Workbox Lesson Planner

Summer has been flying by! We have had so much going on, that I haven’t had much time for the computer. My two oldest girls are at horse camp this week and my 19 year old son has decided to move in with my mom and dad for the time being. So… this week, it’s just me and my husband along with our two youngest girls at home. It’s really been quiet.

So, with all of this quiet time… I have been catching up on all that laundry I got behind on during two weeks at campmeeting/ my two week bout of the flu/ten days in Atlanta/two weeks of company/and 1 week of VBS. I have also been deep cleaning my family room/homeschool room in preparation for the new school year. I have also been planning my curriculum for 2010-2011. I love planning for our school year!

I want to share my new Workbox Planner Form with you. It is simple, nothing fancy, but is what I am using this year. I do only have space for 10 boxes as that is what I am using. I hope you enjoy!

I let you know which books we’ll be using this coming year soon!

Homeschool Freebies – June 15, 2010

Photo Credit: The Ramblings of a Crazy Woman

• Free Worksheets
• Ocean Worksheets from Learning Page
• The Island-below-the-Star Unit Study
• How to Raise Tadpoles
• Frog Lapbook
• Another Frog Lapbook
• God’s Amazing Sea Creatures Unit Study
• Nature Study at the Beach
• Handprint Crabs Craft (scroll down)
• National Geographic Sea Animals Coloring Book

Book Recommendations:

1. The Island-below-the-Star by James Rumford
2. Frogs by Nic Bishop
3. The Frogs and Toads of North America
4. Frogs Toads and Turtles by Diane Burns
5. Days with Frogs and Toad by Arnold Lobel

Homeschool Freebies – May 18, 2010

• Preserve Backyard Flowers
• Holly Bloom’s Garden Unit Study
• Dandelion Lapbook and Unit Study
• Wildflower Crown
• Edible Flower Recipes
• Time of Wonder Lapbook
• WhatBird.com
• Cornell’s Bird Coloring Book
• Create Your Own Field Guide
• Recycled Bird Feeder Craft

Book Recommendations:

1. Holly Bloom’s Garden by Sarah Ashman
2. Backyard Birds (Peterson Field Guide for Young Naturalists)
3. Time of Wonder by Robert McCloskey
4. Dandelion by Don Freeman
5. National Audubon Society’s Field Guide to Wildflowers

Homeschool Freebies – May 4, 2010

• Luna Moth Life Cycle – video
• Luna Moth Coloring Page
• Stellaluna Lapbook
• Journey to the Bottomless Pit Unit Study
• How to Build a Bat House Plans
• Adventures of Echo the Bat
• Scratch Paper Art
• Lunar Landing – Moon Craft
• Skymaps Downloads
• Glow in the Dark Constellations

Book Recommendations:

1. Stellaluna by Janelle Cannon
2. A Luna Moth’s Life by John Himmelman
3. Journey to the Bottomless Pit by Elizabeth Mitchell
4. Insect World – Luna Moths by Sandra Markle
5. How to Draw Insects by Justin Lee

Homeschool Freebies – May 11, 2010

• Worms are Fun! Recycling with Worms
• Online Field Guides
• Earth Day Mini Lapbook Helper
• The Trellis and the Seed Lapbook
• The Tale of Three Trees Lapbook
• Botany Unit Study
• Earth Day Word Search
• Nature Words
• Reed Basket Craft
• Handprint Butterflies

Homeschool Freebies – April 27, 2010

• The Very Hungry Caterpillar Unit Study
• The Very Tasty Caterpillar
• The Very Hungry Caterpillar Lapbook
• Nature Study Notebook – Journaling Pages
• Butterfly Lapbook
• “B” is for Bee Craft
• Butterfly Lapbook II
• The Monarch Butterfly – Amazing Migration – video
• Butterfly Project Ideas
• Monarch Butterfly Clipart

Book Recommendations:

1. From Caterpillar to Butterfly by  Deborah Heiligman
2. Monarch and Milkweed by Helen Frost
3. Arty Facts – Insects, Bugs, and Art Activities by Polly Goodman
4. Origami Insects and Their Kin by Robert J. Lang
5. Garden Insects of North America by Whitney Cranshaw

Happy Arbor Day!

Each Tuesday on A Virtuous Woman you can find a great list of Homeschool Freebies! Today is no different!

Seeing as today is Arbor Day, I have a number of great “tree” themed finds for you. Perfect for studying all month!

I took my four girls down to the courthouse here in Harlan today where they were passing out free trees. We were given a number of saplings:

5 persimmon trees
2 black walnut trees
1 pawpaw tree

I hope to get these in the ground tomorrow! The girls were excited about the trees. The saplings were pretty small and it will take years for them to reach maturity, but it will be fun to watch them grow and take note of the changes they make over the years.

Happy Arbor Day!

Homeschool Freebies – April 20, 2010

• Guide to Sketching Trees by Claire Walker Leslie
• Tree Shape Book
• Leaf Prints
• Leaf Flashcards
• Tree Study and Lapbook
• Miss Twiggley’s Tree Unit Study
• Chipmunk’s Unit and Lapbook
• How to Draw a Chipmunk
• Seasonal Tree Study
• Spring Tree Study

Book Recomendations:

1. Miss Twiggley’s Tree by Dorothea Warren Fox
2. National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees
3. Drawing Trees by William Powell
4. Keeping a Nature Journal by Claire Walker Leslie
5. The Handbook of Nature Study by Anna Botsford Comstock

Homeschool Freebies – April 13, 2010

• The Parable of the Lily Lapbook
• Palm Leaf Cross Craft
• Rice Krispie Earth Day Recipe
• Earth Day Word Search
• Sight Words Matching Folder Game #1
• E is for Earl the Earthworm
• Harmony Fine Arts and Music Appreciation
• 3-D Paper Craft Birds
• Happy Earth Day
• Signs of Spring Journal

I have four girls and when…

one of them yells, “Mom! I found a snake!” you’d think they’d all go running in the other direction. But nope, today when Hannah yelled those words, we all ran to go look – with our handy dandy butterfly net. I was pretty sure it was a garter snake, but we had never found this particular type of snake, so we used a stick to push it into the net.I did look to see if there was a diamond shaped head and eyes and nope, there wasn’t.

Then, we took the snake into the house and put it in the tank with the turtle. I told the girls I would look up the snake online a little bit later (after I finished some chores) and not to pick up the snake until I had determined what kind of snake it was.

A little while later, Hannah comes in the room where I was busy putting away laundry and says, “I couldn’t help it!” and proceeded to tell me how she just had to touch the snake (first with a stick) and no it didn’t try to bite her. So, now the girls are passing the snake, which turned out to be an Eastern Garter Snake around, very excited!

Girls! LOL!

I am very glad we found the snake because now we have another critter to show my Primary Kids at Campmeeting next month.

Photo Credit: Copyright, Jeff LeClere

If you homeschool and your child is interested in snakes, here is a nice e-Book about Kentucky Snakes.

Oh, and the girls named the snake “Lucky” because Hannah found it at the same time the cat found it. She said, “I really think God helped me save the snake because He made it and it is special.” Isn’t she sweet?

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