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My passion is teaching and finding ways to teach children in fun, hands-on, creative ways. The unit studies I make on Squidoo reflect my view that learning should be integrated and no skills should be taught in isolation.
I believe that each topic studied needs to be looked at through multi-sensory activities and should draw children into the excitement of learning.
As a retired teacher and homeschooling...
Evelyn_Saenz's Lenses
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Frog Unit Study: Hopping to Learn
- Hop on into this frog unit study containing dozens of ideas, resources, hints and tricks to create frog-themed activities for both homeschool families and classrooms. Take...
- Updated today | frog theme › amphibians
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Who Laid THAT Egg?
- Everyone knows that chickens lay eggs. Most people know that all other birds do as well but have you ever thought about all the other animals that lay eggs?...
- Updated today | egg layers › alligators
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Skip Count, Skip Count, Count by Two's
- Skip Counting is what you do when you count by 10's, 5's or 2's. All young children learn to Skip Count but did you realize that this is one of the beginning...
- Updated 2 days ago | skip counting › activities
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Penmanship: The Art of Teaching Handwriting
- As a child I remember Mrs. Thompson, my first grade teacher, gently putting her hand over mine; guiding me in forming the letters. We wrote on green lined p...
- Updated 6 days ago | Cursive › abc
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Adjectives: A Unit Study for Valentine's Day
- Fill your Valentines Day with arts, crafts, science experiments and ways to say I Love You. Pour out your feelings of love throughout the day. Use adjective...
- Updated today | Adjectives › adjectives
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Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?
- How do you feel about Gray Wolves? What do you know about wolves in general? In the Wolf Unit Study you can learn about the anatomy of these fascinating canines,...
- Updated 3 days ago | wolves › activities
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50 States and Capitals
- If you were given a blank piece of paper and a pencil right now, could you name all 50 States? What about their capitals? Learning the 50 States and their capitals...
- Updated yesterday | 50 states › alabama
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Hands-on Math Activities
- Children learn and truly understand math and mathematical concepts when engaged in hands-on activities and games. By manipulating everyday objects, playing games...
- Updated today | Math Games › activity
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March winds comes in like a Lion and goes out like a Lamb!
- You remember the old weather saying March comes in like a Lion and goes out like a Lamb!. The winds of March encourage an exploration of contrasts. From fierce...
- Updated 3 days ago | lion and lamb › animals
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Frog Art Center
- Art for your Frog Unit Study from how to draw frogs to painting, clay, sculptures, origami, frog cakes, Moche, Totem Poles and much much more... Children thrive...
- Updated 6 days ago | Frog Art › amphibians
- Mapping the World
- Learning map skills can be a fun way to learn about the world. There are many hands-on learning experiences that lead to true understanding of the world, it...
- Updated 27 days ago | geography › activities
- Animal Tracks Unit Study
- Animal tracks are criss-crossing my yard, field and forest. Writing in code they tell the tale of unseen visitors. When you study nature it is often hard to...
- Updated 20 days ago | animal tracks › a walk in the woods
- It's Raining! It's Pouring!
- As the Rain Pours Down the Learning Soars... Water, rain, puddles, wetness... This lens will give you dozens of ideas, resources, hints and tricks to create...
- Updated today | rainy day activities › april
- Acorns for the Squirrels
- Thanksgiving is coming and the squirrels are counting their acorns. Read tales of squirrels who are preparing for Thanksgiving. Make place mats, toilet paper...
- Updated 12 days ago | unit study › acorn
- Raccoons in the Corn
- Raccoons love to investigate. In this unit study we will be investigating the lives of raccoons with both fiction and non-fiction books, sensory table explorations...
- Updated 6 days ago | raccoons and corn › animals
- Starry Starry Night: A Unit Study of Stars
- From Astronomy to Art this lens will give you dozens of ideas, resources, hints and tricks to create starry-themed activities for both homeschool families...
- Updated today | stars › activities
- Beaver Unit Study
- Paddy the Beaver knew perfectly well that he would have visitors just as soon as he began to build his dam. He expected a lot of them. You see he knew that none...
- Updated today | beavers › animals
- Verbs: What ARE You Doing?
- No matter where or when, verbs are action words. They tell what we are doing, what's happening, or how we are. Whether you are reading, writing or rhyming, Jumping,...
- Updated 11 days ago | teaching verbs › action
- Happy Valentines Day, Froggy!
- Valentines Day is almost here! Frog lovers everywhere are getting ready to send out messages of love with pictures of their amphibian friends carrying paper...
- Updated 10 days ago | frogs › be my valentine
- The Mouse Ran Up The Clock
- It's time to learn how to tell time. Follow the mouse up the clock as we learn how to tell time. We will read and sing song about telling time. We will play...
- Updated 12 days ago | telling time › arts and crafts
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haroulitasdesign
Feb 15, 2012 @ 3:44 am | delete
- Helloo my friend thanks soooooooo much for ur lovely message u send me.i m sure i need ur help with squidoo,im new here and i dont understand alot,how to make my page about my shop :( i love ur store,i liked it there u have nice products,if u have time go to see mine too!!thanks alot!!i try to make a lens and i send u again message :) thank uuuuu
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Helene-Malmsio
Feb 14, 2012 @ 9:04 am | delete
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Happy Valentine Day!
Thank you SO MUCH for your kind Angel Blessing on my lensography lens...
All the very best to you and your loved ones, from me and mine!
Helene Malmsio aka. SCSS
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reasonablerobinson Feb 14, 2012 @ 2:11 am | delete
- Hi Evelyn thanks for saying hello at my Chocolate Mint lens today
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OrganicMom247 Feb 13, 2012 @ 5:46 pm | delete
- This is a thank you for blessing my lens "homeschooling guide for busy moms" please know that you are appreciated and you are welcome to visit my other lenses.
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jenniferteacher
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