Notebooking Idea - I’m finding that we like to use the smaller size notebooks instead of using the regular size notebooks (as long as our subject matter allows). I believe the dimensions are 5-1/2 x 8 (around there anyway). You can find page protectors for that size. I try to recycle paper or use half [...]
Reluctant Older Writers might find that lapbooking is up their alley. There are lots of ideas they could do for making a book or lapbook on any subject. For art, create any type of mini-book to attach into the lapbook. Say they’re writing an essay or something like acid rain…design the lapbook layout, makes minibooks [...]
Need a template for your lapbook or other project? This website has a lot of templates. Scroll down for the mini-book templates to add to your lapbooks.
For more information on lapbooks, visit the website at Lapbooking on a Shoestring.
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Here is a neat item I received in my email box back in Nov 2003 - Garden & Science Journals. Check it out, it’s from Kidsgardening. It features a simple, yet classy, bookmaking project by guest author Susan Bonthron.
For more information on lapbooks, visit the website at Lapbooking on a Shoestring. Email me through the [...]
Aquarium In A Cup
SeaBed
Make an Ocean Diorama
Ocean And Undersea Life
Ocean Animal Calendar
Ocean Theme **Note: I would not use Styrofoam meat packages; instead I would use styrofoam veggie/fruit/dessert packages (due to disease causing bacteria.)
Arts & Crafts: Beach & Ocean
Sea World Songs
Shark Cam, Seal Cam & Coral Research Cam
The Amazing Fish Cam
Theme Topics: Beach & Ocean
Whales teacher [...]
The earth is over 5 billion years old. Life first originated in the oceans 3.4 billion years ago. The dinosaurs died out 65 million years in the past. Human recorded history stretches back 10,000 years in time.
These numbers are too large to visualize, and difficult to compare. Here’s an easy way to put time in [...]
The third Monday in February is a day for honoring both Washington and Lincoln, as well as all the other men who have served as president. The White House has an index to the biographies of all the Presidents of The United States of America, from 1789 to present, a wealth of information including a [...]
February 7, 2008 — The Year of the Rat
Gung Hay Fat Choy!
Traditional Celebration of the Chinese New Year
Of all the traditional Chinese festivals, the new Year was perhaps the most elaborate, colorful, and important. This was a time for the Chinese to congratulate each other and themselves on having passed through another year, a time [...]
Vocabulary Lessons
Pioneer & Colonial Crafts
Take a field trip to a one-room school house.
Environmental Education for Kids
Wisconsin Forests
The Black Bear
Animal Tracking
Owl Unit Study
All About Owls
The Aviary - owl facts and photos
North American Owls
Owl Identification Guide
The Raptor Center at the Univ of MN - facts and pictures.
Oregon Trail Interpretive Center
Musings on Pioneer Clothing
Pioneer Clothing from A History [...]
Learn about African American leaders and heritage during Black History Month. These creative lessons will inspire thoughtful classroom discussion. Gales has Black History Month free resources, calendar with notable dates, activities from Gale’s, and loads of biographies. National Geographic’s Legacy of Change: Icons of The American Civil Rights Movement photo gallery.
Activities from Crayola: Sparkling African [...]
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