Kickbutt's Crazy Lapbooks: resources

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Monday, January 31, 2011

You just can't beat it!! Time4Learning

When I first started homeschooling I was just the same as any other neophite HS mom - I was terrified of messing up my kids for life! LOL. So to ease my fears I found a site Time4Learning.com. It's a fantastic resource - going through all the subjects for Pre-K and beyond. For those who are worried about teaching math or science - no prob, this program does it for you! It's absolutely amazing. Not only does it cover all the subjects, but they are presented much like a cartoon or video game (something my boys can master in minutes - vs. the frustration of workbooks). The bottom line is that Time4Learning is WELL Worth the $20/month they charge. My kids literally start begging to do their school work each day - somethign I never did as a child growing up in the 'normal' school system.....but I also think Time4Learning would be a good resource to those with kids in public school. Any kind of extra effort- that is educational but really fun - is worth all the pennies it may cost. ENJOY!!

Time4Learning has given me the opportunity to review their program and share my experiences. Time4Learning is an online educational program that can be used as a homeschool curriculum or for afterschool enrichment. While I was compensated, the content in this review was not written by Time4Learning. The opinion is entirely my own.

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Some New Record Keepin Resources

I've been trying to keep better records of what we achieve, menus and finances. Here are some great free links -

http://highland.hitcho.com.au/Forms.htm - over 800 free form downloads!!

http://www.printablehomeschool.com/ - with a name like 'printable homeschool' it says it all!

Saturday, July 10, 2010

Lapbook Resources for 2011

Here are some of the free lapbooks we'll be doing this coming year. They are in no particular order and I have them for both boys here ( Xman is 6 y/o, DJ will be 9 in a few weeks) as I post their curriculum you'll see how everything fits together. We also school year round so I plan for 52 weeks of school. Furthermore, some will be put in a 2-ring binder together as a combo book - this is how make our text books. When we do a subject they pull out the book rather than having a million file-folder lapbooks all over. There are also some info on Mini-Offices on here. ENJOY!

Squidoo, homeschool share; homeschool helper; lapbook lessons
Space Lapbook; Solar System
Mabon Lapbook - Autumn Festivals
Classical Music; M is for Melody; Mozart
Monet
Picasso
Cassat
John James Audobon; Backyard Birds
Greek Classics ; Greece
The Maya
Ancient China
Ancient Egypt; Egypt
Ancient Rome
Hands on Fractions
Tangrams
K-1 Math Review - Early Math
5th Grade Mini Office -- mini-office resource -- Language Mini-office
Composers
Ice Age - research, another research
Aesops Fables
Intro To Chemistry; Intro to Chemistry 2 ; Periodic Table
Civil War
Earthquakes
Grocery Store
Phonics, Vowels; Spelling/Phonics Rules ; Phonics "at"
Lapbook-a-person - Biography
Abe Lincoln
Geogre Washington
Ben Franklin
Betsy Ross
Presidents
Pocahontus
Character Study - Citizenship
Plague (Middle Ages)
Subtraction Facts
Viking Adventure
Volcanoes
Boston Tea Party
Parts of Speach

File Folder Games for lapbooks
Multiplication; multiplication
Space
Even/Odd
Pumpkin patch phonics ; Shamrock Phonics; Nouns/Verbs
Character File Folder Games
Fish Fractions
Rounding
Subtraction
Science & Roman Numerals
Contractions
Addition
Skip Counting
Homophones

Other Tidbits - printables, coloring pages, worksheets, etc.
Greek/Roman Myth & Heroes Coloring Pages
Egyptian Hierogryphs
Grade 5 printables; Grade 5 printables; math; printables; printables
Grade 4; Grade 4; math ; printables; printables
Grade 3; Grade 3; math; printables; printables; printables
Grade 2; Grade 2; math; printables; printables; printables
Grade 1; Grade 1; math; printables; printables; printables
History Worksheets;
English Worksheets
Music Worksheets;
Science Worksheets;
Multi-Grade Worksheets; math; Grammar K-2; Grammar 3-5; Grammar 6-8; printables

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Another great resource site!

You know I can't resist a great free lapbooking resource as I was looking for 4th of july minibooks and such I came across - The Homeschool Mom ....ENJOY!!

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Anatomy & Physiology Visuals

So, not everything can be learned in a lap or Combo book. *gasp* Yup I said it...er...wrote it...lol... To help my boys get a better understanding of our subject matter (since we don't use traditional school books) I like to find little video clips or animations on the internet. Since I'm waaaay frugal I prefer them to be free. :-D

Here are some cool anatomy & physiology animations/clips:
http://www.visiblebody.com this is a really cool animation site that allows the student to travel within the body to check out how systems actually work!

You Tube Vids:
Your Circulatory System
Respiration
The Digestive System
The Muscular System
The Nervous System1 / Nervous System 2
The Glucose Song (Nutrition)
The Food Groups Song (fun nutrition)
Cookie Monster's Healthy Food Rap (fun nutrition)
Timon & Pumba Healthy Food Adver (very short but fun)
The New Food Pyramid
Bill Nye The Food Web Song
Skeleton Macarena (great for learning the actual names of the bones)
Bill Nye - Just Wash Your Hands (germs)
Bill Nye on Germs
Bill Nye on Skin
Bill Nye "It's Called Genetics" Song
Bill Nye on Genetics (I just love this show!)

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Latin Lessons

So it's not east trying to come up with a latin plan for elementry schoolers...there's precious little available. I thought I'd better post the resources I've found for y'all:

Minimus - This is a workbook, CD, Teacher's book set. You can purchase them at Amazon...( I got them used )
http://www.minimus-etc.co.uk/index.shtml - this is the website that goes along with the Minimus series
http://homepage.usask.ca/~jrp638/latin/index.html lots of worksheets and supplements
http://www.quia.com/shared/latin/ (games & flashcards)
http://archives.nd.edu/latgramm.htm dictionary & grammar aid
http://www.proteacher.com/090084.shtml ancient rome
http://www.frapanthers.com/teachers/white/LI_handouts.htm
http://www.classics.uga.edu/courses/elem_latin/handouts.htm
http://www.funmathclub.com/docs/cmc1204paper.pdf
Pronunciation Guide http://www.luc.edu/faculty/jlong1/L101pron.htm
http://www.personal.kent.edu/~bkharvey/latin/
http://www.frcoulter.com/latin/links.html (links & resources)

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Economics & Art/Music

This year we'll be doing economics as a major part of our social studies classes. Here's some of the resources I've found:

www.moneyinstructor.com/elementary.asp
http://www.proteacher.org/090041.shtml
http://www.edconedlink.org (e)
http://www.preteacher.org/c/377_economics.html

For Art & Music I've found the following:

http://ml002.sd.us/ArtTeacher/curricul.htm
http://www.meetthemasters.com
http://www.teach-nology.com
http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Arts

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

This Year

Here's some of the YouTube clips we'll be utilizing in lessons this coming year:

Bill Nye The Science Guy (if you search on YouTube you can find whole episodes)
Sid The Science Kid (again you can use YouTube or go to PBSKids.org)

I've also discovered Teachers Corner ( www.theteacherscorner.net ) and it's a fab site for lesson plans - especially science!

Thursday, July 16, 2009

It Has Begun!!!!!!

Oh the joy and stress of this time of the year. This is the time of the year that super obsessive people like myself, must begin compiling the curricula for the coming year...This means printing endless worksheets, reorganizing entire collections and closets. Trying to figure out how to mesh a 3rd/4th grader's lessons with that of a k/1st grader so that I'm not teaching for 20 hours a day......not to mention the fact that my children are spread across the spectrum of grades....They really spread about 3 grades each depending on the subject. Since my state has no regulations or mandatory testing I never felt the need to push them into a pre-described box or grade. So in sciences they are at least 2 grades ahead of their peers while in math they are the same as their PS counterparts....it all has to do with the ... you guessed it... FUN FACTOR!!!

So, this elusive concept is what has me working for at least 8 weeks prepping the work for the coming year....what lapbooks can we do, what field trips, plays, experiments, etc can we do to keep up the FUN factor while still following some kind of plan....Total unschooling is like stabbing myself in the eye - I'm waaaaay to anal for that, I need some kind of plan...LOL...

So, I'm trying to simplify our lives while trying to increase the difficulty of the lessons, not an easy feat mind you...

I wanted to give you a list of the resources we'll be utilizing this year for both my boys:

links:
enchantedlearning.com
starfall.com
spellingconnections.com
teachervision.com
tlsbooks.com
abcteach.com
aaa(math, spelling, etc).com

workbooks:
America's Story (Books 1 & 2) - history workbooks, book one is US history to 1865 and book 2 is after 1865.
Teaching With Clifford (scholastic)
Brighter Child - we're using several of this brand - "I can tell time and Count Money". Math, etc
School Zone's Super Scholar series (we're using k, 1, 3 and 4)
Hooked on ___ Grade series (we're using k, 1, 2 and 3

Books:
Evan's & Moore's Getting Ready To Read (teacher's workbook)
Macmillan's 3rd Grade Language Arts

That's it so far. I'm still working on the Matrix for both boys, but I'll post them as soon as they're complete. We're trying something new organizational wise this year as well. I have 5 color coded folders. One for each week, and one for fun extra's. Each week this folder will have the blank index cards (for spelling/definitions) plus all the worksheets for that week. I had been using a shelf for each child but things always got messy and lost. Plus we'll have our Lapbook of the week and our Combo Books (which can spread for a month or more)...I'll keep ya posted!!