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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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 [...]
2nd Grade Workboxes This Week ~ Spelling Ideas
It is so easy to pull a worksheet out of a book and plop it in front of Lira. Oh my! I even love the sound those little perferations makes as they rip. It’s a soothing rhythm to my soul on a hectic morning. However… giving Lira worksheets over and over again breeds discontentment and [...]
Pumpkins! Unit Study ~ Day One
We are having a great time with our Pumpkins Unit Study this week. Honestly, it is the first time I have had all of the children working on the same topics since we began homeschooling and I really like it! Crayon Rubbings To give our pumpkins some texture, we grabbed a couple of different baskets [...]
2nd Grade Workboxes This Week ~ Errr… Last Week?
Not sure how I skipped over posting this last week. So sorry! I have so much stuff that I want to share with you and I get forgetful. Don’t be afraid to put up a flare on the Facebook wall… “Hey You! Where’s the workboxes?” I love playing games with the kids and Scrabble Slam is [...]
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2nd Grade Workboxes This Week
There is one problem with workboxes. You can easily get into a rut with older children, filling their boxes with worksheets and little of anything else. So, even when I put worksheets into Lira’s boxes, I try to put something unique with it. Math These charms came from Oriental Trading. While I had bought them [...]
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Everyone in our family loves all the Leapfrog products and I use them a lot in our workboxes. The Tag Reading system is loved by all of my children old enough to sit-up unassisted. (I’m sure Ariary will love it soon!) The Leapsters are great too. We actually have to limit how much time the [...]
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