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Saturday, May 23, 2015

Grade 1 Homeschool Videos


Videos based on some of the topics in the book "What Your First Grader Needs to Know" by Hirsch.


I have not previewed all these videos, parental discretion advised.

Literature:
1. The Boy Who Cried Wolf (10:38)
2. 30 Days Hath September (1:34)
3. Owl and the Pussycat (1:58)
5. The Owl and the Pussy Cat - 1952 Animated (2:34)
6. Vintage Disney - Wynken, Blynken and Nod (2:24)
7. The Fox and the Grapes - 1941 Animated (7:10)
8. Fable: The Dog in the Manger (1:41)
9. The Milkmaid (4:51)
10. The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg (23:43)
11. Winnie the Pooh Movie (1:50:42)
12. Jim Henson's The Frog Prince - 1971 (50:29)
13. Hansel and Gretel - 1987 live action (1:25:49)
14. Tom Thumb - Animated (22:16)
15. Jack and the Beanstalk - 1974 Animated (1:28:30)
16. Vintage Disney - The Pied Piper (7:25)
17. Super Why: The Princess and the Pea (25:24)
18. Vintage Animated Version of Puss in Boots (22:24)
19. Vintage Animated Rapunzel (10:30 - 3 parts)
20. Animated Rumpelstiltskin (25:00)
21. Animated Sleeping Beauty (25:22)
22. The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny (25:35)
23. The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mr. Tod (25:25)
24. Peter Rabbit: Two bad Mice and Johnny Town-Mouse (25:39)
25. Peter Rabbit: The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy Winkle and Mr. Jeremy Fisher (25:17)
26. Peter Rabbit: The Tailor of Gloucester (25:25)
27. Peter Rabbit: The Tale of Samuel Whiskers (25:45)
28. Peter Rabbit: Tom Kitten and Jemima Puddle Duck (25:39)
29. Peter Rabbit: The Flopsy Bunnies and Mrs. Tittlemouse (25:43)
30. Peter Rabbit: The Tale of the Pigling Bland (26:27)

Fine Arts:
1. Drawing a Self Portrait in Grade 1 (11:03)
2. Children's Opera: Little Red Riding Hood (9:59)
3. Jackie Evancho - Youngest Female Opera Singer (6:56)
4. Jackie Evancho - A Journey to Stardom (5:54)
5. How to Paint a Mural - Time Lapse (2:48)
6. Happy and You Know It - Melody Street (5:26)
7. Mozart - Alla Turca - Melody Street (2:42)
8. Frère Jacques (1:32)
9. Kids Sing A Long: Dry Bones (2:03)
10. Song: Michael Row the Boat Ashore (1:55)
11. Dance Along: Skip to My Lou (2:18)
12. Song: There's a Hole in My Bucket Dear Liza (3:11)

History:
1. The Story of Thanksgiving - Pilgrims (3:10)
2. Liberty's Kids: Boston Tea Party (21:36)
3. Liberty's Kids: Deborah Samson Soldier of the Revolution (21:36)
4. Yankee Doodle Went to Town (1:59)
5. Great Innovators: Gutenberg and the Printing Press by Storybots (1:34)
6. The Wright Brothers and the Airplane by Storybots (1:29)
7. Great Innovators: Marconi and the Radio by Storybots (1:31)

Math:
1. 3D Shapes I know (3:02)
2. Time: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1:12)
3. Time: The Days of the Week (1:16)
4. Months of The Year Song (2:03)
5. Telling Time for Kids (5:32)
6. Months of the Year Song by the Learning Station (3:18)
7. Math Monsters - Units of Measurement (15:33)
8. Math Monsters - Geometry (15:23)
9. Math Monsters - Patterns (14:50)
10. Math Monsters - Counting and Symbolizing (14:53)
11. The Number Crew Series
12. Rhombus - songs about shapes by Storybots (1:28)
13. Time: Seconds, Minutes and Hours by StoryBots (1:25)

Science:
1. Forest Habitat (2:30)
2. Magic School Bus: All Dried Up - Desert Habitats (29:01)
3. Animals Under the Sea: What's That? (22:28)
4. Wild Kratts - the Food Chain (24:25)
5. NASA - Tidal Forces on Earth (0:20)
6. The Skeletal System (1:29)
7. The Muscular System (7:06)
8. Circulatory System (6:11)
9. Digestive System (3:34)
10. How Your Heart Works (6:14)
11. How Your Immune System Works (7:25
12. The Nervous System (4:30)
13. Bill Nye Electricity Clip (6:49)
14. Popular Mechanics for Kids - Electricity (23:10)
15. Electrical Safety Video (3:30)
16. Cookie Monster Explains Day and Night (1:47)
17. Constellations: Connect the Dots in the Sky! (3:44)
18. Exploring Rocks and Minerals (7:16)
19. Great Innovators: Thomas Edison and the Light Bulb by the StoryBots (1:29)
20. Outer Space: A Beautiful, Beautiful World - the Earth Song by Storybots (1:56)
21. Outer Space: We are the Planets, The Solar System Song by Storybots (1:58)
22. Layers of the Earth (6:26)

Health
1. My Body Belongs to Me (4:16)
2. What is a Medicine? (1:26)

Friday, May 22, 2015

Grade 4 Homeschool Videos

Videos to support the topics in the book "What Your Fourth Grader Needs to Know" by Hirsch.




I have not previewed all the videos, parental discretion advised.

Literature:
1. Paul Revere's Ride (6:29)
2. King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table - with a twist (10:00)
3. Saint George and the Dragon (2:41)
4. Robin Hood - Disney - 1973 (1:08:10)
5. Robinson Crusoe - Animated Version 1988 (46:37)
6. Gulliver's Travels - Animated Version 1939 (1:16:26)
7. Treasure Island - Animated Version 1972 (1:26:24)
8. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow ~ the headless horseman (32:21)

Language Arts:
1. Schoolhouse Rock Verbs (3:00)
2. Schoolhouse Rock Nouns (3:01)
3. Schoolhouse Rock Adjectives (3:23)
4. Schoolhouse Rock Pronouns (3:01)
5. Schoolhouse Rock Adverbs (3:23)
6. Schoolhouse Rock Conjunctions (3:00)
7. Schoolhouse Rock Interjections (3:00)
8. Schoolhouse Rock Subjects and Predicates (3:00)
9. Punctuation Explained, by punctuation! (1:39)
10. Run-On Sentences by Shmoop (4:35
11. A Contraction Has An Apostrophe (0:44)
12. How to Use Apostrophes (2:34)
13. Quotation Marks (0:36)
14. Commas & Quotes (0:44)
15. Antonyms and Synonyms (4:04)
16. Homophone Monkey: A fun song about Homophones (1:06)
17. Homophones Song with Cleo the Lion (1:39)
18. Prefixes and Suffixes by the Bazillions (3:12)
19. Idiom: As the crow flies (0:30)
20. Everyday Idioms (14:07)
21. Idiom: to break the ice (0:57)
22. Idiom: to get the ball rolling (0:57)
23. Idiom: to see the light at the end of the tunnel (1:07)
24. Idiom: Under the weather (1:07)
25. Idiom: To be on top of the world (0:57)

History and Geography
1. 25 Biggest, Tallest, Deepest and Smallest Places in the World (6:52)
2. Nat Geo: Himalayan Mountains Documentary (47:18)
3. National Geographic Live - Ed Viesturs the first American to summit all 14 of the world's highest mountains without supplemental oxygen (30:15)
4. French Alps from Eagles Cam (1:06)
5. The Alps to music (6:24)
6. Castle - PBS - David Macaulay (56:21)
7. Cathedral - PBS - David Macaulay (57:11)
8. The Story of the Magna Carta (13:37)
9. The past, present and future of the bubonic plague - Animated (4:12)
10. Animated Classics: Marco Polo (27:53
11. Animated - Ancient China's Contributions to the World (15:59)
12. Animated - Ancient China from Dynasty to Destiny (15:36)
13. American History - Liberty's Kids Series
14. Schoolhouse Rock - Preamble to the Constitution (3:03)
15. Biography of George Washington for Kids (4:54)
16. Disney the Presidents: John Adams (3:16)
17. Histeria's Lewis & Clark with Commentary - Animated (6:56)
18. Animated Short Film about the Slave Trade (34:29)
19. Schoolhouse Rock - Right to Vote (2:58)
20. Women's Suffrage in the 20th Century (2:26)
21. The Alhambra - A World's Marvel (5:14)
22. Explore the Taj Mahal with Google Maps (1:07)
23. 7 Wonders of India: Taj Mahal (3:43)

Fine Arts:
1. Time Signatures Explained (13:05)
2. Treble Clef (6:15)
3. Naturals, Sharps, Flats, Double Sharps and Double Flats (10:51)
4. Vocal Warm Ups for Kids (4:02)
5. Vocal Exploration (3:27)
6. Handel's Messiah - Short Documentary (9:48)
7. Hayden for Kids! (8:47)
8. Sing: Auld Lang Syne (the happy New Year song) for kids (2:23)
9. Sing: My Grandfather's Clock (5:00)
10. Sing: Waltzing Matilda - Australian Song (2:55)

Math:
1. Khan Academy Grade 4 Addition and Subtraction
2. Khan Academy Grade 4 Multiplication and Division
3. Khan Academy Grade 4 Fractions
4. Khan Academy Grade 4 Decimals
5. Khan Academy Grade 4 Measurement and Data
6. Khan Academy Grade 4 Place Value and Rounding

Science:
1. Once Upon A Time...  Animated Circulation & Respiration Playlist
2. Bill Nye Circulation and Respiration Playlist
3. NASA Real World: Heart Rate and Blood Pressure (5:47)
4. What are Blood Types? (3:04)
5. Sid the Science Kid: Amazing Lungs (26:19)
6. How do my lungs work? (1:59)
7. Harmful effects of smoking, for kids (8:10)
8. Quarks: Inside the Atom (2:55)
9. Solution, Solvent, Solute (6:33)
10. Bill Nye Electricity (6:49)
11. Electricity 101 - Animated Series
12. Why does the earth have layers? (4:51)
13. Nat Geo: Earthquakes 101 (2:38)
14. Nat Geo: Tsunami 101 (3:28)
15. Nat Geo: Hurricanes 101 (2:51)
16. Geography Lesson: Volcanoes (3:13)
17. How does a Geyser work? (4:39)
18. Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics Theory for kids (5:29)
19. Soil Erosion for Kids (6:31)
20. Exploring Rocks and Minerals (7:16)
21. Understanding a Weather Map (3:49)
22. How Clouds Form, Types of Clouds (2:07)
23. How does thunder and lightning happen? (2:00)
23. How do tornados form? Animated (4:11)

Biographies
1. Elizabeth Blackwell - the first woman to receive a medical degree (1:44)
2. Dr. Charles Drew - founder of modern blood banking (2:46)
3. Michael Faraday - World's First Electric Generator (3:48)



Thursday, May 21, 2015

Grade 3 Homeschool Videos

Video's based on the topics in the book"What Your Third Grader Needs to Know" by Hirsch.



I did not preview all of the videos, parental discretion advised.

Fine Arts:
1. BBC National Orchestra of Wales - Strings (3:04)
2. BBC National Orchestra of Wales - Woodwind (2:51)
3. BBC National Orchestra of Wales - Brass (1:57)
4. BBC National Orchestra of Wales - Percussion (1:18)
5. BBC Orchestra Performs Main Star Wars Theme (6:06)
6. Elements of Art: Shape (0:44)
7. Elements of Art: Line (3:25)
8. Elements of Art: Color (4:42)
9. Elements of Art: Texture (4:08)
10. Elements of Art: Space (4:53)
11. Elements of Art: Value (3:26)
12. Elements of Art: Form (2:57)
13. Elements of Dance (4:14)
14. Traditional Indian Quilt Making (8:14)
15. Animated Beethoven Movie (27:45)
16. Vincent Van Gogh for Children (4:12)
17. Leonardo Da Vinci for Children (5:01)
18. Documentary: The Genius of Mozart - A Miracle of Nature

Math:
1. Different ways of reading and writing dates. (ex. October 31, 2004 and 10/31/04)
2. Khan Academy 3rd Grade Measurement and Geometry
3. Khan Academy 3rd Grade Addition and Subtraction
4. Khan Academy 3rd Grade Multiplication and Division
5. Khan Academy 3rd Grade Fractions 
6. Khan Academy 3rd Grade Place Value and Rounding
7. Khan Academy 3rd Grade Expressions and Patterns

Science:
1. Classification of Living Things
2. Human Skeletal System
3. Human Body Systems: The 11 Champions (7:45)
4. Bacteria: The Good, the Bad, the Kinda Gross (4:40)
5. Viruses: Virus Replication and the Mysterious Common Cold (7:38)
6. Plant Reproduction in Angiosperms (8:04)
7. The Science of Light and Vision (2:59)
8. Structure and Working of Human Eye (5:19)
9. Refraction: Why glass prisms bend and separate light (2:34)
10. Colour Vision: Cone Cells, Retinal and Light (2:17)
11. How do touchscreens work (3:12)
12. Bill Nye Light Optics (22:37)
13. Bill Nye Light and Color
14. Bill Nye Eyeball
15. Bill Nye Sound
16. How the Ear Works (2:04)
17. Phases of the Moon (6:33)
18. Defining Gravity: Crash Course Kids 4.1 (3:11)
19. Classifying Organisms - Crash Course Kids (3:13)
20. Nicolaus Copernicus (2:58)
21. Biography of John Muir Part 1 (10:05)
22. Biography of John Muir Part 2 (12:15)
23. Animated Hero Classics Alexander Graham Bell (26:33)
24. Helen Keller Animated Film (27:54)
25. Once Upon a time Man - Life, Digestion - Animated (19:21)
26. Introduction to Biomes - HD dramatic musical video to show Ecology (3:09)
27. Biomes Our Earth's Major Life Zones (25:47)
28. Peppa Pig: Recycling (5:10)

Social Studies:
1. Bill Nye Rivers & Streams
2. Important rivers of the world
3. 3 minutes in the Roman Empire (3:06)
4. Hannibal's Elephants BBC (3:51)
5. The Last Day of Pompeii (3:19)
6. The Vikings - In a Nutshell (2:07)
7. American History - Liberty's Kids series
8. Henry Hudson (5:23)
9. Once Upon a time... The Explorers - The First Navigators (23:13)

Language Arts:
1. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Part 1 (9:57)
2. Disney version of Alice in Wonderland (1:00 hr)
3. Fairy Tale Classics: Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves (9:13)
4. The Little Match Girl (6:00)
5. Adventures from the Book of Virtues: Courage (William Tell) (23:48) (Series, can watch more)
6. Mythic Warriors: Prometheus and Pandora's Box (22:34) (Series, can watch more)
7. Fiction vs. Non-Fiction for Kids (1:52)