Native American Unit Study (with free notebooking pages)

(graphic – The Graphics Fairy)

The next in line that I’m planning for is Native Americans. We *might* diverge from our path and study this around Thanksgiving. Maybe….

Our study will focus on BEFORE the discovery of America and just after. Later on when we study the westward expansion, we will study more about Native Americans.

 

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As always, I try to add things for a variety of ages.

All the books should be easily found at your local library, on Amazon or Paperback Swap.

All the printables I list are free unless marked with $$$ (and then they should be CHEAP).

The pictures are clickable links to Amazon.

Charles Rivers Editors – Native Americans – a BIG list

 

Homeschool Share – Connections – Lapbooks, Units, etc.

DLTK-Kids – Printables and Crafts

Coloring.ws 

Activity Village – Printables and Crafts

Dynamic 2 Moms – Lapbook and Lapbook

Craft Jr. – Printable Mask

Susan Kae – Printable Native American Homes

Squidoo – Lapbook

PatrioticColoringPages.com

Cynce’s Place – Squanto Lapbook

Scholastic – Printables, Lessons, Crafts

Apples 4 the Teacher – Printables, Lessons, Ideas, etc.

About.com Homeschooling – Worksheets

Teacher Vision

 First Palette – Printable Crafts

Life’s Little Adventures – Notebooking and more

PaperTotemPoles.com – Printable Crafts

School Express – Activity Sheets

Plimoth – Coloring Pages and Activities

Noah’s Ark Homeschool Academy – Printables and Unit Study

Education.com – Worksheets

$$$ – Currclick

Native Americans Unit Study Part 1  and   Part 2

Native Americans Unit Study

 

 

Mr Donn – lessons

Crayola – lessons, crafts, ideas

Squidoo – 4 Part Hands on Lesson 

Squidoo – Unit

Squidoo – Unit Study

A to Z Teachers Stuff – Lessons, Crafts

Artists Helping Children – Crafts

Enchanted Learning – Crafts

Teacher’s First – Crafts

Loving 2 Learn – videos 

A to Z Home’s Cool Homeschooling

No Time for Flash Cards – crafts

Adventures in Mommydom – crafts and activities

Busy Bee Kids Crafts

Deep Space Sparkle – Art Lesson Plans

Mr. Nussbaum – interactive map

Native Languages – Info for Kids

Ducksters – Info

Kids Konnect – Info

Social Studies for Kids

Brain Pop

The Crafty Classroom

Discovery Education – lesson plans

 

 

HAVE FUN HOMESCHOOLING!!!

 

 

 

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 – 

 

 

 

KINDLE – 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

Marco Polo Unit Study

 

Our next history unit study is on Marco Polo! Here is a list of resources, some free and some low cost. 😉

 

BOOKS –

 

Who Was Marco Polo?

 

 

Animals Marco Polo Saw

 

 

The Silk Route: 7,000 Miles of History

 

 

Looking for Marco Polo

 

 

Marco? Polo! Time Warp Trio

 

 

Marco Polo for Kids

 

 

The Usborne Book of Explorers

 

 

DK Illustrated Book of Great Adventures 

 

 

DK Eye Wonder Explorers (read for free on We Give Books)

 

 

 

PRINTABLES –

School Express Marco Polo Activity Sheets

Explorer Unit  – Homeschool Share

Marco Polo Activity Book

To The Orient and Back with Marco Polo Unit Study – Currclick – $3.50

Marco Polo Lapbook – Hands of a Child – $6

At Your Seat Study – Explorers Marco Polo – Currclick – There looks to be 6 in this series for Marco Polo. $1 each

 

 

 

ONLINE RESOURCES –

 

Marco Polo and Leif Erikson Lesson Plans – Squidoo

Silk and the Silk Route Lesson Plans – Learning Through History

In the Footsteps of Marco Polo

Explorers Part 2 – Living Life Intentionally

Let’s Study Explorers – Marco Polo – Lesson Tutor

Marco Polo – Ducksters

Marco Polo Interactive Map – Eduplace

The Adventures of Marco Polo Photo Gallery – National Geographic

Marco Polo Timeline

Marco Polo – Cyber Sleuth Kids

The Marco Polo Odyssey – National Geographic

Marco Polo Lesson Plans, Games and Powerpoints – MrDonn.org

 

 

Owls Animal Study

For our next animal study we will be studying OWLS!! YAY!! LOL My favorite!

Once again, all the resources I use are either free or cheap. Most of the books can be found at your local library, Paperback Swap, or on Amazon (a lot of them free for Kindle).

BOOKS–

Owl Babies

All About Owls

The Capture (Guardians of Ga’hoole, Bk 1)

Night Creatures

Owls – Kids Look and Learn – 99cents – Kindle

A Picture Book of Snowy Owls – $2.99 – Kindle

OWLS – 99 Cents – Kindle

Little Owl’s Night  – read for free at WeGiveBooks.org

See How They Grow – Owl – read for free at WeGiveBooks.org

When Night Falls in Tinga Tinga Tales – read for free at WeGiveBooks.org

Magazines –

Your Big Backyard – Whoooo’s There – October 2010

Ranger Rick – Special Halloween Issue – October 2012

PRINTABLES –

Owl Babies Lapbook – Homeschool Share

Owl Lapbook – Squidoo

Owl Lapbook – Hands of a Child – $7

Owl Coloring Pages

Owl Crafts and Printables – DLTK-Kids

Animal Research Organizer – The Curriculum Corner

Owl Activities, Crafts and Printables –  Activity Village

All Owls – A Fun Study – Currclick – $1

Owl Copywork & Fun – Currclick – 50 cents

Online Resources –

Owl Videos on YouTube

Owl Nest Watch

Owl Pages – info and nest cams

Fun Owl Facts for Kids

Facts about Owls

Owl Crafts for Kids – Squidoo

Owl Crafts and Learning Activities – Danielle’s Place

To Buy –

Owl Pellet Kits

If you don’t like the idea of REAL owl pellets, Hobby Lobby sells fake pellet kits. The kids LOVED them, even though they knew it wasn’t the real thing. 😉

Spain Country Study

 

Our next country study will be about Spain! 🙂 Here is a list of resources that we will be using!

All the things we use are either free or CHEAP! Most of the books can be found at your local library, on Paperback Swap or free or cheap on Kindle.

 

BOOKS –

 

Guide to Spain – VERY cheap on Amazon!!!

 

Spain Picture Book – Kindle (was free)

 

 

Spain: Its History in 1,000 Words – $2.99 for Kindle

 

 

Ella and Tom Visit Spain – $1.60 for Kindle

 

 

Fairy Tales from Spain – $1.99 for Kindle (was free)

 

 

The Story of Ferdinand

 

 

The Geography Coloring Book

 

 

Maps to Color and Learn – Europe  

 

 

The Eyewitness Atlas of the World

 

 

PRINTABLES –

 

Spain Lapbook – Homeschool Share

Spain Coloring Page – Crayola

Spain – Activity Village 

Spain Coloring Page – The Color

Spanish Lady Coloring Page – Coloring Pages 101

Printable Crafts and Activities – DLTK-Kids

Spain Unit Study – Currclick – $3.50

Spain – Squidoo Around the World Coloring Pages

Country Notebooking Page – The Notebooking Fairy

Education.com – Spain worksheets and coloring pages

 

Online Resources –

 

 

Spain Tourism Video

 

 

National Geographic Kids – Spain Video

National Geographic Kids – Spain Facts and Pictures

TIME for Kids – Spain

Kids Konnect – Spain

Yahoo! Kids – Spain

ehow – Spain 

Fact Monster – Spain

A to Z Kids Stuff – Spain

Recipes from Spain

Spain – Kids Culture Corner

 

 

I hope you find these resources helpful! 🙂

 

 

 

 

Scientists and Inventors

 

We are going to start adding some inventors and scientists studies into our science lessons and I thought I would share some of the things we will be using. 🙂 This will probably be a looooong list…. LOL

 

 

Books –

From our personal library

DK Eyewitness Invention

 

DK Eyewitness Great Scientists   (I don’t have this one yet.)

 

Women Inventors series by Jean F. Blashfield

 

 

MacMillan Profiles Scientists and Inventors

 

 

Inventors – A Library of Congress Book 

 

Eureka! Great Inventions and How They Happened 

 

 

 

Kindle Books – most free

 

 

Stories of Great Inventors

 

Stories of Invention, Told by Inventors and Their Friends 

 

 

The Extra-Ordinary Scientist  – This was free. Keep checking back.

If you are looking for a specific inventor or scientist just search the Kindle store to see what is available.

 

 

 Printables –

 

Inventors and Inventions – Homeschool Share  – always free

Inventions worksheets – School Express – always free

Inventors Notebooking Pages – Unit Studies and Notebooking – free

Scientists Notebooking Pages – Notebooking Fairy  – free

Famous People Notebooking Pages – Activity Village – you will have to scroll through to find the ones you want – free

Inventors and Inventions Notebooking – The First Grade Parade 

Great Inventors Notebooking – Currclick – $10

The Great Inventors Lapbook – Currclick – $13

Inventor’s Daily Digest Magazine Activity Fun – Currclick – 50 cents

 

Online Resources and Activities –

Inventors Resources – The Home School Mom 

Play Dough Inventor’s Workshop – The Imagination Tree

DIY Young Inventor’s Kit – Desert Wind

Science and Technology Biographies 

Reverse Engineering – The Homeschool Scientist

Biographies for Kids – Garden of Praise

Scientists Lesson Plans

 

 

 

If you are wanting to learn about a specific scientist or inventor then you should Google, Google and Google! LOL Also, don’t forget to search Squidoo, Pinterest, and Homeschool Share!

 

 

Thomas Edison’s Birthday is next month!

Thomas A. Edison – Childhood of Famous Americans – This is a large series! We have several of them and they are all great!

 

 

Who Was Thomas Alva Edison?

This is part of a big series of books. We have several of them and they are wonderful!

 

 

Inventing the Future – A Photobiography of Thomas Alva Edison

 

 

Thomas Edison The Great American Inventor

This title was free for Kindle. Keep checking back. Also, there is a whole series of  books and they usually have one or two free all the time.

 

Thomas Edison Project Pack – In the Hands of a Child – on sale for $6