May 1, 2009 at 10:46 pm (homeschool)
Tags: Hands of a Child, homeschool, lapbooks, Learning
Niki, Katie, and Kimm have been busy with several new releases at In the Hands of a Child.
Just re.leased this week (Friday) are two units. First, Emergency Services and Personal Safety for K-6th grade focusing on Community Helpers and How to Stay Safe in Your Neighborhood. In e-book form it retails for $20.00 and has a Project Pack Kit available for only $12.00. With the age range covered this will be a great kit for families, and could easily be adapted for middle school and high school students by adding some extra research activities. This would also make a great lead in for field trips to your local fire station, police station, hospital, etc… Could also be a great careers unit and open opportunities for volunteering in the community.
The second unit released this week, Environmental Science is graded for high school. Here is a great summary direct from the website ” Every living thing has a place in nature. The Earth can be considered one giant Ecosystem that includes soil, air, climate, natural resources, and many communitiesliving and relying on each other..” The unit in e-book form retails for $25.00 and has a Project Pack Kit available for only $15.00. Being this is a high school unit there are more hands on graphic activities as well as extension activities. And , if you have younger students joining your highschoolers in homeschool activities don’t forget to download the semi-annual freebie “EcoSystems”.
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May 1, 2009 at 10:45 pm (Uncategorized)
We have been preparing for our In the Hands of a Child Co-op Unit The Unsinkable Titanic by reading various books about Titanic and watching documentaries.
Currently we are reading “Tonight on the Titanic” Magic Tree House #17 by Mary Pope Osbourne. This is a wonderful book series featuring 2 children and their adventures in the Magic Tree House.. We will be adding these to our library of books. If you haven’t checked these books out, head over to Random House website and find the extra activities that go along with the books including a passport for the kids to collect “stickers” for reading the books and responding to the questions.
Back to Titanic; Cameron is fascinated with the ship and her story, so I have let him watch both National Geographic documentaries about the ship and the work to find and preserve her final resting place. I remember as a child being fascinated with the ship’s story as well so this is a great time for the two of us to share our passion about something and learn together.
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May 1, 2009 at 10:44 pm (Uncategorized)
We recently finished our volcano unit study. We completed 2 add on experiments outside and made the lapbook V is for Volcano from In the Hands of a Child.
Cameron loved the graphics as well as the activities themselves.
If you haven’t had an opportunity to try a lapbook project pack from In the Hands of a Child, I would highly recommend V is for Volcano for PreK-2nd grade. The traceable font and the matching style activities are great for the early learner level, while the concepts are solid enough to really understand volcanos and their workings.
The ladies at In the Hands of a Child make the whole learning process and the planning process simple for moms and fun for the kids. We spent about 6 class days working on the project and Cameron loves showing off his completed lapbook.
Another great thing about In the Hands of a Child... they offer a semi-annual freebie. Currently (through the end of June 2009) the project pack freebie is Ecosystems. You can download the freebie as well as a current catalog from the website and try out a project pack.
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May 1, 2009 at 2:44 pm (Uncategorized)
Today is here but tomorrow is not a guarantee… Are you comfortable with where you are going?
Over the last 2 months I have been asked that question from carious angles. I heard it while watching “Fireproof” the movie and then this past weekend at the Christian Heritage Home Educators Conference it was presented from a different perspective but essentially asked the same question.
Along with the few session of the Truth Project at our local Community Church asking “Do you really believe what you believe is really real?”
and a general feeling lately that something wasn’t right in my life. I am beginning to sense that I was going to hear and see things in a new light. I was blessed this past weekend while at CHHEW and realized that my actions don’t reflect my desire and passion for my faith. I always thought the large church (when I say large I am referring to a congregation of well over 500) was not my style. I want to be part of the process, part of the workings of the church I attend, but over the weekend my eyes were opened to the idea that no matter what size the church is , if the people are real and honest in their faith then a community church or a large church are just the same.
Christianity as a generalized idea has been warped by society for so long that there are days I ask myself , what do I really believe and how does it fit into the definition of Christianity? I guess I would first have to define Christianity on a personal level.
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