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1. Evelyn Saenz: Lensography of a Teacher 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 s...
2. 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...
3. Unit Studies: A Creative Way to Homeschool Unit studies are a wonderful way to creatively homeschool your children. You can make a unit study on any topic that you or your child are interested in and incorporate the study of your school subjects into that area of interest. Even the 3Rs can be...
4. 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 of them ever had seen a Beaver at work unless perhaps it was Prickly Porky the Porcupine,...
5. 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...
6. 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 and even a visit from a wild raccoon. Let Bobby Coon teach you about life on the Gree...
7. Who Layed 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? Children may be surprised that some eggs do not contain birds. Other egg layers include frogs...
8. Global Warming for children For young children to understand a concept like Global Warming it needs to be taught through hands-on observable experiments. Make a terrarium with falling rain. Melt ice and watch the water level of a lake rise. Observe what happens when plants rec...
9. 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 and classrooms. Learn about Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Starry Night painting technique. Lis...
10. The Mouse Ran Up The Clock It's time to learn how to tell time. Here is a unit study that teaches children to tell time, understand lapse in time and the evolution of the understanding of time through history. Learn about devices for measuring time, clocks, egg timers and...
11. 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...
12. 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...
13. Robin in the Rain! It's springtime and one of the most popular signs of spring is the robin. Robins, with their cheery tweets and bright red breasts stand out against the disappearing snow. Cheerio, calls the robin as the rain starts to fall. This lens is a unit...
14. Creatures of the Woodlands Winter is coming on! The little Woodland Creatures are looking for winter dens, storing up food and preparing for the long winter ahead. The Thornton Burgess Books, such as Old Mother Westwind, are just full of charming woodland creatures that bring...
15. 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 water-themed rainy activities for both homeschool families and classrooms. There are endle...
16. Acorns for the Squirrels Thanksgiving is coming and the squirrels are counting their acorns. Read tales of squirrels who are preparing for Thanksgiving by making place mats, toilet paper tube squirrels and other Thanksgiving decorations. What will they be thankful for and w...
17. ThinkFun Hoppers Frog Game ThinkFun Hoppers is my newest purchase. When I look for a game to buy for my children I look for something fun, hands-on and educational. ThinkFun Hoppers frog game has all of those attributes. ThinkFun Hoppers is like a frog-style Rush Hour game. An...
18. Squanto? Learn about how Squanto was Providentially enabled to help the Pilgrims and find Christianity. Here are great resources and links, books, toys, teepees, costumes, archery sets and more. "As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for go...
19. Fireflies: Twinkling Lights of the Meadow Have you ever gone out on a summer evening to catch fireflies. They flit and fly everywhere. Soon you have five and then six. One escapes and then you catch two more. In the morning you let them go. These wonderful experiences of childhood may be dis...
20. King Bidgood's in the Bathtub Unit Study King Bidgood's in the Bathtub is a wonderful story by Audrey and Don Wood about a king who loves baths and playing in the bathtub. It is a great jumping off point for studying Medieval Times, Hygiene, or sorting and categorizing. In this lens we...