttp://celebrationsathomeblog.com/2011/05/dinosaur-party-volcano-chocolate-lava-cakes-tutorial.htmlI seem to be drawn to any lesson plan ideas that include food & I'm not fighting it! Food that's pleasing to the eyes & taste buds will surely captivate my littles' attentions and imaginations. Plus while we're reinforcing … [Read more...]
Map Trek: Ancient WorldCheck out this link to download a FREE pdf of Map Trek: Ancient World. It is full of labeled and blank ancient maps, which may come in handy during Cycle One's ancient history scope. There are also some lesson plans, if you want to create more study around each map. … [Read more...]