Current Web Readings

Constitution Lapbook

Math

Judy Rodgers
She has some awesome songs! So thankful to my friend Brenda for introducing us to her!

Music to the Westminster Shorter Catechism
Classical Free
Songs

The Role of Scripture in Education
Many of you know my love for Webster's 1828 dictionary. This is a really good read (and short too!)

Homemade Laundry Detergent, Charlie's and Soap Nuts
A GREAT comparison between all three!! A MUST read for those who care about their health and are avoiding SLS.

Current Web Readings

Granny Med
LOL! Cute name for home remedies and natural cures. I so wish I had learned more from my great-grandmother while she was still alive.

Health 911
FREE information about using herbs to heal. I will admit that I still like Herb Mentor better, but only because I can actually ask questions and get specific. Not to mention all the FREE stuff there. :) You do have to pay for membership, but it has been totally worth it for us. All the medical bills I avoid! :D

<Herb Reference
Free online herbal reference.

Making Books With Children
FUN and free ideas for making books with children. Can be books or mini-books for lapbooking.

Current Web Readings

Character First!
This looks like a GREAT character curriculum!! There is a free sample too!

Creation Club
OH how WONDERFUL this sounds! I so wish that we had one of those around here! I wish I knew enough to START one! :D But at least we will be doing a LOT more nature stuff this year!

Princess Lapbook - this is about being GOD'S princess. LOVE this!! :D

Daily Literature And Bible Study
LOVE this idea! I would love tips for how to do something like this without creating judgmental children. I know that in the past, we would point out and talk about bad character traits in books and movies, sadly to have my children start pointing it out and talking out loud about it in real life. Then I talked about discretion, but all that did was DISCOURAGE them from talking out loud, and in fact, encouraged my oldest to start reprimanding her sisters for even talking out loud about Jesus. I would LOVE tips about this!! THANKS!! :D

AA does not like to write but she LOVES to tells stories! I have finally gotten her to enjoy writing by writing STORIES! :D Currently she is writing and illustrating a book about the best pirate adventure ever. :D

Here are some GREAT ideas to encourage writing:
Picture Prompts For Writing
Having recently discovered this blog, I am in love! LOL!! And this post is no exception. What a wonderfully CREATIVE way to (inexpensively) encourage the child to write!

Princess Lapbook - Correspondence
While I have NOT done this yet, I plan too. And I am so thankful for being BLESSED to have received a hand written note from Lady Lydia! The handwriting is beautiful and elegant. So much so, that we kept the letter JUST to look at the beautiful letter! That really impacted my daughter. And when I mentioned one of the reasons we have her do copywork is to practice writing so she too can write as elegant and beautiful... she does her copywork with no fights now! :D I bet this lapbook will help too. :D

Obedience Lapbook

This week our character trait is OBEDIENCE! :D

How To Make An Obedience Lapbook
A WONDERFUL example that you can make your OWN lapbook ANY WAY YOU WANT! You don't need templates or fancy put togethers.

However, that being said, there is a nice advantage to having the templates and then your children just cut and fill in and paste. :D

Hands Of A Child - Biblical Obedience Lapbook and Study
You can't go wrong with Hands Of A Child! This is a 40 page in depth study with 13 hands on activities that is a GREAT study to do with your kids!

And of course there are the free resources like the first one I shared. But this one has templates for you. Character Lapbook - be sure to scroll down to obedience. There are also some GREAT general templates at the top of the page that can be converted to do the same stuff mentioned at the beginning of this post. You can do it yourself or modify already made templates.


We did a combination of the first and the last. We also found the character journal entry on obedience to be helpful. And I just found this site with character notes and it has some GREAT stuff - even a game to play!

So what is up with the picture? It represents God's protection when we are under His ordained authority. So of course God is first, then the husband (or dad in this case), then the wife (maybe the hw stands for housewife?? LOL! I will have to ask EE about that one?!?!), then the children (all four of them are there, do you see 'em all??). This comes from a Bill Gothard seminar, but I was unable to find a picture online to show you. I did find something else, which I also like, which talks about not stepping out from under God's protection. A good read. :)

We are taking a bit more time with this lapbook because it is a bit more in-depth. The girls are having a blast and learning and I am learning a lot too!

Oh and I almost forgot. SONGS! My children learn well through songs (ESPECIALLY EE!). There is a great hymn called Trust and Obey. (You can find other hymns about trusting and obeying here.) Not to mention the song from No Greater Joy - Their song for E is Ephesians 6:1!! My children LOVE that CD!


I hope this helps you create a WONDERFUL lapbook on Obedience!

Lapbook: Parable of the Lily

Parable of the Lily Lapbook

Passover Lapbook and Resources

Yes, last minute AGAIN. I have been collecting these for the past two days. I hope you enjoy them!

Passover Lapbook
Links to various activities you can use in your lapbook as well as pictures.

Passover Lapbook Resources
AWESOME!

A Passover Lapbook
An example. WAY cute!

Lent Season
GREAT collection of links!

Passover Printables for Homeschooling
GREAT printables!

Passover Fun and Games

Hands of a Child Passover Lapbook
This is not a free resource, but for those short on time (or just like everything all put together or a very extensive study).

Exodus: Plagues
REALLY great stuff for younger children AND older ones! GReat even for adults who want to learn more! :D

Plagues
Good stuff for the plagues.

Passover
More great stuff for the Passover

Passover Coloring Pages

Kaboose Does Passover
GREAT site.

Pesach Paper Dolls

Passover Resources

Passover 10 Plagues Activity
Cute!

(And an interesting article: Passover, Yeast and Fungus?)

Diligence

Something that I realized we needed to work on this week. So we are continuing on with our Joyful Steward Student Planners, which the girls are loving!

I took a peak at the one for older girls...LOVE IT! Once we get this one going, I am going to do the older girl's one (it comes in the kit) which has space for a life skill to practice. I LOVE this! I am also going to revamp it to do a 26 week one where we go through the book TEACH THEM TO YOUR CHILDREN. If you do not have this book, IT IS A MUST! So the Bible verse at the top will be the top, and the copywork will be the verse and the poem that goes with it. I want to do a lapbook of the book too (not sure I am that ambitious yet). :D

So back to diligence...(maybe our next character trait is STAYING FOCUSED LOL!!!)

Our character trait for the week is diligence. So we are doing a diligence lapbook (click here for FREE lapbook ideas for diligence and other character traits), You can actually find you tube videos on diligence lapbooks! :D

Does anyone else remember the Disney 1934 short The Grasshopper and the Ant??
The Tortoise and The Hare is another good short to help teach diligence.

I could not find a mini book with the story The Ant and the Grasshopper, so I made my own.

All I ask is that you PLEASE do NOT sell it or change it in anyway. And please do not put a copy on your site. Please direct others HERE to get their own copy. By clicking on the link to download, you are agreeing to the above terms (no modifying, no selling, directing people to my site to get it rather than putting a copy on your site or in your files). Thank you.

Click on the image below. It will take you to a full size image which can be saved to your hard drive or printed out.

Tarantulas Lapbook

AA works on her lapbook:

MM works on hers:

Just some pics of lapbooks we did a little while back.
Here is more info on our Spiders Lapbook

WONDERFUL resource to help with homeschooling

I rarely purchase a product. Give me a freebie ANYDAY! In fact, I am in charge of the freebie table for our local homeschool group. I am always finding freebies (you can tell I because of all the links on this blog) that are great for homeschooling (now if I could only find freebies for things I really need). :D

I recently found a product that I wanted to purchase. I did and I am really enjoying it. And so are the girls!

Joyful Steward Student Planners Combo Set

The girls LOVE this! There is ONE sheet you print out for the week (there are 36 weeks worth of pages). Be sure to click on the PREVIEW to see what it looks like. There is a Bible verse, character trait to work on, book to read, calendar for the week, check list for school studies, and a check list for chores. Right now they are all doing the Primary one. But next year, AA and EE will do the Intermediate Girls one. It is basically the same, but includes a spot for them to work on a life skill (like baking, crochet, knitting, etc.). LOVE THAT!!!

They LOVE having a calendar for the week. They are always asking me when are we doing this or that. Now of course the vacations or visits to family (which are months away) cannot be on there, BUT for the most part they will know what happens when. :)

Each of the girls have a notebook with the coversheet. It has their name and the year (1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.). Then it has the sheet for the week. Behind this is all their work (including lapbooks) that they have done during the week:

(1) The Bible verse on the sheet is our copywork. For other copywork I have things dealing with the character trait we are working on for the week (this week is cheerfulness (click here for FREE lapbook ideas for cheerfulness and other character traits), as well as songs, poems or other sayings.

(2) I am creating a vocabulary page where they will define the character trait, write a sentence using the word, and draw it (or take a picture with the camera). I will post it for free once I have it created if anyone is interested.

(3) They write a book review and can draw a picture for the book.

(4) Lapbooks they might have done.

(5) Bible lessons/catechism.

(6) Worksheets or anything else written or done during the week.

This is SUCH an encouragement to them! A GREAT way for them to show Daddy what they have been working on, and a GREAT way to keep it all in one place. I am so happy!!

FREE HIDEN ART OF HOMEMAKING LAPBOOK!!!

This is WAY COOL!!!!

CurrClick has a FREE LAPBOOK this week only that corresponds to Edith Schaeffer's EXCELLENT book The Hidden Art of Homemaking.

If you have not read the book, you MUST! And if you have not gotten your free lapbook based on this book, do it now! :D

HERE IS THE LINK TO THE FREE LAPBOOK!!

I AM SO EXCITED I CAN HARDLY STAND IT!!!

Last Minute Purim Ideas

Let's Learn About Purim

Bible Themes - Esther

Purim
Some fun worksheets to add to your book.

Purim Puppets to print out and cut out

Arts and Crafts Ideas Kids Projects
This may only have Purim stuff at the time of Purim.

Montessori Links for Purim 2008

Downloadable Worksheets
JACKPOT!!!! free registration. Once there do a search for PURIM ... LOTS of good printables!!! These are great for lapbooks!! You can also make a mobile! And how to make your own graggers!! OH WHAT FUN!!!

I also created a print out of a cookie with the directions on how to make them. If you want one email me (or comment leaving your email address, I will not publish comments with email addresses in them) before Friday March 13, 2008 and I will email you a copy.

What We Are Working On: Lapbook for the Armor of God

We are working on Armor of God lapbooks. I LOVE LOVE LOVE lapbooks!! We are working all week on them. I got the FREE resources between two combined links:
Simply Lapbooks: Armor of God
and
Lapbooks In Progress: Armour of God
And here are a few I found on my own:
Bible Themes Armor of God
Armor of God Match
Armor of God Detailed Lessons
Collection of links to coloring pages and activities
Armor of God Index - GREAT stuff! LOVE DLTK!!
Armor of God Bookmarks - I am not LDS, but these bookmarks are AWESOME reminders!
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PICTURES:

The back of EE's folder. She did not decorate the front. It has the shield of faith (with the words "Armor of God" written on it:

The inside of EE's lapbook. She still has yet to answer the questions and do the activities:
The inside of EE's lapbook with the extra flap closed. I am MOST proud of her little doll she decorated with armor. She wrote the words "to mom" at the top, and did a most excellent job of decorating! It is the doll on right hand side.:

The inside of MM's lapbook with the extra flap open. Her little red pocket has each of the pieces of armor on a stick. (LOL at the thought of Armor on a stick!):
The inside of MM's lapbook with the extra flap closed:
The back of MM's lapbook - her sheild of faith:
The front of MM's lapbook.

Spiders

You have no idea what the hair of my legs, arms and back of my neck has been doing for the past few days. AA has a fascination with spiders. She is doing her own lapbook.

So, just a taste of some of the things we have been doing:
Spider Activities
The Largest Spider In The World be sure to watch the video. After watching the video, MM said "I want to do a lapbook on tarantulas. I am not scared of them anymore. They do things other spiders cannot do!"
And of course, a spider I never knew existed, but AA read about, the Trap Door Spider:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZeplTuDz5g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySXCdcnKBgg - this was Adalia's favorite
and of course I was able to find it in slow motion! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tz0dJ7qFvOo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kAxD75xRhM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8TPdhyliIE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CejvAFAfpyk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4yRge0K2Oc

Here are the pictures of our lapbooks