A Few Math Resources Online

Just sharing some of my Math bookmarks: 

MEP Math- Free complete math curriculum- for more information see this blog article


Khan Academy- Math instruction videos (also many other topics) these can be fun introductions for your children.

Living Math- Using living books to teach math concepts, great book list by concept

AAAMath- Like an online math text and workbook

Homeschool Math- Many. many math resources, links, worksheets, math blog roll

That Quiz-math quizes- handy site with quick math quizes to assess student knowledge


MATH GAMES

Timez Attack- Multiplication game- free version (thanks Tarasine)

Printable Math Games @ I play Math Games.com  - Great resource for a huge variety of printable math games by grade level or topic

Math Worksheet Generators:

SuperKids Math Worksheet Creator
Lizard Point Math Worksheet Generator
The Math Worksheet Site

Alice in Wonderland Unit Ideas

Disney has a new Alice movie coming out in March. Although it looks a bit scary for the under 10 crowd, it is still a fun theme.  The imaginative characters, chaotic storyline, and random impossibilities make the Alice story universally loved by children and there vivid imaginations.There are many versions of the Alice story out there in publication and film-any of them would serve as a great jumping off point for a fun Wonderland Unit.

Unit Resources to be updated as new items are found.

E Text of book -Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

View The ORIGINAL Alice written and illustrated by Lewis Carroll-it is one of the links on the bottom

About the author Lewis Carroll

 Project and Unit Ideas:

• Amazing Wonderland Expedition Kit- I'm thinking PROJECT!
• The Many Faces of Alice 4th grade unit example- I love the script idea!! 
• A Study Guide for Alice  
• Alice in Wonderland Unit for 3rd Grade PDF

Lapbook resources:

• Alice @ Homeschool Share
• Sample lapbook

Math

• Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum Math 
• Time (White Rabbits Watch)
• Lots of fun clock resources here  
• Worksheets and activities from Handwriting for Kids 
• Time worksheet generator
• Online analogue interactive clock
• Another online clock both digital and analogue
• Math Games with deck of cards 

Social Studies

• Geography-Mapping Skills: Create a Map of Wonderland-include the tree, the hole, and all the places named in the book, a map key and compass rose

Life Skills and Character Topics

• Time management
• dawdling

Poetry

• Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll - read aloud on YouTube
• Jabberwocky text

Math: Money

Printable Money for teaching math

Coins

• color coins from abcteach
• black and white coins from Scott Foresman PDF file

Bills

• color bills- SINGLE PRINTABLE PLAY MONEY PAGES
• color bills

Teaching Reading

Below are some FREE websites that I have found particularly helpful in teaching my children reading skills and phonics.

Phonics Games 

• these are games you will need to save to your computer and then print out
• for parent/teacher

Free Reading

•  this site is a wealth of resources for teaching reading, writing, and vocabulary with activity ideas,  printables and lesson plans
•  for parent/teacher

Starfall

• interactive videos, games, books, printable worksheets 
• for child- can use site independently

Literactive

•  just register for a ton of free leveled reading materials and printable worksheets,

Storyline Online

• celebrities read-aloud picture books online
• activity suggestions to go along with books
• for child/parent- child could use independently

Sillybooks.net 

• animated books that read aloud to child
• lesson plans for some books

Reading Rockets 

• many, many articles on literacy
• lesson plans, book suggestions,  and resources 
• for parent./teacher

Lapbooking: Have you tried it?

Lapbooking has been all the rage in homeschooling circles the last few years. Have you tried it in your homeschool yet? If your kids are tired of filling in worksheet and notebook pages, lapbooking may be for you.

We don't use lapbooks for everything we learn but when we do use them to add some spice to our homeschool topics-The boys LOVE it! In fact the older two boys often get upset if I am making a lapbook with the younger boys and they don't get to make one too.

Lapbooks themselve are not the learning, they are more like a visual and hands-on catalog of what the child has learned about a specific subjects. We often use them along with literature units. For Example: We made Pig and Rat Lapbooks when we read Charlotte's Web. We read the book and included some trivia, character descriptions and plot details, along with learning more about the specific animal and including information about it in the lapbooks.

There are many free lapbooking resources. I hightly recommend doing a predesigned lapbook for your first time, so you can get the hang of it. After you have caught on to the brilliance of lapbooking, you can start designing your own and using the many mini booklet templates, your word processor program or a publishing program.


The following are my favorite lapbooking resources. There is no wrong or right way to make a lapbook, so be creative!

Lapbooking on Squidoo-best intro to lapbooking
http://www.squidoo.com/lapbooking

Homeschool Helper Online: Lapbook Section

Lapbooking Lessons 
http://lapbooklessons.ning.com/



Homeschool Share
http://www.homeschoolshare.com/
They have the best Minibook and template library-just click and print!

Homeschool Helper Online

Don't let the simplicity and ads on this side fool you. Homeschool Helper Online is a "Must Add to your Favorites" site. The Unit studies resources and the Lapbooks alone make this a valuable site to have on hand.

Check out the Plant Lapbook, for a great Spring/Summer project.

Ground Hogs Day: Monday,February 2nd

My kids love Ground Hogs Day, there is just something magical about waiting for a small, furry, and very cute creature to wake up, come out, and tell us if spring will come soon or if we will have to endure winter a little longer.

We are big fans of the official Ground Hogs Day website. You can find some fun teachers resources and activities here, along with the official prediction from Punxsutawney Phil himself!

Check out all the great lesson plans, online resources, and free print-ables our friend Homeschool Mate has gathered for us.

Happy Groundhogs Day!!