Homeschooling

Advent is almost here!

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I can’t believe that Dec 1 starts on Monday! I’m a little behind since I was just focusing on getting us through Thanksgiving, after which I thought I had some breather time to think about Advent. Nope.

I think this year we will be doing Truth in the Tinsel. We’ve done it once before and enjoyed it. It’s a good way to teach my kids about the meaning behind Christmas.

What I like about it:

  1. It’s easy to remember. Since there are 24 activities, I know to do activity #1 on Dec 1, activity 2 on Dec 2 and so on.
  2. It’s ok if you miss a day.
  3. You learn about lessor known people like Elizabeth & Zechariah
  4. You get a supply list so you know ahead of time what you need to buy.
  5. There is a corresponding scripture to read each day.
  6. Each day is about a page long – short & sweet.

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Homeschool Spider Unit for Charlotte’s Web Book

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Spider Unit

We are currently reading through “Charlotte’s Web” by E. B. White. As part of our lesson, we are doing a unit on spiders. Click each picture to find the download.

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Things we studied:

Life Cycle of a Spider.  I found an advanced page for my 2nd grader and a simpler one for my Kinder.

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Free download from teacherspayteachers.com

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Read a Mini Book about Spiders

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http://educationtothecore.com/2013/10/spiders-free-mini-book-and-writing/

Labeled parts of a spider – both children liked this. The Kinder practiced cutting & pasting. The 2nd grader practiced her writing instead of cutting and pasting.

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Worked on Fact or Opinion statements about spiders for 2nd grader

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Practiced some counting with spider counting cards for the Kinder

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We read “The Very Busy Spider” by Eric Carle. Kinder had to organize the animal pictures in the order they occured in the story. 2nd Grader had to write the names of the animals in order.

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Overall, my kids seemed to enjoy our unit study on spiders. Both were interested in it. It wasn’t too easy for the 2nd grader and not too “boring” for the Kinder.