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Tag: 1st grade
Picture books made into movies
I love picture books, even when my kids were in high school I would occasionally check out picture books that did a good job of conveying what I wanted them to learn in a lesson. I also love Books made into movies, but when my kids were the age we would have really done this,…
The BEST Animal Report minibook for beginning writers
Almost 10 years ago I started researching the different states here in the United States to see what made each one different as we were studying them. I was amused to discover every state had a state animal, and we started studying the animals. This led to the need for a quick and easy way…
Everything you need to know to get started with All About Reading
The one thing I thought was scary about homeschooling was teaching my kids how to read. I taught first grade, and an entire class full of students how to read, and yet I still found the idea scary. Probably because learning how to read is so fundamental to everything we do. I tried a few…
Iceland Unit
As I was researching Iceland I learned a few things, primarily they eat a lot of fish, and there is not much info out there on Iceland for kids. Practically none. Which made creating this geography lesson a little tricky, but I kept going and created a decent Iceland Unit. I did eventually find an…
Maryland Unit
At some point, I want to visit Maryland. It would be fun to see where the Battle of Baltimore took place and there are a few other events that happened there I wouldn’t mind seeing. In addition to that, there are so many cool people from there I found during our Maryland Unit. All in…