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!

 

 

 

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

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 & Learn – Europe

The Eyewitness 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!

Christmas Homeschooling Activities, Books, Crafts and Printables List

I thought that I would put together a list of  Christmas homeschooling resources. I have seen a lot of great stuff floating around the web lately. A lot of these things can be found on my Pinterest boards.

There’s one resource that I am going to share that is NOT free, BUT it’s only $1/yr so really, it might as well be free…. LOL Anyway, that resource is Christian Homeschooling Hub.  I LOOOOOOVE this site. They have downloads for EVERYTHING!!!!  Their Holiday page is full of downloads!

 

This is a freebie from Ms. Fultz’s Corner.

 

 

 

From No Time For Flashcards.

 

 

 

From Raising Arrows.

 

 

 

From Living Life Intentionally.

 

 

 

 

There are Christmas, Kwanzaa and Hanukkah freebies at CurrClick right now!

 

 

 

The Simple Homeschool will be starting their 12 Days of Christmas Freebies soon! Make sure to sign up for the newsletter so you can grab them all!!!!

 

 

 

Amazon has A LOT of free Christmas ebooks right now. Don’t have a Kindle?? Neither do I! I downloaded the free app to my iPhone, desktop AND laptop! LOL

 

 

 

Homeschool Views has a big list of Christmas freebies!

 

 

 

 

 

Free Homeschool Deals has a great list of freebies!

 

 

 

 

 

Free Christmas printables for pre-schoolers over at Confessions of a Homeschooler!

 

 

 

 

From Meet Penny!

 

 

 

 

Homeschool Share has a long list of units, lapbooks and such for Christmas.

 

 

Homeschool Creations also has a nice list of Christmas learning activities.

 

 

Homeschool Helper Online is another great resource.

 

 

Spell Out Loud has a list of Christmas activities, as well.

 

 

This list from Sassy Sites should keep your kids busy for a while!!! LOL

 

 

 

See how Christmas is celebrated in 30 other countries at TheNorthPole.com.

 

 

 

From 1+1+1=1

 

 

 

From 2 Teaching Mommies. Actually, 2 Teaching Mommies has A LOT of Christmas learning packs!!!

 

 

 

I hope you find tons of fun stuff to do this Holiday season!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cool Homeschooling Stuff

Ahh, another great title… :p One of these days I’ll be back in my groove. I hope.

Anyway… Here you will find a bunch of cool resources for homeschooling, such as, unit studies, free lapbooks, kindergarten packs, etc.

Enjoy! (I hope!!!)

 

This is the newest pack from Over the Big Moon. It’s so cute!! LOL My little guy loves their packs!!

 

OOOH!!! Here is a great site that I just found!!! Documentary Heaven!!  You can watch all sorts of documentaries for FREE!!! Yes, FREE!!!! LOL

 

We love Lois Ehlert’s books!! Right now is a perfect time for Leaf Man!! Here are over 70 activities to go along with the books from a blog hop on The Educators’ Spin On It.

 

 

Are your kids as Angry Bird crazy as mine are??? Everyone in the house, including The Hubby, has gone totally nuts over them! I tried to play it once, got aggravated and gave up…. LOL Here are a bunch of cute printables from The Activity Mom for those cuckoo for Angry Birds!

 

OOOH! Here’s another great group of activities from The Educators’ Spin On It!! There are 98 links in this blog hop!!!

 

 

Well, that name says it all. LOL Both Cs love books about dragons! Here is a great list from The Book Diaries.

 

 

Here is a link for a few notebooking pages from The Crafty Classroom. And, if you scroll down a little and look to the right you will find a  GINORMOUS list of crafts for just about any theme you can think of!!!

 

Yep, Top 10 Notebooking Sites!!!!  The Notebooking Fairy (one of THE best places for notebooking) has compiled the top 10 notebooking sites! Awesome!!!

 

 

I love Mama Jenn’s list. I have used every single site mentioned! They really are great!!!

 

 

My kids used to all have their own mini offices… Then the big kids lost theirs….. Looks like I will be making new ones soon!

 

 

This is a very good list from Rainy Day Mum. I am always looking for new and fun things to do to go along with books that we are reading.

 

 

 

Ahhh!! Here you go! Free and Cheap Homeschooling Resources!!! Perfect!!

 

 

National Geographic Videos! ALL my kids love to watch NatGeo!!!!

 

 

Donna Young’s Homeschooling Resources has everything! Need a transcript guide? She has it. Need a calendar? Or a planner? Yep, she has those, too!

 

 

Gamequarium has a lot of free games and videos to go with a ton of different themes. LOTS of fun! They even have some Schoolhouse Rocks videos!

 

HippoCampus is exactly what you need if you are teaching high schoolers. They have advanced math and science and a few other high school subjects. They even have online text books. Between them and Khan Academy, there is really no need to buy high school math or science curriculum.

 

 

I love Dynamic 2 Moms. They have some realllllly nice lapbooks and printables. I mean realllly nice!! They go really in depth with the topics, too.

 

 

This site has some amazing ideas. I really love to see what all they have been doing. I hope you enjoy All Things Beautiful as much as I do. I even follow her on Pinterest!

 

 

This site has all sorts of printables and activities for just about anything topic you could think of. I have printed TONS from Activity Village!!!

 

 

Here are a couple of my go to sites-

Squidoo

Homeschool Share

Homeschool Helper Online 

Currclick  – this site sells things BUT they always have freebies and sometimes they have special freebie hunts

Homeschool Creations

Practical Pages

No Time for Flash Cards

An Old Fashioned Education