5 Fun Earth Day Craft Ideas for Kids Kids shows often celebrate Earth Day to educate children about the importance of environmental protection and conservation. Earth Day is an annual event held on April 22nd to raise awareness and support for environmental protection around the world. Download your FREE Earth Day Planner! …Read More »
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Earth Day Craft for Kids- Whale Paper Plate Craft This gorgeous Preschool Whale Craft is ready to delight your kids and makes a perfect addition to art, fine motor development, and Earth Day Fun! So much fun for your preschoolers! Included: 👉 Gorgeous whale art 👉 Word banners Your kids will 🦋 Delight 🦋 Develop fine-motor skills 🦋 Build powerful positive memories This is a digital download. 👉 No physical item will be shipped. 👉 This digital download is a high-quality PDF file in standard US letter size (8.5 x 11). 👉 You may print as many copies as you want for PERSONAL USE only. What ages are perfect for these? 👉 toddler to 1st grade 👉 ALL ages will delight in this set year after year after year (Print and complete each year as a new tradition) 💥 This is an instant download, pdf file for you to print and use with your kids. 💥 For PERSONAL Use only.
Earth Schooling by Accident: Teaching and Learning as we Go A reader emailed me. “My 16 year old is really struggling with his purpose in life. He asks WHY about everything, lately. It’s just why about finishing high school, why he’s here, and what is he supposed to do in life (all in a very negative way). It’s heartbreaking as a mom, and while I’ve always taught them they are here on earth for a purpose… I can’t always answer those questions thrown at me. Have any of your boys struggled with that?” Her heart beckoned me to respond. I stopped in my tracks and wrote her back. “Yes… My youngest son was really struggling a few years ago (when he was 14 I think). I did something extreme. Every day, rain or shine, we began our day with a walk. I didn’t give him a choice. Honestly, his dyslexic brain needed the fresh air. Every day we laced our shoes and hit the road for the first 1-2 hours of school. I found myself looking at the man-child and realized I have very little time with him. It was killing me that when he struggled with school our relationship suffered. I named our new way of learning Tom Sawyer schooling. I handed him my phone and encouraged him to take pictures. We walked to a local beach and searched for treasures.We purposely splashed in puddles.He began to talk more and more each dayI began to listen with intensity. After a few weeks, (yes weeks), he said, “don’t laugh… but I think I might know what I want to do when I grow up.” “Buddy, I won’t laugh… what?” He took a deep breath. “A cardiothoracic surgeon.” My eyes went wide. ignoring the truth that he is dyslexic and can’t spell for beans, I replied. “WOW!! How can I help you get there?” Mom, this is the most important thing I learned that day. He already KNEW what his first steps were! We continued walking and talking and he became more and more excited. Not wanting to lose any of the GOLD flowing from his lips, I recorded his developing plan so he could write it down when we got home. The Un FANCY recording of our conversation He’s now almost 16. He’s been studying human anatomy and the history of medicine since. He studies on his own, unprompted. Things like: how to survive and thrive in medical schoolhow to sleep enough in medical schoolhow to learn complex ideaadvance note taking skills Everything he studies has a clear purpose in helping him reach his goal. and he’s ALL IN. New homeschool word: Earthschooling. I didn’t know this is what I was doing; but it works. No. I didn’t buy any curriculum:). Everything he does has purpose. Everything he does has purpose. Taking photographs to relax his mind and soak in the outdoors and improving his fine motor skills through sewing and crocheting earning money for medical school with: photos he’s takena DIY heart foldableHeart BOOM cardssnowman printablesteaching kids to crochet, opening his Etsy shop. He’s laser focused on his goal, and we give him time, resources and assistance by wrapping all his school in a way to align with his goals. Oh the JOY As his teacher, I lay the practical skills he needs right on top of his goals. And then I stand back and rub my eyes in astonishment with what he accomplishes. Your teen can do the same kinds of amazing. If I could whisper in your ear it would be to say… stop normal school for the next few weeks, at least for an hour or two a day and hang out with him without technology. For me, walking was the ticket. It may be going on a drive with him… you know him best. That season is a serious gauntlet where the enemy not only discourages their hearts, but floods their minds with hormones so they can be testy. Prayer is key. So is leaning into their lives and listening. Even if it’s late at night. Once you’ve spent time enjoying each other, he may be open enough to share some of his hopes/wishes with you… respond with “how can I help you get there?” And then listen and take notes.” 3 Tips to Unlocking this Magical Learning Spend enough time shoulder to shoulder with your kids that they relax and learn to TRUST YOU with their heart.LISTEN a lot more than you speak. Take notes even.Choose materials and hobbies that feed their passion. Yes, even buying gifts like this for your wanna be surgeon like we did. (He LOVES it). I learned this “How can I help you reach your goals” and then listen from Kerry Beck. Wow! One workshop from her transformed my homeschooling. PRINT THIS FREE HOMESCHOOL MOM REMINDER. This post comes with a free printable reminder list to help keep your heart focused on the heart of homeschooling. I always have the hardest staying focused. This printable simplifies it! Here is a sneak preview… DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE PRINTABLE Download the checklist. You’ll get the printable, plus join 9,000+ homeschool moms who receive my weekly parenting tips and ideas!Print. Any paper will do the trick, but card stock would be ideal.Place it on your refrigerator as a helpful reminder. WANT MORE POSTS ON HOMESCHOOLING FROM THE HEART? Don’t homeschool your kids Godly women and homeschool You don’t need to apologize
Fun Earth Science Worksheets for Middles Schoolers Kids slumped over their Earth Science books, eyes glazed. This is NOT how I wanted my boys to march through rocks, minerals, plate tectonics and all the other AMAZING topics to dig into during middle school. If you love science, you understand that textbooks are a great place to start, but definitely NOT the final destination when getting your students excited about this incredible planet we call home. Easy Earth Activities When they’re little, some fun earth day activities whet their appetites. But now that they’re in middle school, we get to dive into the good stuff. 3 Ways to make Earth Science Amazing for Middle School Students “For heaven sakes, please take us outside,” our kids beg. Go outside! Find amazing rock formations, mountains, and even a friendly volcano to visit.Let the kids get dirty with some fun hands-on activities.Make every piece of paper count! Earth Science Worksheets Worth the Ink to Print YOUR TURN What are your favorite EARTH activities and Crafts? Share in a comment below!
Earth Science Worksheets: Geology BUNDLE Inside: Earth Science Worksheets: Geology BUNDLE Mini-Lessons Most of these products are No Prep: Just print and go! Studying geology this year with your students? These Earth Science and geology mini lessons are meant as a companion to all of the various topics your students will explore this year. Geology and Earth Science in general are fascinating and engaging. I hope your students enjoy these activities! Topics covered: Composition of the Earth: layers including core, outer core, mantle and crust, Rocks: metamorphic rock, igneous rock, sedimentary rock, and the rock cycle, minerals and all their glory, plate tectonics and oreos, weathering/erosion/deposition, glaciers, mountains: fold, fault-block, and volcanics, topography, topographical maps, volcanoes: cinder, composite, shield and lave dome, and earthquakes, and video records Get your Earth Science Bundle in my TpT Shop 11 Mini lessons and Activities Included Layers of the Earth (5 pages) Layers of the earth readingLabel the layers of the earth worksheetLayers of earth poster labeledLayers of the earth poster unlabeledLayers of the Earth writing paper: Teacher created prompt. Rocks (6 pages) The Rock Cycle readingRock Cycle posterRock Cycle WritingLabel rock cycle (color and black and white)Types of RocksMinerals (4 pages)About Minerals readingMineral mini bookletMinerals foldableTypes of minerals Writing Plate Tectonics (6 pages) About Plate tectonics reading (2 pages)Oreo Lab: plate tectonics (2 pages)Plate tectonics Word search and answer key (2 pages)Weathering , Erosion, Deposition (7 pages)Weathering ReadingErosion Memory GameWeathering writing Glaciers (4 pages) About Glaciers ReadingGlaciers foldableSoilAbout soil readingSoil mini-bookletSoil profile readingLabel soil Mountains (5 pages) Mountains readingMountain vocabularyMountain feature foldableMountain word search and answer key Topography (4 pages) Topography readingTopography writingTopography internet activity and questions Volcanoes (5 pages) Volcano readingVolcano vocabularyRing of fireVolcano in a cup labVolcano writing Earthquakes (5 pages) Earthquake readingEarthquake questionsEarthquake project and rubricMake a seismograph projectVideo record sheet
My Earth Workbook Earth. This is a universally mesmerizing topic for our kids, right? https://abetterwaytohomeschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/My-Movie-9.mp4 There’s something truly magical about our big blue planet. This beautiful full color workbook is sure to capture your child’s imagination! 30 Pages Full Color!
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DIY Earth Crate for Kids How Does it work? Set a BUDGET (You can create a great crate for $25+)Load up all the goodies into your cart (Items from Teachers Pay Teachers, Evan Moor and Amazon)From your cart, make your final selections.Download your printable lesson and prep lessons while you wait for your goodies to arrive.Watch your kids get excited Earth Activities, Printables, and Games GOODIES TO CHOOSE FROM FOR YOUR KIT **Hands-on Activities and Printables I am Earth Book Earth Day Pocket Book Project Save the Earth Stickers 3D Globe Puzzle Mini Squishy Globes Terra Cotta Mini Pots Gardening Tools for Kids Wooden crate WHY DO LEARNING CRATE WORK SO WELL? Experience Lead learning simply works BEST! With over 20+ years of thematic/Unit based teaching experience, Bekki is an expert at wrapping a learning activity with hands-on activities, engaging stories, and fun projects to bring topics to LIFE. *This type of learning transforms a dry topic in to a DELICIOUS and Contagious excitement. Sounds like a win!! PRO TIP: ALWAYS GIVE STUDENTS TIME TO EXPLORE MANIPULATIVES, GAMES, AND TOYS PRIOR TO WEAVING THEM INTO LEARNING. THE YOUNGER THE STUDENT, THE LONGER TIME THEY WILL NEED TO EXPLORE. Photos! Have your camera ready. You’re gonna want to capture their smiles and excitement! Stories ALWAYS make learning better Earth Day Pocket Book Save the Earth Stickers to share Globe puzzle for hands-on exploration Squishy globes To make the Earth a Prettier Place Gardening tools for kids Wooden Crate to hold all the goodies HOW DO THESE DIY CRATES WORK? Easy! Open the DIY Crate/Bag plan of your choiceGrab and download the Printable Mini-Lessons that go with the Hands-on goodiesClick and add ALL the items into your cart on Amazon or from other vendors.Set your budget and REMOVE all items that don’t fit you, your students, or your budget. As you wait for your goodies, print and prepare your lessons. FAQ- Why add everything to the cart? Because, it makes is really easy to remove and re-add things that work best for you with as little hassle as possible. SEE OUR FULL AND GROWING COLLECTION OF DIY GOODIES HERE
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How to Make Math more fun for Your Kids Inside: 7 Math Picture Books For Kids As I dreamed about my future as a little girl, I KNEW I was going to do a few things. Be an amazing wife and mom.Grow up to be a teacher.And dance. I was CONVINCED I’d be a ballerina. The only problem I didn’t factor in, was math. It turns out that being good at math and teaching math are two very different skill sets. How do you bring math to life for your kids? I stayed awake many nights trying to figure that out. It turns out the solution is also one of my favorite “do with kids” activities. Reading! 7 Math Picture Books For Kids The Girl With a Mind for Math: The Story of Raye Montague After touring a German submarine in the early 1940s, young Raye set her sights on becoming an engineer. Little did she know sexism and racial inequality would challenge that dream every step of the way, even keeping her greatest career accomplishment a secret for decades. Do Not Open This Math Book: Addition + Subtraction Finally, a FUN book to read with kids that helps bridge the gap between what’s being taught in school and how today’s parents learned math back in the day. Giggle your way through entertaining lessons on addition and subtraction involving muffins, turkey sandwiches, kittens, googly eyes, and more! A Hundred Billion Trillion Stars Did you know that the earth is covered in three trillion trees? And that seven billion people weigh about the same as ten quadrillion ants? Our world is full of constantly changing numbers, from a hundred billion trillion stars in space to thirty-seven billion rabbits on Earth. Can you imagine that many of anything? Place Value You had better not monkey around when it comes to place value. The monkeys in this book can tell you why! Order of Operations Task Cards Students work backwards from the answer and a set of four numbers. Using the information given, the student (or team) must add the appropriate symbols to solve their task. Fractions in Disguise: A Math Adventure Crack the case with George Cornelius Factor in this entertaining math adventure that introduces simplified and reduced fractions with equal parts intrigue and humor. When a valuable fraction goes missing, George Cornelius Factor (a.k.a. GCF) vows to track it down. I’m Trying to Love Math Do multiplication tables give you hives? Do you break out in a sweat when you see more than a few numbers hanging out together? Then I’m Trying to Love Math is for you! In her signature hilarious style, Bethany Barton introduces readers to the things (and people) that use math in amazing ways — like music, and spacecraft, and even baking cookies! Fall Worksheets: Math Mazes, Targets and more These Fun Math worksheets are all centered around 3rd Grade multiplication practice and mastery. 9 No PREP 3rd Grade Math-Multiplication Activities Included in this pack: 3rd Grade Math: Multiplication- Mazes solved with multiples3rd Grade Math- Sudoku puzzles3rd Grade Math: Multiplication-Candy Corn Multiplication Families The Grapes Of Math “This…clever math book uses rhyming couplets… riddles…visual clues to help the reader find new ways to group numbers for quick counting…A winning addition! FANTASTIC Math Manipulatives and Games So FUN!! Problem solving is so important!! Best Subscription Boxes for Kids More Math Products Fun Math Worksheets for Middle School: Division (Thanksgiving) Fun Math Worksheets for Middle School: Division and Divisibility (Christmas) Classifying Numbers Bundle. Fun Math Worksheets for Middle School: Order of Operations 14 Divisibility Games and Activities. Scattergories Game BUNDLE (Thanksgiving & Christmas Themed) Fun Math Worksheets for Middle School: Number of the Day Middle School Math Worksheets: Budget Project
How to Teach Kids about the Mob Mentality I couldn’t believe my eyes. It was like stepping into water filled with piranha. Shaking and shivering with disbeleif I stared at my screen. How on earth did that question unleash the mob? Looking for materials to share with my little corner of the internet, I asked a group of creators on Facebook if they had any amazing resources on a certain topic. And then it happened. Someone took a bite at me for asking about that topic and then the mob moved in and attacked me. I was stunned and it paralyzed me for half the day. First I deleted the question, because I wanted NOTHING to do with the situation. And then I tried to repair the damage, but posting an apology and a few words about how much I appreciated the group. The second wave was worse. By the middle of the day, I went LIVE online to share this. Related: How Mob Mentality Gets Worse Online Teaching Kids about Mob Mentality Identify an incident. Unfortunately, they are all around us.1. Talk about the inciting incident. What exactly happened. Be careful to not bias your kids. Just state the facts.2. TOGETHER: Identify 3-10 ways to handle the situation. How can it have been handled differently? What can you and your kids do to make a difference.3. Explain about mob mentality.4. Explain that you are going to look at how some people reacted to the situation and together you’re going to identify why it was good or bad. The goal is to identify wrong behavior.5. Brainstorm ways to get away/ avoid mob mentality.Repeat often.Ways to find examples:-Text messages gone bad-Social media comment threads (be careful)-News feeds-Real life.We need to teach our kids how to think through these crazy situations and give them the skills to identify when the mob mentality steps in and how to stay out and stay safe. Get your free copy here
How to Use Boom Learning Cards What’s a Boom Card? See one in action (FREE) In a nutshell, Boom Cards are digital, self-checking, interactive activities. Students are shown one question at a time and get instant feedback on their answers! … Students type in their answer and get instant feedback! Boom cards transform learning into hands-on, interactive, immediate feedback FUN Learning. Boom “decks” are made up of individual, digital task cards for students to complete. Where Can I Purchase Boom Cards and BOOM Decks? You can check out my digital Boom Decks here. How to Use Boom Cards and Decks Purchase decks or bundles from a TeachersPayTeachers store like mine. Check out just like you normally would!Once you have purchased, you’ll receive a PDF download. Open up the PDF.Inside the PDF, you will find links to a Boom deck or decks. Click each link, one at a time, to add the decks to your Boom library. (You will have to create or log into your Boom account.)If you have purchased a large bundle, it may take some time to add all the links to your Boom library. However, once you have clicked each link once, it will ALWAYS remain in your Boom library for you to access Where can I access or download Boom? One of the great things about Boom is that you and the students can use it on computers OR tablets! (the BOOM site is free, although there are benefits to the very affordable paid version) Access the computer version here: https://wow.boomlearning.com/Download the Apple app here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/boom-cards/id1041141473?mt=8Download the Android app here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cards.boom.boomDownload the Kindle fire app here: https://www.amazon.com/Boom-Learning-Cards/dp/B01M8M6OFF/ What Kinds of activities are available with BOOM Cards? Name it. I am quickly converting my creations to BOOM Decks. BIBLEMathWritingScience Yep, they’re coming. Yes, please! Boom Decks for Homeschool, Parents, Classroom Teachers? Yes, yes, and yes. Boom decks are really easy to use, kids love them and they give you back TIME because they are self grading! Kids and teachers of all shapes and sizes ADORE BOOM Decks. Try this one for FREE to see what all the fuss is about!
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