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1. Wintertime Activities for Kids Winter is the time to snuggle up and with a good book, make a winter table and watch the snowflakes falling down. It's a time when the days are short, the nights are cold and the smell of woodsmoke is in the air. Get ready for the cold with The Ja...
2. Chronological History of the World Unit-Studies for Homeschoolers We are secular homeschoolers, and as such we will be studying the progression of evolution, both of our planet Earth, and of humans and all other life-forms over the course of history. This is a history unit that will carry our family through the ne...
3. Activities for Learning the Alphabet One of the first things that a child learns when are the letters of the alphabet. The activites in this lens are ones that my children and the children I have taught either in a classroom or while homeschooling have found to be fun and engaging. By...
4. 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's countries, political divisions and the ways that countries are divided up into states and p...
5. 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 steps to learning multiplication. This lens has rhymes, songs and activities for teaching S...
6. Pumpkins and Place Value Pick the biggest pumpkin you can find. Cut off the top and smell the fresh pumpkin smell. Carving a Jack O'Lantern leads into a mathematical unit study of place value that incorporates all five senses. Counting pumpkin seeds into groups of 10...
7. Hands-on Math Activities Children learn and truly understand mathematical concepts best when engaged in hands-on activities and games. By manipulating everyday objects, playing games and finding out ways of solving everyday problems children gain a true understanding of the...
8. Camels: One Hump or Two? The three wisemen come traveling across the desert to Bethlehem. They ride on camels and hanging off the sides of the camels backs are gifts for the newborn child. There are two kinds of camels that live in two different kinds of deserts. The Bactria...
9. Literacy Bags Make Homework Fun! Book Bags. Home Bags, Book Buddies, Story Bags... Literacy Bags are a fun way to help children share what they are learning with their families. Children take these literacy bags home, read the stories, do the activities with their families and then...
10. Unit Studies Headquarters Unit Studies: Fun, Active, and Creative Learning Join our group to share your ideas for making learning fun, active and creative for all. Reading each of the lenses in this group will help each of us discover new ideas and inspire new lenses. Please...
11. Ancient Greece: A Unit Study Ah, the Ancient Greeks! What a wonderful subject to explore! From Ancient Greek Mythology to the Philosophies of Socrates and Plato, from Euclid's Geometry to the origins of Democracy, this is a unit study for middle schoolers that can easily be...
12. Maple Math Look at this beautiful collage of a Maple Leaf with buttons on softly colored paper. The leaf was cut in half at the line of symmetry. The buttons are also arranged with three on each side of the Maple Leaf also creating a symmetrical pattern. The...
13. Frog Pattern Math When planning activities for your Frog Unit Study you might think that math would be an abstract subject that has nothing to do with frogs. In this lens we will explore ways to integrated math into your study of frogs and tadpoles. Mathematics is ba...
14. How I came to Love Teaching Math Math has always been easy for me but it wasn't until I started taking classes to get my teaching certificate that I came to truly love math. Both my mom and dad loved to play card and board games. They taught my sister and I many mathematical concept...
15. Inexpensive Eco-Friendly Christmas With these difficult economic and ecological times are there ways to make this Christmas Season inexpensive and eco-friendly as well a memorable? Consider giving a toy that has been carefully passed on for years. Make your own recycled cards, orname...
16. Frog Eggs Each year we eagerly await the arrival of spring to listen to the Spring Peeper and anticipate the discovery of frog eggs in the vernal pools. Frogs lay their eggs in pools, ponds, and puddles. As snow melts, low lying areas fill with water and frogs...
17. Make Way for Ducklings Unit Study Make Way for /Ducklings by Robert McCloskey is a wonderful introduction to a unit study about ducks. As a homeschooling Mom as well as a classroom teacher i found Make Way for /Ducklings tofo be an exciting way to explore all areas of the curriculum....
18. Posters for Teaching Posters are colorful and inspiring works of art that draw student's attention to the subject being taught. Posters don't have to be just wall decoration. Posters can be used to highlight vocabulary being taught, visually organize student'...