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Homeschool Textbook-Free Human Body Studies for Multiple Ages

Textbook-Free Human Body Studies for Multiple Ages

Want to learn about the human body with your kids in homeschool science this year, but dread a boring textbook approach? Or do you have multiple ages in your homeschool, and you’re looking for a way to study anatomy with all of them in a hands-on, wonder-filled way? Then save this post, because it is filled with delightful resources and projects for your next human body hands-on unit study!

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Engaging Activities for Kids to Do During the Winter Months

We’re heading into the winter homeschool doldrums. The holidays are moving behind us, the warmer weather field trips aren’t in sight. It’s starting to seem like the end of the school year is getting further away than closer. Which means, it’s a great time for you to engage the kids in activities they can do in the warmth of their own home. Don’t get down. Instead peruse through these hands-on learning options and find something fun and fabulous for you and the kids to do this winter. Exciting Activities for Your Kids This Winter Water Chemistry Experiment with At Home Water Testing Let your kids become science sleuths as they investigate the water in your home. Or, let them take samples from places that you frequent to bring home and test with this at home water testing kit.4 ” It was enlightening and could easily be incorporated into a science fair project or a water STEM lesson.” – Karyn at Teach Beside Me Teach the Art of Portrait Drawing Portraiture is something that may seem difficult to teach in a homeschool setting. But, with Sparketh’s Portrait track your kids will learn a variety of portrait styles and you’ll be so impressed with their new-found skills. “The Art Style Portraits track offers about 10 lessons with a few technique lessons as well. The lessons include several short videos that instruct the technique and style of the focused lesson. Together, these short videos work to build a finished piece.” – Renée at Great Peace American Revolution Games: Battle Blitz and Liberty at Last Teaching history can be dull, and boring. Or, you can make it fun and exciting with a hands-on history game teaching the American Revolution. “We liked the cards in this game as they gave a little overview of the person or event. This one was fun. You never know where you are going to land and the cards were interesting to read throughout the game.” – Sheila at Brain Power Boy Having Fun with 3D Pens for Kids Put 3D in the palm of your kids hands. Really! Let them design and build simple toys, or sky scrapers with the touch of a pen. This liquid plastic pen is safe to use, cool to the touch, and can be used by any age level. “Other than the pens themselves, the guide map might be my favorite thing in the kit. My son picked a project from the guide map, placed the plastic sheet over it, and got to work.” – Emily at Table Life Blog Connect with Your Teenagers by Playing a Card Game Quest for Arete is a simple ways for moms and dads to connect with their teens because it’s designed specifically for that age group. You’ll be meeting them on their level around the dinner table and before you know it, they’ll start to actually talk to you. “The style of play drew my boys into this game-and into talking with me.” – Amy at Rock Your Homeschool Case of Adventure Teach your kids about geography with adventure stories from around the globe. But, it’s more than just a story, it’s an adventure that includes an activity pack and lapbook so your kids go from reading to hands-on seamlessly. “It’s a new adventure series from CASE OF ADVENTURE, and Sophie absolutely loved the story – in fact she managed to read the entire book before I could, and when I was finally *allowed* to read it, she kept running up and asking me what part of the story I was on. It was adorable, really.” – Audrey at Our Good Life Garage Band Theory Do you believe that your kids could actually learn to play an instrument by ear? It’s true they can. Garage Band Theory helps kids to both understand that doing so is entirely possible, but that understanding the mechanics behind the music will help them to communicate their ability better. “When I explained to my boys how Mr. Sharp relates playing only by ear refusing to read music to reinventing the wheel and then not being able to communicate with anyone about it, it struck a chord with them.” at Hifalutin Homeschooler   You see, learning during the winter months doesn’t have to look like the doldrums. It can actually be an exciting adventure where kids explore hands-on, heartfelt learning. Tell me, what activities are you planning for your kids during the long cold winter months?

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Top Ten Alphabet Water Play Games

With summer almost in full swing, what better way to practice those ABC’s than with some fun water games? Not only are they educational, but it gets the kids out of the house too. We have a small inflatable pool that sits on our deck and it’s where the boys play most of their water games. So I have put together a list of our favorite water games that I hope you will enjoy. Fishing for Letters – This game can be played in many ways with many different tools. We have little polls from a math fishing game that we use to grab our letters. But you can get creative and use lots of different things to fish with. Letter Boat Matching – we haven’t played this one yet but I am gathering all the stuff to do it! This looks like so much fun and there are so many variations you can do with this. Word families for older kids (put the letter on the noodle and word family on the flag), even some math with these would be fun (answer on noodle, problem on flag). Water Balloon Phonics – with this game you could use the pool noodles from the Letter Boat game that already have the letters on them. Use those noodles to line up on the ground or tack to the fence, wherever you choose, and then throw the balloons. Half your game is already made! Foam Block Pool Spelling – this can be done with foam blocks or pool noodles. We also use our letter tiles and bottle cap letters for this. Sometimes I will use heavier items with letters on them so the boys can swim around with their goggles and look for the letters. What I do is call out the word several times, have them tell me what it starts with, then they find that letter and the other letters to spell it. It’s good to give them a tray of some sort for placing their letters as they find them. Letter Bowling – this water game could be turned into a fun ABC game. Take water bottles and write the letters on them, then have the kids identify the ones they knock down. You could also write word families on them and have the kids match the ones they knock down to the letters, making words. Lots of possibilities and endless fun! Giant Ice Cube Fun – My boys love doing this! Freeze your letters in it and make words as they get them out or identify the letter they break away. Alphabet Game with Water Balloons – She matches letters to objects with each one inside a balloon. You can do the entire alphabet this way but it will take a while. If you have a something square or round with pictures on it, those would be much easier to insert into the balloons. Water Balloon Sight Words – throwing water balloons into hula hoops, what fun! Squirt the Letter Alphabet Activity – this can be done with words, numbers…….all sorts of things. Water Balloon Piñata – you can write the letters or words on the balloons and have the kids hit the ones you call out or have them identify it before they can hit. Here are a few more great water activities that look like lots of fun. Water the Flowers Alphabet Activity Frog Pond Alphabet Activity Alphabet Ping Pong Water Games Swimming Pool Scrabble I hope you have enjoyed this Top Ten Tuesday post and have a summer full of learning fun.

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