Have a happy Monday! May we all have a happy homeschooling week!
And again, a great big thanks to all of you who send these funnies to share.
betty jo
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Spring Cleaning
Hooray! It’s finally spring. Now if our weather would just act like it! So while we’re waiting for spring to actually make it’s appearance outside our door, we can get on that “Spring Cleaning” thing. Our house NEEDS it. Even though we “tidy” several times a day, it’s not deep, serious cleaning. The windows, walls, corners, and baseboards have been sadly neglected for several months.
I’ve found a couple of links to follow as guides as we work in some extra projects throughout the next week (or however long it takes).
Printable room by room cleaning check list (there’s some items here that I had not thought of) http://richlyrooted.com/2014/03/deep-spring-cleaning-game-plan-with-printable-checklist.html
Some times it’s best to separate during clean up instead of all of us working in the same room. These task cards will work well for when we aren’t working well together. These also will work well all through the year when we only have a few minutes “heads up” that company is coming. Everyone draw a card and ready set go! http://www.upsidedownhomeschooling.com/cleanup-blitz-cards-a-free-parenting-and-housekeeping-tool/
Over the past several months we’ve been making our own cleaning products. I’ve counted this in with lessons in economics, chemistry, environmental science, home ec., and lifeskills. If my kids were a little younger, math and reading comp would be lessons covered too. This link takes you to 67 recipes! http://www.keeperofthehome.org/2013/06/homemade-all-natural-cleaning-recipes.html.
And here’s a little more to go with this spring cleaning theme. “Why We Spring Clean” from a scientific view point, and some history and geography as the possible origins of spring cleaning are examined. http://tlc.howstuffworks.com/home/spring-clean-in-spring.htm
We won’t be forgetting the music! Cleaning is much more fun when there’s music!
Top 10 pop songs for spring! http://top40.about.com/od/top10lists/tp/springpopsongs.htm
A few others with “Spring” in the lyrics. http://www.songfacts.com/category-songs_with_seasons_in_the_title.php
betty jo
Homeschooling Humor – Spring Fever
Happy Monday and Happy Homeschooling!
betty jo
Learning Resources for St. Patrick’s Day
For the past few years, we have spent a couple of weeks every March studying all things Irish and St. Patrick. Here are the wonderful links we have learned from.
Ireland and Irish Poetry with Notebooking, Copywork, and Activity Resources https://stilllearningsomethingnew.com/2013/03/14/absolutely-no-pinching/
More St. Patrick’s Day Resources and Activities with Music, Dancing, and Language https://stilllearningsomethingnew.com/2013/03/15/irish-prayers-and-irish-jigs/
Tour Ireland Virtually https://www.theirishroadtrip.com/virtual-tours-ireland/
St. Patrick, History, and Celebration Articles http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/stpatricksday.htm
This year we’re taking a different approach for St. Patrick’s Day learning. Below are the links that I’ve found for us.
Science and nutrition resources for learning about cabbage from my friend Fran http://www.franw.com/2012/03/cabbage.html
And, Fran has Shamrocks, too! http://www.franw.com/2018/02/shamrocks.html
2 St. Patrick’s Day Math Lessons – https://www.yummymath.com/2017/saint-patricks-day-march-17th/
Rainbow experiments http://www.weatherwizkids.com/experiments-rainbow.htm
3 Part Video Series, “The Irish in America” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0sZ_j6WcyI
Famous Irish American Songs http://www.irishamericanjourney.com/2011/10/irish-american-songs.html
Leprechaun Facts http://www.livescience.com/37626-leprechauns.html
St. Patrick’s Day themed interactive games http://www.primarygames.com/holidays/st.patricksday/games.php
We haven’t made a batch of play dough in years. I wish we had a little one around, the St. Patrick themed mats look like they would be fun for a younger child. http://www.blessedbeyondadoubt.com/free-st-patricks-day-play-dough-mats/
E showed me this photo from a Pinterest board. We’ll make a few of these “Pot- O-Gold at the End of the Rainbow” jars as prizes for a follow the clues treasure hunt. It looks like gold wrapped candy in the bottom followed with layers of M&Ms or Skittles and topped with mimi marshmellows. Cute!
Wishing you Irish blessings!
betty jo
Brain Awareness Week
It’s Brain Awareness Week! This week is dedicated to brain research. Our homeschooling science lessons will also be dedicated to brain research. Below are some of the links we’ll be following during the week.
What our Brains Do Information and Diagrams http://askabiologist.asu.edu/what-your-brain-doing
Brain Anatomy Vocabulary/Glossary http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/anatomy/brain/glossary/
Label Diagram Printables https://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/anatomy/brain/Classroom.shtml
Best Brain Foods https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/11-brain-foods
Brain Training Interactives https://www.mindgames.com/
Brain Hat Printable to Cut and Assemble PDF http://www.ellenjmchenry.com/homeschool-freedownloads/lifesciences-games/documents/BrainHatColor.pdf
Compare and Contrast Mammal Brains http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/moreb.html
Brain Experiments and Activities http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/experi.html
Video of a Human Brain Dissection (not for the squeamish) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMqWRlxo1oQ
Bible verses about the mind https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/topics/The-Mind
I’m feeling smarter already!
betty jo
Homeschooling Humor
Have a happy Monday and a fabulous homeschooling week!
betty jo
Art Day – Sistine Chapel Style
According to the “Special Days in March” list, the 6th is artist, Michelangelo’s birthday. We did a wonderful study on him last year and ended up with the most interesting and fun art project.
As part of our “cathedral” section of our current middle ages unit studies, we researched Michelangelo and his masterpiece ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. To get a feel of what laying on your back and painting was like, we taped some paper to our dry erase board and and set it across a couple of chairs, then took turns laying under it to paint Bible story scenes. Even the homeschool graduate wanted in on this project. I love it when our assignments capture the interest of the older kids.
This is A21.
Z7 and B14
A22 and E17
J9 and the finished Bible Story Paintings.
And here are the links we used for our study and notebooking:
http://artsmarts4kids.blogspot.com/2007/09/artist-profile-michelangelo.html
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/michelangelo.htm
http://www.homeschoolshare.com/michelangelos_surprise.php
http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/m/michelan/index.html
For other art related posts click here https://stilllearningsomethingnew.com/2013/04/12/leonardo-da-vinci/ and https://stilllearningsomethingnew.com/2013/04/06/raphael/
betty jo
Homeschooling Humor
A hilarious look at the ordinary http://www.lifebuzz.com/pareidolia/
Have a happy Monday and a fabulous homeschooling week!
betty jo
Homeschooling Humor – Library Trip Edition
It’s been years since this was my family at the library, but I still have very vivid memories of it being just like this! http://www.home-school.com/Articles/a-library-attack.php
Have a happy Monday and very happy homeschooling week!
betty jo
Happy 1st!
Is it a birthday or an anniversary? Still Learning Something New officially began February 21, 2013. Birthday feels like the right word. The original idea to encourage, advise, and share ideas and resources to a web based homeschooling community was a “conceived” notion (and like each of my five children, a complete surprise)! I spent months keeping the idea hidden inside of me. After some time, I trusted my ideas with my family and some of my closest friends. I prayed, fell in love, made lists, researched, studied, compared, prepared, and finally “birthed” Still Learning Something New.
I had absolutely no idea what to expect from my own blog , and I’m both surprised and pleased with all that’s happened during this first year. 40,000 views from more than 60 countries, 200 subscribed followers, a social media audience, awards, and best of all, friendships made. And of course, lessons learned.
Instead of sharing lesson plans or advice today, I’m sharing some of the highlights from this first year.
The post most visited and shared https://stilllearningsomethingnew.com/2013/05/27/preparing-the-defense/
My attempt to explain our family’s learning method https://stilllearningsomethingnew.com/2013/05/08/why-and-how/
The one I wrote from my heart and barely received any views https://stilllearningsomethingnew.com/2013/03/11/concerned-teacher/
The Homeschooling Humor posts on Mondays have been fun for me. I so NEED to start the week off with a funny or two. You can access the complete Monday collection here https://stilllearningsomethingnew.com/?s=homeschool+humor
My favorite thing about our homeschool is our chalkboard wall and I’ve had the most comments left on the posts when I’ve shared our art. Our wall gallery can be seen here https://stilllearningsomethingnew.com/one-of-our-favorite-things-the-wall/
As I look back over the year these are the two posts that tie for what I thought were the best. https://stilllearningsomethingnew.com/2013/03/04/blogs-in-heaven/ and https://stilllearningsomethingnew.com/2013/03/05/the-pen-of-power/
The special days posts seem to be the most helpful for both myself and those of you who visit. The special days listing for March is being worked on now so be looking for it in a few days. It won’t be until April that there’s a listing for a whole year. Then, I’ll start improving them. For the past months click here https://stilllearningsomethingnew.com/page/2/?s=special+days
I thank each and everyone of you that visit here. You encourage me. I’m curious about what year two is going to be. Know that I would welcome any comments and suggestions from you.
betty jo
Still Learning Something New 
