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Studying the Chipmunk and What It Eats

April 10, 2017 by Melanie Thomas 3 Comments

Studying Chipmunks and their sources of food. Free colouring printables to help kids learn what chipmunks eat.

I have decided my daughter will continue her "Animal Studies" learning about local animals, animals she can actually study in real life herself.  We are currently studying the chipmunk. If she were older I would give her a notebook to take outside to jot down her observations on the chipmunk.  She's only 4.  Although she can print her letters and draw pictures, the notebook method would be very impractical and slow at her age.  However, I still feel animal observations can still be made at her ...

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Filed Under: Animal Studies, Coloring, Educational Play, Nature Studies, Outdoor Learning, Preschool, Summer Learning, Worksheets Tagged With: animal studies, chipmunks

Make Way For Ducklings Lesson Plan

May 25, 2015 by Melanie Thomas 6 Comments

Book based lesson ideas based on the Caldecott Medal winning book "Make Way For Ducklings".

Make Way for Ducklings was the winner of the Caldecott Medal in 1942. Make Way for Ducklings is about two ducks (Mr. and Mrs. Mallard) raising their family of 8 ducklings in the busy city of Boston.  The parents have some challenges keeping their young safe but they do get some help from a friendly police officer. It's not by accident that Make Way for Ducklings has been loved by generation after generation and still remains a favourite childrens book ...

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Filed Under: Book Activities, Poppins Book Nook Tagged With: animal studies, ducks, make way for ducklings activities, make way for ducklings lesson plan

Grade 1 Homeschooling Curriculum

August 22, 2014 by Melanie Thomas 6 Comments

Grade 1 Homeschooling Curriculum

This will be my daughter's Grade 1 homeschooling curriculum: Language Arts - See post Grade 1 - Language Arts Math - For math, I have chosen Math Mammoth.  I did a lot of research before purchasing and after comparing different products, Math Mammoth was the only one I couldn't find a negative review for - everyone that had purchased it seemed to be happy with it.  What I see, I like so far, and I like that I made one purchase and have her math covered till the end of Grade 8.  I can print out ...

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Filed Under: Curriculum, Grade 1 Tagged With: animal studies, art, bible studies, curriculum, french, geography, gym, life skills, math, music, science

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