Live Animal Cams

I forgot to add these two links earlier. The National Zoo is an awesome site, with live animal cams. My kids will sit, and watch the Pandas forever. Plus they have tons of animal info, to help your youngster learn about habitats, species, etc. I love it!

Next is Africam. One of the reasons I love this one so much, is you can hear all the noises that are occurring in nature. Even if you see no animals, you can hear all the activity going on off camera. Because of the time difference I find it best to go on early in the AM here on the East Coast, when it is afternoon there. Also they do have commercials before the cams click on, so be patient.

Happy animal watching.

Civil War Lessons, Elephant Lessons All Free

Oh the weather is finally cooling off. Fall here, in the south, is nothing like fall up north, but I still love it. The air is less humid, nights are cool enough to open the windows, and very often can stay open until New Years. We definately did not do that when we lived up north.

If you would like some free lesson plans on the Civil War, and Elephants you can go to the next two sites. They are free, and I will be adding them both, into my already done Curriculum where ever I can squeeze them in. http://homeschooling.about.com/od/freeprintables/ss/civilwarprint.htm?nl=1

http://homeschooling.about.com/cs/unitssubjsci/a/eleunitstudy.htm?nl=1

Lesson Plan for 9/22/08

Spelling Lessson 4: Write each spelling word two times each, once print, and once in cursive. main, daily, safe, jail, tale, blame, explain, awake, mail, raise, paid, paint, baked, claim, train.

Vocabulary Lesson 4: Look up the definition for the following words: daily, safe, jail, tale, blame, explain, mail, paid, baked, claim

Writing: Things I am not allowed to do

Math: Multiplication, adding 4 digit numbers

Language Arts: Phonics review, possessive pronouns, suffixes

Reading: Read chapter 1 of The Knight At Dawn

Spanish: Parts of the body

Social Studies: Connecticut, Community Rights Guarded