This is one of the best spelling sites that I have come across, and it's FREE!!
SPELLING CITY offers you the capability of typing in all of your spelling lists.
It teaches, tests, and has games galore to trick your kids into thinking they are having fun. :)
I use it for my 5 year old with her sight words, and have even insisted that my teen refreshes his spelling with some advanced vocabulary words.
Enjoy - I have made it a regular part of our school day for those times when I just need a little distraction.
*make sure you set up a user account so that you can save all of our spelling lists. Great for weekly review.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Friday, January 16, 2009
Free Art ideas for the kids
If you have a budding artist in your family, then you will love this week's freebies!
Kinder Art is the place to go when looking for ways to teach art to your kids.
You can choose from Art History and Appreciation, painting lessons, artistic snacks, and many others! All of these free lessons have step by step instructions for the youngest child in your home to the oldest.
Thank you Homeschool Magazine for pointing me to this resource.
Kinder Art is the place to go when looking for ways to teach art to your kids.
You can choose from Art History and Appreciation, painting lessons, artistic snacks, and many others! All of these free lessons have step by step instructions for the youngest child in your home to the oldest.
Thank you Homeschool Magazine for pointing me to this resource.
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Largest full moon of 2009 this weekend
NASA Science News for January 8, 2009
The biggest full Moon of 2009 is coming this weekend. It's a 'perigee Moon' as much as 30% brighter than lesser Moons we'll see in the months ahead. Get ready for moonlight!
FULL STORY CLICK HERE
Check out our RSS feed at http://science. nasa.gov/ rss.xml!
The biggest full Moon of 2009 is coming this weekend. It's a 'perigee Moon' as much as 30% brighter than lesser Moons we'll see in the months ahead. Get ready for moonlight!
FULL STORY CLICK HERE
Check out our RSS feed at http://science. nasa.gov/ rss.xml!
Thursday, January 8, 2009
The Atoms Family - activites/song
Many of you asked for the words to the song that I sang on Atoms ("family").
This site has some great print offs and activities that go along with our Physical Science subject matter.
The Atoms Family activities
Atoms Family
I used this worksheet (created by Kathleen Crawford, 1994)
to introduce atoms to my students. It really makes it easier for the students to remember the charges of protons, neutrons & electrons and where they are located in the atom. The kids also have fun singing "The Atoms Family." :)
I can't wait to see which precious parent will delight us with this wonderful snack creation!
Atoms Family Atomic Math Challenge
Atoms Family Challenge
This worksheet (created by Kathleen Crawford, 1994) builds on the atoms family album. This has the students determine the number of protons, neutrons, and electrons in various elements. It's fairly simple but the kids really get the hang of it!
EDIBLE ATOM snack idea:
Printable Version for your convenience!
Supplies:
Lots of candy...
Large sugar cookies, M&M's, skittles, marshmallows, peanut butter chips, chocolate chips, sprinkles, frosting, popcorn, raisins, jelly beans, plates, napkins, milk (optional)etc.
Set the candy in bowls at different stations in your room or on each lab table. The object of this lab is for students to choose an element from the periodic table and design the atom complete with protons, neutrons, electrons and if you get really crazy you can have them add mesons, quarks and gluons. I found that if you limit them to any element with an atomic number of 8 or less it makes the lab work much smoother.
Before the student atom creation can be eaten, the student must make a labeled drawing of their atom and give all information of the element on a 3x5 index card. (Atomic Number, Atomic Mass, Symbol, Element Name, 1 use for the element, metal, non-metal, or metalloid) After you check that all info is correct... then it's eat 'em up time.
My kids loved this lesson. They never had so much fun learning about atoms and elements. You could also do this type of lesson with molecules.
This site has some great print offs and activities that go along with our Physical Science subject matter.
The Atoms Family activities
Atoms Family
I used this worksheet (created by Kathleen Crawford, 1994)
to introduce atoms to my students. It really makes it easier for the students to remember the charges of protons, neutrons & electrons and where they are located in the atom. The kids also have fun singing "The Atoms Family." :)
I can't wait to see which precious parent will delight us with this wonderful snack creation!
Atoms Family Atomic Math Challenge
Atoms Family Challenge
This worksheet (created by Kathleen Crawford, 1994) builds on the atoms family album. This has the students determine the number of protons, neutrons, and electrons in various elements. It's fairly simple but the kids really get the hang of it!
EDIBLE ATOM snack idea:
Printable Version for your convenience!Supplies:
Lots of candy...
Large sugar cookies, M&M's, skittles, marshmallows, peanut butter chips, chocolate chips, sprinkles, frosting, popcorn, raisins, jelly beans, plates, napkins, milk (optional)etc.
Set the candy in bowls at different stations in your room or on each lab table. The object of this lab is for students to choose an element from the periodic table and design the atom complete with protons, neutrons, electrons and if you get really crazy you can have them add mesons, quarks and gluons. I found that if you limit them to any element with an atomic number of 8 or less it makes the lab work much smoother.
Before the student atom creation can be eaten, the student must make a labeled drawing of their atom and give all information of the element on a 3x5 index card. (Atomic Number, Atomic Mass, Symbol, Element Name, 1 use for the element, metal, non-metal, or metalloid) After you check that all info is correct... then it's eat 'em up time.
My kids loved this lesson. They never had so much fun learning about atoms and elements. You could also do this type of lesson with molecules.
Friday, January 2, 2009
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