Archive for October, 2007
San Diego Zoo Map Activity
Yazan: Barb | 31 October 2007 | No Comments
Categories: Homeschool Curriculum
I made this activity after a trip to the San Diego Zoo. For the lesson you need a copy of the map which you can find here and an activity sheet per student. The lesson objectives cover cardinal and ordinal directions as well as locating important information on a map using map symbols. In order [...]
Nevada Project
Yazan: Barb | 27 October 2007 | No Comments
Categories: Homeschool Curriculum, Nevada Resources
When I was a 4th grade teacher in CCSD we covered Nevada State History. I believe that this rubric would be a good start for a homeschool project on Nevada. I always took my students to the Nevada State Museum and Historical Society as part of our studies. Feel free to adapt the project rubric [...]
Student Rewards and Free Incentives!
Yazan: Barb | 27 October 2007 | No Comments
Categories: Homeschool Discounts
Here is a list of programs that offer freebies and student incentives. Most of these are centered around student report cards. That is the great thing! Just print out YOUR report of how well your student is doing. They count too!
Chuck E Cheese
http://chuckecheese.com/promotions/tokens.php
Chuck E. Cheese’s program Tokens For Grades Up to a 15 token maximum, [...]
Disneyland Field Trip - SHEA’s 2nd Annual Not Back To School Days
Yazan: Barb | 26 October 2007 | No Comments
Categories: Homeschool Fieldtrips
The next Disneyland field trip is booked for September 15-17, 2008 and will
include a 3-day park hopper pass. More details are coming in the next week –
and more activities are being included in this Not Back to School Days adventure
to meet your requests.
Last month’s field trip had nearly 300 participants registered in classes. To
read about [...]
Time4Learning
Yazan: Barb | 25 October 2007 | No Comments
Categories: Homeschool Curriculum
When I first started looking into homeschooling the first question was, of course, “What will I teach?”. My son is 9 years old and has high functioning autism. I knew that he has always learned well from TV shows and computer games. I needed to find a curriculum that was disguised as a game. He [...]
