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Category Archives: Early Elementary Years
Resources for Learning About Ancient Greece
We are gearing up to learn about ancient Greece over the next several weeks. I’ll be posting about the activities that we do, but thought that first I’d share the books and resources that we will be using. First, we … Continue reading
Pin ItEasy Volcano Experiment
We made the easiest, fastest, most fun volcano experiment in our kitchen today. It was so easy, we made many volcanoes, again and again. Now by easy and fast, I am not referring to the volcano experiment we did earlier … Continue reading
Pin ItCreekside Astronomy: Satellites
We use human-made satellites in every day life, even though we may not think about it very much. How do satellites stay in orbit? How do they communicate information? Here are some ways we explored satellites recently. Satellite Experiments Satellites … Continue reading
Pin ItLearning With Literature: The Mitten
The Mitten , by Jan Brett, provided us with wonderful learning opportunities and fun. First, we printed out big paper mittens and animals from Jan Brett’s website. We colored the front and back of the mittens, then hole punched around … Continue reading
Pin ItAncient Assyrian Activities
We are on Chapter 16 of The Story of the World, Volume 1: Ancient Times, where Assyria returns to power. The king is Ashurbanipal and he conquers many cities, up and down the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, including the powerful … Continue reading
Pin ItCreekside Astronomy: The Spiral Galaxy Experiment
This experiment is from Janice VanCleave’s 200 Gooey, Slippery, Slimy, Weird and Fun Experiments. We used this in conjunction with The Usborne Book of Astronomy and Space, With Internet Links. And learning to use the hole puncher and picking up tiny … Continue reading
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Science, Math & Reading All in One
We just did a great little activity that my kids, from ages three to seven, loved. It involved math, science and reading and it only cost me $1. I filled a pie pan with water for each of them and … Continue reading
Pin ItCreekside Astronomy Unit: The Moon
We have had a great time learning about the moon as we embarked on our Astronomy Unit recently. We began with learning about the phases of the moon. Using the diagram on the Moon Connection website, we learned about the … Continue reading
Pin ItLearning With Literature: Fancy Nancy
Welcome to our week with Fancy Nancy, one of my daughter’s favorite book characters. She loves to play dress-up, just like Nancy. The fancier, the better. So naturally, we dressed up each day before delving into our Fancy Nancy books. … Continue reading
Pin ItPhoenician Fashion
The Phoenicians used a certain type of snail from the sea, in a particularly stinky process, to extract minute amounts of purple dye. The dye was used to color fabric, usually made into clothing for royalty, since the dye was … Continue reading
