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I LOVE this series of books, but I have 2 copies. This is a brand new book that covers all the subject contents that your child needs to know for 6th grade.
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This is NOT a book sale - rather a fun way to bless another family with some unused books. Enter to win below...
This is a Phonemic Awareness Songs and Rhymes with CD. This book includes dozens of interactive, theme-releated songs and rhymes that help children listen to language and manipulate, or play with sounds.
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Jolanthe is hosting a Curriculum Clean-out! This is NOT a book sale - rather a fun way to bless another family with some unused books. Enter to win below...
This is a science book that I bought when I was teaching but never had the opportunity to use. The age range is 4th-8th grade. This book has hands-on activities that teaches science concepts. It also has reproducible pages for questions and answers.
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I had the privilege of reviewing an e-book on The Curiosity Files for The Old Schoolhouse Magazine. We were able to explore the life of the platypus with Professor Ana Lyze, an expert in outlandish oddities.
What are the Curiosity Files? The Old Schoolhouse Magazine offers 9 different unit studies on unusual subjects ranging from the platypus to MRSA (bacteria). Although the age range for this unit study is 8-13, I easily adapted many of the activities to my 4 year old.
How much does it cost and what is included? This amazing e-book retails for only $6.95 and is packed with 87 pages of quality curriculum including:
*Math
*Scriptures
*History and Geography
*Literature
*Science
*Handwriting
*Arts and Crafts
*Internet Resources
*Science Experiments
*Recipe Links
*A complete answer key for the parents:)
**For hesitant buyers, The Old Schoolhouse also provides afree sample of the book.
In addition, The Old Schoolhouse Magazine is also offering the following titles for only $1:
More importantly, what did my little girl think of the study? She LOVED it!! She wanted to do more and more crafts about the platypus. What I really appreciated about the e-book is that I could easily scan the materials and find what would work for Audrey. This unit study is one that we will definitely revisit since there is so much yet to learn.
We colored the platypus...
We learned about the life cycle of the platypus...
After learning some new vocabulary and I adapted the writing part to Audrey's age. You can download the Read it, Trace it, Paste it page I made here if you want to add it to your own study of the platypus!
God made the platypus.
The platypus has brown pelt.
We also had fun making a paper plate version of the platypus...
I received this E-Book free from The Old Schoolhouse as part of The Homeschool Crew Review application process. I was not required to write a positive review and the opinions I have expressed are my own.
We have discovered something at the Moffatt House...put a toothpick in some food and the girls will eat it all!! Wow! I am really loving the Muffin Tin Monday lunches, but this is sure to be a regular routine at our home.
Audrey has been trying to count to 100 for awhile now. She counts, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29...what's next? So I decided to make some honey bee counting printables.
* You have to help the right honey bee find his hive. Each honey bee has a number on his wing that matches up to the hive.
Directions:
2. Cut out all the pieces or just the ones you want to want to work. For example, you may want to start with just 0-20 and then work your way up to larger numbers.
3. We first sorted the piles under the honey hives and then put them numerical order. This process made it much more manageable.
4. We also read the numbers in just the hives and learned to count by 10s.
I really wanted to give the girls an Easter sensory bin this year, but I found myself running out of time. However, this last minute, throw together sensory bin was hugely successful! I just put in some wild birdseed, plastic Easter eggs, and other on-hand Easter supplies. It goes to show you that kids can really enjoy the simplest of things! It doesn't take much to have fun...and fun they had!
Sophia thought it would be fun to taste the birdseed.
We finally released our butterflies the other day! We really enjoyed raising the tiny caterpillars, watching them form their chrysalis, and finally turn into beautiful butterflies. It really is a magical experience and the girls learned so much. This will continue to be a yearly event for us.
Sadly, some of our butterflies immediately went to feed the birds.
We got our kit on amazon last year and reused it this year.
Audrey has been working on the silent e at the end of the word, so I decided it was time to create some simple silent e worksheets. We will put them into sheet protectors and use a dry erase marker to add the silent e. There are a total of 3 worksheets to download and 24 words to practice.
1. Read the simple CVC short vowel word 2. Add the silent e to make the vowel long 3. Read the new word
After working with these sheets, Audrey really nailed the concept. The practice helped solidify the silent e!
I have really enjoyed helping Ruby learn how to read these past three weeks. The growth that I have seen since week 1 until now has been AMAZING! If you would like to see the progress of her journey, follow the links: Week 1 Week 2
Here are the activities for week 3:
Sight Words (high frequency words): We always start with reviewing our sight words and adding our new words. At the end of three weeks, she has mastered 18 sight words: look, see, funny, big, come, is, little, down, my, jump, run, blue, can, make, and yellow. (here, help, and, and for the next book)
Why did I pick these 15 sight words? My short term (3 week) goal is to have Ruby read the Dick and Jane book, We Look. These are all the sight words needed for this book. I have made a list of the sight words needed to read the Dick and Jane series here.
Sight Words: We continue to sing our sight words to the tune of BINGO and review our letter sounds.
Phonics: I made this CVC word game, which the girls really enjoyed!
Sight Words: Had a little more practice with sight word printables found here.
Phonics/Sight Words: Read 3 Bob Books for Set 1 found here
I used some plastic Easter eggs and wrote the word families from each Word Family book. For example, on the right side, you write at, and on the left side you write c, b, m, r, s, h, p. When the girls twisted the egg, it read: cat, bat, mat, rat, sat, hat, and pat.
Then I had the girls write each word they made after twisting the plastic egg.
Sight Words: They made sight words from glue and cherrios. Squeezing those glue bottles helps to build up the muscles needed to write! They had a fun time with this craft.
They thought it would be a good idea to use their snack (popcorn) to make their last sight word.
NOTE: It doesn't work as well... the popcorn falls off! But they still learned their sight word and enjoyed eating the popcorn;)
Sight Word: They used dot markers to make more sight words.
Phonics: They read 3 more Bob Books for Set 1 They really enjoy reading together! So cute!
The GRAND FINALE! Ruby's 3 week goal was to be able to read her first Dick and Jane book,
We Look! Success!!! What a joy to watch her read:)
I am a stay at home mom, wife and a former elementary school teacher. I loved teaching, but I love raising my girls even more! I desire to see our girls grow up well rounded, enjoy life and love Jesus.
Annie
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the other day! We really enjoyed raising the tiny caterpillars, watching them form their chrysalis, and finally turn into beautiful butterflies. It really is a magical experience and the girls learned so much. This will continue to be a yearly event for us.
. These are all the sight words needed for this book. I have made a list of the sight words needed to read the Dick and Jane series 
to make more sight words.
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