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Hands of a Child Lapbook Learning resources

If you have not tried utilizing lapbooks in your homeschool, I strongly suggest you check out the company Hands of a Child. Lapbooks are a great alternative to reports, tests, textbooks, etc. In the process of completing this hands-on project your child will learn vocabulary words, history and/or science, anatomy, dates, reading comprehension and SO much more. You will find a huge variety of topics and they seem to release new titles weekly, sometimes 2 or 3 new subjects. If you have been wanting to experiemnt with a thematic or unit study I can't think of a better resource than a lapbook and Hands of A Child.
On top of the great projects you can complete you will find a tremendous support system in their Hands of a Child Yahoo Group, their blog and at their chats.

1-04-07	9pm	Let it Snow	Kimm and Katie
1-11-07	2pm	Weather	Kimm and Niki
1-18-07	9pm	Ground Hog's Day	Katie and Niki
1-25-07	2pm	Q &A Session	Kimm and Katie
2-1-07	9pm	Valentine's Day	Kimm and Niki
2-8-07	2pm	Homeschool & Organization	Katie and Niki
2-15-07	9pm	Pirates	Kimm and Katie
2-22-07	2pm	Homeschooling	Kimm and Niki
3-1-07	9pm	Saint Patrick's Day	Katie and Niki
3-8-07	2pm	Iditarod	Kimm and Katie
3-15-07	9pm	Easter	Kimm and Niki
3-22-07	2pm	Who is Jesus	Katie and Niki
3-29-07	9pm	Q &A Session	Kimm and Katie
4-5-07	NO CHAT	NO CHAT	NO CHAT
4-12-07	2pm	Pioneers	Kimm and Niki
4-19-07	9pm	Homeschool & Organization	Katie and Niki
4-26-07	2pm	Mount Everest	Kimm and Katie
5-3-07	9pm	Homeschooling	Kimm and Niki

Please tell them cherylroni@gmail.com sent you to Hands of a Child!

Our Honeybee Lapbook

We had a delightful time visiting our local honey farm. The next day we started a lapbook to record thigs we learned and to make a colorful reminder of our field trip.

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Lapbook Examples

This is a blog of a homeschool family who uses lapbooks in their studies. I thought I would share the links with you. It is fun to see what others are doing.
Lapbook for learning books of the Bible
Another Lapbook on music

Goodness is welcome in our home

Goodness comes to visit!
This unique traveler came to us and we were delighted by the originality and cuteness factor.
What a treat to have our home filled with goodness.

Our Field Trip to Honey Hill Farm

We loved tasting the delicious honey and made two recipes right away.

These bees are busy filling these hexagonal cells with honey. They will then seal the honey in with wax.
These kids were demonsrating how bees move from flower to flower, picking up pollen from one flower and leaving some of it behind on another flower. This pollinates the flower so it can make seeds or fruit. 

Flat Stanley Learns to Lapbook

Charles learns to make a lapbook and he taught one of our flat visitors all about it.

Flat Traveler Lapbook

I created this lapbook for Flat Max, a cute rabbit, who visited us from Kamloops, Canada.
If you do an image Google search on Kamloops, you will see how beautiful it is.

My Favorite Homeschool Curriculum

Having homeschooled for over 13 years with six different children with 6 different learning styles and preferences, I have tried MANY, LOTS, TONS of curricula, texts, and home education methods.
But one method and publisher I always go back to is Sonlight Curriculum.
They do not use many textbooks, but instead use biographies, historical fiction and non-fiction books to teach subjects. We found it very effective and the kids retained a lot of what they learned.
The style is a combination of timeline studies, literature based and mini-unit studies.
The teacher manuals are laid out nicely with daily charts, teacher helps and suggestions.

Does Homeschooling Work?

Meet the '06 Sonlight Scholarship Winners!

as of Feb 23, 2006, 15:20

Some of the most common questions parents have when they start homeschooling are, "How do I know it's going to work?" and, "How can I make sure my children will be prepared for college?"

While our scholarship winners won't provide you with answers to your specific situation, they do provide convincing evidence that Sonlight Curriculum works. Each scholarship winner has used an average of four Sonlight Core programs. In fact, one of the winners has used seven Core programs during his education. Based on these students' achievements, it seems that Sonlight Curriculum meets the highest standards. Among the eight 2006 scholarship winners, you'll find:

• An average SAT score of 2180, including a score of 2290 (out of 2400).


• Three perfect (800) and one near-perfect (790) Critical Reading score, a near-perfect Math score (790), and a near-perfect Writing (780) score on the SATs.


• One perfect score of 36 and one near-perfect score of 35 (out of 36) in the Reading portion, and a near-perfect score of 35 in the Science portion of the SAT exam.


• A score of 5 (out of 5) on the Advanced Placement History exam, and two scores of 5 on the Advanced Placement English Language exam.


• Commended Student and 3 Semi-Finalists in National Merit Program.


• Two pianists, an award-winning debater, a therapist for an autistic child, a Gold Congressional Award winner, a theatre performer, Tsunami disaster volunteer, and several overseas mission participants.

And this is just a brief list of these scholars' accomplishments!

Read More Here at Sonlight.com....

Where Can I Find Teaching Materials for Homeschooling?

Where Can I Find Teaching Materials For Homeschooling?

By: James Masterson

How do you successfully determine what method of teaching, what lessons to teach and at what speed? Having decided to educate your kids at home for the purpose of giving your children the needed attention they require, do you still follow the school's standards of what subjects to cover and take up and when? Has keeping with the rules and standards of the school meant hurrying your children through anything by driving them to memorizing certain areas of the subject matter so to progress?
If you are, keep in mind that you are not doing your children any favors at all. For kids to really be equipped for life, you should exploit the benefits of what homeschooling will permit you to accomplish and that is choosing your objectives and goals and setting the pace in relation to your children’s specific needs.
By far, the biggest challenge that a homeschooling parent encounters is making a homeschooling schedule. While some make use of software programs, some parents write their notes in notebooks or in computer programs such as Microsoft Word; some plan the activities as the day goes and others do the planning ahead; there are some who do not make plans at all. It would really depend on the type of person that you are, on where are you comfortable with.
However, making a yearly plan of objectives consisting of goals which you have established for your child is the best, convenient and effective way to go. Basing from the goals you have set, the choices you make when gathering the homeschooling materials needed will be much easier and ensure that they will be put into productive use.
Since you are well familiar with your child’s learning abilities, it is wise that the goals you set will be based from his/her capabilities. At such time that your child is old or mature enough, he can and must help in the goals that you make, ultimately setting his own goals, making you his advisor.
You can acquire homeschooling teaching materials on the internet, and it is important that you become well acquainted with the teaching materials in order that you can manage, organize and take control so that you understand and see everything in an orderly manner. Here are suggestions to help you achieve this task:
1. Group materials for the whole school year by topic.
2. Sort out the teaching materials that will be used by you from the materials that will be used by your child.
3. Place the materials in such a way that it is accessible to the kids when they need to refer to it.
4. When organizing the educational materials for every subject, keep the primary alongside the supplemental materials, as well as make certain that extra materials, like additional readings and tools, are readily available when needed.
5. Take into account making a listing of educational materials that you have. This is useful especially when you are teaching two or more children as the list can keep track and organize the materials that you have through the years.
6. After obtaining the materials for a certain subject's curriculum, study and spend a lot of time getting yourself familiar and well acquainted with everything. You can inspect the materials through answering the following guidelines:
How are these materials constructed to be carried out?
What is the expected time frame for each session?
What type of performance is expected for the child?
Do I have all supplemental materials that I need, such as the teacher's guide or student workbooks? If not, you will need to get them before the school year starts.
Do supplemental materials, like the answer key and teacher's guide fit in and conform with it?
Do the materials actually match your expectations? At times when you were not able to directly examine the materials, when you receive them, they are not what you really have expected. Return and replace the materials with what really matches your needs.
The technology of today, especially the internet has exposed a lot of homeschooling materials and supplies readily available to all individuals. With a lot of research one can surely find homeschooingl educational software, lesson plans, curriculums, programs, educational games, activities, and a lot more!
The internet is overflowing with information so searching for and looking for resources is not a problem at all. Also, there are a number of support groups and forums to ensure an effective homeschooling experience for you.
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Travelers at the Mill City Museum