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St. Pat’s Day Language Arts & Much More!

March 17th, 2010

Hi!  It’s Wednesday, March 17, 2010 and time for Language Arts at ClickSchooling!

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! With a name like “Flynn” you can imagine how much I enjoy celebrating the silly and serious business of being Irish today.  :)

Here are some fun ideas from my websites for cross-curricular celebrations – many of which you can do last minute!

Recommended Websites:

St. Patty’s Day Activities:
Rainbows, Shamrocks and Leprechauns

Age Range: 6-14 (Approximately – and fun for the whole family!)

This wonderful article by veteran homeschool mom, Fran Wisniewski offers a fun array of St. Patty’s Day arts, crafts, and activities that cover math, science, language arts, and much more!

St. Patrick’s Day Fun for Preschoolers

Age Range: 2-7 (Approximately – and fun for the whole family!)

I wrote this article with suggestions for a few fun learning activities you can do with little ones. Try my family’s recipe for a festive beverage today – a “Darby O’Gill”!

A Potato Curriculum

Age Range: 2-7 and Fun for the Whole Family!

Potatoes are an Irish food staple.  Go on a Potato Hunt, explore a potato, conduct a potato science experiment, get creative with mashed potatoes – and have fun learning!

“Toy, tee, toy, tee, toy, tee toy.”  LOL!

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Make A Gratitude Tree, Cake, & Tablecloth!

November 25th, 2009

Hi!  It’s Wednesday, November 25, 2009 and time for Language Arts at ClickSchooling!
 
Today’s recommended websites offer simple ways to express gratitude that also encourage your children’s Language Arts skills. 
 
Make a Gratitude Tree
http://www.homefires.com/click?thanks

Get simple instructions for making a Thanksgiving “Gratitude Tree” with a piece of posterboard and construction paper. Family and friends write messages about what they are most thankful for and post them on the tree.

Make A Gratitude Cake!
http://www.homefires.com/click?cake

Watch a video of Deborah Norville showing Rachel Ray how to make a “Gratitude Cake.” This is a very easy and simple idea loaded with heartfelt sentiment.

And here are a couple of suggestions from my article on Homefires.com titled, ThANGSTgiving: It’s Not Just the Pie That’s Crusty!

Leaves of Gratitude
Cut leaves out of autumn-colored construction paper and make one for each guest. Ask each person to write down or draw a picture of what they are grateful for on a paper leaf, and place it in a basket on the dinner table. Take turns reading them during dessert. Then, as an after-dinner activity, place them in a scrapbook. Do this each year. Everyone will enjoy looking back through the scrapbook and reading their comments.

Tablecloth of Thanks & Wishes
Place a light-colored cotton tablecloth on the table and give everyone a “Sharpie” permanent marker (they come in a variety of colors). Have them write down something that they are thankful for on the tablecloth. Children can draw a picture. Date each message. Use this tablecloth annually. Everyone will enjoy reading the messages year after year.

To read the entire article visit:
http://www.homefires.com/articles/thangstgiving.asp

Have fun!

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ClickSchooling Resource: Celebrate “Not Back to School” With Johnny Appleseed

August 23rd, 2009

Hi!

How are you planning to kick-start the “Not Back To School” year?

Our family marked the beginning of each new “Not Back To School” year by taking a trip to the Gizdich Apple Ranch in Watsonville, California. We took a tour of the facility, learned all about the apple-agri business, and saw apples crushed to make cider. Then, we headed into the apple orchards to pick a 1/2 bushel of Red Delicious, Golden Delicious and Pippin apples. After picking apples, we’d go to the barn where they served delicious apple pie and apple dumplings – yum!

Our annual homeschool ritual tied in nicely with the birthday of John Chapman (aka Johnny Appleseed) on September 26th. We’d listen to his biography on CD, make apple recipes, and do craft activities with apples. My sons eventually outgrew the apple crafts – but they loudly objected when I suggested they may have outgrown our annual tradition. Even as teens they enjoyed the family trek to pick apples in September! :)

I thought some of you might want to adopt a similar tradition – or just learn more about American History through the engaging facts, legends, and lore of Johnny Appleseed!

As I mentioned, Johnny Appleseed’s birthday is September 26th – and you and your family can get a head start on the celebration with….

HOMEFIRES’ JOHNNY APPLESEED CURRICULUM!

This innovative and educational 48-page eBook by homeschool mom Fran Wisniewski (and edited by yours truly) is designed for kids in grades K-7 – and the whole family will enjoy the learning activities. This eBook includes:

  • An accurate account of the life and times of Johnny Appleseed
  • Folk legends and lore about Johnny Appleseed
  • Illustrations and pictures
  • The history of early pioneers and apple orchards in the U.S.
  • Fun and fascinating apple-themed projects
  • Lesson plans in language arts, math, and geography
  • Hands-on apple science experiments
  • Apple recipes and craft ideas!

Click on the array of embedded links in the resource pages to visit other Johnny-themed websites with apple coloring books, art projects, songs, books, games, links to you-pick apple orchards, and more.

Celebrate educational freedom and kick off the “Not Back To School” year with fun activities that will jump-start learning all year long!

Get more info on this Homefires’ exclusive here:

http://www.homefires.com/store/appleseed.asp

Happy Homeschooling!

Diane

Diane Flynn Keith
Editor, Homefires.com
ClickSchooling List Owner

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Christmas Cookie Curriculum!

December 8th, 2007

Continuing with our Holiday Theme…

Christmas cookies are a staple of the holiday season. I thought we could study “art” through decorating these sweet confections. I was surprised to discover how many other subjects could be incorporated into the act of
baking cookies. I hope you enjoy visiting these websites…

Recommended Websites:

The History of Cookies

A fascinating account of the history of cookies from the 7th Century to modern times. Includes history about specific cookies too such as, Anzac Biscuits, Biscotti, Chocolate Chip Cookies, Fortune Cookies, Macaroons,
Peanut Butter Cookies, Snickerdoodles and more. It includes recipes too!

Christmas Cookie Language Arts: A Random Christmas Cookie Story Generator

At this site, you simply enter your name and gender and the computer generates a really silly Christmas cookie story using that information. The story is generated in one, long, run-on sentence. Print it out and correct the punctuation. :)

NOTE TO PARENTS: As always, you should test this before you let the kids try it.

Christmas Cookie Math

You’ll find Christmas-themed math word problems here. One of the problems involves Christmas cookies, and another is about making gingerbread men. Don’t forget that sugar cookies can be cut into geometric shapes. Cookies can be decorated with numbers and geometric shapes too. Tots can sort the various kinds of Christmas cookies. Have fun! :)

A Christmas Cookie CHEMISTRY Mystery

(Note: Geared for Middle School and up.) Get A FREE, downloadable and printable chemistry lesson themed around
Christmas cookies. You’ll also find the printable teacher’s classroom instructions.

Social Studies with Christmas Cookie Recipes from Around the World

Find Christmas cookie recipes from Australia, Austria, Canada, China, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, Hungary,
Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Mexico, Norway, Peru, Poland, Puerto Rico, Russia, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The United States of America, and
Yugoslavia! Ask your children to find the country of origin of each type of cookie you bake on a globe or map.

Free, Printable Christmas Cookie E-Book

The Family Education website offers this FREE, downloadable and printable E-Book of easy-to-make Holiday Cookie recipes.

Art: Cookie Decorating 101

Explore these terrific tips for decorating cookies before and/or after
baking them.

Enjoy!

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Valentine’s Day Tour!

February 14th, 2003

There is so much on the Web about Valentine’s Day, that choosing just one site is next to impossible. So, to celebrate Valentine’ s Day we’ve arranged an Internet Tour of various websites about Valentine’s Day and things related to Valentine’s Day. Enjoy!

Recommended Websites:

Happy Valentine’s Day!

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