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Geography Resources and Play Passports

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Aug 272009
 
This year we are using Five in a Row and Galloping the Globe to travel around the world.  Right now I’m working on our travel plans errr lesson plans.  I’m making a passport for each of our little travelers, and they love the idea!
I found some beautiful free passport stamps to print and use from the Lutheran church website.  They are absolutely wonderful!
They also have a downloadable newsletter called Mission Friends.  Each one is about a different country and has stories, recipes and games as well as good country stats and information.  These would be a great addition to any study.
If you would like to make some play passports you can find templates at the Galloping the Globe yahoo group.  I also found this website you can buy the file for only 5.00 and make your own.  Or for a little more she will make you one.
I’ve been finding a lot of great geography sites.  This one Geographic guide has wonderful maps and country information.
Here is another good site for continent and ocean flashcards.
Your Child Learns has lots of helpful things, online atlas, maps and puzzles.  If your looking for free clip art Clipart ETC has lots for countries and time periods.
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Our School Plans

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Aug 082009
 

Darcy over at Live with my 3 Boybarians is hosting a Not Back To School Blog Hop.  Head on over and check out all the wonderful links!


I have been busy at planning our new school year.  Our focus this year will be on geography and cultures.  I’ve chosen Galloping the Globe (GTG) as our spine.  I’ve really liked what I’ve read so far.  Its a unit study approach and encourages notebooking.  Many of the book suggestions are also Five in a Row (FIAR) books.  Since we LOVE FIAR we will be using thoughts books when there is one for each country.

I will post soon a more detail plan for our year.
I have included a links carousel at the bottom of the post.
2nd Grade
Language Arts

First Language Lessons

Copy work
Natural Speller

Readers (Christian Liberty Press Nature Readers, Pathways)

Language activities from Five in a Row
History
Story of the World 1 with activity guide (we are about half way through this already)
Geography/Social Studies
Map time
Galloping the Globe
Five in a Row
Science
Science selections from GTG and FIAR.
Considering Gods Creation
Nature studies
Extra studies on botany, weather, animal kingdom
other interests
Art
Drawing with Children
FIAR suggestions
Composer and artist study for countries studied in GTG
Math
Math U See Beta
Supplemented with MEP and Mammoth Math as needed
Bible
Leading Little Ones to God
5K
Language Arts
Teach Your Child to Read In 100 Easy Lessons (we have already started this)
Writing worksheets/copy work
Bob books
Math
Math U See Primer
Geography/Social Studies/Science/Art/Bible
Same as 2nd grade, adjusted for grade level
PreK
We will be making an ABC notebook (also for our K’er)
Also joins in for map time and Bible study
Lots of play and fun.
Toddler and Baby
Lots of play :-)
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Thinking about our School Year

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Jul 032008
 

Last week when we went shopping the library was having their annual book sale, it’s by donation.  I stopped to look and picked out a nice box of children’s books!  Some of them are for the Before Five in A Row and Five In A Row program we use.  I was so excited about that!  I also found some nice history story books.

We happened to be back in town a few days latter and they were still having the sale.  So I just had to peek again.  LOL  I found another book to go with the B4FIAR and some nice children’s farming books!  I’m planning to do a farming unit this fall with the kids.  The International Plowing Match will be in our area and we are planning an all day field trip there.  Dh is really looking forward to that to.  I also picked up some wonderful animal videos for the kids and some documentaries for us.  Dh also picked out a encyclopedia set on natural history.

I’m hoping to get to a homeschool book store this weekend.  My shopping list has been gone over and over..I’m still tweaking it.  So far I’m thinking of getting this:

  • Christian Liberty Nature Readers 1 & 2
  • Bob Books #1
  • Leading Little ones to God
  • Canadian Colouring book
  • FIAR Christian supplement
  • Before FIAR
  • Canada My Country
  • Ecoutez! Parlez! (beginner French)

Our plans this year are:

2 year old.

I’m going to use B4FIAR with her at a slow pace.  Should be fun!

4 year old PreK

  • Teach Your Child to Read 100 Easy Lessons
  • Bob Books
  • B4FIAR
  • FIAR
  • Leading Little Ones To God

6 year old, grade 1

  • FIAR
  • Math U See Beta
  • SOTW 1 (we started this last year and put it on hold for a bit)
  • God’s Design for Science, The plant kingdom and human body
  • Leading Little Ones To God
  • Canada My Country
  • Nature Study
  • Copy Work
  • CL Nature Readers

DD6 and 4 will also be starting on some hand crafts, keep working on crochet and maybe simple sewing.

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