Our Homeschool Studio
Jun. 5, 2009
WannaBe series from The Old Schoolhouse
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The WannaBe series of E-books from The Old Schoolhouse is a fun introduction to what children may want to be when they grow up. The intended age group is 5-10 although my younger son (3) really enjoyed the Firefighter selection. In addition to the information given on the occupation, many activities are included to make a mini unit study. TOS (The Old Schoolhouse) is running a special right now to buy the first 10 in the series for only $49. The regular price is $8.95 each so this is a great price. It is only thru June 30th. There are others planned in the series as well. Check it all out here: WannaBe Special In the selection about being a chef, two chefs share their stories about what they do and how God has lead them there. My eight year old daughter and I enjoyed reading about the areas in which chefs may work. We learned about the different avenues that can be taken to become a chef. After reading the personal stories, my daughter was able to see how God can use you anywhere. Cooking is not just a job, but can be a means to reach the lost in the world. My daughter has been helping me in the kitchen for some time. As I am seeing her interest in cooking growing, I try to give her more opportunities to practice her skills. So many things can be practiced and reinforced through cooking. If the Lord does lead this daughter into an occupation as a chef, this e-book will have been instrumental in our understanding of this career field. My daughter and I also enjoyed doing the activities. I printed some of the copywork pages as well as most of the other activities. Some of the things we did orally. We read the story casually while at a family picnic. I was impressed at how much my daughter knew and remembered. We have not yet completed the science experiment, though it looks like a lot of fun. We will definitely be doing it once we have some balloons. My daughter was not excited when she saw that there were math 'problems' that went along with this study. Once we started working on them, she decided even these were fun, too. She thought math was something that is always just hard, though we try to make it as fun and pain free as possible. She usually doesn't realize we are 'doing' math because I rarely announce it ahead of time. I made the mistake of saying 'these are some math questions' instead of just keeping it part of the conversation. We follow mostly the Charlotte Mason philosophy in our learning. We found this unit study to fit in well. There are also many references given for further study. We plan on making this study of cooking an on-going unit study. We have really enjoyed WannaBe Chef. We will be sharing this with all of our children. The copywork and handwriting practice pages come in both manuscript and cursive. This study adapts well to many ages. Thank you TOS for another great e-book that works well for all of our children. |
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