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Winter Homeschooling – Activities and Free Downloads. 5 Days of Look Alive. Day 3 – Look to Pokemon.

September 26, 2015 | 11 Comments
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5 Days of Look Alive Winter Homeschooling. Day 3 Look to Pokemon. Free Downloads & Activities @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

If you missed any days, grab them below:

Day 1. Look to the Sea.

5 Days of Look Alive day 1

Day 2. Look to the Sky.

5 Days of Look Alive day 2

Moving on along through our series: Look Alive:Winter Homeschooling Ideas & Downloads, Day 3 is Look to Pokemon or Pokemon like cards, which boys and girls both will find fun.

I agree with this next resource which says that kids know more about Pokemon creatures than they do about real animals.

Take a lesson from what most kids like to do which is play cards and use it for real life learning. Phylo the Trading Card Game  did just that.

It has been a real treasure trove for my boys to say the least and it’s FREE.

5 Days of Look Alive day 3
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Phylo is a website that has free printable trading cards. Here is what it says from the site: an online initiative aimed at creating a Pokemon card type resource but with real creatures on display in full “artistic” wonder. It is a card game that makes use of the wonderful, complex and inspiring things that inform the notion of biodiversity.

Studying and learning science this way is a real keeper. The artwork is so beautiful and the cards are just plain fun.

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Phylos 3

The idea is to print off all you want to and then play a pokemon-like game. Even if you don’t want to print the rules and find out how they assign the game cards a point value, etc., you can still play a real simple matching game.

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The cards make EXCELLENT additions to your lapbook, unit studies or notebooking pages. There are several decks to choose from or like I mentioned you can print off exactly what you want. Click here to see the choices of the decks that you can download and be sure to grab them ALL!

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One of our favorite decks has the cards above in it from the Natural History Museum in London. One of the games suggested to play is about the ecosystem.

Look on the card for the common name, Latin name, food chain, diet and climate and then learn the facts.

Heads up too because you will want to pay attention if any of them teach evolution as there are many cards to go through.

Most of them I appreciate because they give a simple fact along with a point value assigned if you want to let your kids play together. They also give credit to the artist of the picture.

We have just enjoyed printing them off and learning about them.

Hands down this site has been our favorite so far if we had to choose one. Here are some quick links for you in one place.

Home Page

Decks found on this page.

Take a clue from Pokemon and let the cards do the teaching during winter homeschooling blues.

5 Days of Look Alive Winter Homeschooling. Day 1 Look to the Sea. @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus featured

Hugs and love ya,

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When You REALLY Have No Money for Homeschool Curriculum – Dynamic Reader Question

May 29, 2015 | 18 Comments
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No matter how long it takes me to reply to my emails, every email I get is important to me.

I am not made of stone and so when an email touches me to my heart and brings tears, I have to share it with you too. (Of course I always get permission first and I never share any private information so I can preserve dignity, privacy and respect for my followers.)

I am hoping that by sharing this email from one of my readers that if you are feeling alone and defeated but are hesitant about reaching out, you will find some comfort.

Look at my follower’s words:

I am a struggling homeschool mom of two with a husband that can only work part time. This is my second year homeschooling and I feel stressed to the gills. I have an 11 yo son who has Asperger’s and ADHD and a 10 yo daughter with dyslexia/dysgraphia.
I made the mistake of unschooling last year and I regret it but I don’t have the funds to order a curriculum. My children are working in all the same grade levels.
I may have to go to work because of my husband’s health so I am trying to plan as much as possible. It’s overwhelming to put it lightly.
I have internet access and a mono color printer, oh yeah and Netflix. Is there anything you can suggest that can keep the tears from falling?
I am to the point of when telling my husband that we are out of toilet paper that makes me cry because he is trying so hard…. Thank you for reading :/

After I replied about wanting to help her, her response moved my heart even more.

Thank you Tina for your time. I am an emotional wreck right now and currently crying because this is the first time that I have reached out to anyone that doesn’t know me. I don’t want to send my children back to being bullied and put on meds.
I will not do that but everything seems so stressful right now and I am suffocating with everything that it takes to plan a school year. I have a goal to hopefully start on July 6th considering we have a lot of catch up to do with them being at a third grade level. If I start working I have to get on the ball and make a dent in this madness A.S.A.P! Thank you again Tina!

When You REALLY Have No Money For Homeschool Curriculum @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool PlusFirst, I want to say THANK YOU for reaching out to me. This is something you should never have to bear alone.

And though I can’t completely say that I understand everything that you are going through, I have compassion and sympathy for you.

To give you practical help, let’s break this down into two parts.

One, I want to help you find peace with your present circumstances and two, I will give you specific tips and a starting point for curriculum.

Control What You Can.

I do understand your feelings about your husband’s health.

When my husband had a massive heart attack a few years back and I thought I would be raising my three boys alone, I realized I was not the invincible person I had always thought I was.

After nursing him back to health, I realized that trials have a way of strengthening us though we feel very weak at the time.

Of course we would rather not learn it that way.

I learned to control what I could and that really nothing mattered more than being together as a family because life is precious.  After I put things in perspective, I had a beginning point.

Letting go of the way things use to be before his health declined spurred me on to find new creative ways to homeschool and spend time together.

Homeschool Mistakes. It’s NOT About Forgetting

Another thing I learned along the way was that I didn’t want to exactly follow the popular saying to “forgive and forget” when it came to homeschool mistakes I made.

While I wholeheartedly endorse the thinking that homeschooling is about forgiving your past mistakes so that you can have the energy to move forward, it’s also a lesson in how I don’t want to homeschool.

Instead of carry feelings of guilt, turn those feelings of guilt into some get up and go.

It was just a lesson learned in how the unschooling approach did not work for your family.

You now have a clear direction of the way your family needs to go.

Lesson learned and now you will be a much better teacher because of it.

New Homeschool Beginnings

Next, though it may take you more time to put together your curriculum, if you are willing to work hard in poring over resources, you can just about homeschool for free and your kids receive an excellent education.

Spending a lot of money doesn’t always equate with having an excellent education.

Your upbeat attitude and eagerness toward learning even with the most minimal resources are way more important to success than an ample supply of curriculum with an unmotivated teacher.

One caution I will give you is to not get yourself so overwhelmed with poring over free resources constantly that you don’t have a beginning point.

It is important to pick a main or spine resource and stick with it though you can use other things to supplement it with.

Though I will give you numerous sites at the bottom to find more free resources that I think are worth spending your time at, I have also lined out specific curriculum suggestions that I have picked out uniquely for you.

My reasons for choosing these sites are because they are either laid out to help ease planning stress and some are interactive sites to help with the unique needs of your children.

LANGUAGE ARTS – 3rd Grade

Reading

Choose from Baldwin online living books to read together on line and fill in with other books you get from the library.

There are many grade levels to choose from at the Baldwin website and I have used it for many years.

Children with special needs are not evenly developed across the board (not any kid really is) so it allows you to choose grade level books based on their progress through the year.

Go through them and pick out the ones you want to read together.

Also, Jennifer over at Contently Humble has a wonderful list of free graded readers. You won’t run out but you will run out of time deciding which gem to do first.

One more wonderful resource for reading is by Jamerrill, which is the Ultimate Guide to Free Kindle Books (psssst, you don’t have to own a kindle to get the free kindle books).

Spelling

Free 3rd grade Spelling book. (200 pdf download.) Just look ahead at the lessons, plan, print and go slow. It’s laid out for you.

Vocabulary

Because children that have special needs do better sometimes with interactive content, use this site by Wordly Wise with interactive vocabulary.

The word is pronounced out loud, gives the part of speech and is used in a sentence.

If your children become overstimulated, then turn off the sound.  It’s already laid out for your children. If they finish one grade level, just go to the next one.

Copywork

To help their handwriting to improve as best you can, use free copybooks from copy cat books.

Remember too that they can copy small passages from history and science books but this gives you copywork already laid out.  And already laid out curriculum is easiest when overwhelmed.

Another backup for copywork is Amy over at Are We There Yet has the ultimate guide to free copywork if you run out of ideas or are short on energy.

Grammar

Free grammar pdf download for Grades 1 – 5. (141 pages.) This will help you to go back over the basics and to be sure you strengthen their grammar skills as best you can.

 MATH – 3rd Grade

Free pdf math download for grades 1 – 5. (229 pages)  Use this as a main math spine and use the parts you need to reinforce concepts and teach new ones.

In addition because ck12 elementary math is interactive, your kids can do some math on their own to give you a break as well.

Too, using part printed and part interactive helps to give you some planning help and still addresses the needs of your children.

SCIENCE – 3rd Grade

Though I have two free middle science books here on my site, they are middle school science books. I wanted to be sure you knew about them in case your kids love science and want to go ahead in grade levels.

However, for the time being use this free science book that is a 3rd grade level.

It is a free book online and it is interactive.  When the sound button is clicked, the science book will be read to your children. This will aid them in comprehension.

Again, this gives you a break too if you need to care for your husband, think about part time work or just need to find your calm point again. The kids can read this together or with you or you can choose the interactive portion where they are read to.

If you want to focus on one area of science, then check out these free guides, which are ones I picked out that I think your children will find fascinating based on their ages.

The Ultimate Guide to Studying Plants and Flowers
The Ultimate Guide to Studying Space
The Ultimate Guide to Studying Insects

HISTORY – 3rd Grade

You didn’t mention a specific time period you wanted cover, but here are some free things to use as a spine.

Heritage History books on line. Pick your time period.

America’s Heritage – An Adventure in Liberty. Three free levels to download; Elementary, Middle School and High School.

LibriVox – Has about 25 G.A. Henty books for free.

You know I have LOTS of free lapbooks and unit studies here AND they are in chronological order if you need them.

WHAT YOU CAN DO

Don’t forget to ask other homeschoolers if they are pitching out some unused or gently used curriculum.  Too, we had a homeschool co-op where we exchanged or borrowed curriculum.

Though you may already know, it bears repeating to not forget garage sales, thrift shops and used curriculum sales.  Don’t forget when family or friends ask about gifts for your kids, to steer it toward something educational that your children will like.

Near my last home in Texas we lived close to a big state park. So I checked into park programs that were FREE for the boys to join. They taught science and about nature and it was a fun time to get out of the house. We packed a picnic lunch and spent the day at the park.

Living overseas now, science materials and supplies are non-existent. I have to resort back to my thrifty ways by saving all kinds of material.

I keep and collect ALL empty bottles, jars, liter bottles, shoe boxes, empty toilet paper and papertowl rolls and other things I come across. We now have a nice stash of ready to go science supplies when we need them for hands-on science.

Though I haven’t listed free lessons for art, typing and music, I do have them too.  I wanted to be sure you got to read this in one afternoon and to not also be too overwhelmed, so I stuck to the core subjects.

Once again, I am so grateful that you reached out for support.  I care about you.

Though it won’t be easy, you certainly can homeschool successfully and I hope in some small way that I have eased your stress.

What about you? Do you have any other suggestions to help her?

Hugs and love ya,

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 Also, check out my other articles and check out other places to find free curriculum.

Digital Homeschool Curriculum – Big Ol’ List. Some are free, others not but still inexpensive.
Is Homeschooling Expensive?
Homeschooling History – Teaching Ancient Civilizations Using Netflix
Studying Science in your Homeschool with Netflix
Homeschooling with Netflix {Health Class}
Also grab freebies from Homeschool Giveaways and Free Homeschool Deals

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Middle School Homeschool Science 50 Free Spring Activities

February 18, 2015 | 25 Comments
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I’ve collected middle school homeschool science 50 free spring activities. Also, look at my page homeschool middle school for more fun tips.

Instead of starting on our next unit study, we have been waffling about whether or not we want to do a spring unit.  We have the itch to make a switch.

So today, I gathered middle school homeschool science 50 free spring activities to give Tiny a round up to choose from.

Middle School Homeschool Science 50 Free Spring Activities

Some of the ideas are free printables, some are hands-on activities and others serve as a springboard (ha ha, I know, corny pun) to do your own spring unit study.

I even love the free quality coloring book on wildflowers even though Tiny wasn’t a bit interested in coloring wildflowers.

The funny thing is that he is my kid that loves to color the most and especially at the middle school age.  I know, I know, it’s because they’re flowers but I couldn’t convince him that flowers are for manly men too.

Oh well there are still plenty of other ideas to choose from.

50 Free Spring Activities for Middle School.

50 Free Spring Activities

Springtime fun is not just for your young kids. Keep your
middle school kids having fun by doing one or more of these springtime
activities.

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The 'Look About You' Nature Study Books, Book 4 [of 7] by Thomas W. Hoare

Grab this free The 'Look About You' Nature Study Book. Nature study doesn't have to be hard.

Photo Credit: educationpossible.com

How to Start a Nature Journal

Nature journaling is an easy, practical way to capture what you see when you’re outside focusing on nature. 

Photo Credit: thehomeschoolscientist.com

Notebooking Backyard Birds

Do an easy nature study at home by watching the birds in your backyard.

Photo Credit: www.almanac.com

Monarch Butterflies: Chrysalis Watch

Watch butterflies turn from caterpillars to chrysalises to
Monarchs.

Photo Credit: www.freehomeschooldeals.com

Free Butterfly Resource Unit

Spring is here and the warmer weather is ushering in all the delights of this season! Now is a great time to explore the beautiful world of butterflies.

Photo Credit: nurturestore.co.uk

How to plant seeds with kids

There’s not really any great mystery about how to plant seeds with kids, but these tips and tricks will give you lots of extra play and learning ideas.

Photo Credit: teachbesideme.com

Spring Science - Making a Worm Tower

 I decided to let my kids explore worms some more with a worm tower. It is a great Spring science activity and a fun way to learn more about nature.

Photo Credit: lemonlimeadventures.com

Wiggly Worms: A Garden Science Activity Guide

I wanted to put together some quick easy ideas you could do with your kids when they find their first worm (or second, or third…).

American Robin Free Printables, Resources and Crafts

Turdus Migratorius, commonly known as the North American Robin. You'll love these resources I rounded up for a fun American Robin unit study. Be sure to grab the free American Lapbook too.

Photo Credit: sunnydaytodaymama.blogspot.com

10 Nature Study ideas for spring

10 more nature study ideas for spring.

John Muir Spring Unit Study (and Hands-on Geography Ideas)

John Muir, America’s First Environmentalist and loved that book. It looks like you could use it for about middle school down to elementary. It’s just a great book no matter which ages you use it for. 

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Nature Study & OHC September

I created a first week of spring grid.

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Free Homeschool GARDENING Unit Study Resources

Children enjoy learning how to care for a garden as well as learning the science behind plants

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Raising Tadpoles

Are you teaching your kids about the frog lifecycle this spring? 

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Go On an Exciting Springtime Seed Hunt

Here’s a fun activity to get you and your kids outside and exploring nature and Springtime! 

Photo Credit: www.homeschoolingtoday.com

Hands-On Bird Nest Study

One of our favorite parts of spring is watching the birds in our yard and in the woods beyond

Free Strawberry Notebooking Pages

Not only do I have Free Strawberry Notebooking Pages but I have a fun and free Strawberry Lapbook.

Photo Credit: ourjourneywestward.com

Free Nature in Your Notebook Winter Printables

This Early Spring Beauty notebooking page will help you catch the very first signs of spring.

Photo Credit: www.kcedventures.com

Outdoor Spring Scavenger Hunt for Kids {free printable list!}

Head outside with this FREE printable Spring Scavenger Hunt list and look for signs of Spring!

Photo Credit: cassiestephens.blogspot.com

In the Art Room: Leafy Spring Prints

You might enjoy this leafy printmaking project.

Wildflower Coloring Pages

Get out your crayons and get ready to color! 

Photo Credit: natureinspiredlearning.com

Free Printable Pond Scavenger Hunt

Explore wildlife at your local pond with this free pond scavenger hunt. Perfect for preschoolers, kindergartners, and elementary aged kids!

Photo Credit: raisinglifelonglearners.com

Growing Gardens with Kids (includes free printable garden journal)

Growing gardens with kids can be a lot of fun. We’re currently babying some seeds of our own as the kids are excited to grow their own salad garden this summer with the seed pods we started earlier this spring. 

Photo Credit: littlepinelearners.com

How to Make Nature Doll Clothes

Here are two easy ways to make beautiful DIY doll clothes made out of pieces of nature! You can try this activity during any season.

Photo Credit: www.kathysclutteredmind.com

Flower Unit Study

Well this week the kids wanted to learn about flowers so today I have flower and tree resources for you.

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Flowers Unit Study

If I was a more traditional homeschooler, I would call this a unit study on flowers. 

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10 of the best edible flowers to grow in your yard

If the thought of feasting on flowers makes you feel a bit standoffish, then here's food for thought: You may already be eating flowers without realizing it.

Free Carnivorous Plants Notebooking Pages & Easy Hands-on Science Activity

I am sharing some free carnivorous plants notebooking pages and fun hands on ideas.

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Making the Ornithology Kit: Great Homemade Gift Idea

I decided to make the kids kits for their gifts.

Photo Credit: thehappyhousewife.com

Spring Science Ideas

Spring is an exciting time of year. The days are getting longer and warmer. The grass is getting greener. The flowers are blooming. It’s such a welcome change from the cold and snow of winter for many of us.

Free Bird Journal - Hands-on Nature (Coloring & Identification Pages)

Grab this free bird journal for your kids. They'll love it.

Above & Below: Pond Unit Study, Hands-on Ideas, & Lapbook

Whether you study a pond in winter or summer, a pond unit study makes for a great hands-on science project. You can add in so many different nature topics.

Photo Credit: thehomeschoolscientist.com

First Day Of Spring Ideas For Homeschool

Your kids will be excited about these first day of spring ideas to add to your homeschool.

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Plant Activities For Preschool Through Middle School

Plant Activities For Preschool Through Middle School

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Science for Kids: Observing Plant Growth Using Bulbs

One of our favorite science activities for kids is observing plant growth. In this science experiment for kids, children will be forcing bulbs into bloom and observing the changes that take place over time.

Photo Credit: ellenjmchenry.com

Follow the Garden Path Free Game

Learn to identify common garden flowers.

10 More Spring Study Free Resources for Middle and High School Kids

Hands-on learning shouldn’t quit after a child finishes elementary school. No matter the grade level, hands-on learning has a high retention value and making time for it even with older kids has always been worth my time.

How to Easily Make a Simple and Fun Kids DIY Flower Press

A fun kids diy flower press can turn a simple wildflower (or garden flower) unit study into a fun and memorable unit by adding in some simple hands-on activities.

The Tale of Peter Rabbit Printables for a Fun Spring Unit Study

Along with The Tale of Peter Rabbit printables, I’m also sharing fun hands-on activities during my spring unit study with Mr. MunchKing. He is such a sweet kid to mentor, and he had so much with this spring unit study. It is one of his favorites already.

How to Easily Make Fun Seed Tape With Kids

Seed tape makes a great activity during the spring months. While creating super easy seed tape, kids’ hands are busy and their minds are open to absorbing new information!

How to Make a Fun Kids Root Viewer

While planting and watching a garden grow is tons of fun you kinda miss out on some of the fun and learning.

How to Easily Garden Plan With Kids Using LEGO

How to garden plan with kids using LEGO is a way to sneak in some learning. My kids, like so many others, love to create and build with LEGO so it is just a great hands-on natural extension to learning.

Photo Credit: simplemomproject.com

Easy and Fun DIY Spring Butterfly Suncatcher Craft

This printable art will have you enjoying hours of fun making decorative butterfly suncatcher art for your home windows.

Fascinating and Fun Honey Bees Unit Study and Lapbook for Kids

Whether you want to learn about how honey bees are fascinating master pollinators, learn about the interesting social activities in the hive, learn about beeswax, or know what is honey, these honey bee activities and resources will be helpful.

Labeling Parts of a Honey Bee LEGO Fun Activity For Kids

Your kids will love labeling the parts of a honey bee lego activity. Bees are fascinating little creatures from how they create their honeycombs to maximize space, to how they know to fan the hive to keep it cool. Bees are used in so many ways than just the delicious honey they produce.

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Using Eggshells as Vegetable Planters

About four weeks before the last frost, try planting some vegetables in egg shells.  Have the kids help you too! These will need to be kept in the house or a heated garage until they are ready to transplant in your garden.

Photo Credit: www.growingajeweledrose.com

Bean Experiment for Kids

To help with observation we used a jar instead of a bean this time, and I was delighted to discover that my kids were just as amazed by this simple bit of science as I was so many years ago. 

Photo Credit: www.growingajeweledrose.com

Rainbow Rain Experiment

My kids absolutely loved making rain clouds in a jar a few years ago!  Today, we decided to revisit that experiment but with more color.

Photo Credit: www.theiowafarmerswife.com

Earth Day Indoor Garden

Farmer and I helped Sweet P plant an indoor garden.

Photo Credit: www.playdoughtoplato.com

Rainbow Jar

We love fun kids’ science and this easy rainbow jar activity is one of our all-time FAVORITES!

You’ll love some of these fun activities too:

Spangler Science

Enjoy and Happy (almost) Spring!

Middle School Homeschool Science 50 Free Spring Activities

Check out these other posts for middle school:

  • Free Middle School Science Curriculum and Magazines
  • 30+ Summer Activities for Middle School Kids
  • Middle School Hands-on Science : Extreme Winds + Free Minibook

Hugs and love ya,

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Free Middle and High School Homeschool Language Arts

January 30, 2015 | 27 Comments
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Today, I am sharing free middle and high school homeschool language arts resources. Also, look at my page homeschool middle school and how to homeschool high school page for more fun tips

Update: You know I love ya so when I round up freebies, I round up everything I can find.

I do not have the answer keys to these free resources below. 

Free Middle and High School Homeschool Language Arts

Kindly said: Please do not email me asking about the answer sheets, other teacher guides or tests.  If and when I find them, I will post them for you and me.

These workbooks are ones that I have kept up with and used through the years with my sons as enrichment.

The links have changed and as I have found them, I have updated my links. 

Too, I have found new resources to add, but never had them in one place.

Middle and High School Homeschool Language Arts

After using some of the books, they are pretty nifty enough to almost be used as stand alone curriculum.

Too, kazillion (new invented word alert) resources exist for helping you out in preschool, kindergarten and early elementary and after that, free resources seem to thin out.

Determined to have plenty of free homeschool language arts program through middle and high school, I hope you can use a few of these with your kids.

Language Arts Reference

Free one reference of The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr.  Great tool to also teach middle and high school students research.

Multi-grade Language Arts Resources

Free Guide to Grammar and Writing and Principles of Composition and a Search Engine will also help you find help on grammatical issues, tips on composition, and advice on English usage.

6th grade Printable Resources

Glencoe Language Arts Spelling Power 88 pages.

6spw2.pdf (6021 downloads )

MacMillan Treasures Practice Book O 230 pages.

Free-MacMillan-Treasures-Practice-Book-O-6th-grade-230-pages..pdf (5847 downloads )

Glencoe Language Arts Vocabulary Power 98 pages.

Glencoe-Language-Arts-Vocabulary-Power-98-pages.pdf (5914 downloads )

MacMillan Treasures Spelling Practice 200 pages.

94274741.pdf (5491 downloads )

MacMillan Treasures Grammar Practice 200 pages.

MacMillan-Treasures-Grammar-Practice-200-pages.pdf (5821 downloads )

Free Glencoe Grammar and Language Workbook 150 pages.

7th grade Printable Resources

Writers Choice Grammar and Composition – Grammar ENRICHMENT 56 pages.

Free-Writers-Choice-Grammar-and-Composition-–-Grammar-Enrichment-7th-grade-56-pages.pdf (5690 downloads )

Glencoe Language Arts Spelling Power 88 pages.

7th-grade-Glencoe-Language-Arts-Spelling-Power-88-pages.pdf (5331 downloads )

Glencoe Grammar and Language Workbook – 172 pages.

7th-grade-Glencoe-Grammar-and-Language-Workbook-–-172-pages.pdf (5935 downloads )

Writer’s Choice Grammar and Composition –  Grammar RETEACHING 56 pages.

Free-Writers-Choice-Grammar-and-Composition-–-Grammar-Reteaching-56-pages.7th-grade.pdf (5621 downloads )

Free Glencoe Language Arts Vocabulary Power – 100 pages

7th-grade-Glencoe-Language-Arts-Vocabulary-Power-–-100-pages.pdf (5683 downloads )

8th grade Printable Resources

Glencoe Grammar and Language Workbook 352 pages.

Grade-8-Grammar-Complete.pdf (6017 downloads )

8th grade Glencoe Language Arts Spelling Power 88 pages

8th-grade-Glencoe-Language-Arts-Spelling-Power-88-pages.pdf (5595 downloads )

Writer’s Choice Grammar and Composition Grammar Enrichment 56 pages.

Free-Writers-Choice-Grammar-and-Composition-Grammar-Enrichment-8th-grade-56-pages.pdf (5747 downloads )

9th grade Printable Resources

Glencoe Language Arts – Vocabulary Power 131 pages.

Vocabulary-Power-Workbook-9th-grade.pdf (5485 downloads )

Writer’s Choice Grammar and Composition – Grammar Practice Workbook 56 pages.

[ 9th-grade-Glencoe-Language-Arts-–-Spelling-Power-104-pages..pdf (5833 downloads )

Grammar and Language Workbook  352 pages.

grammar_workbook_honors-9th.pdf (5909 downloads )

Glencoe Language Arts – Spelling Power 104 pages.

9th-grade-Writers-Choice-Grammar-and-Composition-–-Grammar-Practice-Workbook-56-pages.pdf (5717 downloads )

10th grade Printable Resources

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Hope you enjoy them.

Hugs and love ya,

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Hands-on History Activities for Learning about Ancient Civilizations

December 26, 2014 | 6 Comments
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You’ll love these hands on history ancient civilizations activities. Also, you’ll love my pages Ancient Civilizations and Ancient Civilization II.

Many things we use today come from the powerful empires of the past, but ancient history can sometimes be a challenge when teaching our kids.

Making a connection to the past through hands-on learning helps a child to not only remember what he has learned, but helps him to develop critical thinking skills. By doing this instead of just memorizing, a child interacts with the past and this cements learning. CLICK here to grab an idea or two for Hands-on History Activities for Kids for Learning about Ancient Civilization!!

Making a connection to the past through hands-on learning helps a child to not only remember what he has learned but helps him to develop critical thinking skills. 

By doing this instead of just memorizing, a child interacts with the past and this cements learning.

HANDS-ON HISTORY CONNECTING TO THE PAST

Do not feel intimidated either if you are not the crafty artsy type of person because hands-on history activities for learning about ancient civilizations do not have to be complicated.

Grab a few of these ideas.

 Mesopotamia

mesopotamia alphabet

Draw the ABC’s of Mesopotamia.This is just way too cool and it’s a language arts lesson too.

The pictures are water color pencil with marker outline.

Carve a cuneiform cylinder seal using clay or play the royal game of Ur.

cuneiform-cylinder-seals-slide      Game of Ur
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Draw a ziggurat or build a ziggurat and hut.

And I love this hands-on geography, history and map curriculum I used because it fits hands-on learning at any age!

ziggurat-drawing    hut
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Include some easy notebooking about Ancient Sumeria.

The Indus Valley

(Modern Day Pakistan)

Do a connect the dots of Mohenjo-Daro or build the city of Mohenjo-Daro.

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Mohenjo-Daro

Ancient China

Grab these paper dolls or make some terracotta warriors.

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soldiers

Build a pagoda or make Ming plates.

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Also, we love, love the activities from Home School in the Woods.

Hands-on History Activities for Learning about Ancient Civilizations

Read here about the hands-on activities for 14 great empires or you can look at the guide we used.

Phoencia

(Modern day Lebanon)

Ancient Phoenicia Craft Roundup

Check out my post about making a boat, creating some purple dye or learning the Phoenician alphabet.

Hands on History Ancient Civilizations Activities

Next, here are more hands-on history ancient civilizations activities.

  • 20 Ancient Civilization History Coloring Pages 
  • Ancient Egyptian Mathematics: Build a LEGO Math Calculator
  • Hands-On History: The Rosetta Stone and Breaking The Code
  • 9 EASY and Fun Hands-on Ancient Greece Kids Activities

Assyria and Ancient Babylon

(Modern day Iraq or northern part of Mesopotamia)

Be sure to check out how to teach history in 14 lessons. You’ll love this curriculum if you need to teach history in broad strokes!


Also, read Why I Love and Use BrimWood Press History here.

And here is my hanging gardens of Babylon craft.

        hanging gardens of babylon
                                               

Ancient Greece

Create a playscape or ancient world and have a Greek feast.

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Play a Greek mythology matching card game or make a Grecian urn.

Greek Mythology Matching Game_General    grecian urn
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Do a paper model of the Parthenon or make an ancient Greek water clock.

paper-parthenon_clip_image002    How to Make a Water Clock
                                                           

Ancient Egypt

 Use a shoebox to make a mini Egyptian Sarcophagus or mummify a rubber chicken.

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rubber chicken

   

Go from paper plate to creating an Egyptian collar or make a minibook printable on the Pharaohs crown using this free .pdf.

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Include a sugar cube pyramid, cookie map or make yummy mummy hot dogs or make papyrus.

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Grab the Ancient Egyptian printable game I created or grab this free printable maze.Ancient-Egypt-Collage-Snake-Game-        akhenaten-maze-m
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Ancient Rome

Make a styrofoam Colosseum or dig for the city of Pompeii.

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Make an easy peazy Roman costume or build an Roman aqueduct.

How to Make an Easy Peazy Roman Costume    aqueduct

Make an easy Roman mosaic.

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Hands-on History Activities for Learning about Ancient Civilizations

And don’t forget, I created a lapbook about Ancient Civilizations. It is more like an overview on them.

Do you see anything to get you your kids inspired about learning about the Ancient Civilizations while keeping history hands-on?|

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