Finding Louisiana Home School Style : January 2020

Some news is hard—hard, but so very important. Psalm 112 says of the person of God, “He is not afraid of bad news; his heart is firm, trusting in the Lord.”

Worldteen:An Icy Reception

It’s deep winter in northernmost China. A riot of fireworks and twinkling lights sparkle in the night sky. Each day, thousands brave freezing temperatures for the annual Harbin Snow and Ice Festival.

The cold show sprawls across four sites. Just one of those, the Sun Island Snow Park, covers an area of six and a half million square feet. This year, 60 artists from all over the world came for its annual ice sculpting event.

Worldteen Diego's Work

Responsible for fathering 800 tiny tortoises. And Diego’s offspring may be why his species survive instead of going extinct.

kazoo history

The Original American Kazoo Company was established in 1916 and is now the only metal kazoo factory in North America. The museum highlights the history, amusing trivia, and shows step by step the way kazoos are made.

khanacademy ratios math

Introduction to Ratios

January 28th, 2020

Day 2:

January 27th - February 1st, 2020

in progress of being edited

12 Days of Christmas Science Projects

12 Days of Christmas Harry Potter Socks

Bible

Read the book of Genesis as a family

Daily Devotions

Cooking

Amazon A Taste of History

Thinking tree Journal - Journal about cooking

Music

khanacademy humanities/music/music-basics

NOTES AND RHYTHM

Free Play Guitar, Piano, or drum

English

Climbing to Good English Level 4 Lesson 27 Unit Test

Thinking tree Journal - Daily Find something to do and color

khanacademy grammar/parts-of-speech-the-noun

WELCOME TO GRAMMAR!

INTRODUCTION TO NOUNS

TYPES OF NOUNS

Classical conversations

cc-cycle-1-week-1-2 click link and follow daily lessons

EXTRA Videos we watched today:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU0C1E4WzPs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hrwGcRkbjk

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/world-history-beginnings/ancient-mesopotamia/v/ancient-mesopotamia

https://themusicalmama.com/?ref=1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhVdCOQrFP8

http://brookdalehouse.com/ancient-history-videos/

Math

Teaching Textbooks: A Lesson in 7th Grade.

Thinking tree Journal - Daily date and math lesson with Mom

khanacademy ratios math (continue where last left off)

INTRO TO RATIOS

EQUIVALENT RATIOS

Quiz 1

Art

Paint a rock in the dining room for an outside garden

Decorate the Valentines Tree

History

Thinking tree Journal - Draw or Input information about something you learned today. Maybe in the Film Study or on a Blank Page.

Science

Amazon The Physics of Light

Starting with Einstein's Theory of Relativity, Physics of Light explores the true nature

of light, peers inside the atom, and looks ahead to the most cutting edge theories

in physics.

Amazon WIRED Chemical Reactions

An up-close look at jaw-dropping chemical reactions.

Thinking tree Journal - Draw or Input information about something you learned today.

Maybe in the Film Study or on a Blank Page.

FREE PLAY

Nerf Gun Show Down

Read a Chapter Book

Be creative.

Monday, January 27, 2020

CC Cycle 1 Week 1 & 2

January 27th - February 1st, 2020

in progress of being edited

Classical Conversations Cycle 1 Week 1 & 2

We are combining weeks 1 & 2 only for this week. Future posts likely will have lessons on different posts.

Below is our daily planner for Classical Conversations Cycle 1 Week 1& 2 borrowed and remade based on the information found over at essentialhomestead & halfahundredacrewood. We review foundations for 60 minutes a day. We do supplement with other curriculum.

Feel free to copy and share or leave us comments if you’d like to make a suggestion on something your family loves to do during this week.

Day 1:

Day 2: Week 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU0C1E4WzPs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hrwGcRkbjk

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/world-history-beginnings/ancient-mesopotamia/v/ancient-mesopotamia

https://themusicalmama.com/?ref=1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhVdCOQrFP8

http://brookdalehouse.com/ancient-history-videos/

Bible/History – Read Ten Commandments Story
Timeline – Review timeline cards
Latin – Recite noun cases or sing song from CC connected CD
Science – Recite classifications of living things (sing song from CD
- Watch Video – Classification of Living Things

Day 2: Week 2

Bible – Exodus 20:1,2
- Handmotions Video
History – Sing song from weekly CD
- Make your own clay tablets using clay or play-doh
Timeline – Review timeline cards (pick a card and read the back or recite an interesting fact to your child)
Latin – Recite noun cases or sing song
Science – Recite 5 kingdoms of living things
- Play the characteristics online game

Day 3: Week 1

Bible/History/Art – Art Lesson on Ten commandments
Timeline – Watch timeline video on YouTube
English – Recite preposition definition
- Watch Preposition Video
Math – Skip count song from CD
- Skip count mazes
Geography – Intro to drawing the map
- Find Fertile Crescent on map

Day 3: Week 2

Timeline – Watch timeline video
English – Listen to Preposition song from Timeline and more CD or
- Watch preposition song and hand motions video
Math – Skip count 3 & 4’s song from Weekly CD
- Skip count mazes or
- Math is Fun Times Table
Geography – Intro to drawing the map
- Find Assyrian Empire on map
Art – Draw mirror images

Day 4: Week 1

Bible/History – Watch 10 Commandments Video
Timeline – Mix up timeline cards and put them in order
Latin – Sing Noun Cases Song via YouTube
Science – Recite classifications of living things (sing-song)
- Read Lesson 3 – The World of Plants
Art – Draw basic shapes using these printables

Day 4: Week 2

Bible – Exodus 20:1,2
- Learn the Commandments Video
History – Listen to song from Weekly CD
Timeline – Watch timeline video
- Mix up timeline cards and put them in order (Pick a card and read the back or recite an interesting fact to your child)
Latin – Recite noun cases or sing song
Science – Recite 5 kingdoms of living things
Experiment: #54 or #56 from 201 Experiments

Day 5: Week 1

Bible/History –
Timeline – Watch timeline video
English – Recite preposition definition
- Under, Over, by the Clover. What is a Preposition? Find a book similar to this
Math – Skip count song from CD
- Multiplication practice worksheet
Geography – Find Fertile Crescent on map
Prepare for weekly presentation

Day 5: Week 2

English – Watch preposition song and hand motions video
Math – Skip count 3 & 4’s song from Weekly CD
- Multiplication practice worksheet or
- Math is Fun Times Table
Geography – Find Assyrian Empire on map
Art – Draw mirror images or
- Define: What is mirror image? What is line of symmetry?
Prepare for weekly presentation
Review game
Review sheets

We also review previous weeks by using the memory flashcards.

All credit for the information below comes from: halfahundredacrewood

halfahundredacrewood classical-conversations-cycle-1-Week 1

halfahundredacrewood classical-conversations-cycle-1-week-2

Here is another guide

hhaw-cycle-1-activity-plan-1st-quarter

The Link Buffet

Topic	Resource
General world history	Teaching with God's Heart for the World One-Year Unit Study Curriculum
	Kids of Courage Torchlighters Study Guides
	Torchlighters Heroes of Faith Videos (Free on Amazon Prime)

Ancient History	Story of the World Activities
	More Story of the World Activities
	Discussion points and Tapestry of Grace Correlation
	Ancient History Videos
	World History on Khan Academy
	World History Lesson Plans Powerpoints and Games
	Ancient Civilizations Lesson Ideas
	Dynamic2Moms' Ancient Civilizations lap books
	Core Knowledge Lessons on Ancient History (These usually contain worksheets and activities in the appendix.)
	The Ancient Eras Timeline
	Ancient Interactive Maps

History – Ten Commandments	I am Pharaoh [Craft & Writing Prompt]
	Ten Commandments File Folder Game
	Memorize the Ten Commandments Finger Play
	Learn the Ten Commandments Video – Visuals
	Memorize Ten Commandments Video – Rhymes
	Ten Commandments Printables – Sequencing and Storyboard Cards & Bookmarks and a bunch more!
	Study & Memorize the Ten Commandments Printable Pack
	Ten Commandment Coloring Pages \| Copywork \| Bible Verse Cards \| Printable Activities
	Ten Commandment Go Fish Song Video
	Ten Commandments Cursive Copywork
	Ten Commandments Mini-Book
	Ten Commandments Booklet
	Make 10 Addition Game – Ten Commandments Theme

Geography – Fertile Crescent	Ancient Mesopotamia Lesson on Khan Academy
	Mesopotamia Reading & Worksheet
	Interactive Map – Mesopotamia 2400 B.C.
	Interactive Map – Fertile Crescent 2400 to 1600 B.C.
	Teach the Fertile Crescent with a Croissant (with Flocabulary Rap)
	Ancient Mesopotamia Lesson Plan – includes a booklet activity covering inventions of the different civilizations of Mesopotamia
	Ancient Mesopotamia Powerpoints

Science – Overall Biology	Scientific Method Printables: Posters – Lab Sheets – Bookmarks
	Classic Science Series: Elementary Life Science (Contains student and teacher textbooks with experiments/projects/worksheets/tests.)
	Nature Study Scripture Scavenger Hunt
	Montessori Downloads for Science
	Anna Comstock's Handbook of Nature Study
	Expedition Earth: Discovering God’s Animals
	Nature Walk Sheet
	Nature Study Resources
	How to make a Tree ID / Botany Book
	Plants & Animals Experiments!
	Rainforest Study –Includes a study of biomes with South American geography and a bit of history plant and animal cells Linneaus & Taxonomy Photosynthesis and even Jungle Art. A great long-term project for first semester!

Science – Classifications	On-line Animal Classification Game
	Linnaeus Botanical Art Study
	Taxonomy Activity with Printable Habitat Game
	Natural World Chart & Instructions from Montessori for Everyone
	Taxonomy Animal Classification and Invertebrates
	Classification Chart & Ideas

Math – 1&2s	Skipping to Oregon Skip count by 2s 3s 4s and 5s with this Oregon-Trail theme!
	Circle and Write Skip Counting Page
	Skip Counting and Multiplication Practice 2s 3s 5s and 10s
	Skip Count Mazes 1-12
	Musical Mama Math Fact Songs – 1×1 to 15×15! (Free sampler with an option to purchase the entire set.)
	Multiplication Songs on Spotify
	Martian Multiplication File Folder Game
	Catch the Stars Multiples Online Game
	Monkey Drive Multiples Online Game
	Bubble Fun Math Multiplication Online Game
	Fruit Splat Multiplication Online Game
	Pop-Up Multiplication Online Game
	Noah's Ark 2s File Folder Game
	Skip Counting by 2s Worksheet
	2s Times Tables Worksheets
	Skip Counting by 2s on Number Line Worksheet
	Number Line: Counting by 2s
	Multiply 2s Cootie Catcher
	Multiplication Fact Drill Sheets 1×1 through 15×15

English Grammar – Prepositions	Choose a preposition activity

Latin – Noun Declensions	Latin Noun Declension File Folder Games \| Notebook Printables and Story Cues
	Colorful charts on noun declensions and verb conjugations by Classical Academic Press
	Latin Interactive Cut-and Paste Worksheets for declensions and conjugations by Classical Academic Press

Timeline	Timeline notebook
	Timeline Thumbnails (Way to memorize timeline + free printable)
	Our Timeline Wall: What the CC timeline looks like and what we learned
	Studying History through the Ages with a Timeline
	More Timeline Resources

Fine Arts – Drawing	Six Weeks of Drawing Lesson Plans & Ideas

Bible – Exodus 20	Hand Motion Video

Picture Books	Ish by Peter Reynolds {Fine Arts}
	Beautiful Oops. Saltzberg {Fine Arts}
	Not a Box. Portis. {Fine Arts}
	How the Bible Came to Us: The Story of the Book That Changed the World. Doney. {History}
	Talking to God: Prayers for Children from the World’s Religions. Demi. {History}
	King Solomon & the Queen of Sheba. Greenberg. {History}
	Ancient Civilizations History Pockets. {History}
	Draw and Write Through History (Creation through Jonah Volume 1). {History + Fine Arts}
	Under Over by the Clover: What is a Preposition? Cleary. {English Grammar}
	For descriptions of the above books visit this post

Read Alouds	A Cry from Egypt.
	Lillian Trasher: The Greatest Wonder in Egypt.
	Where Are the Great Pyramids?
	Who Was King Tut?
	For descriptions of the above books visit this post

Other	Click here for our Cycle 1 Resources by subject

The Link Buffet

Topic	Resource
General world history	Teaching with God's Heart for the World One-Year Unit Study Curriculum
	Kids of Courage Torchlighters Study Guides
	Torchlighters Heroes of Faith Videos (Free on Amazon Prime)

Ancient History	Story of the World Activities
	More Story of the World Activities
	Discussion points and Tapestry of Grace Correlation
	Ancient History Videos
	World History on Khan Academy
	World History Lesson Plans Powerpoints and Games
	Ancient Civilizations Lesson Ideas
	Dynamic2Moms' Ancient Civilizations lap books
	Core Knowledge Lessons on Ancient History (These usually contain worksheets and activities in the appendix.)
	The Ancient Eras Timeline
	Ancient Interactive Maps

History – Ten Commandments	I am Pharaoh [Craft & Writing Prompt]
	Ten Commandments File Folder Game
	Memorize the Ten Commandments Finger Play
	Learn the Ten Commandments Video – Visuals
	Memorize Ten Commandments Video – Rhymes
	Ten Commandments Printables – Sequencing and Storyboard Cards & Bookmarks and a bunch more!
	Study & Memorize the Ten Commandments Printable Pack
	Ten Commandment Coloring Pages \| Copywork \| Bible Verse Cards \| Printable Activities
	Ten Commandment Go Fish Song Video
	Ten Commandments Cursive Copywork
	Ten Commandments Mini-Book
	Ten Commandments Booklet
	Make 10 Addition Game – Ten Commandments Theme

Geography – Assyrian Empire	Interactive Map – Assyria 700 to 600 B.C.
	KidsPast: Assyrian Empire

Science – General Biology	Scientific Method Printables: Posters – Lab Sheets – Bookmarks
	Classic Science Series: Elementary Life Science (Contains student and teacher textbooks with experiments/projects/worksheets/tests.)
	Nature Study Scripture Scavenger Hunt
	Montessori Downloads for Science
	Anna Comstock's Handbook of Nature Study
	Expedition Earth: Discovering God’s Animals
	Nature Walk Sheet
	Nature Study Resources
	How to make a Tree ID / Botany Book
	Plants & Animals Experiments!
	Rainforest Study –Includes a study of biomes with South American geography and a bit of history plant and animal cells Linneaus & Taxonomy Photosynthesis and even Jungle Art. A great long-term project for first semester!

Science – Kingdoms	Animal Classification Cards from Homeschool Creations
	Animal Classification Lapbook
	Animal Classification On-line Game
	BrainPop's Animal Classification Video

Math – 3s&4s	Skipping to Oregon
	Circle and Write Skip Counting Page
	Skip Count Mazes 1-12
	Musical Mama Math Fact Songs – 1×1 to 15×15! (Free sampler with an option to purchase the entire set.)
	Math File Folder Games for 3s & 4s
	3s Times Tables Worksheets
	4s Times Tables Worksheets
	Catch the Stars Multiples Online Game
	Monkey Drive Multiples Online Game
	Bubble Fun Math Multiplication Online Game
	Fruit Splat Multiplication Online Game
	Pop-Up Multiplication Online Game
	Skip Counting by 3s Penguins Worksheet
	Number Line: Count by 4s
	Multiplication Fact Drill Sheets 1×1 through 15×15
	Multiplication Songs on Spotify

English Grammar – Prepositions	Choose a preposition activity

Latin – Noun Declensions	Latin Noun Declension File Folder Games \| Notebook Printables and Story Cues
	Colorful charts on noun declensions and verb conjugations by Classical Academic Press
	Latin Interactive Cut-and Paste Worksheets for declensions and conjugations by Classical Academic Press

Timeline	Timeline notebook
	Timeline Thumbnails (Way to memorize timeline + free printable)
	Our Timeline Wall: What the CC timeline looks like and what we learned
	Studying History through the Ages with a Timeline
	More Timeline Resources

Fine Arts – Drawing	Six Weeks of Drawing Lesson Plans & Ideas

Bible – Exodus 20	Hand Motion Video

Picture Books	Math Curse. Scieszka. {Math}
	The Berenstain Bears' Big Book of Science and Nature. {Science}
	The Berenstain Bears: Bears in the Night. {English Grammar}
	Mirror Mirror: A Book of Reversible Verse {Fine Arts}
	Tree of Life: The Incredible Biodiversity of Life on Earth.
	For descriptions of the above books visit this post

Read Alouds	A Cry from Egypt.
	Lillian Trasher: The Greatest Wonder in Egypt.
	Where Are the Great Pyramids?
	Who Was King Tut?
	For descriptions of the above books visit this post

Other	Click here for our Cycle 1 Resources by subject

Finding Louisiana Home School Style

Thursday, January 30, 2020

January 30th, 2020

Amazon The Prime Radicals

Amazon Exponential and Logarithmic Functions

THINKING LIKE A HISTORIAN

BEFORE CONTACT

THE ORIGIN OF HUMANS AND EARLY HUMAN SOCIETIES

ECOSYSTEMS & ECOSYSTEM SERVICES

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION OF BIODIVERSITY

THREATS TO BIODIVERSITY

INTRODUCTION TO THE ATOM

INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICS

DISPLACEMENT, VELOCITY, AND TIME

Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Jnauary 29th, 20020

Ecosystems & ecosystem services

Global distribution of biodiversity

Threats to biodiversity

Introduction to the atom

Introduction to physics

Displacement, velocity, and time

Thinking like a historian

Before contact

The origin of humans and early human societies

January 27th, 2020

January 28th, 2020

NOTES AND RHYTHM

WELCOME TO GRAMMAR!

INTRODUCTION TO NOUNS

TYPES OF NOUNS

INTRO TO RATIOS

EQUIVALENT RATIOS

Quiz 1

Monday, January 27, 2020

CC Cycle 1 Week 1 & 2

The Link Buffet

The Link Buffet

Feb 2022

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