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Flight / Aviation Unit Study


This was an interesting unit to put together. There really wasn’t a lot of printables that I could find. I am thinking of making my own when we do this theme. If I do, I will put them on Google Docs and share them with you. ;) It has been quite a while since I made my own notebooking pages and minibooks! LOL

I hope that what I did find will be useful to you! :)

As with all my units, I try to incorporate resources for a variety of ages!

Everything is either free or cheap! ;) The books can be found at your local library, on Amazon, or on Paperback Swap.

 

 

SCIENCE KITS

 

Magic School Bus – Soaring into Flight - Amazon – $13.79

Young Scientist Kit – Flight – $16.77

I have used kits from both sets. I like them both but prefer the Magic School Bus kits. You get more for your money with them.

The Young Scientist sets have 3 different subjects to a kit if you order them from Amazon. I used to belong to the monthly club until I figured out it was MUCH cheaper to buy them from Amazon. ;)

 

 

 

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KINDLE BOOKS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PRINTABLES

 

Airplane Parts Printable

Airplane Printables and Activities

Airplane Parts Cards

Printable Airplane Craft – Learn Create Love

Airplane Coloring Pages – Raising Our Kids

Flight Lapbook – Homeschool Share

Flight Activities and Printables 

Flight Activities, Lesson Plans and Printables

Flight Worksheets

Flight Lesson Plans

Airplane Parts Worksheet

Flight Printables – HS Launch

Leonardo da Vinci: Flight Mini Unit Study – Currclick – $1.50

The Wright Brothers & The History of Aviation Unit Study – Currclick –  $3.50

Airplanes Lapbook – Hands of a Child – $9

Flying the Skies Lapbook – Hands of a Child – $5

 

 

ONLINE RESOURCES

 

Crossing the Atlantic by Air

How Airplanes Work

Airplane Cockpit Virtual Field Trips

Flying Machines

Flight

Flight Aerodynamics Video

Aerodynamics Info

Flight – Science Kids at Home

Flight and Airplanes – A to Z Home’s Cool Homeschooling

Aviation for Kids

Fun Paper Airplanes

Aviation Lesson Plans, Activities and Ideas

How Things Fly

Stories of the Wrights’ Flights 

Aviation Activities 

Flight - Cyber Sleuth Kids

Aviation Unit Study – Easy Fun School

History and Forces of Flight – Squidoo

 

 

 

 

 

I hope you find this helpful.

 

 

 

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Earth Day Study Unit


 

 

I decided at the last minute to put together some ideas for an Earth Day unit study! Earth Day is April 22nd. :)

 

SCIENCE KITS

Magic School Bus Going Green – Amazon – $14.16

Young Scientist Club – Recycling - Amazon – $22.66

 

 

BOOKS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

KINDLE BOOKS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PRINTABLES & ACTIVITIES 

 

Earth Day Printables and Activities – DLTK – Kids

Earth Day Printables – ABC Teach

Earth Day for Kids – Activity Village

Recycling Worksheets – Squidoo

Earth Day Activities – A to Z Teacher Stuff

Earth Day Activities – 3 Boys and a Dog

Recycled Crafts – Momma’s Fun World

20 Fun Earth Day Ideas – A Night Owl

Earth Day Resources – The Home School Mom

Earth Day Printable Pack – Blessed Beyond a Doubt

Earth Day Printable Pack – Royal Baloo

Earth Day Crafts – Kaboose

Earth Day Crafts – No Time for Flash Cards

 

 

There you go! Just a few ideas to get you started!

Have fun! :)

 

 

 

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Explorers Study Theme


 

 

I’m trying to get some posts written and scheduled before the big move! LOL Unit studies are soooo time consuming but I have a notebook where I keep a running list of resources for each theme. ;)

As always, I try to list things for all the different ages.

Most of the books can be easily found at your local library, on Amazon, or Paperback Swap.

 

 

BOOKS  (All book covers should be clickable links.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Explorers

 

 

 

 

KINDLE BOOKS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PRINTABLES 

 

Explorers Unit Study – Homeschool Share

Explorers Printables (minibooks, notebooking, lapbook, etc) – HSLaunch

Explorers Notebooking – Homeschool Helper Online (scroll down)

Explorers Trading Cards – Ginger Snaps

Explorers Printables – MrNussbaum.com

Explorers Worksheets, Lesson Plans, etc – Tab Start

Explorers Theme – EdHelper

Explorers Word Search – Family Education

Explorers – Teacher Vision

Explorers Flash Cards – ProProfs

Explorers Pre K Pack - 123 Homeschool 4 Me

Explorers Printables – Free – Teachers Pay Teachers

Explorers Lapbook – 4 parts – 123 Homeschool 4 Me

Explorers Notebooking Page – Notebooking Fairy

History Scribe – Age of Discovery Notebooking – Currclick  - 99 cents

History Scholar – Age of Discovery – Notebooking – Currclick – 99 cents

Happy Scribes – Age of Discovery Copywork – Currclick – 99 cents

Explorers of the World Lapbook – Hands of a Child – $9

 

 

 

ONLINE RESOURCES

 

Explorers and Explorations – Social Studies for Kids

Explorers – Cyber Sleuth Kids

Explorers Study Unit – 5 Parts – Squidoo

Explorers A to Z - All About Explorers

Explorers Lesson Plans – Mr Donn

World Explorers – Ducksters

Explorers Activities

Explorers Games and Activities – Wartgames

Explorers Info – Kids OLR

 

 

I know this is a very large resource list but I think it’s a great start and I hope it helps! :)

 

 

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Bee Unit Study


Well, I am FINALLY getting better! The crud is nearly gone and the fibro flare is trying to wind down. SHEW!!!!! Now I am busy planning and working on my look for the first sew along challenge of Project Run & Play’s All Stars Season.  YAY!!!!! And that means I should have a new tutorial coming soon!

On to the unit study! ;)

As always, I try to incorporate resources for all ages and most of those resources are either free or cheap. The books can all be found at your local library, on Paperback Swap or on Amazon.

BOOKS - 

 

 

 

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PRINTABLES - 

Honey Bee Lapbook – Homeschool Share

Bee Lapbook – Squidoo

Bee Paper Crafts, Coloring Pages and Worksheets – DLTK-Kids

Bee Life Cycle Printables – Teacher Resources Galore

The First Book of Bees

Bee Worksheets – About.com

Bee Printables – First-School

Bee Anatomy – A Kid’s Heart

Bee Preschool Unit - 2 Teaching Mommies

Bee Notebooking  - HS Launch – scroll down

Bee Worksheets – Education.com

Honeybee Lapbook – Hands of a Child – $6

Bees & Wasps Study Starter – Currclick – 50 Cents

Simple Schooling All About Bees – Currclick – 99 Cents

Honeybees Notebooking – Currclick – $1.99

Bees! A Fun Study – Currclick – $1

Bees – Speedy Lapbook – Currclick – $1

 

 

 

 

ONLINE RESOURCES - 

Make a Honeycomb – Relentlessly Fun, Deceptively Educational

Bee Unit Study – Lesson Tutor

Bee Info – Bee Magic

Bee Info – San Diego Zoo

Bee Anatomy - How Stuff Works

All About Bees – Buzz About Bees

The Importance of Bees – CC Pollen

Bee Preschool Unit – Squidoo

Bees & Wasps Unit Study – Squidoo

Bee Types – Squidoo

Bubble Wrap Beehive – All Kids Network

Honeybees – National Geographic

Killer Bee Video – National Geographic

Silence of the Bees – PBS Video

 

 

 

Honeybees Life Cycle

 

 

 

Honeybees Drinking Water in Slow Motion

 

 

 

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Middle Ages Unit Study


Yesterday was crazy busy here. Both girls had appointments at the eye doc. Both girls will be getting new glasses. SIGH….. Seems their vision is getting worse. BOTH OF THEM!!! Deanna is going back to bifocals and Cailey’s astigmatisms are getting worse. SO not good news!!!! I had hoped to have a new tutorial up for you today but it looks like that may have to wait until tomorrow or the next day. :/ In the meantime, check out this unit study!

Most of the units I put together can be used for elementary through middle school and some could be stretched to high school, as well. I usually try to throw in some things for younger kids, too. I know that most of us are teaching a few ages at once! LOL

BOOKS –  

Most of these can be found at your library, cheap on Amazon OR on Paperback Swap (my favorite book site).

DK Eyewitness Medieval Life 

DK Eyewitness Knight

DK Eyewitness Castle

Castles, Pyramids and Palaces

In the Time of Knights

The Great Castle Search

Ms. Frizzle’s Adventures – Medieval Castle

Castle

Discovering Knights and Castles 

Knights & Castles : 50 Hands on Activities to Experience the Middle Ages

Knight : A Noble Guide for Young Squires

The Knight at Dawn (Magic Tree House, Bk 2)

Magic Tree House – The Knight at Dawn

Magic Tree House Research Guide – Knights and Castles

Days of the Knights – Eyewitness Reader (Level 4)

Measly Middle Ages – Horrible Histories 

Terrible Tudors – Horrible Histories

You Wouldn’t Want to Be a Medieval Knight

You Wouldn’t Want to Be Sick in the 16th Century

You Wouldn’t Want to Be in a Medieval Dungeon

Saint George and the Dragon

Time Warp Trio – Knights of the Kitchen Table

Mary, Bloody Mary

Beware, Princess Elizabeth

Nine Days a Queen

Catherine, Called Birdy

The Whipping Boy

The Adventures of Robin Hood

Ghosts of the Tower of London

Beware the King

The Door in the Wall

The Ravenmaster’s Secret 

 

 

 

KINDLE BOOKS - 

If you don’t have a Kindle, don’t worry! You can add the app to your computer or cell phone for free! We have it on our desktop, laptop and my iPhone! LOL My e-reader is a Nook. ;)

Medieval Kings of England – free for Prime

Medieval – Picture Book – free for Prime

Knights! – Kids Look and Learn – free for Prime

Knights! For Kids! Learn to Read! - free for Prime

Castles – Picture Book – free for Prime

Discover Series – Castles – $2.99

 

The Elizabethan Renaissance Unit Study – free for Prime

 

 

 

 

FREE PRINTABLES - 

Knights and Castles Lapbook - Homeschool Share

The Plague Lapbook – Homeschool Share

Connections – Middle Ages – Homeschool Share

William Shakespeare Lapbook – Homeschool Helper Online

Notebooking – Homeschool Helper Online – scroll down

Notebooking – HS Launch

Knights – Activity Village

Tudors - Activity Village

Castle Coloring Pages – Activity Village

Shakespeare – Activity Village

St. George - Activity Village

Knights – DLTK-Kids

Castles – DLTK-Kids

Medieval Coloring Pages – Coloring.ws

Middles Ages Study and Lapbook – Squidoo

Medieval Coloring Pages – Squidoo

Medieval Pack – Royal Baloo

Knights Preschool Pack – Homeschool Creations

Knights Notebooking – Last in Line

Medieval Pack – 3 Dinosaurs

Notebooking - Notebooking Fairy

 

 

 

OTHER PRINTBLES and DOWNLOADS -

 

Medieval Castle Curriculum - Hands of a Child – $7

The Middle Ages Curriculum - Hands of a Child – $8

The Renaissance Curriculum - Hands of a Child – $7

The Norman Conquest Curriculum - Hands of a Child – $9

The Anglo-Saxons Curriculum - Hands of a Child – $9

 

The Middle Ages - Unit Study – Currclick – $3.50

 

Simple Schooling Middle Ages - Currclick – $7.50

 

Timeline Add-Ons: Middle Ages - Currclick – 50 cents

 

Make Your Own … ABC Book About the Middle Ages - Currclick – $1.99

 

Who’s Who in the Middle Ages Booklet - Currclick – 25 cents

 

History Scribe – Medieval Times - Currclick – 96 cents

 

Medieval Life: Fedualism and Beyond Unit Study - Currclick – $3.50

 

Daily Life in the Medieval World - Currclick – $3.60

 

 

 

 

ONLINE RESOURCES - 

 

Middle Ages Coat of Arms – Crayola

Learn About the Middle Ages – Squidoo

Middle Ages Freebies – Squidoo

Music in the Middle Ages – Squidoo

The Middle Ages, Renaissance and the Reformation – Squidoo

Medieval Feast and Field Trip Ideas – Squidoo

Knights & Ladies Lessons – Squidoo

Magic Tree House The Knight at Dawn Study Guide – Squidoo

Learning About the Middle Ages Through Crafts and Stories – Squidoo

Knights & Castles Theme – Our Montessori Home

Medieval Castles

Mini Siege Engines – Instructables.com

Middle Ages – Infoplease.com

Middle Ages for Kids

Middles Ages – Kids Konnect

Middle Ages – A to Z Kids Stuff

Skipton Castle

Chillingham Castle

Castles, Knights and a Medieval Village Unit - Our Busy Homeschool

Medieval Life

Castles

Middle Ages – BBC History

The Renaissance Connection

Tudor Britain

Middle Ages – Online books – Heritage History

Medieval Crafts – A Book in Time

Middle Ages for Kids - Mr. Donn

 

 

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Country Study – Israel


 

The next country on our list is Israel. We even have a Little Passports to use! YAY!!

I was a little upset at the lack of resources I could find. There are plenty out there if you just want to study the Jewish holidays, though.

 

BOOKS - 

 

Good Night, Israel

 

 

This is Israel

 

 

Sammy Spider’s First Trip to Israel

 

 

Let’s Visit Israel

 

 

 

Welcome to Israel 

 

 

Israel the People

 

 

Israel ABCs

 

 

Israel – First Reports Country Series

 

 

KINDLE BOOKS -

 

Israel

Israel – Safari the Globe – 99 cents

 

 

Israel: Picture Book (Educational Children's Books Collection) - Level 2 (Planet Collection)

Israel – Picture Book - free for Prime

 

 

The Dead Sea Scrolls - A Quick Guide For Students

The Dead Sea Scrolls - 99 cents

 

 

Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends

Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends - FREE

 

 

Jewish Fairy Tales (Dover Children's Thrift Classics)

Jewish Fairy Tales – 99 cents

 

 

 

PRINTABLES - 

 

Israel mini books – Homeschool Share (scroll down)

Choose a Country Lapbook – Homeschool Share

Country Notebooking – Notebooking Fairy

Country Notebooking – Homeschool Creations

Dead Sea Lapbook – Homeschool Helper Online

Israel Printables – Activity Village

Israel Coloring Page – Crayola

Israel Printables – Scholastic

Jewish Printables – Education.com

Jewish Printable Activities and Crafts – DLTK-Kids

Expedition Israel – Amanda Bennett Unit Studies – $8.95

 

 

ONLINE RESOURCES - 

 

Choose a Country Unit Study – Squidoo

Israel – National Geographic Kids

Israel Lesson Plans – Lesson Planet

Israel – Time for Kids

Akhlah – The Jewish Children’s Learning Network

Israel – Games, Printables, Lesson Plans – MrDonn.org

Israel Facts – Country Reports

Israel Info – Info Please

Israel 101 – Stand With Us

 

Hope you find these resources helpful! :)

 

 

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Bear Unit Study


 

Our next animal study will be about bears!! They look soooo cute and cuddly, don’t they? LOL

I will never forget the first time Colin saw the taxidermy bears at Bass Pro. He wanted NOTHING to do with them! LOL

 

 

BOOKS - 

 

Watch Me Grow – Bear

 

 

Bears – Usborne Beginners

 

 

A Bed for the Winter – DK Readers

 

 

Bears: Polar Bears, Black Bears and Grizzly Bears

 

 

Bear-ology: Fascinating Bear Facts, Tales and Trivia

 

 

The Magic School Bus – Polar Bear Patrol

 

 

 

The Magic School Bus – Sleeps for the Winter

 

 

Bear Snores On – (There are a lot more books in this series.)

 

 

 

KINDLE BOOKS - 

 

 

Bear 5-Pack of eBooks! Learn About Bears While Learning To Read - Bear Photos And Facts Make It Easy! (Over 240+ Photos of Bears)

Bears 5-Pack  - free for Prime members

 

 

Bears! Learn About Bears and Enjoy Colorful Pictures - Learning Fun! (50+ Photos of Bears)

Bears – Kids Look and Learn - free for Prime members

 

 

Bear Facts & Pictures (Fun Animal Photo Books for Children)

Bear Facts & Pictures – Free for Prime

 

 

Bears: Amazing Photos & Fun Facts on Animals in Nature (Our Amazing World Series)

Bears – Our Amazing World Series - FREE for Prime

 

 

Amazing Series for Kids: Discover Bear Picture Book

Amazing Series for Kids – Bears - FREE for Prime

 

 

Grizzly Bears! Learn About Grizzly Bears and Enjoy Colorful Pictures - Look and Learn! (50+ Photos of Grizzly Bears)

Grizzlies – Kids Look and Learn – FREE for Prime

 

 

Bears - The wonderful world of the Bears - Touch Screen for Kids (ANIMALS)

The Wonderful World of Bears – FREE for Prime

 

 

MAGAZINES -

 

Zoobooks – Bears

Zoobooks – Polar Bears

Your Big Backyard – Dec/Jan 2011

National Geographic Kids – April 2012

 

 

PRINTABLES - 

Bears Unit Study and Lapbook – Homeschool Share

Giant Panda Lapbook – Homeschool Share

Bear Printable Activities and Crafts – DLTK-Kids

Bear Activity Sheets – School Express

Bear Coloring Pages – Coloring.ws

Bear Worksheets – Education.com

Montessori Printables (animal tracks, animal families) – Montessori for Everyone

All About Bears – Unit Study – Currclick – $6.95

Polar Bears – A Fun Study – Currclick – $1

Bears of North America – Simple Days Unit Study – Currclick – 99 cents

 

 

 

 

ONLINE RESOURCES - 

 

Bear Activities and Facts – Kid Zone (lots of printables here, too)

Polar Bear Animal Study – Squidoo

How to Draw a Grizzly Bear – Art Projects for Kids

Brown Bear Facts  - Nat Geo Kids

Bears – Kids Konnect

The American Bear Association

Learn About Bears – Squidoo

LearnAboutBears.com

Bear Pictures – Nat Geo

Facts About Bears – About.com

Bear Lesson Plans – Discovery

Bear Theme – Lesson Tutor

List of Bear Movies for Kids – Common Sense Media

Bears – Animal Planet

Planet Earth  and Living Planet are both great series that have several bear parts.

Jeff Corwin watches a bear.

 

 

I have to admit, there weren’t as many bear things easily found as I thought there would be. :/ Most of the stuff seems to be geared toward the very young (teddy bears).

If you want to do a specific bear, you could probably find more things.

 

 

Coming up tomorrow, a SEWING tutorial!! YAY!! LOL

 

 

 

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Ancient China Unit Study


Well, I ALMOST missed this section of history. LOL We were going to do vikings then Marco Polo (which does include ancient China). NOW we are going to do vikings, ancient China, and  THEN Marco Polo. Makes much more sense that way. LOL

I’m trying to type this all up while waiting for my nail polish to completely dry. Glitter nail polish is evil but it’s also pretty… LOL

 

 

BOOKS -

You Wouldn’t Want to Work on the Great Wall of China

 

 

 

You Wouldn’t Want to Be in the Forbidden City

 

 

 

We still need to get that one.

DK Eyewitness Ancient China

 

 

 

The Great Wall of China

 

 

Ms Frizzle’s Adventures – Imperial China

 

 

Time Warp Trio – You Can’t, But Genghis Khan

Still need this one, too!

 

 

 

Magic Tree House – Day of the Dragon King

 

 

 

The Value of Honesty – Confucius

 

 

 

Great Ancient China Projects You Can Build Yourself

And I REALLLLLY want to get that one! LOL Hoping the library here has it!

 

 

 

 

KINDLE BOOKS -

If I Were a Kid in Ancient China –  $2.99

 

 

The Monkey King - FREE

 

 

Strange Stories from Ancient China – $2.99 (FREE for Prime members)

 

 

 

 

PRINTABLES - 

Ancient China Lapbook – Homeschool Share

Ancient Civilizations – Dynamic 2 Moms (scroll down for China)

Ancient China Lapbook – Hands of a Child – $7 (sale)

Ancient China: A Homeschool Study Unit – Squidoo

Ancient China – crafts, games, printables –  Activity Village

China Coloring Pages – Coloring.ws

Ancient China worksheets, notebooking, etc. – abcteach

Ancient China, Japan and India Notebooking Pages - Currclick – $3.95

Ancient China Notebook Pages – Currclick – 50 cents

Ancient China Unit Study – Currclick – $3.50

History Scribe – Ancient China – Currclick – 96 cents

 

 

 

 

ONLINE RESOURCES -

Ancient China – Cyber Sleuth Kids

Ancient China Unit Study – Easy Fun School

Ancient China Unit Study – New 2 Homeschooling

China’s Crouching Dragon Craft – Crayola

China – A to Z Kids Stuff

China Resources – The Homeschool Mom

History of China – Historyforkids.org

Ancient China For Kids – MrDonn.org

History of China – neoK12

History of China and Its People – Kid Info

 

 

Ancient Chinese Inventions

 

 

 

Engineering an Empire – 1 of 3

 

 

 

Time Warp Trio – You Can’t, but Genghis Khan Part 1

 

 

 

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SEW Excited! Another Pattern Remix and Other Cool Stuff!


Project Run & Play is doing another pattern remix challenge!! YIPPPEE!! The pattern is from Me Sew Crazy.

 

 

I can’t wait to get started on it!!! I have so many ideas floating around in my head!! I was thinking that I wouldn’t have time to try it out but I just got confirmation YESTERDAY from Joann’s about the fabric I ordered. GRRRR! I ordered it LAST WEEK!! It’s for the outfit my cousin Sandra (Rivas & Co.) hired me to make.

ANYWAY, I have tons of ideas for this remix!! Now, I just have to get started! ;)

 

In other “exciting” news, our owl pellets arrived yesterday! YAY!!!!

 

Owl Pellets (Set of 5)

You get 5 for $9.95 and they come with a little pamphlet about barn owls. The pamphlet shows the different types of animals that barn owls eat and what those animals’ bones look like. Not bad for $10.  Our fake pellets from Hobby Lobby were more than that and we only got 2 (maybe 3).

 

We have A LOT of hands on stuff going on this week. We started owls, Spain, vikings AND rocks and minerals yesterday.

 

Young Scientist Series - Set 3:   Minerals (Kit 7) -  Crystal (Kit 8) - Fossils (Kit 9)

We will be using the minerals (kit 7) and the crystals (kit 8) from The Young Scientist Club.  We USED to get the monthly subscription until I realized that buying them from Amazon was MUCH cheaper. The monthly subscription is about $17 a month and you only get 1 kit where as at Amazon you can get 3 kits in one set for $24.97. Doesn’t take rocket science to figure that one out!

 

Yesterday Cailey was sick ( fever, sore throat and a headache) so we took it easy. She basically just watched videos on Discovery Streaming.  Speaking of Discovery Streaming, some states provide free access for homeschoolers!! It is SOOOOOOO very awesome! Georgia, Alabama, and South Carolina are the 3 I heard about. In Georgia, we access it through our PBS website.  You e-mail the education department and provide your DOI (Declaration of Intent). They will then email you with your user name and password. I have to say, if we ever move to a state where it isn’t free, I might just have to suck it up and pay for it. It is SUCH an awesome resource. Cailey watched Jeff Corwin in Spain, a video introducing the rock cycle, a video about vikings AND one about owls! On YouTube she watched Schoolhouse Rock Multiplication and Schoolhouse Rock Grammar. After that she read a couple chapters in The Hundred Dresses, copied her spelling words and called it a day. ;)

BUT today I promised that we would dive into the owl pellets and science kits. Colin was begging to get into them last night! LOL

 

It just occurred to me that I never write about what the big kids do for school. I guess because I no longer create the units for them. :/ I will start adding their stuff, too! Homeschooling high school can be so intimidating but it isn’t really much different than the younger years. ;)

 

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Ireland and St Patrick Unit Study


I plan on starting an Ireland/St. Patrick unit the week before St. Patrick’s Day and continuing the week after.

All the resources I use are either free or cheap. The books can be found at your local library, on Paperback Swap or on Amazon (some free).

The one thing I use for country studies that isn’t free or very cheap is Little Passports. Also, when we lived in Virginia I would run out to World Market and grab things from the country we were going to study next. I MISS THAT!!!!

BOOKS - 

Magic Tree House Research Guide – Leprechauns and Irish Folklore (I like these even more than the regular Magic Tree House books! LOL)

Magic Tree House – Leprechauns in Late Winter

Tim O’Toole and the Wee Folk 

Jamie O’Rourke and the Big Potato

Tales From Celtic Lands Hc W 2 Cds

Tales from Celtic Lands

Patrick Patron Saint of Ireland

St. Patrick’s Day

St. Patrick’s Day in the Morning

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Clover

This Is Ireland

Maps to Color and Learn - Europe

Maps to Color & Learn – Europe

EYEWITNESS ATLAS OF THE WORLD

The Eyewitness Atlas of the World

The Kingfisher Young People's Atlas of the World

The Kingfisher Young People’s Atlas of the World

Kindle and Online Books - 

8 Fun St. Patrick’s Day Stories for 4 – 8 Year Olds – Free for Prime members

Bella Sue and the St. Patrick’s Day Hullabaloo – 99 cents or free for Prime members

Ireland- Our Island Story – $3.99

St. Patrick’s Day (All About Holidays) – $5.69

Ireland – Planet Collection – Free for Prime – $2.99

Printables - 

Ireland Lapbook – Homeschool Share

Ireland Lapbook – Enchanted Homeschooling Mom

St. Patrick’s Day Lapbook – Squidoo

St Patrick’s Day Lapbook – Homeschool Helper Online

St. Patrick’s Day in the Morning Unit Study – Homeschool Share

St. Patrick’s Day Coloring Pages and Books – Squidoo

Celtic Design Coloring Pages and Books – Squidoo

St. Patrick’s Day Coloring Pages - 3 Boys and a Dog

Ireland Mini Report - Classroom Freebies

St. Patrick’s Day Dot Marker Pages – Free Homeschool Deals and 3 Dinosaurs

St. Patrick’s Day Pack – 3 Dinosaurs

St. Patrick’s Day Pre-K Pack – Over the Big Moon

Ireland Flag and Map Coloring Page – Crayola

Ireland and St. Patrick Printables – Education.com

Ireland and St. Patrick Printables and Activities – Activity Village

Ireland and St. Patrick’s Day Crafts and Printables – DLTK

Expedition Ireland – Amanda Bennett Download & Go – $8.95

St. Patrick’s Day Project Pack – Hands of a Child – $8

Ireland – Countries of the World Activities and Copywork – Currclick – $2

Online Resources - 

St. Patrick’s Day Activities – 3 Boys and a Dog

St. Patrick’s Day Crafts and Activities – Fern Smith’s Classroom Ideas

Potato People Craft – Buggy and Buddy

How St. Patrick’s Day Works – How Stuff Works

Blarney Castle Virtual Tour

Learn about Shamrocks 

Listen to some Celtic music – YouTube

Discover Ireland – YouTube

Story of St. Patrick – YouTube

Ireland – National Geographic Kids

Irish Recipes

SHEW!! What a list!!! LOL

I hope this helps as you study Ireland and St. Patrick! :)

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