My son enjoys baking so we have incorporated some baking projects into his microbiology unit study. For this one he made a plant cell model out of cake and candy. A little while ago he made an animal cell model out of cake too. To start with he looked over…
For this school year my kids were in 5th grade, 3rd grade, and Junior Kindergarten. 5th Grader Bible – Precept Upon Precept – Ephesians and Story-focused Fruit of the Spirit study. Watch The Visual Bible – Matthew, The Gospel of John, Acts, Nest Animated Stories From the New Testament, The Jesus Movie, Greatest Heroes & Legends of…
This school year I had planned to use Ellen McHenry’s Cells with my highly creative 10 year old visual-spatial learner. We had both really enjoyed her Excavating English book, but I can’t say our experience was similar for the cells book. My son was not connecting with the material. If…
At the end of last school year my 10 year old expressed continued interest in learning Japanese. Since Kindergarten he has been learning Mandarin. I didn’t want to add another language to his plate so I decided to let him have a go at Japanese and drop Mandarin for now.…
We are embarking on a study of the continent of Africa this year, focusing on Morocco, Ghana, Sudan, Tanzania, and South Africa. Our study basically consists of books, videos and activities. I’ll also be adding in the 10 Days in Africa game. My kids enjoy the 10 Days in… series!…
As I started to prepare for this school year, I searched out available engineering resources for my 5th grader who loves creative science challenges. I found gold! These studies from Engineering is Elementary are free and most of them only require items you can easily find at a dollar store.…
We have now embarked on our 8th year of homeschooling. I take a wide and deep eclectic approach to education which works very well for my gifted learners. Our homeschool is globally-focused so we spend a chunk of time learning about the world, different cultures, and study some of…
We kicked off the first day of school today with a bit of fun. Our first day of school didn’t contain any formal work. Instead, we celebrated the beginning of a new school year. We are starting in July and plan to finish the school year next June with lots…
My 5th grader is a visual-spatial learner who shines when encountering creative problem solving. He has dreams of a future in a STEM field. As a result, I’ve incorporated lots of creative problem solving into his science studies and I’m using a strong math curriculum. Math: Art of Problem Solving Prealgebra, Zome…
This little plan is for my 5th grader. He has had exposure to French in the past, but I decided to wait until 5th grade for formal studies. My goals for his 5th grade year is to become proficient at pronouncing and reading French. I separated different skills into…
