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Christmas Resource Roundup!

This will be my twenty-first December of teaching Christmas related lessons! Quite a few of those have been with online resources. Here’s the roundup of my Christmas themed resource and idea blog posts (all have been recently checked and updated!)

Here’s a free printable of the “Holiday” related list of December’s Special Days CHRISTMAS THEMED SPECIAL DAYS

This is my collection of Advent and Christmas Countdown, cross curricular resources from a few years ago. These made everyday until Christmas even more special https://stilllearningsomethingnew.com/2013/12/06/countdown-to-christmas/

And another cross curricular Christmas Countdown and Advent Resource List https://stilllearningsomethingnew.com/2014/12/06/learning-christmas-with-countdowns/

We have learned about Christmas traditions from around the world. It was an awesome study! We used these resources – https://stilllearningsomethingnew.com/?s=melting+pot

Christmas Sciences! Here’s a fantastic collection of Science resources to add to your Christmas learning! https://stilllearningsomethingnew.com/2013/12/13/how-holidays-are-made-and-other-christmas-science-lessons/

Christmas Break Fun – Collection of Christmas themed online games and unplugged activities https://stilllearningsomethingnew.com/2013/12/20/christmas-break-fun/

How about a research project about Elves? https://stilllearningsomethingnew.com/2015/12/11/questioning-elves/

Hanukkah Activities and Resources https://stilllearningsomethingnew.com/2017/12/12/hanukkah-oh-hanukkah/

Need some holiday humor? I’ve got that too!

https://stilllearningsomethingnew.com/2017/12/11/homeschool-humor-the-almost-christmas-break-edition/

https://stilllearningsomethingnew.com/2017/12/18/homeschool-humor-the-christmas-break-edition/

Merry Teaching and Learning!

betty jo

Happy Monday and Happy Homeschooling!

betty jo

Around the World in 80 Days

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In Jules Verne’s novel, Around the World in 80 Days, the calm, orderly main character, Phileas Fogg, makes a wager that he can travel around the world in eighty days. He does this on October 2, 1873. Today we have fun holiday in honor of this fictional occasion, “Phileas Fogg Win a Wager Day”! If your family hasn’t read Around the World in 80 Days, October 2 would be a perfect time to start. Of course, anytime is a good time to begin such a thrilling adventure.

We chose to “read” this classical story via audio a couple of years ago and the whole family loved it! The reader from “Loyal Books” was excellent. Please note that Around the World in 80 Days is not a children’s book. There are some rather mature scenes in Verne’s tale, however my youngest (11 at the time) was fine after some discussion. Actually, this book inspired a lot of discussion.

Here’s a collection of resources to add some extra fun and some lessons to the reading.

Learn to Play Whist (this is the game that Phileas Fogg was playing when he begins his adventure) https://cardgames.io/whist/

Listen to the audio book http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-by-jules-verne

Read the book http://literatureproject.com/around-the-world/index.htm

Several Free Printables https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Browse/Search:around%20the%20world%20in%2080%20days/Price-Range/Free

Study Guide https://www.shmoop.com/around-the-world-in-eighty-days/

Map of the trip https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Around_the_World_in_Eighty_Days_map.png

Interactive Game http://www.freeworldgroup.com/games6/gameindex/aroundtheworldin80days.htm

Vocabulary Lists (the vocabulary is intensive) https://www.vocabulary.com/lists/204437

Oh, and the movie from 2004 staring Jackie Chan? Let’s just say it was barely based on the book. Just barely.

betty jo