Life of Fred: Apples, Chapter 8

• Fred swam over to the north side of campus.  Swim on over to this interactive map and practice your skills using a compass rose!

• When your child is done playing the game here is a compass coloring page.

• Circles:




• Head over to this amazing math resource and click ENTER.   Next, click GEOMETRY.  Then, lick on BASIC SHAPES and CIRCLE.  You may want to just read this over with your child from the computer, or you may want to print it out and add it to their notebook to review often.  While you are there, click on SQUARE and COMPASS POINTS.
• Homeschoolmath.net has a great lesson on circles.
• When learning about circles, it's a great time to introduce simple fractions.  Education.com has a simple and cute pizza fractions worksheet to print for free.
• If you are interested in a complete fractions lesson, Cynthia Lanius has put together a great online fraction lesson that even self grades!
• Games are great for teaching and reinforcement.  Education.com has a great pizza fraction game that you can print and play for free!
• Learn how to use circles and ellipses to draw objects. 
Ellipse:


• Have your child draw at least seven fish using this lesson.  It's really easy for even the smallest hands with this 4 step method.  After they have drawn their fish have them color or decorate them.  Cut them out and use them for counters to make the parts of 7.
• Kidsparkz has a free printable fish bowl counting mat to download and print.  This printable includes fish counters, but if you can allow the time for your child to create their own, it will be more enjoyable!  They also have a pizza counting mat as well, that would be fun to add to your fraction lesson!
Square:


• Here is a nice list of free and fun shape worksheets.
Shapes Online Games:


• http://www.kinderwebgames.com/tri.html
• http://pbskids.org/games/shapes.html
• http://www.kidsmathgamesonline.com/geometry/shapes.html
• http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/preschool/ngames/shapes.htm
• http://www.abcya.com/shapes_geometry_game.htm
Shapes Online Videos:


• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbYJqxHzu-0
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQTk_cebqYw
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GumWCO881tM
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qfUaJ3CASY
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBUjH2KJns4
Counting by 5's and Temperature:


• Counting by 5'd Videos:
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2F0uCEWy7k
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUHFzH06HqU
• Education.com has a counting by 5's sea shell worksheet that is perfect for this lesson!
• Here is an online skip counting worksheet if your not wanting to print or would like extra practice.
• Here is an awesome free online course about thermometers for kids!  Very well done.  Please don't miss this one!
• Learning about Temperature Videos:
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AOj1Ahsm7s
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5teyd8srp8
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsXkmLrdPMY

 

 

 



• Oceans:

• Think Quest has a great lesson all about Earth's Oceans!
• Have your child take this online geography quiz several times trying to beat his score each time!
• Label and color this free printable world map!
• Have fun doing some whale math!
• skip count by 2's whale worksheet
• whale subtraction worksheet
• fill in the missing numbers whale worksheet (for this I would have the child fill in the numbers and then draw a bubble around the numbers as they count by 5's)
• PreKinders has some great goldfish crackers math printables for FREE!

 Thank you for stopping by Noah's Ark Homeschool Academy!  Please come back again, and recommend us to a friend if you like what you've seen!

Our Mr. Popper's Penguins Book Box

For our unit study of Mr. Popper's Penguins I went to the library and collected several books.  I put together a combination of resource books and fun stories and placed them in a plastic ice bucket that I bought from Wal-Mart for $2.00.  We call it our unit study book box. 

Book's from our Mr. Popper's Penguins Book Box:

1. Plenty of Penguins by Sonia W. Black
2. Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers
3. Waiting for Ice by Sandra Markle
4. One Cool Friend by Toni Buzzeo
5. Antarctica The Antarctic Ocean by Lynn M. Stone
6. Penguins by Emily Bone
7. What's in the Egg, Little Pip? by Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman
8. The Emperor's Egg by Martin Jenkins
9. My Season with Penguins; An Antarctic Journal by Sophie Webb
10. Amazing Animals; Penguins by Valerie Bodden
11. Follow That Map!  A First Book of Mapping Skills by Scot Ritchie
12. The Magic School Bus In the Arctic; A Book About Heat by Joanna Cole
13. How to Survive in Antarctica by Lucy Jane Bledsoe
14. The Magic School Bus and the Climate Challenge by Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen
15. Where is Home, Little Pip? by Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman
16. Magic Tree House Research Guide Penguins and Antarctica by Mary Pope Osborne and Natalie Pope Bryce
17. Magic Tree House Eve of the Emperor Penguin by Mary Pope Osborne

We use our book box's for Reader's Corner (when my children pick a book each and read them to eachother), and I pick a few books from our book boxes to read to them each day.

In addition to this book box we also have a winter and holiday book box which we have pulled several snow science books out of and added to our study.

Thanks for stopping by Noah's Ark Homeschool Academy.  We hope to see you back soon!

Mr. Popper's Penguins Unit Study Chapters 1-3

Don't Miss the Best Part

And all My Hard Work!

*All of our FREE Printable Notebook Pages for this Unit Study are located at Noah's Ark Homeschool Academy on Wordpress.*

 

*This Unit Study does NOT work well without the FREE Printable Notebook Pages.  Please do NOT skip that step.*

Before we get started, please head over to Noah's Ark Homeschool Academy on Wordpress to download our FREE Notebooking Pages that accompany this Unit Study. The Notebooking Pages download is listed in the text as a clickable link, and then you must click it again on the next page.  You will also find a plethora or wonderful penguin resources!

• Download and print our FREE Notebook pages which include our comprehension questions.  Have your child answer the questions for a chapter directly after reading it.  This study guide covers the first 3 chapters of Mr. Popper's Penguins.
• Mr. Popper was a house painter.  Let's find out what a house painter does.  Now tell about what you learned in your notebook.

• Here are some free printable 1930's wall paper designs that you can just look at or use them to decorate a cardboard box doll house or to make pockets and mini-books for this unit study.
• Here is a free printable 1930's paper doll to live in your cardboard box doll house.
• 1938 was the year Mr. Popper's Penguins was published.  Learn about what it was like to live in the 1930's for children and compare it to what it is like for your today.  Organize your information on a Venn Diagram.
• Mr. Popper and his family lived in a Bungalow.  Find out what a Bungalow is and tell about it in your notebook.

• Find India, the Himalayas, South Seas, North Pole, and the South Pole on an atlas, globe, or world map.

• Mr. Popper said that penguins live in the South Pole and Polar Bears live in the North Pole.  Compare North and South Pole and record your findings on a Venn Diagram. (use the Venn Diagram link above or make your own)
• Do some creative writing and tell a short story of how a penguin traveled from the South Pole to the North Pole.
• Be a detective and use the clues from the book to figure out what kind of penguin Mr. Popper got for his surprise.

• The penguin came packed in dry-ice.  Learn more about dry-ice and do some fun experiments.
• Watch this dry-ice experiment video, and watch this one too.
• When you come to the part in the story where they mention 10 o'clock have your child change their clocks time to 10 o'clock and then have them change it to the time it is at your house right then.  Have them calculate the elapsed time.

• The penguin walked the length and width of the bath tub and it was 6 steps in length and 2 steps in width.  Of course your child's feet aren't the same size as the penguins but for a fun math exercise have your child take 6 steps one foot in front of the other and mark the start and finish point.  measure the distance.  Now do the same for the width.  Describe to your child the difference between length and width.
• This story starts off on Wednesday, September twenty-ninth and you will follow this family for 9 months.  Have you child record the Popper families adventures through these nine months.  They can tell details described in the story of what the seasons are like as well.  Keep a timeline of the events and any dates mentioned in the story.
• Spelling: Have your child spell these words with alphabet beads or jot them down in their notebook. You can use them all or pick a few.
• Thursday
• September
• Thirtieth
• Wednesday
• Twenty-ninth
• Penguins
• Length
• Width
• Calcimine
• Expedition
• Mending
• Spectacles
• Queer
• Stout
• Pompous
• Toboggan
• Bungalow
• North Pole
• South Pole

Here are the answers to the questions from the notebook:

1. House Painter
2. He had never seen the Poles, or even left Stillwater
3. Bungalow
4. The kind that lasted all year
5. Answers will vary
6. It had National Geographic Magazine Pictures all over the walls
7. Answers will vary
8. Answers will vary
9. Answers will vary
10. Too much dirt in the house and she already has enough dirt
11. Goldfish
12. They crowd together until one penguin gets pushed in
13. They didn't have a TV
14. Not a letter, a surprise
15. He was curious about Admiral Drake's message
16. The Expressman
17. A faint "ork"
18. The penguin kept biting the faucets
19. No
20. Captain Cook

Thank you for visiting Noah's Ark Homeschool Academy and please keep your eye out for following chapters of our Mr. Popper's Penguins Unit Study!

Lentil Unit Study

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This is a unit study on the book Lentil.  You will need a copy of the book to go along with this unit study.  This is one of the book titles featured in the Five in a Row curriculum.  FIAR suggests for you to complete a book study in a week and to complete the curriculum in a year.  I found that if we expanded our study we could make the curriculum last 2 years or more.  Also, if you aren't able to obtain every book title it allows you the flexability to pick and choose.  Additionally, if you have slightly older children and you still want to include them in the study there isn't much suggested for them.  I have made this unit study to include multiple ages and abilities.  Of course as is with all curriculum do as much or as little you feel is a blessing to your family. Thanks for visiting Noah's Ark Homeschool Academy's Lentil Unit Study.  I hope you and your children enjoyed it and found it useful.

Please click this link to download the FREE 40 Page Lentil Unit Study Notebook from Noah's Ark Homeschool Academy to compliment this Unit Study.

Pages 1-2:

•  What are the children doing? (jump roping and playing marbles)
•  What is Lentil swinging in his hand? (pocket knife)
•  Pocket Knife Safety for Kids
• Notice the School in the background. It isn't like schools today, It's a One-Room Schoolhouse.
• Marble Math Addition and Subtraction Worksheet

Pages 3-4:

• Traditional song lyrics and many with music to listen
• You could use the link from above to create your own homeschool song book.
• Bible verses for contentment with your blessings
• History of the Piano

Pages 5-6:

• Notice Lentil is not wearing shoes.  Ask your child what is missing from Lentil's outfit?
• Embarrassing: define it and then ask your child to tell you times when they've been embarrassed.  To take this further you can discuss the synonyms and antonyms, or have your child make a vocabulary card including their experience of being embarrassed.
• Notice the animals.  Have your child point to all three.  What are they doing?  Why are they running away?

Pages 7-8:

• There are 4 birds and 1 flew away.  How many birds are on the fence to stay?
• Ask the child if there is anything they feel is really hard that they'd like to learn to do better.
• If at all possible have a lesson about their answer.
• Fence posts, fence posts, two by two, can you count the fence posts two by two? 2, 4, 6, 8, 10!
• Pucker: define pucker and ask your child if they know how to pucker.

Pages 9-10:

• How many pennies would it take to buy a harmonica today?
• How to play the harmonica for kids
• Free printable tools for your child to name and color
• Ask your child what is different about this store from Wal-Mart or another store you go to often.

Pages 11-12:

• Expert: define expert and ask your child what they are an expert at and what they'd like to become an expert at.  Again, if you are making vocabulary cards add this one as well, including the answers from your child.  Sometimes it's fun to ask a child what they think it means before you look up the definition.
• Character Training Bible Study on Pride and Humility
• Proud: define proud and ask your child if they have ever felt proud.
• Ask your child how does someone get good or talented at something. (they practice and the Lord blesses)
• Have your child make a list of things that they are talented at.  Then pray with them and thank the Lord for all their talents.
• Become,Whenever, and Wherever are compound words. Discuss how compound words work and ask your child to find the 3 compound words on page 12 and then have them start a list and write down all the compound words they can find in this book.  If they are younger you can stick to just those three and have your child write them a couple of times for practice, or have your child divide them with lines. (be/come)

Pages 13-14:

• What is tone?
• Why did the tone improve in the bathroom?
•  Slide show explaining the science.
• What does 100 percent mean? (this link is for ages 6 and above)
• Video lesson on percents from Homeschool Math
• Is there something unusual in the bathroom? (fan) Why is it there? (they don't have air conditioning)

Pages 15-16:

• If you don't live in a small town with a Main St. then travel to the closest one. If weather permits walk down Main St. and take in all the sites and sounds. 
• Do a little more exploring and see if you can find the finest house in the town.  Take a picture of it to put in your child's lapbook or record.  Have your child imagine what they think that person does.
• While you are exploring the town make a map of important locations that you have found.  It doesn't have to be fancy.  It could be lines and boxes with labels.
• What does Colonel stand for and how is it pronounced?
• The finest house in Alto, Ohio is a Victorian. 

Pages 17-18:

• Point out that a drug store is now what we call a pharmacy.
• What is a barber shop?
• If you find all those buildings in the town you visit make sure you add them to your map.
• If you have a boy and you find a barber shop ask them if they will do a pretend shave on him.
• Point out the utility pole and ask your child what they think it does or is used for.
• Fun games, experiments, quizzes, videos, worksheets and more all about Electricity.

Pages 19-20:

• Take your child to a Memorial Park or discuss their meaning.
• Monument: define monument and then have your child create a monument from clay for someone they think is really special.
• Methodist might or might not be a confusing word. This link will give you the history of the church.

 Pages 21-22:

• While you are on your visit in the small town find an alley and walk or drive down it.  Make sure to include an alley in your map. 
• This would be a good time for your child to practice their harmonica skills they learned on pages 9-10.
• You could also practice songs from your homeschool song book.

Pages 23-24:

• Whittled: define whittled and try whittling something out of a soap bar with a butter knife.
• Grumbled: define grumbled and try to think of other words to describe Old Sneep's mood.
• Ephesians 4:31-32
• Learn different ways to say hello.

Pages 25-26:

•  Help your child plan a grand welcome for Dad when he comes home from work.  Make welcome signs and party decorations and plan to sing him one of the songs from your homeschool song book, or play the harmonica.  If you have alot of children have them make band instruments from cereal boxes and other household items. 
• Have your child count how many newspapers there are. 
• Then study the history of the newspaper.
• Get a Sunday or local paper and study the different parts.  Have your child(ren) write and illustrate their own newspaper of their daily events.
• What is short fluffy and has a tail?  Can you find it?   

Pages 27-28:

• Study the United States Flag.
• Prepare a speech for Dad's welcome home party.
• What is a Brass Band?
• What is an ice man? (there is some cool information in here but read it before reading it to your kids)

Pages 29-30:

• Ask your child how many horse and buggies can they find.  If you know of a place that gives horse and buggy rides that would be a great field trip.
• How does a Steam Engine work?
• Build your own Steam Engine (paper craft)
• Steam Engine Children's Video Poem
• Steam Engines for Kids
• Steam Engine Experiments for Kids
• Look at the cars in the illustration. Here is a link to pictures of cars from the 1940's.

Pages 31-32:

• These pages are building suspense.  Go over parts of a story with your children.
• Roller Coaster Plot Graphic Organizer
• This is another great time to practice your harmonica skills or sing songs from your homeschool song book.
• If you didn't finish all the Steam Engine lessons from above you can finish those today.
• For younger children, have them count all the people in the illustration.
• Explore the History of the United States Flag. (lots to explore here)

Pages 33-34:

• Have your child describe what each person might be thinking. (what would be in a thought bubble above their head)
• This is a great opportunity to talk about adjectives (describing words).  Make a list of describing words for these pages with your child.
• Adjective Activities, Compare Adjectives,Fun Dip Adjectives Activity
• Activity;cut 1 lemon in half and ask the child the following questions and write down their answers.  This should create a nice list of adjectives.
• What does the lemon look like?
• What does the lemon smell like?
• What does the lemon feel like?
• What does the lemon taste like?
• Have your child illustrate a lemon and then in black (in a graphic arts style) have them write all the adjectives they used to describe the lemon.

Pages 35-36:

• How did that old man get onto the roof?  Have your children write a paragraph using the hamburger method to tell how Old Sneep got onto the roof.
• Learn all about lemons, learn even more
• Why do sour foods make your lips pucker? Whyzz tells you why for kids. (This should not be missed! And don't forget to take a look at their experiment and source links)
• The number 3981 appears on the passenger car.  This would be a good time to go over place values to the thousands.
• Place values worksheet with answer key for practice.
• Have your child make 3981 with base ten blocks. (this links to virtual base ten blocks to the thousands, very cool) You can use this link to practice other problems as well.

Pages 37-38:

• What's the difference between the trumpet and the cornet? Video Lesson: Cornet vs. Trumpet
• Trumpet (lots of cool stuff here for kids)What is a trumpet and how does it sound?
• What is a piccolo and how does it sound? (very simple and fun)
• What is a trombone and how does it sound?
• What is a tuba and how does it sound?
• Mom, it's your turn to suck on a lemon :) Suck on a lemon and ask your child if they are like the band or like Lentil.  (Do their lips pucker when you suck on a lemon?)
• If you have more than one child you can have them graph their results of who puckers and who doesn't.

Pages 39-40:

• Have your child count the drops of juice dripping down from the lemon.
• There is some different punctuation marks then the usual period or question mark.  This a great time to talk about punctuation.
• Punctuation online games and activities
• Punctuation Pals 20 project curriculum (This is beyond awesome and free! Start is now and do a little each day.)
• Punctuation Posters and Worksheet (in a very cute owl theme)
• Use the hamburger method again to tell how Old Sneep will get off the roof.
• Ask your child if they were the most important citizen what their famous quote would be. (This will be funny, so allow the giggles :)
• What does a Mayor do?

Pages 41-42:

• What is sound?
• There are several proper nouns in this sentence. Here is a proper nouns worksheet that describes what a proper noun is.
• Watch this noun video
• Look how handsome the Col. is dressed.  He even has a top hat.  This book was first published in the 1940's.  Here are some fun and free printable 1940's paper  dolls.

Pages 43-44:

• Indignant: define indignant and have your child use it in a sentence.
• This would be a good time to practice the harmonica again.
• Listen to "Comin' 'round the Mountain When She Comes (also includes lyrics and chords)
• Little people can do big things too! Visit this  Bible study on David and Goliath and pick which ideas you want to use.  In the story Lentil is a kid, but he was able to help in a BIG way.

Pages 45-46:

• When you are learning a new song it's good to get practice.  Practice "Comin' 'round the Mountain When She Comes" as many times as is enjoyable.
• Get in some more harmonica practice with these free online lessons. 
• Learn more about the harmonica.
• Learn about the History of the harmonica.

Pages 47-48:

• What is the History behind "Comin' 'round the Mountain When She Comes?"
• Point out that Col. Carter is snapping his fingers and tapping his heels together.  Challenge your child to snap his fingers (a hard skill to acquire, so stop when it becomes frustrating) and/ or tap his heels together.  If your child is older have them try both at the same time!
• How many buttons can you find?(I counted 19 visible buttons)  For younger children see how  many different ways they can add/subtract to get the answer 19.  For older children have then multiply/divide to get the answer 19.  If you have actual buttons allow them to use them as manipulative's.
• Download and print this button sort game.  If you don't have your own buttons to do the above activity print out extras of the button's in this printable.

Pages 49-50:

• Have your child count how many flags there are.  Then multiply by how many stripes are in the American Flag to find out how many stripes there are total.  Then multiply by how many stars there are.
• If you didn't get to all the Flag activities before, then now would be a good time to finish up or expand with these craft ideas.
• Practice the harmonica, sing songs from your song book, Practice She'll be "Coming Around the Mountain When She Comes."
• Get the band instruments back out and have a parade for an audience of teddy bears.

Pages 51-52:

• Lentil still needs some shoes, so why not make him some. Or you could try your hand at these.
• Make some memories with your kids, and give it a try with the harmonica.  They will never forget it.
• Call attention to the baton in the picture then let your child make their own Patriotic Baton.
• Learn how to read music notes in a kid friendly manner. (don't miss this one, it's a good one!)
• On the license plate is the number 19,323.  Click this link to create your own place value worksheet.
• Study the history of license plates.
• Here is a bunch of images of old license plates that you can just look at, or you can prints some of them out and play games (order by year, of find one for every state), or you could make a craft out of them.

Pages 53-54:

• Citizen: define citizen and have your child use it in a sentence and of course if you are making the vocabulary cards add this word to your collection.
• Committee: define committee and have your child use it in a sentence.
• Invite some friends over for an ice cream social.
• Ice cream party printables (scroll down to find them)
• Homemade ice cream science experiment
• Here are some fun ice cream party game printables

Pages 55-56:

• Make a cardboard Alto, Ohio including the new hospital building.
• Ohio Unit Study Resources
• Ohio Unit Study Resources 2

Other Resources

• Homeschool Share Lentil Lapbook
• The Homeschool Mom has all of the FIAR books listed (click on Lentil)
• Pledge of Allegiance Rebus
• FIAR Forum
• Lentil FIAR Adeventures
• Blog post for Lentil FIAR
• Teaching Stars Lentil blog post
• Simple Little Home Lentil blog post
• Delightful Learning Lentil blog post

Fabulous 500 Unit Study; Celebrate 500 Views With Us!

It’s a party celebrating 500 views at Noah’s Ark Homeschool Academy on Wordpress! What better way to celebrate then studying the number 500? What a challenge this is to put a whole Unit Study together on just one number. This Unit Study could serve as a model to put together your own Unit Study on any number that you want to celebrate.

Please click the above link to head over to Noahs Ark Homeschool Academy on Wordpess to find all the wonderful resources I've put together for you to study the number 500!

I was really surprised I was able to put together such a well rounded Unit Study on a number.  This Fabulous 500 Unit Study includes lots of Math, History, Social Studies, Geography, Thinking Skill, Technology, Creative Writing, and Art.  This Unit Study is jam packed with learning opportunities.

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Using Media In Your Homeshcool

Today, I ran across a website that allows you to make your own video with their animation software for FREE!  Not only that but they make it easy to share it to facbook and you tube.  You can also search for others videos and become their fans.

I started my account today and played with the features and found the usability suprisingly easy.  In my humble opinion, I thought this would make a very useful and enjoyable homeschool resource.  It seems the possabilities are endless. 

I came up with a list of ways to utilize this website for homeschool.  It is as follows:

1. Reading comprehension: have your children retell the story you just read, or after finishing a chapter book.
2. Writing: have your child create a video of a story, poem, or report they wrote.
3. Math: have your child explain a math lesson that they just learned.
4. Math: have your child come up with a song that helps them remember math facts and then you can watch it again and agian for review.
5. History: Have your child write a fictional story using historical facts they have learned.
6. History:  Act out a scene from your history book.
7. Science: Have your child describe a cycle such as a life cycle or the water cycle.
8. Unit Study: Have your child put a presentation together to sum up the key things they learned in the unit study instead of doing a report.
9. Highschool: Have your older child practice job interviewing skills, or do a news report.
10. Vocabulary/Spelling: Have your child put together a lesson using their vocabulary or spelling words and present it at co-op or to other siblings and friends. 

Those are just some of the ideas I had.  If you use one of these ideas and create a video please comment below and share your experience.  If you come up with a completely new idea please share that as well.  It would be great to have a plethera of comments below sharing links to their homeschool videos.  I will be adding any videos my children make and share them with you.

Click here to go to their website and check it out!

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I felt there was a need to have a place where I could post FREEBIES that might expire or weren't permanent.  I strongly dislike broken links, so therefore I try not to post any links that might expire or change.  I find many FREEBIES that are for a limited time only or at a new unreliable blog that are really worth checking out, but aren't the material I want to post on my blogs.  Facebook was the natural choice for being able to post links that are time sensitive.

Another benefit to a Facebook page is sharing with folks other great homeschooling blogs that I follow, articles that I read, recipes that I find and in a more timely fashion. 

I will also be posting updates that I have made to Noah's Ark Homeschool Academy.  It's a great way to communicate with my readers also.  Facebook is a more fluid communication device then blogs are.  You can have instant dialog with me and other homeschoolers.

I truly hope that Noah's Ark Homeschool Academy is a service to the homeschooling community and that we are creating a valuable resource for many families.  Thanks for you support!

Lego Unit Study

What kid doesn't LOVE Legos?  I am putting together a Lego Unit Study for my children and I will share all the FREE goodies I find in this post.  I hope you enjoy!

FREE Lego Unit Study Notebooking Pages to accompany Noah's Ark Homeschool Academy's Lego Unit Study! (14 pg. PDF)

Noah's Ark Homeschool Academy Lego Unit Study

Lego Learning on Pinterest! (Follow Noah's Ark Homeschool Academy's Lego Learning Board)

How Stuff Works: Legos

How do Legos Work?

Lego Minifigures 

Lego Lapbook FREE Printables

Teach a Lego Class

Easy Fun School Lego Links

Homeschooling Ideas Lego Projects

Weird Richard Lego Lessons  (you can do the free trial and pick and choose what you do for the unit study)

The Brick Bible  (Bible stories told with Legos)

An 8 year old homeschooled boys presentation All About Legos (a little hard to hear but a cute idea)

Lego Coloring Pages

Tons of Lego Party Ideas (There are so many ideas on here that could be transformed into an educational activity)

Color the Super Hero Poster

Lots of Lego Resources

Lego Batman Cube Craft

Kathy's Cluttered Mind Free Lego Learning Resources

Pinterest Lego Learning Board

Lego Math Worksheets

Lego Lapbook

Free Subscription to Lego Education Magazine

Lego on Squidoo

The History and Science of Legos

Lego Space

Planning With Kids

Kindergarten Lego Printables

Lego Learning

Quest Kids

My Crazy Big Life Blog

LEGO YOU TUBE VIDEOS

 

A Lego Story (Animated History of Lego) 

 

A real size house made entirely out of Legos

How Lego's are made

How pryamids were built (Lego History)

Nativity Story done with Legos

John Smith Settles the New World

A Longer Nativity Story

Bible Stories

Exploding Lego Math (Multiplication, Fractions, Addition, and Subtraction)

Lego Alphabet Song (Very cute and well done)

How to Build a Lego Alphabet and Letters into a Wall

How to Build a Lego Car

How to Build a Lego Pizza

How to Build a Micro Scale Factory

Noah's Ark Bible Story

Rising of Lazarus

Official Lego on You Tube

Lego Marble Machine

 

These are pictures from our trip to Legoland in 2009

Where To Buy Used Homeschool Curriculum

In many cases homeschool families are on a tight budget, largely to do with being a one income family.  We are a thrifty breed and are always on the lookout for ways to save money.  I for one, pay special attention to the words FREE, USED, and REUSABLE.  When you apply these words to curriculum now you're really talking BIG SAVINGS, as we all know how expensive curriculum can be.  For large families with multiple ages it can really get out of control. 
I normally follow these steps when looking for curriculum:

* Does someone I know have this, and can I borrow it or have it?
* Check the Library's resources
* Search for FREE resources online
* Search USED items for sale in a co-op or online
* Look for REUSABLE items on SALE

I have put together a list of websites that sell USED homeschool curriculum below:

* Homeschool Classifieds
* Vegsource
* Amazon (search a specific title or homeschool)
* Ebay (search a specific title or homeschool)
* Christian Homeschoolers
* Another Day Books
* Ed Accents
* Ed Ex Books
* Homeschool Surplus
* The Back Pack
* Used Homeschool Curriculum
* Well Trained Mind Forums
* Swap (search a specific title or homeschool)

If you like FREE stuff like I do click this link to go to Homeschool For Free with Noahs Ark Homeschool Academy!

You can also find FREE homeschool curriculum on Homeschool Buyers Co-op!
 I hope this has been helpful.  Do you have some great sites that I don't have listed yet?  If you do please share them so I can add them!  Thanks, all and have a blessed day.

HOMESCHOOL FOR FREE

I am so happy to share with you my labor of love!  I worked long and hard to compile a list of links that I personally vetted for your ease of use.  These links are sorted by subject and will provide you an entirely FREE homeschool curriculum if you so choose.  This list of links will never be entirely finished.  I will be updating it as I find worthy sites to include.  I hope you enjoy the ease of use and find it to be a helpful resource in your homeschooling journey.  Please let me know of any links that would make a great addition to this list.
My HOMESCHOOL FOR FREE PAGE is located on my other blog, please go check it out and enjoy!