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Tag: primary grades
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…
Colonial games and pasttimes
Future Ticia 2020, I finally added in the last few Colonial games into this post. This is like the third time I’ve added more to this Colonial games post. Deep sigh, finally done. When you look back at Colonial America, one thing we think about is how their life is different from ours. We think…
Whale sounds? Why do they make them, and what do they sound like?
In our science lessons, we’ve started learning about whales and dolphins for our Swimming Creatures Science Lessons, and as I was reading about them it brought up all sorts of questions about their sounds, so I did a quick youtube search and played the different whale sounds. I thought I’d save ya’ll the search for…
The Great Baltimore Fire, how one person or horse can change history
Sometimes the most interesting bits of history, are not the ones we all know. As an example, I didn’t know a bit about the 1904 Great Baltimore Fire until we were researching Maryland for our United States geography lessons. Then I found out about the unsung heroes of the Great Baltimore Fire and Goliath the…
Did Ponce de Leon find the Fountain of Youth?
How many of you saw the most recent Pirates of the Caribbean film with the Fountain of Youth? I did and found the lore included in it very interesting and amusing. Not to mention that I loved the ending with the Spaniards coming in and destroying it declaring, “Only God can grant eternity.” AWESOME! Well, this…