We will be following Classical Conversations' memory work this year and adding on some other things with it. I am so excited about all of the fun things the kids are going to be learning. I'm also teaching the 3-5 year olds in our weekly homeschool get-together. I am planning to do a letter with them each week and fun activities connected to each letter. Let's start with that...
Here are some ADORABLE alphabet cards that I just printed off for Isaac and his friends to use. I probably just used up a bunch of my color ink, but oh well!
Here is the link to these fun little cards. You do have to sign up (for free) and get a membership to this site. You are allowed 3 free downloads a month (I think that's what it said), but I really just wanted these. They'll be perfect for reviewing and trying out some games with the kids.
These cards are bigger (4 to a page as opposed to 6) and also include 2 cards per letter. They are adorable! They are also free. Just go to this site and you can follow the link on her blog to print them out. So worth the ink I just used up! ; )
Because we are doing letter A, I thought it would be fun to do an apple theme. I already had some apple punch outs that I used for counting, so we're going to go on a "apple hunt" and try to make a graph afterwards. But I was able to get a ton of good ideas from this blog post on the blog, Oopsey Daisy. This chick is amazing. There are SO many good ideas of all kinds on this blog, but her "Mommy School" posts and packets are out of sight. The "A is for Apples" packet is the one I used for this week and look forward to using more!
I am also planning on reading "The Giving Tree" by Shel Silverstein to the class. It goes right along with the apple theme. I also have an apple peeler/corer/slicer. I thought we could make some "apple sandwiches"....round apple slices with peanut butter between. My kids always enjoy the crazy looking contraption that peels, cores, and slices the apples, so I think it'll be fun.
Our Classical Conversations topics for this week include Charlemagne. I don't know a whole lot about him, so I went searching (starting with Pinterest) from some ideas. I was able to find the site Middle Ages for Kids. The link I just gave you should go directly to the info on Charlemagne. We'll probably watch this video:
and/or this one:
We are also learning about biomes. I printed these cute little matching cards from this blog. I believe you do have to pay for the rest of the packet, but the creator of it offered the matching cards for free (thank you!!). There is also a free biomes map with several cards you can pin onto the map here.
Latin is also on the schedule. On the blog Sola Gratia Mom, she has offered a free file folder review thing and some pronunciation cards here. I am honestly in awe of this lady and so many others. Where do they find the time? Praise the Lord that they do because I am so thankful for these wonderful resources!!
Well, this is just scratching the surface. We have other subjects we're covering with our first grader, but I believe my energy is running out! The alarm clock is going to be going off early in the morning! : ) Hope this helps some of you.
God bless!
2 comments:
So many cool resources! I came across the Mommy School units a while back, and plan to start using them with Sylvie next week!
I was amazed at that Mommy School pack. There was SO MUCH stuff in there!! I'm going to keep checking her blog to see about using some of her other packs through the year. Hope you and Sylvie have fun! If you ever want to come over and do school time with us, we'd love to have you! Sylvie and Isaac could do some stuff together...and I KNOW Sophie would love it, too! : )
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