Wordless Wednesday: Puppy Love
Posted in Photography
Month: August 2008
Plant Lapbook
Posted in Homeschooling
Today, we wrapped up our study of plants. This was not Munchkin’s favorite unit, but we got through it. I guess you can’t love everything. lol! We used the lapbook from Hands of a Child for this unit. Once again, we used the printmaster program to design the cover. We wanted to incorporate the 4 things that plants need (water, air, soil, and sun) in the cover. Munchkin wants me to mention that she’s not finished coloring these last few pages. She’s coloring as she’s watching the Olympics.
Little House in the Big Woods is the first lapbook in the free Little House on the Prairie Lapbook series based upon the Little House books. These were designed to be used as a book review or as part of a Little House unit study. It has a complete study guide with lapbook components.
Why Lapbooks?
Posted in Homeschooling
Why so many lapbooks lately? That’s a 2-part answer. 1) Munchkin has really fallen in love with using lapbooks as a means of learning. 2) I have more time to create the lapbooks now as we’re watching the Olympics. I don’t like just sitting and watching tv, but I really like watching the Olympics (as does Munchkin). How do we use the lapbooks? Usually, we use lapbooks as the core for a certain part of our curriculum (often science or history). We fill out the lapbooks as we go through the unit. I precut the booklets as Munchkin does not…
Who Am I?
Posted in Christian Life
Who am I?performed by Casting Crowns Who am I?That the Lord of all the earth,Would care to know my name,Would care to feel my hurt.Who am I?That the bright and morning star,Would choose to light the way,For my ever wandering heart. Bridge:Not because of who I am,But because of what you’ve done.Not because of what I’ve done,But because of who you are. Chorus:I am a flower quickly fading,Here today and gone tomorrow,A wave tossed in the ocean,A vapor in the wind.Still you hear me when I’m calling,Lord, you catch me when I’m falling,And you’ve told me who I am.I am…