Day at a Glance

If you are looking for a way to keep track of all the things you need to do each day, you may want to print out this Day at a Glance form.

Lesson Planning Pages

If you are having trouble organizing you homeschooling day, you may want to print out these handy lesson planning pages.  You can print them out as you use them, or all at once.  You can either bind them together or place them in a binder to keep them all in one place. You can download a generic form that does not have the dates or subjects on them here, or choose the pre-printed ones below:

2010

Sept. 2010 Dated Lesson Planner Sheets
Oct. 2010 Dated Lesson Planner Sheets
Nov. 2010 Dated Lesson Planner Sheets
Dec. 2010 Dated Lesson Planner Sheets

2011

Jan. 2011 Dated Lesson Planner Sheets
Feb. 2011 Dated Lesson Planner Sheets
Mar. 2011 Dated Lesson Planner Sheets
Apr. 2011 Dated Lesson Planner Sheets
May. 2011 Dated Lesson Planner Sheets
June 2011 Dated Lesson Planner Sheets
July 2011 Dated Lesson Planner Sheets 

 

Measuring with Measuring Tape

Have your child practice measurement with measuring tape and the following questions:

1. Measure the kitchen table. How wide is it? How tall is it? How long is it?
2. Measure the front door. How wide is it? How tall is it?
3. Measure the kitchen floor. How wide is it?
4. Find an object to measure. How wide is it? How tall is it? How long is it?
5. PERIMETER is the length around an object. Look back at your measurements of the kitchen table. What is the perimeter? (Add the length of the 2 longest sides + the width of the 2 shortest sides together. This will = the perimeter.)
6. AREA is the total of all space inside an object. Look at your measurements from the front door. What is the area? (Multiply the height of the door x the width of the door. This will = the area.)

For more measurement practice, try these worksheets:

Practice using a ruler with this worksheet.

Measuring Ladybug Paths
Practice measuring perimeter, area, and volume with this worksheet 

Practice measuring, converting feet to inches, and determining rate with this worksheet.

Measuring With Cups

To help your child practice measurement and fractions, give them a set of measuring cups and index cards or a sheet of paper with the following questions.  Have them use water, beans, or rice to practice.

1. How many ½ cups does it take to make 1 cup?
2. How many 1/3 cups does it take to make 1 cup?
3. How many ¼ cups does it take to make 1 cup?
4. Fill up your 1-cup measure. How many times can you fill up the ½ cup?

5. Fill up your 1-cup measure. How many times can you fill up the 1/3 cup?
6. Fill up your 1-cup measure. How many times can you fill up the ¼ cup?

Angel Song by Sheila Walsh & Kathryn Cushman

You know those books that keep you up late at night anxious to finish reading as tears stream down your face?  Angel Song by Sheila Walsh & Kathryn Cushman is one of those books. The novel tells the story of Ann Fletcher, a  talented New York interior designer, who returns home to Charleston to see her younger sister Sarah receive her Master's Degree. Once there, Ann finds herself not in the seats of a graduation ceremony, but in the back of an ambulance as Sarah fights for her life. During the ride Sarah appears to talk to someone who is not there, humming a melody Annie has never heard before. That melody continues to haunt Ann throughout the novel until she understands that it is the music of angels who have come to protect her.  Reeling from the tragic loss of her sister, Ann does not know how to deal with the love and support that she begins to receive from her sister's friends who all seem to love and accept her immediately even though they hardly know her. Sarah and her friends are Christians, but Ann has a hard time accepting or believing  in God. She figured that if Christians still suffered pain and tragic accidents, that was proof God didn't exist because you'd think God would at least help those who worshiped him.  When a 12 year old neighbor boy with down syndrome begins drawing pictures of her with angels, she can't help but be curious, and she delves into research about angels on the internet.

To complicate matters even further, Ann is dealing with the stress of her job and  a difficult new client who may have romantic intentions toward Ann, while Ann finds herself more and more drawn towards a childhood friend who helps fix up her family home in Charleston to sell.

I really enjoyed this book, and I think you will too!  You can purchase the book below, or you can enter to win my copy!





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Make Your Own Calendar

You can make your own calendar for Calendar time using a dry erase calendar and some numbers from the dollar section at Target or The Dollar Tree.  Simply place velcro on the dry erase board spaces and on the backs of the numbers.  Super easy!

Free Cursive Font

This site contains a free font you can download to help your kids practice cursive writing. One of the things that I like best about this is that you can use whatever you want as far as text for the kids to practice their writing.  You can use poems, their names, jokes, song lyrics, you name it.  If you want extra spaces for additional practice, add blank lines of the font.