Free Wildlife Curriculum

FREE Wildlife curriculum-
 Earth Rangers has compiled science curriculum resources for teachers to foster children’s passion for animals and better integrate environmental messaging in the classroom.

Earth Rangers

Teaching Anatomy with Online Games

Anatomy Arcade makes basic human anatomy come ALIVE through awesome free flash games, interactives and videos.

Anatomy Arcade is perfect for the novice teenager in the classroom, right through to students and professionals of health care looking for a fun way to review.

Anatomy Arcade comes highly recommended by other homeschoolers and nursing students!  

http://www.anatomyarcade.com/

Find out your Child's Learning Style to Enhance Learning

Find out your child's learning style to enhance their capabilities! 

Visual, Auditory or Kinesthetic?

Visual

It is estimated that 80 percent of what we learn is through our vision. From an early age, a child acquires valuable information about his surroundings through his or her eyes. Because of this fact, normal schooling makes use of methods that favor visual learners. Children who are primarily visual learners tend to get information through reading books. They can also learn more from pictures and other visual materials. If you notice that your child is tidy and organized in their learning habits, then he might be a visual learner.

Auditory

For some children, their sense of sound allows them to gather large volumes of information and have them processed accordingly. A child is most probably an auditory learner if he or she is good at listening to instructions and is very sensitive to variations in spoken words. They excel in gaining knowledge from conversations and lectures. Because listening requires more concentration than seeing, students of this learning style can be more discerning. They are usually more attentive in class and can distinguish different ideas just by listening to them. Because information revealed through speaking are not usually recorded accurately in class, the memory capacity of auditory learners exceed those of visual learners. Children of this type also enjoy studying with music in the background.

Kinesthetic

A child who has a kinesthetic learning style cannot just sit still and wait for information to be given. They surpass in finding out things for themselves without any needs for guidance. Explorers at heart, kinesthetic learners are known to be quite active even before a lesson proper. Their natural curiosity drives them to make new discoveries, making it hard for regular schools to limit their movement. Children of this learning style are often mistaken to be rowdy and undisciplined. That however, is a grave misconception. Kinaesthetic learners always seem to be moving around because they see their surroundings differently. For them, the world is just a huge playground full of wonderful things they want to discover and explore.

The entire article can be found at:

http://www.child-central.com/learning-styles-children.html

Free World U- Homeschooling Course K-12

FREE WORLD U
is REALLY free!
They use flashcards that break subjects down into smaller units.
Interesting. 
I will be trying it out, for sure,
that is if my child learns well using this method.

Here is a sample page, which is 2nd Grade Social Studies. 

From site:
"We are a 501(c)3 nonprofit online school offering our students a complete preschool through 12th grade curriculum. Our proven program is supported by research that shows that children can learn faster and enjoy learning more using our methods. The curriculum is taught via flashcards that break subjects down into small, easily assimilated fact units. The flashcards are presented through a program that remembers what each student has learned and what they need to keep working on."

Check it out!

Rainbows- What do they Mean?

Roy G. Biv- Remember this mnemonic for learning the order of the colors in a rainbow?

1. Red
2. Orange
3. Yellow
4. Green
5. Blue
6. Indigo
7. Violet

Here at Wonderopolis, you can show your kids why rainbows even appear.
Then, here is an easy, do-at-home science experiment on how to make a rainbow!

Donna Young's Homeschooling Resource Page

Have you ever visited Donna Young's Homeschooling Resource pages?
They are incredible and extremely useful! 
*Nature Journal Sheets
*Chore Makers
*Handwriting Worksheets
*Book Lists (according to subjects)
and so much more!

DonnaYoung.org is a printable and information provider of items which are of use to those who homeschool, teach, run a household, and work in an office. DonnaYoung.org offers free homeschool planners, homeschool planning tips, calendars, household planners, and printables in various subjects.

U.S. Mint Lesson Plans

Did you know that the U.S. Mint provides Lesson Plans for your classroom?
All grades, many subjects, many ways of learning something new!
Language Arts, Math, Science, Technology and Social Studies are covered, as well as Grades K- 12!
Very nice resources provided, too.

Typing Tutor: FREE Typing Program

Rapidtyping.com - Learn and Practice Typing

Fast typing is a skill that is extremely useful in life, although not all children get properly trained in typing. While many schools often try to offer typing to some degree, usually funding and resource limitations either limit or prevent typing classes.

Why Does Salt Help with Snow and Ice?

Ready for a really simple, really cool experiment?

• Take an ice cube from your freezer and place it on a plate.
  
• Sprinkle a pinch of salt over one half of the ice cube.
  
• Put the plate with the ice cube in the refrigerator.
• After about 10 minutes, take the ice cube out and observe what has happened.
  

My 8 yo son and 11 yo niece did this today and they made their observations, now, what do you notice about the salted side of the ice cube?

Thank you to Wonderopolis! Wonderopolis.org is a great site that introduces a new idea to your kids everyday!

Free Printable Certificates and Rewards

Children love to receive stickers, bookmarks and certificates as recognition of a job well done or progress made within the classroom or home.

Reading Certificates, Special Award Certificates, Diplomas, Certificates, Sticker Charts, Reward Charts Certificates that you can color yourself and MORE!
The link is at Activity Village. co.uk

Understanding Dysgraphia

Dysgraphia (dys=difficulty, ill, impaired, bad, abnormal; graph=write; ia=state of, act) is the state of having poor writing ability.

If you have a child with sensory issues or who has this disorder, then you will be interested in reading the following article found at "Homeschool Montgomery"

Dysgraphia comes in three forms. One is poor handwriting beyond what would be within a normal range; the next is the inability to transfer thoughts from the brain onto paper, and the third form is a combination of both. There are numerous causes or reasons for this condition. The good news is that in most cases, this is not a permanent state. Rather it is frequently developmental and a child can often actually ‘outgrow’ dysgraphia.

Read the rest of this great article here: Understanding Dysgraphia

Teach With Games

Teach With Games Website has FREE Printable game samples, to see if learning with games is right for your child.
and TODAY, CurrClick is having a GIVE-AWAY of Multiplication Games, Level One for FREE!
Just sign in and add it to your cart to download.

By the way, if you don't know about Curr Click, it is a great website that has curriculum resources, a lot of them for FREE, just click the FREE STUFF LINK on the left-hand side of the page.

Human Body Movie

The Human Body Movie -
an interactive, learning movie by the
KidsKnowIt Network
Learn about your body and what makes it tick!

Their Free Educational Movies bring your student on a fun and interactive journey through the world around us. Each movie begins by introducing students to the topics that they will be learning about, and ends with an online quiz. In order to successfully complete each online video, your student must watch, and then successfully answer the quiz questions with 80% or higher accuracy.

Students who do not obtain 80% comprehension will be instructed to watch the movie a second time, and then again try to answer the quiz questions.

Progressive Phonics

Progressive Phonics - Progressive Phonics

www.progressivephonics.com

Progressive Phonics all-in-one reading program with free phonics books and free alphabet books.

Simple Science Frozen 2-Liter Bottle Experiment

I found this on Homeschool Creations' website.
What will happen to a quarter put on top of a soda bottle that has just come out of the freezer?

Items we used for this experiment:

~ 2 liter bottle

~ quarter

~ a little cold water

You may be surprised. See her site to see what her kids found out!

Freebie of the Day for Home School (homeschoolers)

Homeschool Freebie of the Day

Sign up for free weekly e-mail reminders listing the coming week’s resources--

plus a bonus just for reminder subscribers!

You’ll need to check the website daily, but if you have a local e-list (perhaps on Yahoo), you can set up a daily reminder and do a service for everyone, or just set up your own e-calendar.

Click on “Join List” at the top of the page. Resources include vintage texts, cool science videos, free e-books from homeschool writers, and more.

www.homeschoolfreebie.wholesomechildhood.com

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