Lori & Connie Welcome You to Unit Studies!

Welcome to our Unit Studies Group Headquarters!

Our group is a place for us to share the lenses we create about the academic topics that are our passion!

Lori is a home-schooling mom, and I'm the crafty lady who loves to share ideas for projects that help reinforce the lesson plans.

We hope you enjoy studying with us! We're here to create a world of resources for everyone to share.

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Polar Lands

The idea for this lens came about after finding this wonderful Interfact Book and Disk from our local library.  My kids love learning about animals and nature and this computer program made learning that much more fun for them.  As a home s...

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Charlotte Mason Basics...by Jimmie

Charlotte Mason Basics

The homeschool movement is gaining momentum all over the world, and many home educators are looking back to the ideas of Charlotte Mason as a compass for teaching their own children. Charlotte Mason was an educator who lived in England from 1841-1923...

Volcanoes... by Ellen Brundige

Volcanoes Are Hot Stuff

A mountain roars. Rivers of molten rock race to the sea. Towers of ash and smoke billow into the sky. Volcanoes are some of the most terrifying and magnificent wonders of our restless planet.   Scientists have learned a great deal about volcano...

Notebooking... by Lilliput Station

Notebooking

"Notebooking" is a term used to describe the process of creating a written and illustrated record of learning. Unlike other methods of education which are based on cosumable workbooks and texts, notebooking produces a journal of past educat...

River Otters...by Evelyn Saenz

Frog Unit Study: Hopping to Learn

The spring continues to warm the earth and frogs are laying eggs in the vernal pools. As the tadpoles begin to hatch, what will they be learning? Pull up a lily pad and listen to the story of Grandfather Frog, hop around the hundreds board, and leav...

River Otters: Playful Friends of the Woodlands!

Learn about River Otters through games and hands-on learning centers. Decorate you classroom with a Woodlands Riverbank Theme. Learn the habits of River Otters, the food they eat and how they raise their young. You will find suggestions for both fic...

Home-Schooling Resources & Study Guides... by Coral Milburn-Curtis

Home Schooling Resources and Study Guides

An educated person is someone who knows something about everything and everything about something ... Does that education have to happen in a school?  For the thousands of children being educated at home, the answer is 'no'. This ever-growing webp...

Lens Master Gypsy Pirate Teaches Us About Grapes... and How to Grow Them!

How To: Have A Grape Arbor

If I can grow grapes, so can can you.  I'm not talking vineyards here, actually not even enough to make your own wine (at least I don't think so, I've never tried), just a pretty little arbor to enjoy the fruit from, make some jelly if you like,...

Congratulations to Home-School Graduates!

Two sisters, a family camper; & a trip across country...Now, THAT'S an awesome experience to write about! We're blessed to have the two sisters known as "Family Camper"as part of our Group! What an excellent example of a great homeschool experience.

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GREAT JOURNEY WEST!

Our trip journals have been merged together from our Great Journey West! This was our cross country round trip family vacation from North Carolina to Washington and Oregon. For this trip we kept individual journals and wrote in them daily. For a writ...

ALASKA the WILD!

Two homeschool sisters merged their personal trip journals as they traveled to Alaska with their parents for their senior graduation trip. Now they have traveled to all 50 states during their twelve years of homeschooling! You can read their journal...

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Schedule of Studies

The Lenses From Lori's Library Program:

Rainforest Facts

What do you know about the Rainforest? Do people actually live in the Rainforests? What are the Rainforest layers?   Rainforests are located near the Equator, the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn in South America, Africa, Asia and Aust...

Weather

That's a question that is on everyone's mind at the beginning of each new day! What's it like outside? Is it cold, rainy or snowing...or steaming hot and sultry? The answer depends on where you live! This unit will cover climates, extreme weather, and...

Deserts of the World

How do plants and animals survive in the desert? Are all deserts hot and how much rain do they generally get? Do you know how the holes were made in the Papago Park Mountains shown in the picture above located in the Phoenix, Arizona desert? In this le...

Plants Encyclopedia Lens

Do you know what the largest or the smallest plant in the world is?  How about the oldest plant in the world? What about the parts of a plant? This lens will answer those questions and more.  Exploring many interesting and different types o...

Die Cuts Make Crafting Quick and Easy....as Well as a Lot of Fun!

Let's Learn About Frogs, Lemmings & Bluebirds!

Frog Unit Study: Hopping to Learn

The spring continues to warm the earth and frogs are laying eggs in the vernal pools. As the tadpoles begin to hatch, what will they be learning? Pull up a lily pad and listen to the story of Grandfather Frog, hop around the hundreds board, and leav...

Lemmings: Arctic Classroom Theme

When the winds start to howl and the snow begins to blow you can capture your student's attention with this innovative Arctic Unit Study focusing on lemmings. Your little lemmings will be excited to learn with a theme that includes little furry crea...

Bluebirds: Classroom Meadow Theme

Summer nears and the bluebirds start nesting along the fenceline. The children are fascinated with the way they fly back and forth to build their nests. They become the focus of our next Unit Study, Bluebirds of the Meadow. As your little bluebirds...

Focus on Lapbooking

Timelines for Homeschool

Timelines are an important complement to any homeschool history curriculum. They are especially good for visual learners because they offer a view of historical events in a pictoral way. Even very young children can use a timeline to see the span of...

Lapbooking

Lapbooking can be done by any learner-- from preschoolers to adults. With this educational method, you make mini-books covering details that you've studied. After making a variety of mini-books about a larger topic, all the books are put together in...

When It Comes to Lapbooking...Jimmie is a Creative Genius!

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Terrific Preschool Resource!

Preschool Express

I Love to Write for Children! ~Connie~

How I Wrote the Query to Cobblestone Publishing for "Freedom Under Cover"

I was so excited to receive the email that said my query for "Freedom...Under Cover" had been accepted by the Editorial Staff at Cobblestone Publishing! Harriet Tubman was the theme for the May, 2004 Issue of Appleseed's Magazine; and I had...

Harriet Tubman

When escaping slaves fled extreme cruelty at the hands of their masters, Harriet Tubman could be counted on to help guide them on their perilous journey to freedom. During the mayhem of the Civil War, she helped escaping slaves navigate their path to...

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It's Time For Back to School!

Come Visit, and Learn How You Can Help Africa!

Medical Student Provides Programs of Hope for Amputee Victims in the Sierra Leone

John Daniel Kelly is a 4th yr medical student at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx. He traveled to Sierra Leone on a Global Health Fellowship to help those in need. A native Sierra Leonean doctor, Dr. Barrie, and Dan co-founded an...

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Greek Classics for Children, Unit Studies: A Creative Way to Homeschool, Do You Know a Fancy Nancy?

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Butterbees... by Lana Grimm & Tania Bloch

Butterbees(R) are a fun and simple way to teach tolerance!

Based on our award winning children's book How Butterbees Came to Bee, illustrated by retired Disney artist David Michener, we, sisters Lana and Tania Bloch present Butterbee Buzz Play shops in schools, museums, botanical garedens and other venu...

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How Butterbees Came to Bee! (2nd Revised Edition) by Block Tania

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"A handsome butterfly floated by, Curious to see what's up and why. Little Miss Bee, what is your name? What are you doing, playing a game?" ...And so begins this enchanting tale of love and friendship, set in the mystical red rocks of Sedona, Arizona. Bonnie Bee and Benny Butterfly's chance meeting blossoms into a lasting friendship. Despite their differences and the wrath of the Queen Bee, they eventually marry, "in love's harmony." Their precious union resu...1 point

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Evelyn_Saenz Thank you for accepting my latest lenses into the group. I continue to enjoy reading the lenses featured here. Posted March 05, 2008

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Posted October 11, 2007

Evelyn_Saenz Thank you for featuring my Frog Unit Study and my Lemmings: Arctic Classroom Theme. I am also enjoying reading all your lenses as well. Posted September 27, 2007

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