Pick A Bedtime Novel!
Lexile Database: ranks books by their ease of reading.
Trelease Reading List, including great read alouds
Classic Children's Literature
School Years
Grade 2 - 2008-2009
Grade 1 - 2007-2008
Kindy - 2006-2007
Preschool - 2005-2006
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Handwriting Printables
*Ice Cream Print Paper
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Story/Picture Print
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Daily Lesson Plan Print
*print in landscape
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Book List
Treasure Island
A Little Princess
A Wrinkle in Time
Sleepy Hollow
Neverending Story
Heidi
Fudge
Finished
Lion, Witch, Wardrobe
Ramona, Kindergarten
Princess & Goblin
Charlotte's Web
Winn-Dixie
Stink: Jawbreaker
Stink: Shrinking
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Grade 2 Spelling List
This looks really promising! Second Grade Spelling List. Includes free printable worksheets, plain list, abc, and unscramble for each week. And there are 36 weeks! Remember D.O.L. (Daily Oral Language), I found a site with some free ones for each month here.
Bingo!
The first day of school is always a "Back to School Party!" We bake a special treat the day before, and play a fun game of Bingo while we eat our treats. This year we are baking Neapolitan Cupcakes the recipe is in the amazing book, "Cupcakes! from the Cake Doctor." And for bingo I went on the search for some to print. I found quite a few that seemed swell and fabulous, but then I found this gem (imo). Custom Bingo CardsYou can select blank or among many of their themes, including holidays, characters, shapes, math, and so forth. You can choose to print in color or black and white. I landed with Shapes in black and white, and will be coloring these in tonight and then putting contact paper on them so they hold up. I'm super excited to print sets for the different holidays! I found this blank bingo card from Bingo Card Printer. But am definitely going with the time saver bingo in the first link.
2008-2009 Schedule
Grade 2 - Sonlight Core 1 - Reader 1; NOEO Biology I Kindergarten/Pre-K - Hubbard Cupboard Themes & Letter of the Week First week is short and will not begin Sonlight until the following week, the first week will be a light theme unit, learning/reviewing writing name, phone numbers, and what to do in emergencies. School Year: September 2, 2008 - June 12, 2009Term 1: September 8, 2008 - November 7, 2008 Term 2: November 10, 2008 - January 30, 2009 Term 3: February 2, 2009 - April 10, 2009 Term 4: April 13, 2009 - June 12, 2009 We need to meet with our supervising teacher a minimum of one time during the above terms. Vacations (15-16 weeks off)Thanksgiving Break - November 24 - November 28 (1 week) Christmas Break - December 22 - January 2 (2 week) Spring Break - (to be decided in future, time alloted in Term 3 for 1 week off) Summer Break - Begins June 15th (11 or 12 weeks off, to be decided later)
Audio Stories
Compiled this list from different threads at MDC Homeschool Forum* links open in separate window The Story Home - reads stories outloud Kiddie Records Weekly - Classics From the Golden Age - Fabulous forgotten treasures - children's records from the early 40s and 50s, including many classic stories, some of which were extravagant Hollywood productions. Downloadable to listen to FREE. Storynory - downloadable and available as podcasts. Storyline OnlineRobert Munsch - free audio downloads of his books. Librivox - use this personally for novels I listen to while crafting. - Heidi and Our Island Story is available. BBC Radio Has shows archived, kid friendly, nature and science shows. Chapter a Day Adult novels read aloud. Reviews on Audio Books:MDC ThreadMDC Thread #2MDC Thread #3A list someone gave of hits her family loved: Socks, Rabbit Hill, Frances the Badger stories, Harry Potter 1 and 2, Pippi Longstocking, Peter and the Starcatchers, Uncle Wiggily, The Secret Garden, The Little Princess, Tuck Everlasting, The Cricket in Times Square, Frog and Toad, the American Girl series about Kaya, Sarah Plain and Tall. Peter Pan Spiderwick Chronicles Eragon
Nursery Rhymes
Racking my brain to come up with the perfect unit for Language Arts for both my first grader and preschoolers. And this is where I landed. Absolutely perfect in my opinion, because I realized the other day that my kids sorely did not know Nursery Rhymes. Well they know a few, but this was an area that I sadly overlooked in all of our reading adventures. So below are the links I've found for Nursery Rhymes, and off to the library we go this afternoon to get some books! Master List of Nursery Rhymes This site has a GREAT list of Nursery Rhyme links. A Rhyme a Week I really like the idea behind this! Nursery Rhymes at A to ZPreschool Nursery Rhyme ActivitiesTwinkle Little Star ActivitiesMother Goose at Squidoo This site has lots of interesting links, like different versions of the book, flickr illustrations, and some sites that have vintage versions scanned, and tools near the bottom. First Grade Lanugage Arts I thought this site would be helpful when I reach a rut with LA ideas. I definitely want to do the Alice in Wonderland one (its under Standard>Lesson Plans). First Grade Lessons Search. This site really has things laid out neatly, I've used them before with great success. This year I had to notify our state that we are homeschooling, and I had the option to choose Annual Testing, or having a teacher watch over us. I choose the latter. DH's cousin is a teacher, so we are meeting once a month until the holidays, and then every other from then. She is having me make a spread sheet of a Scope & Sequence. Basically when we finish a unit/month (depending which makes sense for the subject), DD should know - A,B,C... check them off and make sure she does, or make sure we go back and learn them. I got most of the subjects done for the beginning part, and think this is GREAT! It really gives me focus and shows me her exact progress. Something others might find useful as well.
Pre-K Fall Theme
I homeschool my first grader M-F, and my pre-k kiddos on T & Th. Naturally they are all together on T & Th, and participate together. I wanted to start the Pre-K theme off with a theme on Fall, it's already in the 60's/70's here and the leaves are beginning to fall, no perfect time like the present! Here are some of my findings: LEAF MOBILEGlue colorful and different fabrics to both sides of several pieces of heavy paper. Cut leaves from this. Tie a string on each leaf. Suspend the leaves from a small branch. Hang where the leaves will catch the breeze and flutter. LEAF RUBBINGTo help children notice the veins in leaves and the different shapes of leaves, let them place a variety of leaves (underside up) under a piece of light colored construction paper. Using the sides of crayons that have had the paper covering removed, children make crayon rubbing of the leaves. WINDOW PAINTINGPaint a fall scene on your window. Use the following recipe and the paint is easily removed. Give each child a window to decorate. Window Paint: 2 Tbsp powdered tempera paint, 1 Tbsp warm water, 1 tsp Joy dish washing liquid Measure powdered paint into a container. Mix in water thoroughly to achieve a smooth paste. Add JOY, mixing completely, but gently, to avoid making paint too sudsy. Dries on windows in 5 - 10 minutes. Washes off easily with a solution of water and vinegar. LEAF BOOKMARKNeed construction paper, contact paper, leaves and scissors cut construction paper into 3x6 inches have them collect leaves on a nature walk children arrange the leaves onto contact paper. Put the construction paper over the contact paper and cut around the edges. FALL COLLAGE PLACE MAT Go on a fall nature walk and pick up things off the ground that have fallen off the trees. (leaves, acorns, pine needles, etc.) Come back to the classroom and discuss the different things the kids found. Discuss how the leaves are changing different colors, etc. Put down a piece of contact paper. Tape the sides to the table. Have the children create a collage out of their findings. Afterwards put a piece of construction paper against the contact paper. Wreath of Leaves You will need: corrugated cardboard yarn poster board glitter fabric newspaper glue scissors 1. Cut a doughnut shape from the cardboard to make a wreath. Wrap yarn completely around it. 2. Draw and cut out leaves from colored poster board. Working on an old newspaper, spread glue around the edges of the leaves and sprinkle them with glitter. Attach them to the wreath. 3. Cut a strip of fabric and make a bow for a decoration. 4. Attach a loop of yarn to the back of the wreath so you can hang it up. the above are found here------ Make a scarecrow out of clothes, stuffed with newspaper. Go outside and try and find nuts to store for winter, learn about squirrels hibernating/preparing for winter. ------ Lots of unique arts and crafts here at Kaboose. TinSnips Autumn ThemeFall Theme - Step by Step
Curriculum - to buy list
*pre level 1 biology is set to be released in the near future, if it arrives before I have my texts bought, I will be doing pre level 1 biology.Oak Meadow
- *Beginning Recorder
- *Songbook
- *Song CD
Roughly $290 before tax/shipping and handling, excluding the extras. $250 buying only first semester of Singapore Math to try it out.
book lists
Looking for a good book to read? These lists below are very useful! Trelease Reading ListLexile - very good rating system by difficulty and recommendations. Book AdventureChinaberryClassics for the YoungKids Classics - divided by recommended reading ages.
First Grade Prep
Time to start preparing for the first grade. I poke around a bit during the summer, but get down to business in August. Which is nearly here, I can barely believe it! When I started my research I was planning to go with Oak Meadow, I like the philosophy behind Waldorf style teaching, I'm reading more into Charlotte Mason, and I like the idea of this too for the most part. So it's just finding more so what DD does well with. Here's my links and thoughts, for organization purposes. That's why I keep this blog, to help me keep bookmarks organized paired with my thoughts, and then for anyone else that can use them. Tanglewood Plan Your Own CurriculumThis provides a sheet to help plan out your curriculum, it's intended to be used with their curriculum, but you could easily print this out and fill it in with whatever curriculum you choose. Singapore Math - $76 recommended on the site: # Primary Math Textbook 1A U.S. Edition (code:PMUST1A) # Primary Math Workbook 1A U.S. Edition (code:PMUSW1A) # Primary Math Textbook 1B U.S. Edition (code:PMUST1B) # Primary Math Workbook 1B U.S. Edition (code:PMUSW1B) I'm leaning heavily towards this curriculum for math. Noeo Homeschool Science Biology I -$135.58 I think this might be the science route I go, DD has a very high interest in science, and I really like how the information is provided. I'm going to see if I can find some of the books at the library and get away with buying: Biology I: Seeds, Scales, Feathers and Tails! Instructor's Guide - $19.95 The Young Scientists Club - Experiment Kits - 65.94 Pandia Press History I found this through a recommendation and I'm leaning on adding this to our first grade year. DD is very interested in history and science, so I really want to get a curricula that does her justice. samples here; buy the History Odyssey Ancients Level One Study Guide here - $31 or whole curriculum here - $105; level 1 book and supply list for ancient history *pdf; Growing with Grammar - $24.99 I'm not sure where I lean on this, I think it might be good for DD to learn proper grammar, but I think we have a lot going on this year, with learning to read more fully, that I might put grammar back until she has reading down. If I see this for a low price though I might pick it up, it's 24.99 for first/second grade in one book. Royal Fireworks PressI wont be purchasing this, but they have a good list of Aesop's fables on that above link that would be good to borrow from the library. Ambleside Onlinr year 1 - free Charlotte Mason inspired curriculum, provided for free. I do not plan to use this curriculum, I found with my DD that a fully literature based curriculum was not the best fit for her. But we both enjoy reading, so I will be using this site for reading recommendations. :: year 1 book list:: I'm considering a few workbooks from Evan-Moor to have on hand. They give out free lessons a month that you can print, you can find them here (grades 1-3). they have other grades if you click at the top. July has camping, which I think might be fun to print the book out they have, and do this on our August trip. I would like to do these free lessons: Big Pig; In the Garden; Couplets - 2 line poem; -am word familyMany of their books come with "page by page" views, so you can see exactly what you are paying for, and if it's worth while for you to do so. Some books that were of interest to me: word familyNative AmericansBasic Phonic Skills, Grade 1I plan to renew my subscription to ed helper when it expires this year. It was nice to take our theme we were working on, go to that site and find printables for her to color in or fill out. She really liked their Sudoku puzzles, and many of those came in themes that related to our current topic. Instead of always printing and using papers for their online stories, I would just set up the laptop on the table, and read from there to DD. It worked out well, and while the stories aren't prize winners, they didn't bore her, and many she enjoyed. Bulletin Boards & File Folder Games/Learning CentersWe don't have a bulletin board, just my dining room wall and I sticky tack everything up, this was a HUGE hit last year, so I plan to get some more to spice it up a bit! Accent Punch-OutsFree Jan Brett Alphabet cards I am thinking I will print these out, I wanted to get an alphabet train, and haven't been able to find exactly what I'm looking for. Jan Brett has gorgeous art work, and these are free, so I may do these. Need more ink before I can do anything. * Scholastic Last year I bought my bulletin board displays from here, and a few misc. items. The shipping was very quick, the items are great, I had nothing but good results here, and plan to buy from them again. Grade 1Carson-Dellosabk's schoolhouseeducation for kidsteacher store houseTeacher's ParadiseFile Folder Games: I made a lot of these last years, and WOW did it take a lot of time. The kids really enjoyed these and still use them. So I'd like to buy a few more, because contact paper is not my friend, lol. I'd like to buy some felt too, since cutting out felt took a lot of time. This year I have a lot going on and don't want to spend as much time on things I can get for a relatively good price. a to z teacherThese word walls look like you could easily make them at home and print yourself.
Free Curriculums
This was posted at the homeschool board, and thought I'd put it here for safe keeping. Baltimore CurriculumCurriculum InformationCore Knowledge SamplesAmbleside Online ~ Charlotte MasonTanglewood EducationLetter of the WeekOld Fashioned EducationMathematics EnhancementKindergarten MathKindergarten Language ArtsFaith/Bible CurriculumThere was a thread on file folder games; I plan to make a few more so here they are as well. Childcare Land: I found this to be a great resource last year, and many of her free printables are found in our classroom. Preschool PrintablesChildcare Land to buyNuttin but KidsWe BeansFile Folder ListCarson-Dellosa CatalogI'm starting to research even more heavily on our plans for first grade, I love this time of year!
Insects & Fireflies Theme Unit
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