Is it hurricane season again? Time to check your food supply, flashlight batteries, and all weather radio, just in case. Then use the opportunity to create a kid’s hurricane unit study!
An added benefit is that by allowing your children to help prepare, you will help them take control of the situation. Your hurricane preparation lesson [...]
Growing up in the country makes the idea of going green pretty easy for me. My grandmother preached ‘waste not, want not’ to us, so I find it easy to pass that on to my children as well.
1. Reduce, Re-use, Recycle
My children are exposed from a young age on how to use our resources wisely. We pass [...]
Many families choose to use their summers to study science when nature is in full bloom. In fact, for some homeschooling families, this is all they do during the summer months, cramming a whole year’s worth of science into three months.
For those of us living in the city, science (especially the nature studies) can [...]
We enjoy hands-on learning. I have always taught my children this way, probably because that is how I learn. Ever since my oldest was in Kindergarten we have done science, art and history projects to learn about new things.
Over the years I have found ways that make it easy on me to keep up with [...]
Our last unit in science this year is plants.
I have to admit that I am very excited about this unit. Plants are everywhere, and spring is such a great time to watch them grow. During this unit, I hope to get our hands dirty and build appreciation for the these special helpers that provide [...]
by amida on January 7, 2010
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It’s no secret that children learn while at play, possibly better so than at other times. We take advantage of this by incorporating the Learning Game into our lessons.
The object of the game is to collect as many tokens as possible. On his turn, each player rolls the dice, adds the digits, and moves according [...]