Tag: unit study
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Around the World in 80 Days: Week 2 – India Part One
I haven’t so much to write this week because all our time was spent learning about India. Phileas Fogg traveled from Bombay to Calcutta, first by steam train, then by elephant. This week we only read the chapters pertaining to India. We have covered India before in our home school and I fortunately had posted […]
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Using our Paper Mache Map to Learn about the Anglo Saxons
To see instruction on how to build a paper mache map click here. Once the paper mache map had been painted and left to dry, the children were ready to begin pictorially displaying some of the learning they had done about the Anglo Saxons. Here is the finished painted map: Offa’s Dyke is the brown […]
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Anglo-Saxon Unit Study: Resources
We used so many great resources for our Anglo-Saxon unit study, I thought I would share them 🙂 Although we did this study a few years ago, we will be repeating it with my younger two so this post will be helpful to me as well. Non-Fiction Books Anglo Saxons and Vikings from Usbourne is […]
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Magic tree house book: Adventure in the Amazon
This week we have been using one of the Magic Tree House books ‘Adventure in the Amazon‘, to continue with our South America unit study, focusing on the country of Brazil. South America: Goals for this Study Whilst working through the next unit of Rainforest Journey and reading Adventure in the Amazon, we will be focusing […]
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Around the World with FIAR: The Gully Washer (South America)
Yes, I know this is a bit of a stretch, but gully washers do happen in Colombia, and Colombia happens to be one of the wettest countries in South America, and the next part of the Rainforest Journey is learning about the water cycle. See it all dove-tails…a bit. In all honesty the Gully Washer […]
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Fun, Hands On Dinosaur Unit: Thyreophora – Stegasaurus
The girls have had enormous fun learning about the dinosaurs from the Thyreophora group using the Stegasaurus as an example. Dinosaurs are classified into two groups dependant on the position of the hips: Saurischia (lizard hipped dinosaurs) Ornithiscia (bird hipped dinosaurs) The Saurischia are further divided into Theropods and Sauropods, while the Ornithiscia are divided into Thyreophora and […]
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Dr Seuss: If I ran a Rain Forest
The South America unit study we began last summer was never really finished as it was tricky for me to be part of it due to all the Shakespeare work the older ones and I were doing. Just recently I have had the opportunity to review a curriculum from EdTechLens all about the rain forests. It […]
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Ancient Celts Unit Study
Part 1- Introduction and Resources: Part 2- Costume, Dress Up and Make Believe Play Part 3- Field Trip to Ancient Butser Farm Part 4- Hands on Activities For more ideas:
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Australian Aborigines: The Boomerang and Didgeridoo
This week the children learnt all about the Australian Aboriginal Boomerang and Didgeridoo. First, they researched the boomerang and Thomas made one. Next, the little ones played with an authentic didgeridoo. And finally, we all tried our hands at playing it. We were not very good. But we did have a lot of fun trying! […]
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Ancient Celt Unit Study: Activities
This is my final post on the Ancient Celts, until I cover it with my little two. This post includes all the activities we did a few years ago, including the writing, during our Ancient Celt Unit Study. Ancient Celt Writing Activities Everything I set the guys to write was Celt related and independently researched. […]