C-Span is giving away a Presidential Timeline free to teachers! I registered with the site as a teacher. I think it will be a great tool to put on the wall. You can use it to inspire a study on a president or just to place events in time!
Remember as always, homeschooling doesn’t have to be expensive to be educational!
Sometimes homeschooling frugally just means keeping your ear to the ground. Opportunities can just crop up that you need to seize! I stumbled across some educational dvds on some of my homeschool yahoo groups and thought I would share!
The joy of homeschooling is that you are in the driver’s seat. So you can choose to study what ever you want. You know each family has little games and such you play? Well, I always do the “I am going to eat you up” thing. So I told NerdPie that I wasn’t going to eat her ears because she needed them to hold up her glasses but I was going to eat NerdBug’s. She said she was sure he needed them but when I asked why (the hole would still be in there to his ear;) she wanted to know too. Thus inspired our morning of ear study!
So as we venture into this week it is time to have a little fun with our schooling. Now I admit up front that this has nothing to do with the real reasons for Easter so please use it in the spirit given. So first let us take a factory tour to find out how Peeps are born(Click on Factory Tour). We can also do a little Peep math (k-2, 3-5, 6-8). Then on to English class with Peep Haiku. You can visit Fern’s Poetry Club to learn the Haiku basics. The onto the wonderful world of Peep Science. Some of these experiments are appropriate to duplicate at home. Even if you don’t, they are very enlightening and actually very sound. Then using either homemade or store bought Peeps, do a little crafting. You can even go read about Peep “behavior” in conducting research (ok, totally spoof but totally fun). So after all the Peep education, how do you do on the Peep Quiz? Happy Easter
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Since it is Easter week I decided to put together a collection of free resources available online! There a bunch of fun things out there so let us jump in!
Hey everyone! It is almost Purim!!! Purim starts at sundown on February 27, 2010 and goes until sundown on March 1st. (Why it is 2 days is a different blog post;) But I am here to provide you with a few sites that have free Purim resources!
Of course there is always the homemade noise makers so you can boo Haman and cheer Mordechai!
For some printable Esther coloring sheet you can go over to Coloring.ws for some great choices.
Artists Helping Children has a ton of great projects like beaded crowns and masks with different printable options for your kids to make for their Purim pageants.
Chabad has a great Purim site with a link to an entire kids area. There you will find all kinds of literature, recipes and more!
Enjoy Purim! It is a joyous and fun holiday that reminds us of God’s faithfulness.
The Exploratorium has put up a great site based on the science of cooking! It has eggs, pickling, and all kinds of food on it. They look at all the components and reactions. It even has activities and recipes. Go check it out! Who says science has to be pricey or hard?
Since we are right in the middle of the Presidential election it is the prefect time to introduce your kids the the election process.
NARA has the Electoral College site. It has teacher resource, electoral calculator, and more. The teachers resources seem to have great things for kids of all ages.
VA Joe’s has an issues calculator that helps you figure out which candidate matches up your views best.
Pocantico Hills
has a presentation for kids on the President.
Lastly, don’t count out Wikipedia. They have a pretty complete piece on the electoral college that even includes a map with the votes broken out.
I have collected a few free vocabulary and spelling resources that I wanted to share.
First up is Learning Vocabulary Fun. They have all kinds of great online games. You can choose themes and levels for everything from crosswords and word scrambles to easy matching for younger kids.
Then Learning Treasures has spelling lists and daily printable worksheets for all of first grade and some of second and third grade.
Then Crossword Puzzle Games has a great tool for creating crosswords with your own words. You supply the word and the hint and they arrange it.
So hopefully this gives everyone some really good resources. Remember that homeschooling doesn’t have to be expensive! If you have any resources that I didn’t mention please, let me know. Also, if there is an area or subject you would like me to apply the Frugal Homeschooler treatment to, just let me know and maybe I will fulfill your request next!
I have a friend who is teaching preschool this year so for Jodie I have compiled a list of free preschool printables. This is everything from coloring pages, handwriting pages to great games and folder games.
Now, I have to preface all this with the fact that I am not a big believer in organized preschool. I do preschool simply to keep the kids busy while I school the older ones. I figure it is just play but it is educational too!
First up is Preschool Printables. Along the side bar is all of its wonderful printables. It has folder games, awards and calendars along with lesson plans.
TLSBooks has a lot of printable worksheets for preschool – 5th grade. They have 7 different categories of worksheets that include concept and coloring sheets.
First-School has a lot of letter, animal and holiday pages to print and color. I love it for building a Great Big Book of Everything from Stanley (a kind of animal encyclopedia).
Shirley’s Preschool Activities has some great handwriting printable pages. Also they have African Alphabet pages and some Bible story themed coloring pages.
Preschool Learners has over 400 different printable worksheets. They are organized really well, which of course a NerdMom loves;). They have 8 main categories, such as English, Math, things we use, etc. Then they organize each subcategory really well.
So hopefully this gives everyone some really good resources. Remember that homeschooling doesn’t have to be expensive! If you have any resources that I didn’t mention please, let me know. Also, if there is an area or subject you would like me to apply the Frugal Homeschooler treat me to, just let me know and maybe I will fufill your request next!