In addition to the specific resources for this week, we are also listening to Story of the World (SOTW) on CD, watching selected episodes of Drive Thru History, and keeping a cummulative timeline of things we learn in history. I am planning appropriate activities for Mia that are a little less complicated than last year and giving PJ freedom to research the topics on his own and come up with a way to show me he’s learned something. We do all of our memory work to song. If CC doesn’t provide a tune, we find one on CC Connected (well worth the subscription in my opinion).
Science: Weather
If you have younger kids, you may want to just introduce weather concepts over the next 2 weeks. If you have older kids, feel free to explore extreme weather…tornadoes, hurricanes, etc.
- Weather Crafts (-)
- Weather Lapbook (V)
- Comprehensive Weather Unit (-)
- Additional song for clouds (A)
- Game
- http://www.weatherwizkids.com/ (independent research +)
- CK12 (independent research, +)
- Free eBook (Scroll down to Weather in Section IV, +)
- Weather Channel Kids (requires free account)
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This is by no means a complete list but resources we will most likely use. As I come across other helpful resources, I will leave notes in the comment section below so be sure to check back as the week gets closer. Also, feel free to leave a comment with any of your suggested resources.
Cycle 1 Outline
All Classical Conversations Posts
Cycle 1 Lapbooks for Memory Work
Pinterest
KEY
+ older elementary
– younger elementary
V for the visual learner
A for the auditory learner
K for the kinesthetic learner
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/wwatch/index.htm