Animal Classification lapbook/notebooking pages FREEBIE!

 

I am offering my ANIMAL LAPBOOK/NOTEBOOKING PAGES  up as a freebie right now!

 

All I ask is that you please leave me some feedback in my TPT store after downloading. I REALLY appreciate it :) 

 

There will be more freebies to come & thanks so much for your support!

Prepping for a fundraiser & making our advent calendar...

This has been a crazy busy couple of weeks! I am participating in a Christmas Bazaar where I am selling items I have made to raise funds for Tyler's trust. Tyler is a 10 yr. old boy in our neighborhood who was the victim of a hit & run 1 month ago today.

He is still in the hospital in a coma and we are all hoping he pulls through this.

 

Here are the items I have made to help raise funds:

 

 

Here are some pics. of Little M helping me. She is so awesome!

 

 

So before I go to bed I am trying to finish up gathering ideas for our Christmas advent calendar for the kids. We started this last year and they had SO much fun doing it that I knew we had to do it again this year!

 

I will share it when I have it all together but for now I wanted to share this awesome printable pack that I found FREE while I was searching for ideas.

 

I am going to print it out tomorrow & get started because I really want K to be a part of the planning this year.

 

I hope you are able to use this printable with your kids as well!

Another great freebie!

I come across so many FREEBIES when I am searching the net for homeschooling stuff!  I like to try & post freebies whenever I find them because I love to share ;)

I hope you find this great pack to be useful. I can't wait to use it with K!

STUPENDOUS STORY ELEMENTS
Grab this 34 page FREE packet to use when teaching story elements (character, setting, problem and solution). Recommended for grades 1-4.

BEAR UNIT STUDY

This coming week we are going to be starting our first Unit Study. K asked me if he could study bears. 

I am very excited to give this a try & the bonus is that Little M loves being included in K's learning!.

Some of the activities planned for this week may seem a bit babyish for a child that is K's age (7)  but K loves the fact that I rely on him as the "helper" to prep. things & to help his little sis & the daycare kids with some craft activities.
I think this is a very valuable lesson for K....he makes me so proud with how loving, caring & patient he is with the little ones :)

I will post pictures of everything next week!

Here are the FREE printables I have created to go with the Bear Unit Study:
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/UNIT-STUDY-ON-BEARS-978242

The download is free & includes memory/word cards, hibernation Q&A sheet, poem for copywork, label the bear page & notebooking page.

There is also a Polar Bear printable from Lakeshore Learning here:
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/222365300322620748/

VIDEOS
Brown bear hunts for fish:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzZ4systdZc

Polar bears & their world of ice:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4xylP62Wcc
To get to the polar bears we skipped through until about 3 mins. into the video


MATH
This is a great freebie from MRS. RUSSELL'S ROOM
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Math-through-Literacy-Freebie-How-Benny-Bear-Finds-the-Biggest-Bushel-291815
It contains a story about a bear & is great for teaching comparison (greater than, less than, equal to).  This is aligned to both ELA and Math Common Core standards for first and second grade.


SENSORY ACTIVTIES

The kids will be making playdough bears (K will likely use clay)

STORIES

We will be reading "brown bear, brown bear, what do you see?", "bears on wheels", &  "goldilocks and the 3 bears".  We do not own a copy of this book so we will watch it here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDkFmOMR-0s

SONGS

We will listen to/sing the following songs:

Learn how to count with bears: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oA5jFyeiJWU

“I see a barefoot bear” by Brent Holmes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WanMSXSge0

 

We will sing:

THE BEAR WENT OVER THE MOUNTAIN

The bear went over the mountain,
The bear went over the mountain,
The bear went over the mountain,
To see what he could see.

And all that he could see,
And all that he could see,

Was the other side of the mountain,
The other side of the mountain,
The other side of the mountain
Was all that he could see

 

SCIENCE

We will be doing the following experiment. I think we will likely use raspberries & blueberries though instead (because my kids love them ;)

 

http://www.gradeonederful.com/2012/09/mad-scientist-monday-gummy-bears.html#.UoZx7hSEj4g

 

I am excited to try making Triaramas:

 

http://www.gradeonederful.com/search/label/Bears#.UoV-iRSEjIU

 

WRITING

Here is another cute notebooking printable:

http://www.gradeonederful.com/2012/12/bear-freebies-from-my-week.html#.UoZ0WRSEj4g

FREE POLAR BEAR LAPBOOK:
http://www.schroederpage.blogspot.ca/2013/01/polar-bear-lapbook-freebie.html

ART

We will be doing these cute bear crafts I found on Pinterest:
 

http://artventurous.blogspot.ca/2012/03/polar-bears.html?showComment=1354933864254

 

http://amy-fun4kids.blogspot.ca/search/label/Winter

 

http://rowdyinroom300.blogspot.ca/2012/06/get-excited-alphabet-craftivities.html

  I hope you have found these ideas useful in your homeschooling journey and if you'd like to see some our pictures of how our week went please click the picture below.

Counting Candy Fun!

Yesterday we had a blast counting Halloween candy. K used this counting candy sheet that I made for him to fill in & it was a great review of math for him.

I added (at his request!) a column for him to Estimate how much candy of each kind he thought there was & then he counted & wrote down the actual amount.

Teaching a child with ADHD is such a struggle sometimes :S so when we are able to find a learning activity that is and doesn't lead to a meltdown of some sort (something we are experiencing all too often around here unfortunately!)  It is a winning activity in my books!

You can download the sheet for free here:

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/COUNTING-CANDY-SHEET-873102

Please leave me feedback & let me know how you liked it!

FREE HALLOWEEN PRINTABLE PACK!

I am happy to offer this FREE HALLOWEEN PRINTABLE PACK!

This Halloween theme pack contains:

2 pages of writing/drawing prompts
2 "read & copy" pages including identifying nouns
4 "telling time" pages

I feel these printables are geared towards 2nd- 3rd grade.

Please feel free to download it here:
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/FREE-HALLOWEEN-PRINTABLE-PACK-929969

AND please leave me some feedback in my TpT! I really appreciate it :)

If you are looking for more Halloween printables there are plenty more in the following link from last week:

ULTIMATE HALOWEEN THEME POST

 

FREE CIRCLE TIME SONG PRINTABLES!

After making our "4 Little Spiders" circle time song printable here: http://anniesadventuresinhomeschooling.blogspot.ca/2013/09/4-little-spiders.html

 

I have been on the lookout for other fun circle time printables to add to our bin as well...the kids just love them!

 

I found these 2 adorable printable circle time song/activities from http://www.picklebums.com on Pinterest & thought I would share them. They are so cute!

5 green frogs:

http://picklebums.com/2011/03/29/five-green-frogs-printable/

 

 

 

 

5 little ducks:

http://picklebums.com/2011/06/14/five-little-ducks-puppet-printable/

I hope you enjoy them as much as we have!!

THE ULTIMATE HALLOWEEN THEME POST!

There are plenty of Halloween themed printables & activities available as we get ready for Halloween!  Add some Halloween fun to your homeschooling day!

  Here is a FREE HALLOWEEN PRINTABLE PACK  for you to download.

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/FREE-HALLOWEEN-PRINTABLE-PACK-929969

with writing prompts, read & copy sheets and telling time activity.



Here is a cute Halloween craft! Great for kids of all ages:
http://anniesadventuresinhomeschooling.blogspot.ca/2013/10/halloween-playdoh-fun.html

This printable is a great circle time song to sing with you little one(s)
It is a cute little song about "4 little spiders" trying to catch some flies! Your children will giggle when you sing them this song and ask you to sing it over & OVER again!
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/4-LITTLE-SPIDERS-CIRCLE-TIME-SONGACTIVITY-898922

Here is a great recipe for making some Halloween Playdoh!
http://anniesadventuresinhomeschooling.blogspot.ca/2013/10/halloween-playdoh-fun.html

 

Check out this cat & pumpkin themed colour coded sight word dabbing sheet! Another great sheet to practice sight words.
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/FREE-COLOUR-CODED-SIGHT-WORD-STAMPING-885918

For the tots here is a fun set of FIND A LETTER sheets. There is a really cute "P is for pumpkin" one!
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/FIND-A-LETTER-SHEETS-874158

 

 

After Halloween your child is sure to have lots of Candy to use with this fun "Counting Candy" printable! Let them have some math fun counting while admiring their pile of candy ;)
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/COUNTING-CANDY-SHEET-873102

This candy corn file folder math game is great for practising beginner addition & it's so much fun!

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/CANDY-CORN-FILE-FOLDER-MATH-GAME-886548

This pack of  Halloween themed sight word stamping sheets have adorable graphics & are lots of fun for practicing over 30 different sight words!
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/HALLOWEEN-SIGHT-WORD-STAMPING-879989

Have a child like I do that that loves filling in calendars?! 
This  pack is a years worth of calendar printables for your child to fill in! They will be learning lots without even knowing it!

12 MONTH CALENDAR WORK PACK

www.supermommytotherescue.com hosted an awesome blog hop that features plenty of pumpkin themed printables for kids of all ages. Check it out here: 
http://supermommytotherescue.com/september-theme-pumpkin-printable-blog-hop-for-all-ages

 

www.frugalhomeschoolfamily.com has an awesome free printable pack on her site right now!

HALLOWEEN PRINTABLE FUN PACK!

I hope you have enjoyed these awesome Halloween themed activities!

THE LETTER A HOUSE PRINTABLE

 

Little M had lots of fun working on her "Letter A House" printable!

She needed lots of help with the cutting because she isn't very good with the scissors yet ;)  She is able to hold the paper & cut little slits into the edges but she is not able to cut circles out yet. She did an excellent job with her gluing though!

During this craft we talked about the Letter A & what sound it makes. We also sang "the letter A says A (making the sound loudly) the letter A says A, Hi Ho the Derry-O the letter A says A!" We have sang this song before & it always seems to stick ;)

Here she is with the finished product....so proud!

If you'd like to do this fun printable with your little one feel free to download it  for FREE here:

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/THE-LETTER-HOUSE-PRINTABLE-914517

Don't forget to leave some feedback in my store!! Thanks :)

Using "mom bucks" with our daily homeschooling checklist

I posted a checklist a few days ago that I have been using with K. You can find it here:

http://anniesadventuresinhomeschooling.blogspot.ca/2013/09/our-daily-checklist.html

I just wanted to update that things have been going really well with it & it has been a huge motivator for K to get things done in his homeschool day. It is so nice to find something that works!!

He is so excited to check things off the list at the end of the day so that he can collect his "mom bucks"!  He has even been asking me if he can do some things on the weekend so that he can collect more ;)

Here are some pictures I took of our "mom bucks" & of our prize bin.

I hope this post inspires you!

Our Daily Checklist

We have started using a Daily Checklist to help keep us on task & so far it has been working really well!

I know all kids are different...for K I have found that he really thrives on things being "the same".  This sometimes drives me a little crazy because I am not a very good planner...but I have been really making an effort to take every Sunday to plan ahead for my homeschooling & daycare week because things run a lot smoother when you have a plan!

K & I decided today that we would also incorporate an incentive to make the checklist fun! We are going to total his checks up at the end of the day & give him "mom bucks". This way when he collects enough "mom bucks" he can shop at the "mom store" (A Rubbermaid I have that will soon be stocked up with a few items like new markers, books, treats, small toys, puzzles etc.)

Here are some pictures of the prize bin & "mom bucks":
http://anniesadventuresinhomeschooling.blogspot.ca/2013/10/using-mom-bucks-with-our-daily.html

We also decided today that we will declare every Friday "Fun Friday".  We will still be homeschooling Fridays of course but we will try to incorporate as many games & fun activities as possible to make the day more fun (this is more for me because sometimes I tend to be way too serious ;)

This checklist is separate from our "chore list". Our chore list is a calendar with items listed for them to complete (2 chores) everyday. For these chores they collect .25 cents per chore they finish.

This list is meant as an extra incentive for school work completed.

Here is our checklist:

Feel free to download it here for FREE if you are interested:

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/HOMESCHOOLING-DAILY-CHECKLIST-900452

ETA:  If you want to see our actual list filled in it is included in the download. I uploaded both a blank copy and a filled in copy in the download :)

Also, we now use this with my 12 yr. old step son as well!  We have been struggling lately with him helping out with his siblings & playing the "big brother" role...this list has been great encouragement & motivation for him.
His list has the following on it:

Brush teeth in the AM
Brush teeth before bed
Read with your sister
Read with your brother
Help your brother with homework
Play a game with your brother (board/learning game)
Finish homework
Feed the geckos

FREE PUMPKIN THEMED PRINTABLES!

I am so excited this week to be linking up with other bloggers for the first time!  We are linking up with pumpkin themed printables & will be going live on September 23, 2013.

Please have a look at all the other awesome printables that are available for you to download here over at www.supermommytotherescue.com

http://supermommytotherescue.com/september-theme-pumpkin-printable-blog-hop-for-all-ages

 

The following are the FREE pumpkin themed printables I created:

 

 

and for the little ones:

 

 

There are a few of these & they are not all Halloween

 

Counting Candy

I thought it would be fun to make a candy counting sheet for Halloween.  K is so excited to use it!

It's free to download here if you want it:

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/COUNTING-CANDY-SHEET-873102



Hope you enjoy :)

"Find -A -Letter" Printable sheets!

Little M has started to really take an interest in the letters of the alphabet and daily she says to me "mommy can I do my homework?". I think it is because she sees her big brother doing his daily school work. 

Whatever the reason, I am going to enjoy the enthusiasm while it lasts!

I made these sheets up for her to go over letters and she LOVES them!! She loves the pictures and she loves using dabbers. She usually needs me to show her which letter to dab the first 2 times and then she finds them on her own after that.  She also asks me about  the other letters on the page :)

Hope your little one likes them too!!

 

After  she was finished this page she enjoyed giving herself stickers for all her hard work :)

 

Here is the pumpkin themed sheet:

 

 

 

 

 

I have made 6 of these printable sheets so far. Feel free to download them all here:

 http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/FIND-A-LETTER-SHEETS-874158