Leonardo Da Vinci

Tomorrow is art day, and this week we are studying Leonard Da Vinci. DJ is somewhat fascinated by Leonardo Da Vinci, so for the next five weeks I will be posting two videos, in a series of ten, for him, you, and anyone else to watch. They are from the History Channel, and are very good. In his art book there are actually three activities associated with Leonard Da Vinci, so each week he will do one. Tomorrow is also make up day for any work not completed during the week.

Lesson Plans For 10/24/10:

DJ:
Spelling Test: Chapter 2
Reading: The Story of Jamestown with book report
Art: Leonardi Da Vinci, reading, post test, videos and project
Cursive Writing
Proof Reading: WS
Blog Post: The 3 R's: Reduce, reuse, and recycle

Caitlin:
Reading: Hot Dog, Fat Cat, and one more of choice
Art: Draw Write Now Native Americans: Longhouses
Clock work, calendar work, skip counting, spelling

Draw, Write, Now Native Americans

I just bought this book for Caitlin for first grade. I love these because they see, read, write, and draw in order to learn the lesson. There are 15 lessons per book. I might get the animal habitats too. I still have time until school starts to decide.

Susan B Anthony And Women's Rights, Native Americans

We have been studying Native Americans this year. Below are some videos that kids will enjoy to help cover the info they have learned. One of my favorite American's in history, is Susan B. Anthony. Without her women's rights may have never came to be, or came much later in history. I still think women are not necessarily treated as equals, but what a long way we have come. Below are two videos on Susan B. Anthony for you to use in your teachings. The one is a re-enactment of her famous speech on Women Suffrage. We are having a playdate at the park tomorrow, with our ever growing play group. Both DJ, and Caitlin did extra work, these past two days, to get everything done and not get behind. Because of that, tomorrow they will get to do painting of Christmas gifts, for family, and friends. My kids love to paint, and I love the mess they make when they paint LOL. They will be working on Christmas cards, and will still have Health class. I will be posting on DJ's blog, on Saturday, a request for all our international friends, and USA friends, to share with DJ their traditions, and customs for the Christmas season. Rochelle at Femme Power gave me the idea, when she left DJ a comment, on his blog about his Thanksgiving. Thanks Rochelle! I hope he will get a great response, and learn about Christmas around the world, in a fun, and easy way.

The First People Parts 3, 4, and 5, Free Printable Fun, Technorati

I have added a whole bunch of people to my Technorati favorites. Every day I try to add more. If you have Technorati I would love to be on your favorites.

I found the cutest printables for Thanksgiving. Yesterday we did the Turkeys and they are sweet. Next week we will be doing the Pilgrim paper dolls. I can not tell you how cute they are. To get your free printables go to http://www.freeprintablefun.org and check out all her great stuff.

Today is more like a half day, because we really dont have a lot to do. We will be watching parts 3, 4 and 5 of the First People, about Native Americans. DJ will write a short review after. We were supposed to watch a Mars video, but my Tivo is not working. So it is a short day today. I hope everyone has a great weekend.

Freebie of the day, Veterans Day, Native Americans

First of all I would like to say Happy Veterans Day, to all vets. Without them, this great country, would not be. So be sure to thank your Vets today, and everyday. Tomorrows lesson plan will include this story about Veterans Day, with printable available http://homeschooling.about.com/cs/unitssubjhol/a/veteransday.htm

Todays Homeschool freebie, is an ebook about Pilgrims. It is part 2, to the one I listed yesterday. As I stated previously we will probably save these for next year, and incorporate them into the curriculum. Here is an exerpt of the ebook: Pilgrim Stories II - The Wild Land & Thanksgiving (PDF ebook) In Part Two, the Pilgrims at long last arrive in the "New World", only to find it a truly "wild land" filled with incredible danger and hardship. Providentially, they are befriended just when they need it most, and the very first Thanksgiving is celebrated. You can get this great ebook by contacting me, or going to www.HomeschoolFreebieOfTheDay.com and signing up for their free newsletter. Each offer is only available for that day, so dont delay.

Tomorrows Lesson Plans will include video #2 of The First People Parts 3 and 4 will be posted for Friday.

Here is the rest of the Lesson Plan for 11/12/08:

Reading: Read chapter 6 of Pirates Past Noon
Writing: Write a letter to your favorite TV, or movie star
Social Studies: Part 2 of the First People, Indiana, Veterans Day
Language Arts: Phonics review, using an index
Math: Multiplication, addition, subtraction, greater than and less than
Spanish: Food and utensils
Art: Draw Pichu, turkey craft

I hope everyone is enjoying their day off, on this Veterans Day.

Congratulations To Obama, Fire Prevention, Native Americans

Congratulations to Barack Obama, on winning the Presidency. He was not my candidate, but I am not a sore loser, and believe in giving him his due. If you did not see John McCains concession speech, it was really well done, respectable, and touching. I am proud to say he was my candidate. I hope Obama can stand up to all the hype.

This is the second video, in the Fire Prevention series. We watch the video, and then write about what we learned.


All this month, on Social Studies days, we will be watching a series of videos on Native Americans. Discussion and writing assignment will follow each video.

Lesson Plan for 11/6/08:

Reading: Read chapter 4 of Pirates Past Noon
Writing: Tell some ways we can help homeless people
Math: Multiplication, division, addition, subtraction
Language Arts: Phonics review, grammar
Fire Prevention: Video and discussion
Health: Nutrition
Music: 30 minutes
Spanish: Utensils and food