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Wednesday, July 11, 2018

Loop Schedule for Story of the World 1

You might also want to create or use a timeline of some kind. I’ve tested out quite a few of what’s available out there, and what I ended up deciding on are these amazing FREE timeline figures combined with a DIY timeline. I will be creating my own printable timeline templates which I will post on this blog when they are done.
Optional longer read aloud’s to fit in alongside:
Magic Treehouse series (both fiction and non-fiction “fact checker” books). We prefer to do these in order of the series, so they don’t fit in with our chronological study of history and I haven’t added them to our loop schedule. Instead of doing them during history we just do these on their own during morning basket time.
Read: SOTW p. 1-6 How do we know what happened?
Read: UEWH (Usborne Encyclopedia of World History) the entire prehistory section
Watch: “Walking with Monsters” Episode 1 (Netflix)
Watch: “Walking with Monsters” Episode 2 (Netflix)
Watch: “Walking with Monsters” Episode 3 (Netflix)
Watch: “Walking with Dinosaurs” Episode 1 (Netflix)
Watch: “Walking with Dinosaurs” Episode 2 (Netflix)
Watch: “Walking with Dinosaurs” Episode 3 (Netflix)
Watch: “Walking with Dinosaurs” Episode 4 (Netflix)
Watch: “Walking with Dinosaurs” Episode 5 (Netflix)
Read: “What’s Older Than a Giant Tortoise?” by Robert E. Wells
Watch: “Magic School Bus Shows and Tells” Season 6 Episode 3 (Netflix)
Do: Make a timeline of the child’s life
or Make: Your Own Family Tree
Watch: “Time Warp Trio Caveman Catastrophe”
Read: SOTW p.7-13 Chapter 1 Earliest People
Do: Map Work Student Page 4
Read: “The Best Book of Early People” by Margaret Hynes
*Watch: “Ice World” Docudrama from the Discovery Channel
Read:UEWH p.92-93 The First Modern People
Read:UEWH p.94-95 New Worlds
Read:UEWH p.96-97 The Mammoth Hunters
Read:UEWH p. 100-101 From Hunting to Farming
Read:UEWH p. 104-105 Looking at the Ancient World
Read:UEWH p.108-109 The First Farmers, The First Towns.
Read: “The First Dog” by Jan Brett
Watch: “Before We Ruled the Earth” Documentary
Read: “Adventures in the Ice Age” by Linda Bailey
Read: “Mammoths on the Move” by Lisa Wheeler
Read: “Discovery in the Cave” by Mark Dubowski and take a virtual tour of the cave online.
Read: “A Street through Time” by Dr. Anne Millard
Read: SOTW Chapter 2: Egyptians Lived on the Nile River
Do: Map Work Student Page 6
Read: “Adventures in Ancient Egypt” by Linda Bailey
Read: UEWH p.114-115 Farmers on the Nile Valley
Do: History Pocket Ancient Egypt
Read: “Bill and Pete Go Down the Nile” by Tomie de Paola
Make: Cookie Map of Ancient Egypt
Read SOTW Chapter 3: The First Writing
Do: Map student page 8
Read: UEWH: p. 110-111 The First Civilization
Read: “Seeker of Knowledge” by James Rumford
Make: Hieroglyphic Scroll, you can use this stamp set “Fun With Hieroglyphics”
Watch “Decoding the Rosetta Stone” YouTube
*Watch: “Engineering an Empire” YouTube
Watch: “Mesopotamia – The development of written language” YouTube
Watch: “Mesopotamia from nomads to farmers” YouTube
Make: Cuneiform Cookies (*favourite* activity!!)
Read: SOTW Chapter 4: Old Kingdom of Egypt
Do: Map student page 11
Read: UEWH: p.116-117 Mummies and Pyramids
Do: Lift the Lid on Mummies craft kit
Read: “Temple Cat” by Andrew Clements
*Watch: “Great Pyramid Mystery Solved? National Geographic” YouTube
Watch: “The Story of One – Documentary” (favourite!)
Make: Cartouche Craft
Read: SOTW Chapter 5: The First Sumerian Dictator
Do: Map student page 13
Read: UEWH: p. 113 Kings and War
Do: History Pockets Mesopotamia
Read: SOTW Chapter 6: The Jewish People; God Speaks to Abraham, Joseph Goes to Egypt
Do: Map student page 16
Read: UEWH: p. 142-143 The Hebrew Kingdoms
Read: “Joseph” by Brian Wildsmith
Watch: exerpt from musical “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” YouTube
Watch: “Joseph” in claymation on YouTube
Watch: "The Bible Stories: Abraham, Moses, Jacob, Joseph" from CB
Watch: “Prince of Egypt” (Netflix)
Read: SOTW Chapter 7: Hammurabi and the Babylonians
Do: Map Student Page 23
Read: UEWH: p.132 Empire of Hammurabi
Read: “If Kids Ruled the World” by Linda Bailey
Make: Ancient Babylon Art Lesson
Read: SOTW Chapter 8: The Assyrians, The Story of Gilgamesh
Do: Map student page 26
UEWH: p.146-149 Assyrians at War; Assyrians at Home.
Watch: Epic of Gilgamesh for kids
Read: SOTW Chapter 9 The First Cities of India
Do: Map student page 28
Read: UEWH: p.188-191 Cities of the Indus Valley
Read: “Once a Mouse: A Fable Cut in Wood” by Marcia Brown
Watch: “Mohenjo Daro” for kids
Watch: “The Jungle Book” movie
Read: SOTW Chapter 10 The Far East
Do: Map student page 31
Read: UEWH: p.164-165 The People of Early China
Read: “Adventures in Ancient China” by Linda Bailey
Watch: “The Karate Kid” movie
Make: A bamboo scroll out of craft sticks sewn together with yarn, use Chinese characters.
Read: SOTW Chapter 11 Ancient Africa
Read: UEWH: p. 172-173 Life in Ancient Africa
Do: Map Student Page 33
Read: “Rhinos for Lunch and Elephants for Supper!” by Tololwa Mollel
Read: “The Baobab Tree” by Louie Stowell
Watch: “Arit’s Fables: Anansi & the Turtle”
Watch: “Anansi and the Pot of Beans”
Read: SOTW Chapter 12 The Middle Kingdom of Egypt
Do: Student Page 36
Read: UEWH p. 116-117 Mummies and Pyramids
Watch: “Horrible Histories Egyptian 2000”
Watch: “Horrible Histories the Pharoah Report”
Watch: “Horrible Histories Awful Egyptians Heb Sed Festival”
Watch: Music of Ancient Egypt
Make: Golden Bracelet Craft
Read: SOTW Chapter 13: The New Kingdom of Egypt
Do: Map student page 37
Read: UEWH p.134-139 Egyptian Empire
Read: “How the Sphinx Got to the Museum” by Jessie Hartland
Make: Apple Mummies
Read: “Tutankhamen’s Gift” by Robert Sabuda
Watch: “Mummies and the Wonders of Ancient Egypt”
Read: SOTW Chapter 14: The Israelites Leave Egypt
Do: Map student page 39
Read: UEWH: p. 142 The Hebrew Kingdoms
Read: “The Moses Basket” by Jenny Koralek
Read: “Exodus” Brian Wordsmith
*Watch: “Israel in Ancient Egypt – Archaeological Proof”
Watch: “The Ten Commandments” Animated Movie
Make: Build a Tabernacle kit
Read: SOTW Chapter 15: The Phoenicians
Do: Map student page 45
Read: UEWH: p.140-141 The People of Canaan; Raiders of the Mediterranean
Read: UEWH: p. 144-145 Traders from Phoenicia
Watch: “Once Upon a Time: The Explorers”
Make: Purple Dye Project
Read: SOTW Chapter 16 The Return of Assyria
Do: Map student page 47
UEWH: p. 146-149 Assyrians at War; Assyrians at Home.
Read: SOTW Chapter 17 Babylon Takes Over Again!
Do: Map student page 49
UEWH: p. 150-151 City of Babylon
Read: “Seven Wonders of the Ancient World” by Micheal Woods
Watch: “Time Warp Trio The Seven Blunders of the Ancient World”
Watch: “Hanging Gardens of Babylon”
Watch: “Seven Wonders of the World BBC”
Read: SOTW Chapter 18 Life in Early Crete
Do: Map student page 51
Read: UEWH: p. 124-127 Palaces and Legends
Read: “The Hero and the Minotaur” by Robert Byrd
Read: SOTW Chapter 19 The Early Greeks
Do: Map student page 54
Read: “Aesop’s Fables” by Don Daily
Do: History Pockets Ancient Greece
Watch: Ted-Ed “The Origins of the Greek Olympics”
Watch: “Time Warp Trio My Big Fat Greek Olympics”
Read: SOTW Chapter 20 Greek Gets Civilized Again
Do: Map student page 57
Read: UEWH p. 156-157
Read: “The Trojan Horse” by Emily Little
Read: "Wise Guy" (life of Socrates)
Read: SOTW Chapter 21 The Medes and the Persians
Do: Map student page 60
Read: UEWH p. 152-153
Watch: “King Midas and the Golden Touch” Cartoon
Read: “The Librarian Who Measured the Earth” by Kathryn Lasky
Read: SOTW Chapter 22 Sparta and Athens
Do: Map student page
Read: UEWH p. 158-159
Read:”Agency Adventures in Ancient Greece” by Linda Bailey
Watch: “Horrible Histories Groovy Greeks – Diogenes Life in a Barrel”
Read: SOTW Chapter 23 The Greek Gods
Do: Map student page 69
Make: A Laurel Wreath Headband
Watch: “Mythic Warriors” cartoons on YouTube
Read: SOTW Chapter 24 The Wars of the Greeks
Do: Map student page 73
Read: UEWH p. 154-155
Watch: “Persephone: A Story from Greece” (claymation)
Watch: “Arachne” cartoon
Read: SOTW Chapter 25 Alexander the Great
Do: Map student page 76
Read: UEWH p.160-161
Read: “Alexander the Great” by Demi
Read: “Alexander the Great” by Penny Worms
Watch: “World Ahoy Animation: Alexander the Great”
Read: SOTW Chapter 26 The People of the Americas
Read: UEWH p.176-181
Do: History Pockets Ancient Aztec World
Do: Map student page 82
Watch: “Time Warp Trio – Me Oh Maya”
Read: SOTW Chapter 27 The Rise of Rome
Read: UEWH p.184
Do: Map student page 84
Do: History Pockets Ancient Rome
Watch: “Roman City by David Macaulay” PBS
Read: SOTW Chapter 28 The Roman Empire
Read: UEWH p.188-191
Do: Map student page 86
*Watch: “Engineering an Empire: Rome”
Read: SOTW Chapter 29 Rome’s War with Carthage
Read: UEWH p.185-187
Do: Map student page 89
Watch: “Drive Thru History: Rome if You want to, Carthage and Phoenicians”
*Watch: “Engineering an Empire: Carthage”
*Watch: “The Rise and Fall of Carthage” (highly recommend!)
Read: SOTW Chapter 30 The Aryans of India
Read: UEWH p.174
Do: Map student page 93
Read: “One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale” by Demi
Watch: “The Elephant’s Friend” by Marcia Williams
Watch: “Indus Valley Civilization – Mocomi Kids Animation”
Watch: “Time Warp Trio – Dude, Where’s my Karma”
Read: SOTW Chapter 31 The Mauryan Empire of India
Read: UEWH p.175
Do: Map student page 95
Watch: “The Untouchables Kids of India”
Watch: “Ancient India’s Contributions to the World”
Watch: “The Story of India” BBC Documentary
Read: SOTW Chapter 32 China
Read: UEWH p.166-167
Do: Map student page 97
Read/Do:  “All About China: Stories, Songs, Crafts for Kids”
Read: “Welcome to China!” by Caryn Jenner
Do: History Pockets Ancient China
Read: “The Great Wall” by Elizabeth Mann
Make: Chinese Calligraphy and Brush Painting
Make: Blue Willow Plates
Read: “The Empty Pot” by Demi
Read: SOTW Chapter 33 Confucius
Read: UEWH p.165
Do: Map student page 97 (again)
Read: UEWH p. 170
Make: Kimono Paper Dolls
Read: “Japanese Children’s Favorite Stories”
Read: SOTW Chapter 34 The Rise of Julius Caesar
Read: UEWH p.185
Do: Map student page 101
Make: Roman Catapult Craft
Watch: “Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods” (Netflix or DVD)
Read: SOTW Chapter 35 Caesar the Hero
Read: UEWH p.182-183, 185
Do: Map student page 103
Read: “Cleopatra” by Diane Stanley
Watch: “Asterix and Cleopatra” cartoon
Make: Mosaic Craft Kit or this Mosaic Craft Kit with mess-free sand stickers
Read: SOTW Chapter 36 The First Roman Prince
Read: UEWH p.185-191
Do: Map student page 105
Watch: “A Day in the Life… a 10 yr old in Roman Britain BBC”
Read: “Roman Diary” by Richard Platt (this one might take a few days)
Read: “The Story of Clocks and Calendars” by Betsy Maestro
Read: SOTW Chapter 37 The Beginning of Christianity
Read: UEWH p.192-193
Do: Map student page 107
Read: “The Lion Storyteller Book of Parables”
Read: “The Very First Easter”
Do: Choose an activity from “Old Testament Days: An Activity Guide”
Read: SOTW Chapter 38 The End of the Ancient Jewish Nation
Do: Map student page 110
Watch: “Drive Thru History: Rome if You Want to – The Arch of Titus”
Read: SOTW Chapter 39 Rome and the Christians
Read: UEWH p.192-193
Do: Map student page 113
Read: “Pompeii: Buried Alive!” by Edith Kunhardt Davis
Watch: “Drive Thru History: Rome if you want to – The Pantheon”
Watch: “Drive Thru History: Rome if you want to – Nero Persecutes the Christians”
Read: SOTW Chapter 40 Rome Begins to Weaken
Read: UEWH p.194
Do: Map student page 115
Read: “Rome in Spectacular Cross Section” by Andrew Solway
Watch: “Drive Thru History: Rome if you want to – Circus Maximus”
Make: A Roman Wax Tablet
Read: SOTW Chapter 41 The Attacking Barbarians
Do: Map student page 117
Read: “The Story of Rome” by Rosie Dickens
Watch: “Ancient Civilizations for Kids: Rome”
Read: SOTW Chapter 42 The End of Rome
Do: Map student page 119
Read: UEWH p.195
Read: “Madeleine and the Cats of Rome” by John Bemelmans Marciano 
Read: “Celtic Fairy Tales”
Watch: “Travel with Kids – Rome”






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Wednesday, April 4, 2018

Homeschooling Plans 2018-2019: Grade 7 and Grade 4

Let me start by saying, I recently finished the "Teaching from Rest" book that many homeschoolers have been raving about. I really liked it! It was nice and short and it was nice to hear things I've often believed/felt coming from someone else. Even though there are a lot of Catholic references, I still found it applicable. I think even a secular homeschooler would get a lot out of it. When it comes down to it, I think all of us want the same thing - a peaceful learning experience. Harmony in the home. Making relationships with our kids the primary focus.

 That said, my older student is very much ready for a heavier work load. He finishes very quickly and is a good student in most every subject. So the challenge for him is not backing off, but rather finding enough material to engage him. I feel like I'm always trying to catch up to him, rather then the other way around. With my younger student we will continue to take more of a "Teaching from Rest" approach. She's starting to slowly transition to a fuller schedule though as well.

The biggest change to our curriculum this year has been switching to Voyages in English for language arts. I appreciate how thorough and well organized it is (I LOVE the daily schedule. I wish every curriculum came with one exactly in this format!), and that the format is colourful and engaging. It has been the most user friendly writing curriculum we've ever used and my only regret is not starting it sooner (goes from Kindergarten to Grade 8). Well worth every penny! Besides that, I think next year will be almost identical to this year which should really help with keeping things moving smoothly. 

 We came across a hiccup though. The writing portion was at just the right level, but we found the grammar portion was harder to retain since we haven't done a lot of grammar. So we will either have to do some remedial grammar and keep going with the writing material separately, or figure something else out. Either way, still very happy with Voyages in English and hope to continue using the program.

 I also didn't start with Visual Latin yet because we need to work on more grammar first before we get started with that. Hopefully soon!

 It seems like there is a lot of excitement out there building about a new curriculum called "The Good and the Beautiful". After going through a lot of the samples and the free PDF downloads (some of the entire levels are free, worth checking out) and initially getting very excited about it... I've decided we will probably not be using this curriculum. At least not the whole of it. I think we may use the handwriting, creative notebook and typing. I do love the beautiful illustrations and paintings, those are hard to resist! But the quality of the content is not as good as other curriculum. In an effort to stick to "clean" literature I think it ended up a bit too whitewashed and boring. From what I've read on the Well Trained Mind forum a lot of others have shared these same opinions. I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of people that jump headfirst into this curriculum end up quitting it in a year or two. That said, many of the PDF's are free so why not just try out the free stuff first and avoid buyers regret?


Grade 7

LANGUAGE ARTS:

Spelling: All About Spelling 

Grammar: Voyages in English by Loyolla Press

Handwriting: Getty-Dubay Italics 

Writing: Voyages in English by Loyolla Press

Creative Writing: Voyages in English by Loyolla Press

Vocabulary:   Michael Clay Thompson 

Advanced Phonics: Megawords by EPS, and reading McGuffey's Eclectic Readers.



Literary Analysis: Mosdos Press 

Reading: Still working on making a list.


Extra L.A.:
  • Poetics by Michael Clay Thompson

Math: CLE (Christian Light Education) 



History: A mix of Story of the World, Mystery of History, church history novel set, and Human Odyssey K12. We love history around here so we just fill our plate and enjoy slowly - as long as it takes. :) I'm more interested in covering more events/people and less interested in finishing a certain curriculum "on time". History isn't part of the local school curriculum here anyways, so anything we do is bonus. We will be focusing on the Middle Ages and early Church history this year.


Science:

  • CPO Life Science and starting Physical Science
  • Last year we did Mystery Science with both kids together. We finished most of the applicable modules and I'm not sure if we'll continue with it anymore. It's great though, and the kids loved it!! The format is perfect. Just not sure it's worth paying for another year since we did almost all of them already.
  • TOPS Learning Systems  - hoping to get to "Corn and Beans" and maybe one or two others next year.
  • Some reading selections from Guesthollow Botany
  • Various scientist biographies (probably DK Biographies)
  • Nature journaling based on "Nature Connection" book. Nature studies are really important to me, I want to make this a priority.

Socials/Geography: still working on it





Also several reading selections from this list.

-Montessori Style Country Boxes or theme weeks (ideas on Pinterest). So far I have a lot for China. So if we even only do one country study this year, China will be it.
-Documentaries and travel shows about different countries



Latin


German
  • Homemade vocabulary and verb flash cards based on the book "Fluent Forever"
  • "Wilkommen in Deutschland" and "Nico's Weg"
  • Memrise App. This is the best language learning resources I've come across yet. I'm bilingual and most language learning curriculum I've come across seems to be a waste of time to me, this one is an exception. It really works (at least for spoken language).


Art:



Bible: Still working on it. Want to incorporate early church history during the Renaissance.




Typing: MAC Typing Instructor App and/or The Good and The Beautiful Typing.

Music Appreciation: Mike Venezia's composer biography series, listening to various composer's, The Composer's Specials DVDs.

 - I think we're going to give SQUILT a try! When I first tried it a couple years ago I wasn't impressed, but now that the kids are older I think it will be a good fit. 

Health and Careers:

 These are optional... we do a lot of informal nutrition, so we might not get to these.
  • Janice VanCleave's Food and Nutrition for Every Kid (experiments)
  • probably "Gods Design" series


Extra Units: (OPTIONAL, as time allows)
  • Economics (Janice Van Cleave book)
  • Filmmaking/Animation (Khan Academy, and maybe some other sources)
  • Architecture (resources from Rainbow Resource)
  • short reading list on history of health and disease
  • biographies for free reading time, from this list


PhysEd: gymnastics and swimming



Grade 3



LANGUAGE ARTS

Grammar: Haven't decided yet... might be First Language Lessons with the goal of eventually moving over to Voyages in English by Loyolla.

Spelling: All About Spelling

Handwriting: Zaner-Bloser, switch to Getty Dubay?

Writing: Voyages in English by Loyolla

Phonics: All About Reading mainly, Explode the Code as supplement if needed.

Reading: Penguin Young Readers

Math: CLE with extra manipulatives. Might add in some Montessori Math or math resources from the Well Trained Mind press (like the "Math Facts that Stick" series).

Social Studies and Geography:
  • still working on it. Would like to do something Montessori inspired.


History:
  • Story of the World


German
  • Homemade vocabulary flash cards based on "Fluent Forever" book. My daughter really loves this.


Art:
  • Atelier DVD based art instruction (maybe)
  • Child Size Masterpieces Montessori style. This is one of the new discoveries I've recently made, and I love it! It's deceptively simple. Yet it helps teach art analysis skills that are sometimes not learned until college. It's meant for younger children but I think it can suit any age.
  • nature journalling


Science:
  • Mystery Science together with her brother (maybe)
  • TOPS Science kits (Lentil Science if I can ever finish getting it together... this is seriously the most demanding prep work of any curriculum I've ever used, EVER. Hope it's worth it!)
  • Science reading and writing from "The Well Trained Mind". (Most likely!)


Bible:
  • "What's in the Bible?" DVDs
  • "Telling Gods Story", together with either "Bible Road Trip" or "Picture Smart Bible" (together with brother)


Music Appreciation:
  • reading Mike Venezia composer biographies
  • The Composer's Specials DVD


Health: reading books



PhysEd: gymnastics, swimming and Ballet
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