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Dec. 11, 2008
Great Spelling Website & It's FREE!
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I just ran across a really great site called SpellingCity.com over at Pioneer Woman's blog and spent the last half hour playing around with it and I am really impressed! Right away when you hit their homepage it lets you enter in your child's spelling words and from there you can let it test them. The program actually 'says' the word out loud for them and there is also the option of having the word used in a sentence. Once the test is complete they then have the option to have it teach them any misspelled words or use all of them in some fun learning games :) The beauty of this site is that it is completely FREE and you can create a free teacher's account where you can create your own word lists and save them so that each time you use the site your word lists are ready to go. If you don't have lists that you are using for spelling already there is also a handy page just chock full of spelling lists for grades 1-7 that you can use and there's even a forum if you want to ask for spelling help :)
UPDATE: We have now been using this site for a couple of weeks and it is a big hit with K! He no longer whines about spelling tests and happily types away at the keyboard :) There is just something more fun about typing instead of handwriting *grin*. I love that I can let him go at it by himself now and can carry on teaching L instead of spending an hour coaxing him into completing each word list! A bonus for both of us :)
Go check it out! You won't be disappointed.
Apr. 20, 2008
For all of you C.S. Lewis Fans ~ FREE Unit Study
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I loved The Lion,the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis and now the Narnia Academy is offering a free 40 lesson online unity study for the Chronicles of Narnia's: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and Prince Caspian called Beyond the Wardrobe. I had a look at the sample lesson and it looks really well done. There are insights into the chapter, questions, bible verses and activities plus there is a teacher's guide that goes along with each lesson as well.
Blessings,
Oct. 16, 2007
Weblink Wednesday
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For our monthly homeschool support meeting we were asked to compile a list of some of our favorite websites and I thought that I would share some of the ones that I am taking : )
Blessings,
BChsMamaof3
http://www.teachingmom.com/features/advent.html
(Christmas advent ~ Daily devotions, verses, jesse tree, crafts, baking, vocab all for the month of December)
http://www.starfall.com/
(great for learning ABC’s to beginning readers)
http://www.letteroftheweek.com
(learn letters or letter sounds with daily story, poem, number, drawing)
http://children.calvarychapel.com/site/curriculum.htm
(complete old and new testament bible studies ~ PDF's, fill in blanks, crosswords, word searches, coloring pages)
http://www.postcrossing.com
(postcard exchange across the world)
http://www.donnayoung.org/index.htm
(tons of printables ~ apologia stuff, teach your child to read 100 lessons worksheets, organization stuff for moms)
http://www.homeschoolestore.com
(free weekly pdf’s such as lapbooks)
http://www.handsofachild.com
(awesome lapbooks and a free lapbook every 3 months)
http://www.notebookingpages.com
(lots of freebies ~ educational, seasonal, templates)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/homeschoolerhaven/
(the new maple leaf used curricula board for used books across canada)
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.html
(tons and tons of worksheets, mini books, crafts and more. You don't need a membership since there is lots that is free to non-members)
Oct. 10, 2007
Neat Freebie
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NEAT FREEBIE! International Paper's Life of the Forest educational materials. They have been prepared for use by teachers, as well as organizations, in order to help promote a better understanding of the natural cycle of our forests.? Free posters and other materials:
http://order.iplifeoftheforest.com/
You can view all the materials in PDF for to check them out before you order them or to just print them yourselves instead of requesting them : )
Blessings,
BChsMamaof3
Jul. 9, 2007
Nature Journal Pages Freebie
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I just wanted to share with you the free download from the Homeschool Estore this week, just in case you missed it. It is a wonderful set of Nature Study Journal Pages and Copywork Pages. Each page has beautiful floral drawings that are either lined for copywork, stories or journals or there are ones that have blank sections on them along with lined areas so that you could draw and jornal about your drawing on the same page : )
I just downloaded it. I thought I might use some of it as personal stationary since it is so pretty : )
Blessings, BChsMamaof3
Jun. 21, 2007
Amazing Hummingbird Nest Photos
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I happened across this tonight and I just had to pass it along. This site has photos of a hummingbird nest with eggs and shows how the little babies hatch, grow feathers, and eventually leave the nest. Make sure that you go to the next page each time because there are 5 pages of photos the view : )
Blessings, BChsMamaof3
Mar. 29, 2007
FREE Educational Program from the World Wildlife Fund on A Living Planet
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I wanted to share this with all of you : ) The World Wildlife Fund now has a free resource called Schools for a Living Planet that you can join and access tons of neat stuff!
This is what their website describes it as:
WWF-Canada is proud to offer Schools for a Living Planet, an educational program that provides educators with access to over 30 curriculum-linked, printable in-class activities for grades 3 to 8. Each grade’s unit has a unique environmental theme with material carefully designed to meet curriculum expectations in English, Social Studies, and Science.
I had a look at quick look at some of the grade 3 activities and it looks really fun. The unit is called Forests Alive and has a story passage to read, 5 activity sections and bonus activities. Oh yes, very important there is an answer key at the end of each section : )
Activity sections included are:
Life and Life Cycles ~ types of trees, parts of plants, life cycles of plants and animals, life support essentials
Sustainable Forestry ~ forestry, sustainable forestry, forestry and you, connections to the forest, Reduce, Reuse & Recycle
Forestry Frontiers ~ history of forestry, forestry technology (then and now), lumber uses, impact of forestry
WWF-Canada and Our Forests ~ forest conservation, conservation and you, get involved
What You Learned ~ passage review (multiple choice and short answer quiz), and a retelling and imagination portion
I haven't had a chance to check out the other grades but here is the topic list for each one:
Grade 4 ~ Exploring Habitats
Grade 5 ~ Mackenzie Valley
Grade 6 ~ Diversity of Life
Grade 7 ~ Marine Protected Areas
Grade 8 ~ Water
Older children might even benefit by going back to some of the different levels. This is available to everyone.
Check it out at:
http://www.wwf.ca/schools/
Hope you can use it,
BChsMamaof3
Feb. 11, 2007
FREE video, worksheets and resource kit.
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I came across this website and I thought that I would share : ) It is called Share the World and is a free educational program including a video to watch, reproducible worksheets, a teachers guide and a poster to help children grades 3-5 to better understand the animals that we share the world with.
Through the course children will learn the animals are living, feeling creatures that need to be treated with respect, that they have basic needs just like we do, and they will learn that some of the amazing characteristics and special abilities that animals can have. There are some really neat animal rescue stories included to use as language arts stuff.
I just ordered this so I have not personally seen all of the worksheets yet, but on their website there are PDF files that you can look at showing what is included. I had a quick browse through it and it seemed to look okay, but make sure you check it out first in case there is something that you don't find suitable : )
Blessings,
BChsMamaof3
Sep. 7, 2006
Creation vs. Evolution ~ Free Video Resources
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Video On Demand
Speakers’ Series
Answers in Genesis is releasing some of their most popular videos online—for free. Each week you will be able to enjoy a new video segment from some of the speakers like Ken Ham, Dr. David Menton, Dr. Jason Lisle, Dr. Terry Mortenson ... and more!
http://www.answersingenesis.org/video/ondemand/
There are 24 fifteen minute segments by Ken Ham about evolution. I haven't started to watch them yet since I just found out about it but definitely am going to check it out. You can link directly to them at: http://www.answersingenesis.org/video/ondemand/answersWithKen.asp
This is supposed to be a really great series!!
Hope you enjoy them.
Blessing,
BChsMamaof3
Sep. 4, 2006
Website with tons of links ~ All areas of curriculum grades K-5
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This is a really neat site that I came across while looking for math sheets. It is very well organized with tons of links by grade levels Kindergarten to grade 5 and it covers all areas in the curriculum. I'm sure you will find something useful : )
http://www.okaloosa.k12.fl.us/bobsikes/curriculummatrix.htm
Blessings,
BChsMamaof3
Sep. 3, 2006
Really cool sounds from space on this website!
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Here is another neat website where you can listen to different sounds found in outer space. If you click on the Earth you can listen to what sort of sounds we are transmitting into space from all of our TV, radio, and cell phone signals. You can listen to what the first Russina satellite Sputnik sounded like and more.You can also hear sounds from Jupiter and Saturn. The rest of the planets have informational write ups for them and there are a few other sounds to listen to as well.
Definately worth checking out!
http://www.spacesounds.com/navigator/index.html
Blessings,
BChsMamaof3
Sep. 2, 2006
Whale sound website (Humpbacks)
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I came across another interesting website where you can listen to whale sounds at http://www.whalesounds.com/home/index.html You can listen to them squeaking, trumpeting, conversing, clicking, roaring and more. If you click on the whale sound CD picture there you can listen to 4 five minute songs with humpback whale sounds. I have never heard a humpback whale so it was quite interesting. Actually when I listened to the first song Nemo came to mind when Dori was speaking whale and decided that maybe she needed to sound more humpback. LOL.
Blessings,
BChsMamaof3
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