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Energy

Cindy — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:45:11 +0000

Well, another unit bites the dust! We had a great time learning about energy, with a main focus on heat and electricity. This slide show gives you just a glimpse into some of our hands on experiments.

What turned out to be THE BEST of all the curriculum we used was the Electric Kitbook. In fact, I liked it so much, I’m going to do a review about it soon at The Curriculum Choice.

At the end of the unit, I gave the kids a test that you can find on my Homeschool Launch page. I’ve been enjoying adding more tests to the curriculum this year. It keeps everyone on their toes!

Below is the resource list that’s been in my sidebar. I hope you find some treasures the next time you need to plan an energy/electricity unit!

Energy

Moving Beyond the Page Energy Unit

Electricity Lessons

Heat Lessons

Next stop – Presidential History!

Our Time Spent with Fruits and Nuts

Cindy — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:26:47 +0000

We’ve had a wonderful month of nature study! I don’t know whether the fruits and nuts were abundant enough to make our nature studies such a success or the weather was so picture perfect that anything would’ve been a success. Either way, we had fun! We’re off to study ponds in October!

Here are the resources from the sidebar…

Don’t forget, today is the last day to sign up for the giveaway!

Rousseau Resources

Cindy — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:20:06 +0000

We have LOVED our time spent with Rousseau, but now it’s time to move on to French sculptor, Auguste Rodin.

Henri Rousseau

Olga’s Gallery

Landscape with Cattle

View of Bridge Sevres

The Football Players

Monkeys in a Jungle

Lesson Ideas

Princeton Online – Several Ideas

KinderArt – Fantasy Jungle

Lesson Plan Page – Stained Glass

Books We Read

Don’t forget to sign up for the giveaway that takes place bright and early Thursday, October 1st!

Frederic Chopin

Cindy — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:58:57 +0000

Here are the resources that have been in my sidebar for our month spent with Chopin. Vivaldi is in the sidebar through September.
Frederic Chopin

Classics for Kids

Listen

Book We’ll Read

Paul Cezanne

Cindy — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:57:33 +0000

Here are the resources that have been in my sidebar for our August artist study. Henri Rousseau is in the sidebar for September
Paul Cezanne

Olga’s Gallery

The Mount Sainte-Victoire

Still-life with Apples

House and Trees

Boy in a Red Waistcoat

Lesson Ideas

Cezanne Still-life

Another Still-life Idea

Math Lesson for Older Students

Cubism Lesson

Books We’ll Read

Slavery and Civil War Resources

Cindy — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:49:56 +0000

This is the list that was in my sidebar as we worked through the slavery and Civil War unit. There are several great resources that I didn’t want to forget for future reference. I hope you find them useful as well.

African American Journey – Concise History of Slavery, Important Events, and Important Personalities

National Geographic Underground Railroad Interactive

Project Ideas Based on “Freedom Train”

Carol Hurst’s Suggestions for Slavery Literature

Civil War Unit Plan

Civil War Timeline

Civil War for Kids

Eyewitness to History – Nice for Research

Carol Hurst’s Suggestions for Civil War Literature

Westward Expansion Resources

Cindy — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:33:49 +0000

We’re nearing the end of our Westward Expansion unit, so I’m moving the resources from my sidebar into a post for future reference. I’ll be adding Slavery and Civil War resources to the side bar over the next few days.

My Spine – Amanda Bennett Pioneers Unit

Research Questions

Teacher Planet Links

Louisiana Purchase Game

Lewis and Clark Lessons

Lewis and Clark Mapping Activities

Easy Fun School Lewis and Clark Unit

Easy Fun School Santa Fe Trail Unit

Easy Fun School Gold Rush Unit

Our Co-op’s Favorite Character Training Resources

Cindy — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:57:00 +0000

At co-op this week, all the moms had the opportunity to share their all-time favorite character training resources. Here’s the wonderful list compiled from all the ideas. Hope you find something new and wonderful!

Cindy’s Favorites (so far)

For Instruction In Righteousness. Go here to see one way I’ve used this.

Literature. Go here to see my list.

The Children’s Story Bible by Catherine Vos. Go here to see a post about it.

Miller’s Stories. Go here for my post.

Jennie Bishop books. Go here to see the titles.

Pearables

Our 24 Family Ways

The Original 21 Rules of This House

Jonathan Park Audio Stories

Jesse Stuart Books like this one

Studies In Virtue website