This was such a helpful video! How did you know we were going to do a Salem witch trial study this month? 🤣 I'd love to see you do a similar video for a history unit study (at least the first portion where you select books and choose the schedule). Thank you!
How fun!! I'm so glad to hear you found it helpful. I actually have a playlist where I share a few other unit studies we have done in the past: ruclips.net/p/PLRWXQD4I6sErBHgwVkfCM3XDejV1C3-Ji And I will be sure to share more along the way!
We did similiar for grades 4 and 6. We just had our Salem field trip. Highlight was seeing the size of the dungeons and how you could pay for an upgraded cell. I also got a descendent package since Ann Foster and the Mary Laceys were our ancestors.
I am cobbling together resources for a Halloween unit study for my Kindergartener. After the first ~7 weeks of our homeschooling adventure, we're both becoming just a little bit bored, so I'm hoping this will add an element of fun and variety into our work (and maybe even get him interested in learning to read!). Halloween is big in our household -- we've been decorated since the beginning of September! I know how to do this theoretically, and I do this all the time for the students I teach at the college level, but I'm finding working with a Kindergartener to be both infinitely more challenging and more rewarding as well, as a byproduct of the challenge. Any tips you have on working with Kinders in unit studies is greatly appreciated (especially ones that cannot read yet).
Yes Kinders are a whole different ball game! LOL. Unit studies will defiantly help make things a little bit more interesting. At that age I find it best to do ELA and math and everything else unit study style. My advice is to keep it simple. Find a fun video. Do a science experiment or two. Make a craft or two. Or create some artwork. Read lots of picture books. Make a sensory bin and let them play in it while you read longer books. Most likely you are going to hit all this information again before they graduate, so for right now keeping it simple and fun is the best approach. Hope that helps! Happy Learning!
Im currently planning an anatomy unit study as I’ve been asked questions by my older kids so we are planning on doing a unit study on it!!! I plan unit studies wen asked for and their isn’t a curriculum!!! In our house October is holiday season not spoky season!!! We find out we have Jewish heritage!!! I could use horrible science!!! We love using different types of books!!! Horrible books have history, science and geography now!!! I’m only doing this unit study with my older kids!!!
This was such a helpful video! How did you know we were going to do a Salem witch trial study this month? 🤣 I'd love to see you do a similar video for a history unit study (at least the first portion where you select books and choose the schedule). Thank you!
How fun!! I'm so glad to hear you found it helpful.
I actually have a playlist where I share a few other unit studies we have done in the past: ruclips.net/p/PLRWXQD4I6sErBHgwVkfCM3XDejV1C3-Ji
And I will be sure to share more along the way!
We did similiar for grades 4 and 6. We just had our Salem field trip. Highlight was seeing the size of the dungeons and how you could pay for an upgraded cell. I also got a descendent package since Ann Foster and the Mary Laceys were our ancestors.
How exciting! So cool! A visit to Salem is on our bucket list for sure!
I am cobbling together resources for a Halloween unit study for my Kindergartener. After the first ~7 weeks of our homeschooling adventure, we're both becoming just a little bit bored, so I'm hoping this will add an element of fun and variety into our work (and maybe even get him interested in learning to read!). Halloween is big in our household -- we've been decorated since the beginning of September! I know how to do this theoretically, and I do this all the time for the students I teach at the college level, but I'm finding working with a Kindergartener to be both infinitely more challenging and more rewarding as well, as a byproduct of the challenge. Any tips you have on working with Kinders in unit studies is greatly appreciated (especially ones that cannot read yet).
Yes Kinders are a whole different ball game! LOL.
Unit studies will defiantly help make things a little bit more interesting. At that age I find it best to do ELA and math and everything else unit study style.
My advice is to keep it simple. Find a fun video. Do a science experiment or two. Make a craft or two. Or create some artwork. Read lots of picture books. Make a sensory bin and let them play in it while you read longer books. Most likely you are going to hit all this information again before they graduate, so for right now keeping it simple and fun is the best approach.
Hope that helps! Happy Learning!
Im currently planning an anatomy unit study as I’ve been asked questions by my older kids so we are planning on doing a unit study on it!!! I plan unit studies wen asked for and their isn’t a curriculum!!! In our house October is holiday season not spoky season!!! We find out we have Jewish heritage!!! I could use horrible science!!! We love using different types of books!!! Horrible books have history, science and geography now!!! I’m only doing this unit study with my older kids!!!
I love that you guys still bring the fun! I will check out the horrible books!! Thanks for sharing!