And a quick fun read http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bunmi-laditan/5-minutes-in-a-moms-head_b_5445948.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000037
Have a very happy Monday and a great rest of the week!
betty jo
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Faries vs Aliens
This was one our of lessons from a year ago. For anyone wondering about how to make Bible part of any lesson, this is the probably the best personal example I have. It seems that the resource links are still working in case you want a study of your own. I remember it as being a good “summer school” study.
Sometimes this homeschooling mamma finds herself in a dilemma over lesson plans. For our homeschool/summer school we cover one subject per day usually chosen from my special days calendar and June 24 is both International Fairy Day and UFO Day.
Honestly, I’m not thrilled with either topic, but know my kids will have fun with them. Though I try to encourage creativeness, I realize that too much fantasy or imagination is not good. Before anyone has the opportunity for their imaginations to run away with them, we will have a Scripture based discussion of the dangers of too much imagination and how we are to think about such subjects as fairies or UFOs;
Jeremiah 7:24 “But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.”
2 Corinthians 10:4-5 ” (For the weapons…
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Homeschooling Humor – Summer Vacation Edition
Have a happy Monday!
betty jo
Garfield (the Cat, Not the President)
This turned out to be one of the most fun (and delicious) “summer school” days last year. I checked the links and all are still working.
According to my special days calendar, June 19 is Garfield’s (the cat, not the president) 35th birthday! We will be having fun learning with our favorite cat as part of our homeschooling summer school subject of the day.
I’ll be combining math, health, science, and life skills as the kids add up the calories contained in our crock pot lasagna kitchen project, and figure how much Wii Just Dance it will take to burn those calories.
We checked these out from the library for hilarious reading.
I found these links for the kids to follow for computer lab, art, and fun.
online comics http://www.gocomics.com/search?search_string=garfield
educational games http://www.professorgarfield.org/pgf_home.html
how to draw for younger kids http://www.dragoart.com/tuts/12843/1/1/how-to-draw-garfield-easy.htm
drawing for older kids http://www.my-how-to-draw.com/how-to-draw-garfield.html
games for fun http://www.garfield.com/fungames.html
And what would a Garfield themed day be without a nap? I’m putting that in our day’s plans, too.
betty jo
Homeschooling Humor – The Dad Edition
Homeschool comedy from Tim Hawkins http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3vfU1QOVDc
Happy Monday!
betty jo
Superstitions
Because we’ve been having an abundance of craziness and busyness this week, I thought that we wouldn’t “do school” today. But… it’s Friday the 13th!
I’m wowed by the resources and links I have saved up for a study on superstitions do use on a Friday the 13th. Surely we’ll be able to make a little time to learn about superstitions because this stuff is INTERESTING! Below are the sites and resources I found to share with you just in case you can make time for a little superstition too.
Origins of common superstitions explained at Live Science http://www.livescience.com/33507-origins-of-superstitions.html
Behavioral psychology in regards to superstitions discussed from Kids Net Encyclopedia http://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/su/Superstition
13 Superstitious Writing Prompts https://cecileswriters.wordpress.com/2012/04/13/superstitious-prompts/
Free Printable “Black Cat” border writing paper https://www.teacherfiles.com/resources_bp_holidays.htm
20 +free superstition worksheets from Busy Teacher (you’ll need an account, but it’s easy to set up) http://busyteacher.org/classroom_activities-vocabulary/superstitions-worksheets/
Common Superstitions and Why We Have Them (article, video, graphics) https://medium.com/ecom-tips/common-superstitions-why-do-we-have-them-b701245e8ca7
Superstition origins video from Mental Floss (this one’s for the older kids) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFyDUaSi-5w
Mathematical Properties of the Number 13 http://www.numbergossip.com/13
To keep this study in the right perspective we’ll include 1 Timothy 4:7 with this study. “ People tell silly stories that don’t agree with God’s truth. Don’t follow what these stories teach. But teach yourself to be devoted to God.”
And finally some music, which my kids will consider ancient history, but saying such a thing may bring them some bad luck!
betty jo
Homeschooling Humor
It’s going to be an awesome Monday!
And I’m hoping we all have a great week of homeschooling (or a great week of not homeschooling if you’re on a break)
betty jo
Hot Air Balloons
Even though it’s not our summer school lesson today, we’ll be getting out the old lapbook anyway. I remember hot air balloons being a great study. I checked the following resource links and all seem to be working.
June 5 is the anniversary of the first hot air balloon flight (1783). Last year as part of summer school calendar studies Z, J, and I decided to learn everything we could about hot air balloons.
We made this lapbook from http://www.homeschoolshare.com/hot_air.php and added a few of our own ideas.
Our library had a few children’s books about hot air balloons. These two were our favorites.
Here is a link to a cute craft idea we tried, of course we had to use batman action figures in the basket instead of the child picture http://www.dltk-holidays.com/summer/mballoon.html
We thought this video from the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta was fascinating!
betty jo
Story Telling With Aesop’s Fables
Today is our first “special day” study of the summer. Aesop! The calendar says June 4 is his birthday, but his history doesn’t have that exact information recorded. Around 620-560 BC was his time. Below are the links that we’re going to follow as we not only learn about Aesop and read his works, but as we practice public speaking and communication through story telling. The project will be to learn an Aesop fable well enough to present it orally. Retelling is an awesome way to check for reading comprehension and concept understanding as well as being a great communication skill.
A brief biography http://www.findingdulcinea.com/features/profiles/a/aesop.html
Aesop quotes that are as relevant today as they were back in his day http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/a/aesop.html
Fables to read with discussion questions and quizzes, activities, and vocabulary glossary http://www.mcwdn.org/fables/fabadult.html
Tips for good story telling
For an added challenge, I’m going to have the kids retell a lesson they have personally learned by substituting animals as the characters just as Aesop had done. And of course, we’ll add some art to the lesson. Illustrations are a fantastic way to enhance a story. This is my “go to” site for art/drawing instructions when we need a little tutoring, and it seems like they have a good variety of drawing animal instructions if we need it. http://www.dragoart.com/animals-for-kids-c408-1.htm
This is a 24 video collection of animated Aesop fables, because summer studies should always include a movie inside under the air conditioning during the hot afternoon.
For the complete listing of Special Days in June click here Special Days in June, 2018
I plan on participating myself with our Aesop studies. I certainly have a long list of personal lessons learned that could be put into a short story. After all, he did teach that, “Example is the best precept” and “Better wise from the misfortunes of others than by your own”.
betty jo
Homeschooling Humor
The music is a bit annoying, but the words are fabulously funny! The slide show is nice, too.
Have a happy Monday and a happy week!
betty jo
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