Previously, I shared our picks for 3rd grade curriculum, and today, I wanted to share our choices for 1st grade. HomeEd Expert’s recommendations were a tremendous help but I also had some curriculum tucked away from when Lira was in 1st grade. About my 1st grader ~ If Franc were in publish school, he would [...]
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Our 3rd Grade Homeschool Curriculum Choices 2012-2013
I love this time of year! I have prayed over our curriculum choices, made it past the purchases, and the boxes have arrived! I can hardly wait to dive into the new books. There is just something about those fresh pages… new subjects… It is like Christmas. I relied heavily on the HomeEd Expert’s recommendations [...]
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Scents of Christmas ~ A Sensory Activity
As a part of our Christmas Unity Study, we spent some time talking about the Wise Men. Back in those days, spices were for the wealthy and were even used for currency. Of course, certain smells are linked to the Christmas season too. This was a perfect sensory activity to bring the past to the [...]
Christmas Unit Study ~ Week One in Review
Week one of our Christmas Unit Study was so much fun! Day One ~ Mary & Joseph Lira did some spelling with tiles. We worked through the Nativity powerpoint while coloring the pages for our puppets. Day Two ~ Baby Jesus & the Manger While Franc and Lira worked on the Nativity Word Search, Ruble [...]
A Slightly Different Baby Jesus Envelope Craft
I loved the envelope craft found in a compilation post on Catholic Icing but I wanted our craft to be something with which the children could play. So, I made a few changes. I outlined the envelope so that the children would know what to color. I cut construction paper for the hay and used [...]
Adapting the Nativity Scene Printables for Puppets
This week has been so much fun. Each day, we are working through the first week of the Christmas Unit Study, doing a little part of the Nativity story each day and using the Nativity scene printables from Catholic Icing. I adore them! I only had one problem… not enough toilet paper tubes. So, we [...]
The Symbols of Christmas ~ Why We Decorate (Free Powerpoint)
The first year I started talking to the children about the different meaning behind our Christmas decorations, Bill looked at me a little cross-eyed. After the children were tucked into bed, he admitted that he had never known there was a symbolic reason for the different items we use to celebrate the season. Honestly, I [...]
Free Christmas Unit Study Lesson Plan with Printables
Here it is! The much anticipated printable FREE Christmas Unit Study lesson plan! This study is designed to be used over two weeks with four days of school in each week. You can use the fifth day of the week to catch up or do other projects. (I will have ideas for you soon!) The [...]
My Thankgiving Book Printable
On the Thanksgiving Unit Study lesson plan, there is a link to this beautiful Thanksgiving booklet. Unfortunately, when I went to print it and use it, there was not a printable available. It is just the pictures of the completed book. Bummer. So, I quickly made one up that you can print out. It is [...]
Educational Programs on Netflix
We are working through Apologia’s Exploring Creation with Botany and I was looking for some support materials. Someone mentioned using Netflix. Hmmm… why didn’t I think of that? I started my hunt for educational programming we could stream and BINGO! Tons of programs for all types of subjects. Here are just a few of the [...]
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