Archive for the ‘Homeschooling’ Category

Snowflake Card

Tuesday, December 18th, 2012

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My daughter and I made an easy snowflake card. You will need the following materials:

  • black card stock paper
  • white string
  • scissors
  • blunt needle
  • pencil
  • ruler
  • thumb tack

How to Make a Snowflake Card with Yarn

Step 1: Cut the black card stock paper in half and fold it. Now open up the card, and on the left side, draw a snowflake in pencil with a ruler.

Step 2: Grab the thumb tack and poke a hole at the beginning and end of each line. It’s like you’re making a dot-to-dot picture.

Step 3: Thread the needle with white string. Tie a knot in the end and begin sewing the card, making sure that the front of the card is producing the design you want.

Step 4: When you are finished, you can use a silver pen to write a message to someone before putting the snowflake card in an envelope.

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You can make any design on a card, as long as the lines are straight. You could draw a cool gnarly tree with bare branches in the dark moonlight. My 7-year-old daughter designed a simple pine tree. It only took her about 5 minutes to sew and was quite easy!

Linked to Snow Day Activities:

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Links to Help Write a Mystery Story

Tuesday, December 11th, 2012

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If your homeschooled student wants to write a mystery story, here are some links that will help in understanding how to solve mysteries:

If your kids would love to write a mystery story but don’t know where to start, I have a fun set of four video classes on How to Write a Mystery Story for homeschool students, leading them through every step of writing a mystery. I’m dressed up as Sherlock Holmes, and we do lots of hands-on activities as we write our weekly installment of the story. We will be looking at game boards as we write the setting and exciting action at the beginning of our story. We will do a set of cards describing each character, learn about clues and fingerprints, and discover how to write a surprise ending to the mystery story. Your students will have a 10-page story by the end of the month. Why not add some fun to your writing curriculum? Your kids will love it!

Unit Studies for Homeschool

Friday, December 7th, 2012

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Where can you find unit studies for homeschool? Some of you were asking for a tour of my huge Unit Study Treasure Vault. It’s loaded with almost 1,000 rich pages of fun material for unit studies, all instantly available when you join as a member. Over 100 unit studies are there, with supporting articles and embedded videos. Here are some of the unit studies:

  • Pond Life Unit Study
  • Human Body Unit Study
  • Astronomy Unit Study
  • Microscope Unit Study
  • DNA Unit Study
  • Genetics Unit Study
  • Birds Unit Study
  • Hatching an Egg
  • Bridge Unit Study
  • Dry Ice Unit Study
  • Mushroom Unit Study
  • Earthworms Unit Study
  • Engines Unit Study
  • Fossils Unit Study
  • The Cell Unit Study
  • Chemistry Unit Study
  • Insect Unit Study
  • Butterfly Unit Study
  • Inventions Unit Study
  • Horses Unit Study
  • Underwater Sea Creatures Unit Study
  • Aquarium Field Trip
  • Plants Unit Study
  • Classification of Animals
  • Rocks and Minerals Unit Study
  • Caves and Mines Unit Study
  • Simple Machines Unit Study
  • Weather Unit Study
  • Swiss Family Robinson Unit Study
  • Peter Pan Unit Study
  • Homer Price Unit Study
  • Beowulf Unit Study
  • Mystery Dinner
  • Map-Making
  • Neighborhood Map
  • Geocaching
  • Studying Your State
  • Luau Unit Study
  • Japan Unit Study
  • China Unit Study
  • India Unit Study
  • Mexico Unit Study
  • Australia Unit Study
  • Israel Unit Study
  • Bank Field Trip
  • Newspaper Field Trip
  • Circus Field Trip
  • Train Field Trip
  • Race Car Unit Study
  • Construction Unit Study
  • Around the World Unit Study
  • Learning to Draw
  • Pottery Unit Study
  • Wood Crafts Unit Study
  • Mosaics Unit Study
  • Mask-Making Unit Study
  • Paper Bag Puppets
  • Art Party
  • Nature Crafts
  • Feast of Tabernacles Unit Study
  • Ruth Unit Study
  • Make Your Own Bible Games
  • Ancient Egypt Unit Study
  • King Tut Mask
  • Egyptian Feast
  • Ancient Greece Unit Study
  • Greek Feast
  • Ancient Rome Unit Study
  • Middle Ages Unit Study
  • Medieval Feast
  • Cardboard Castles
  • Renaissance Fair
  • Vikings Unit Study
  • Cathedrals Unit Study
  • Renaissance Unit Study
  • Explorers Unit Study
  • American Revolution Unit Study
  • Native Americans Unit Study
  • Presidents Unit Study
  • Wild West Unit Study
  • Civil War Unit Study
  • Modern History Unit Study

Wouldn’t it be great to have access to all these unit studies instantly? Why not join the Unit Study Treasure Vault today?

Turkey Candle

Wednesday, November 14th, 2012

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To make this easy turkey candle, you will need the following supplies:

  • yellow and orange tissue paper
  • brown ribbon
  • a picture of a turkey
  • white school glue
  • hot glue
  • glass jar
  • tea light candle

How to put the craft together:

  1. Cut the yellow tissue paper into squares. Glue the squares all over the jar until the jar is completely covered.
  2. Glue the picture of the turkey onto a square of orange paper. I found the turkey on a scrap of fabric I had. You can also buy a turkey sticker or clip out a turkey picture out of a magazine. Glue the turkey paper onto the jar.
  3. With hot glue, attach the ribbon to the top of the jar. I used sparkly brown ribbon.
  4. Place a tea light into the jar. Light the candle, and enjoy your beautiful Thanksgiving turkey candle!

To find more fun craft ideas for Thanksgiving, check out Pilgrim Unit Study.