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Ultimate Homeschool Expo Info and Freebies!!!

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:32:01 -0500

Hey!

I just got an email from my friend, Cindy Rushton. She is "pumped" about her upcoming Ultimate Homeschool Expo. Actually, she is so "pumped" that she has just shared a sneak peek into her Membership Site.

You see one of the neat things about the Ultimate Homeschool Expo is that everything is ONLINE. Cindy builds a private, exclusive Membership Site that includes everything from the UHSE in one place--it has audios (from all of the sessions and from the bonus gifts that her speakers give to us), ebooks, complete unit study guides, articles, printable notebooking pages, cookbooks, on and on. I can't believe all of the things that we receive for only $40. It is truly ULTIMATE!

Anyway, back to the reason that I am sharing with you...

Cindy just sent me permission to give you a sampler of one of her free gifts that is included on the Membership Site. I am so excited to give it to you! It is a audio and ebook set that she actually sells on her website, but she is giving away on the Membership Site. Here is the link:

Let’s Get Ready for a New School Year Super Set!

Let’s Get Ready for the New School Year Mommy Planner…
Ebook by Cindy Rushton

Need some help gearing up for the new school year? Wish you had a friend to take you by the hand and help you plan your year? You will LOVE this! It includes a quick Mommy Planner with a potpourri of planning sheets from all of Cindy's products to help you get started on the right track with your homeschool planning. It is full of goodies! AND YOURS...

Download Part One
http://www.cindyrushton.com/pdfs/GearingUp1.pdf

Download Part Two
http://www.cindyrushton.com/pdfs/GearingUp2.pdf

PLUS! Companion Audio! :)
Let’s Get Ready for a New School Year–Audio

Download by Mp3
http://www.cindysdesktop.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/GetReadyNewSchoolYear.mp3

Isn't that FUN?

You know the saying that a picture captures a thousand words,well...what about a a gift like this??? And, just think...this is only ONE of the awesome gifts included on the Membership Site. There are hundreds more!

Take my word for it, you will WANT a ticket to this event and access to all of the wonderful resources. Grab your ticket here:

Ultimate Homeschool Expo Tickets--click here!

Sincerely Yours,
Wendy

Resourcefulness: Inventions/Simple Machines /Energy/Electricity

Wed, 20 Jun 2007 11:01:00 -0500

HI, all! I have posted pictures and lesson plans from our first week of our new summer unit.

Check it out at: http://tiwacademy.wordpress.com

Have a blessed day!

Review: American Revolution Custom Designed Project Pack

Wed, 22 Nov 2006 12:41:00 -0600

I recently had an opportunity to review a project pack from In the Hands of a Child.

You can read my review here: http://tiwacademy.wordpress.com

Blessings,
Wendy

My New Blog site!

Tue, 24 Oct 2006 23:24:00 -0500

I have started an additional homeschool blog that allows me to post a bunch of pictures!

You can find it now here

Hope to see you stopping by soon!

Have a blessed day!

Website updated!

Fri, 18 Aug 2006 11:27:00 -0500

Hi, everyone! I just wanted to let you know that I have updated my KONOS related website with a number of files of our planning for our KONOS units. There are some full units listed and some co-op plans also listed.

I will be working on adding my plans for this year to this blog as we get to each unit.

You can visit the site at: www.konoskarats.com/id6.html

Thanks for looking!

Sun, 13 Aug 2006 22:20:00 -0500

Resourcefulness--Frontier Life

Week 5 of 5

Objectives:
1) Wrap up unit.
2) Have Harvest Festival.
3) Field Trip to Pioneer House.

Day 1--

#69 prepare activities, food, etc.

Day 2--
Have Harvest Festival
#27 (p18)
#63 (p23)
* dress up
* make biscuits, switchel tea, etc.
* show crafts, sing recite verses

Day 3--

Visit Pioneer House/Museum

Sun, 13 Aug 2006 22:30:00 -0500

Resourcefulness--Frontier Life

Week 4 of 5

Objectives:
1) Learn about & make rag dolls.
2) Learn about & observe Winslow Homer's work.
3) Learn about what a country store is and play 'store'.
4) Learn about & work on quilting.
5) Learn about food, food prep & make food.

Books to Look for:
Musical Games for Children of All Ages
Dancing Games for Children of All Ages

Day 1--
Bible:
#14 Gen (p4) do m
#51 (p21) continue
* work on projects
*practice songs, square dance
#66 (p24) make rag dolls
#67 (p24) art--Winslow Homer

Day 2--
Bible:
#14 Gen (p4) do n
* continue sewing projects
#66 (p24) rag dolls
#70 (p25) country store--visit one
#71 (p25) play country store & barter

Day 3--
Bible:
#14 Gen (p4) do o
#55 (p22) quilting bee--do quilt squares--learn from others

Day 4--
Bible:
#20 - 24 (p17) utensils & food, make Johnny Cake
#25 (p18) persimmons
#26 (p19) churn butter

Special Assignments:

ALL--make invitations for Harvest Festival

Sun, 13 Aug 2006 22:49:00 -0500

Resourcefulness--Frontier Life

Week 3 of 5

Objectives:
1) Learn about & have "Prairie School"
2) Learn and do handicrafts--clothing, whistles
3) Learn about making soap and how to clean a house in Pioneer days

Books to look for:
Giants in the Earth
Pioneer Women
If You Grew Up with Abraham Lincoln
Indiana Days

Movies/Music:
Oh, Suzannah
Polly Wolly Doodle All the Day
Square Dance

Day 1--
Bible #2 Gen (p3) do i
#14 Gen (p4) do i
#51 (p21) continue samplers
#60 (p23) whittle whistle
#38 (p20) bonnet
#39 (p20) apron/pinafore
#42 (p20) boys--frontier outfit; girls--plain dress w/ add on's

Day 2--
Bible:
#14 Gen (p4) do j
#51 (p21) continue
#39 & 42 (p20) continue
#58 (p22) prairie school
#59 (p22) spare time
#52 (p22) Square dance skirt; boys--shirts
#62 (p23) game

Day 3--
Bible:
#14 Gen (p4) do k
#51 (p21) continue
* work on all sewing projects

Day 4--
Bible:
#14 Gen (p4) do l
#51 (p21) continue
* sew outfits
#44 make soap
#49 clean with homemade brushes, etc.
# 68 (p26) fire bucket brigade

Sun, 13 Aug 2006 23:00:00 -0500

Resourcefulness--Frontier Life

Week 2 of 5

Obejectives:

1) Learn about and try preserving food.
2) Learn and play frontier games.
3) Learn about herbs and their uses.
4) Live like the pioneers did this week.

People:
Laura Ingalls Wilder

Books to Look for:
Little House on the Prairie Series
Caddie Woodlawn
Howt the Settlers Lived
Pioneers
The Cabin Faced West
Prairie School
The Great Brain

Movies/Music:
Got Tell Aunt Rhodie
Turkey in the Straw
Square Dance

Activities:
Day 1--
Bible: #2 Gen (p3) do e
#14 Gen (p3) do e
Preserving food:
#28 (p18) storing food
#29 (p18) instructions in canning
#30 (p18) make jam/jelly
#31 (p18) make pickles/relish
#32 (p18) dry apples

#51 (p21) continue sampler

Day 2--
Bible: #2 Gen (p3) do f
#14 Gen (p3) do f
#33 (p19) Herbs--plant, read about uses, make chart/lapbook; cook with them
#61 (p23) Frontier games--play
#51 (p21) continue sampler

Day 3--
Bible: # 2 Gen (p3) do g
#14 Gen (p4) do g
#34 (p19) all week-eat Frontier food only
#46 (p21) brush teeth w/rag, salt & stick
#43 (p20) handwash clothes
#45 (p21) bathe in laundry tub
#48 (p21) jobs to do--make schedule
#51 (p21) continue samplers

Day 4--
Bible: #2 Gen (p3) do h
#14 Gen (p4) do h
#34 (p19) eat Frontier Food
#46 (p21) brush teeth w/rag, salt and stick
#43 (20) handwash clothes
#45 (p21) bathe in laundery tub
#48 (p21) jobs to do--schedule
#51 (p21) continue samplers

Special Assignments:
BAC: #36 (p19) deer skin tanning report/presentation
Others: #72 (p25) story "Little Mouse on the Prairie", illustrate

Resourcefulness--Frontier Life Lesson Plans

Sun, 13 Aug 2006 23:48:00 -0500

Here are my detailed plans for our Resourcefulness--Frontier Life unit. We have actually already started this unit, but I am behind in my posts! I will add details about how things are going in a separate post.

You can view some pictures from our first few days of this unit here:
http://www.konoskarats.com/id12/html

Resourcefulness--Frontier Life

Week 1 of 5

Objectives:
1) Introduce what resourcefulness adn initiative means.
2) Practice/discuss how people are resourceful and how we can be that way.
3) Learn to sew a sampler.
4) Learn to make candles.
5) Learn about and build log cabin models.

Vocabulary:
initiate
initiative
resourcefulness
resources
frontier
prairie
Pioneer

Books to look for:
The Diary of Anne Frank
The Borrowers
Puss in Boots
Wind and the Sun--Aesop
My Side of the Mountain
Back to Basics
The Early Family Home

Movies/Music:
Five Mile Creek (video)
Grizzly Adams (video)
Skip to My Lou
She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain
Square Dance tape/instructions

Activities:
Day 1--
Introduce character trait
Bible: #2 Gen (p3) do a
#9 Gen (p4) initiate--discuss
#10 Gen (p4) initiate--list and discuss
#14 Gen (p4) do a
#31 Gen (p8) "Yankee Ingenuity"

Day 2--
Bible: #2 Gen (p3) do b
#14 Gen (p4) do b
#26 Gen (p7) stranded--pairs--do activities
#36 Gen (p10) What are resources? Discuss.

Day 3--
Bible: #2 Gen (p3) do c
#14 Gen (p4) do c
#8 (p15) logs--how to build
#9 (p15) split logs (chisel/mallet)
#10 or #11 (p16) model of log cabin
#14 (p16) BAC--furniture for models

Day 4--
Bible: #2 Gen (p3) do d
#14 Gen (p4) do d
#17, 18, 19 (p17) candle making
#51 (p21) start samplers
#16 (p17) discuss light

Special Assignments:
All--#27 & 28 Gen (p8)--survival manual and learning from wildlife (&/or lapbook style booklet)

* Each day we read from various unit books to help explain/discuss the info related to the activities for the day.
* We will read daily from a longer book together as a family also. We will start on The Borrowers this week.