I am so incredibly grateful to all of those who have served in our military to protect the freedoms that we have in this country of ours! 

Please be sure to stop over at Kathy's Blog and down on her sidebar is a beautiful music video to honor our American heroes.  It brought tears to my eyes!

Also, you can check out THIS LINK to get Veteran's Day history, printables, word searches and more to use in your homeschool.

God bless you & and if your family is one who has served our country, I humbly thank you!

~LISA

I get an email newsletters from various sources.  I thought I'd copy and paste some holiday information here for you! 

The following is from Crayola.com:

THANKSGIVING ART
Hands-on, integrated lessons help students grasp the significance of Thanksgiving.
Giving Thanks Stationery
Round-Robin Turkey Tales Storytelling
Colorful-Corn Ring Toss
Pilgrims-Giving-Thanks Placemats
Corn-Cob Kernels History
Be sure to send convenient Thanksgiving e-cards!
Print out these sheets to extend Thanksgiving learnings.
Colorful Cornucopia
Thanksgiving Feast
Harvest Picture Frame

AMERICAN INDIAN HERITAGE MONTH
November is American Indian Heritage Month. Introduce students to these lessons inspired by North American nations’ cultural traditions.
Homes for Native Nations
Today’s Tribes & Traditions
Raven the Trickster Puppet Tales
Navajo-Style Silver & Turquoise Jewelry
Buffalo-Hide Parfleche
Plains Indians Hides for Clothing and Shelter
Begin With a Buffalo
Print out these pages for more traditional Indian crafts.
Ojibway Dream Catcher
Native American Pendants

BOOKS COME ALIVE
National Children’s Book Week begins on November 13th. A great way to celebrate reading is to follow up with puppet shows and arts-integrated lessons, based on the stories.
Pony Crossing at Chincoteague
Tell a Visual Story in Sequence
Shadow Puppets
Much-Loved Velveteen Rabbit
Robinson Crusoe Island Adventure
Curtain Time
Follow the Firefly Book
Around Avonlea’s Green Gables
Creepy Crawly Book Reports
Add interest to reading with these print-and-color pages.
Weave Bookmark
Flower Book Report
Braille Message

And there are a lot of more ideas at LessonPlansPage.com.  Just click on the link for many Thanksgiving craft and art ideas to use in your homeschool this month!

Have fun!  If you try something and want to let us know how everyone in your home enjoyed it, be sure to leave me a comment and/or post about it on your own blog - maybe even include pictures!  :)

Blessings,

~LISA

Here is a LINK for an free unit study on St. Patrick.   :)  Enjoy!

~LISA

I discovered this website today - if you like to use unit studies or have always wanted to try one, here is a resource for Free Homeschooling Unit Studies Online!

We don't exclusively do unit studies in our homeschool.  It would overwhelm me to do that!  However, at the beginning of the school year, I ask each child to tell me two to three things that they are interested in learning more about.  Then, I pick ONE of their choices, depending on what I can find, etc., and we then do a one-month unit study on that particular topic. 

For example, Princess wanted to learn more about birds - we just finished our month-long unit study on that.  At the beginning of the year, we did a mini unit study on dinosaurs, which was CuddleBug's choice.  We still need to do DrummerBoy's choice; however, writing this entry has reminded me that I need to look up what that was!  I have forgotten!  LOL 

Anyway... blessings on your school day today!

~LISA

If you've wondered what your child's learning style is, I found a website that offers a quick, simple quiz to help you determine just that!

Go to Homeschool Views.  She has a quiz to help you determine your child's learning style, one to help you discover your learning style, and also a quiz to help you determine your particular teaching style. 

Well, for those who are interested, I discovered what I felt last night WAS in fact an earthquake.  I found a helpful website that will tell you about any earthquake activity, including the epicenter, the magnitude, etc.  This particular link will tell you about earthquakes in California or Nevada:  http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/recenteqs/latest.htm; however, if you are curious, you can click on a link on the upper left-hand side where it says "world" and see where there have been earthquakes, well, all over the world!  hee hee

Actually, the more I browse the website, I see it also has a "Kids Only" section, as well as a "science & technology" section.  It might be a good site to bookmark if you ever were going to study earthquakes!

Anyhoo... After I discovered that I was not hearing and feeling things and it actually was an earthquake, I was able to go lie down and go to sleep.  Of course, it was about 1am by that time!