Kindergarten Language Arts Curriculum For my first child, I used A Year of Tales as our Core Curriculum (which has language arts components as well as others) and then added on The Good & The Beautiful: Level K Language Arts to teach him how to read. You can read about our First Grade Curriculum choices… Continue reading What Kindergarten Language Arts Looks Like This Year
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Do A Lesson With Us: All About Reading Level 1
Why I Use All About Reading All About Reading is offered by All About Learning. Note that this curriculum thoughtfully separates out Reading and Spelling into two separate curriculum tracks. Here is a helpful post explaining why reading and spelling is taught separately. Going in to Kindergarten year with my oldest (2019-2020), I used The Good &… Continue reading Do A Lesson With Us: All About Reading Level 1
Ocean Nature Study
A Quick Note This post is meant to house all my favorite ocean-themed books and learning resources, but please know I have never gone through ALL of these at one time with my kids! We have done ocean units a few times and each time change the focus a bit---one time was more about whales,… Continue reading Ocean Nature Study
Bears Nature Study
Nonfiction Books: Bears (Kids Can Press Wildlife Series) Alaska's Three Bears by Shelley Gill Bears: Amazing Pictures and Fun Facts Polar Bears by Gail Gibbons Grizzly Bears by Gail Gibbons Giant Pandas by Gail Gibbons The Polar Bear by Jenni Desmond Wild About Bears by Jeannie Brett Ice Bear by Nicola Davies Wild Tracks by Jim… Continue reading Bears Nature Study
Favorite Tree Books for Children
Tree Narratives for Children A Tree Is Nice by Janice May Udry A poetic ode to the beauty of the presence of trees in our everyday lives. The simplicity is perfect and a lovely depiction of childhood. *Great for preschoolers Greta and the Giants by Zoë Tucker An allegorical depiction of a young girl standing… Continue reading Favorite Tree Books for Children
Winter Solstice Nature Study & Celebration
Winter Solstice Books The Shortest Day by Wendy Pfeffer The Shortest Day by Susan Cooper A Few Other Books That Fit the Theme The Sun Egg by Elsa Beskow Winter by Gerda Muller Over and Under the Snow by Kate Messner The Big Snow by Berta and Elmer Hader Night Tree by Eve Bunting Winter… Continue reading Winter Solstice Nature Study & Celebration
Conifers Nature Study
Fiction Books: Redwoods by Jason Chin Tall, Tall Tree by Anthony Fredericks The Lonely Pine by Aaron Frisch Why Evergreens Keep Their Leaves by Annemarie Riley Guertin Where Would I Be in an Evergreen Tree? by Jennifer Blomgren Holiday Themed Fiction Books: The Tree That's Meant to Be by Yuval Zommer The Little Fir Tree by… Continue reading Conifers Nature Study
Grasshopper Nature Study
Books: Grasshopper On the Road by Arnold Lobel The Big Book of Bugs by Yuval Zommer (Grasshoppers) Creep and Flutter by Jim Arnosky Printed Resources: Grasshopper Anatomy (Simply A Love) Grasshopper flashcard (Stephanie Hathaway Designs) Grasshopper silhouette card (free from me) For Fun: How to Draw a Grasshopper (Art For Kids Hub) Grasshopper leaf art… Continue reading Grasshopper Nature Study
Animal Tracks Nature Study
Books: Crinkleroot's Book of Animal Tracking by Jim Arnosky Wild Tracks!: A Guide to Nature's Footprints by Jim Arnosky Tracks, Scats, and Signs Take Along Guide Peterson First Guide to Mammals (Contains Animal Tracks) Big Tracks, Little Tracks: Following Animal Footprints Whose Tracks Are These? A Clue Book of Familiar Forest Animals Printed Resources: Animal… Continue reading Animal Tracks Nature Study
Beetles Nature Study
Fiction Books: The Very Clumsy Click Beetle by Eric Carle The Very Lonely Firefly by Eric Carle The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle Nonfiction Books: A Beetle is Shy by Dianna Hutts Aston The Beetle Book by Steve Jenkins Bonkers About Beetles by Owen Davey Nature Anatomy by Julia Rothman (Beetles, page 88) The Big… Continue reading Beetles Nature Study
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