Category: Home Learners Group
Exploring Energy with Rubber Bands
| April 3, 2013 | Posted by Mommy Cameron | Homeschooling under Fun at 4, Handwriting, Home Learners Group, Kiddos In Action, Krazy in Kindergarten, Math, Pure Fun, Science, Subjects & Themes |
Who doesn’t love to shoot rubber bands? Today we explored energy by using rubber bands. This science activity was a huge hit with the kids. Exploring Energy with Rubber Bands Supplies: tape measure ruler rubber bands Activity: 1. I started by introducing the two types of energy to the kids, potential energy and kinetic energy. I shared the idea of potential energy, by having them squat down, because they have stored energy. They then jumped as high as they could, demonstrating kinetic energy, or energy in motion. 2. The kids then took turns shooting a rubber band. We placed a… {Read More}
Stained Glass Shamrocks
| March 18, 2013 | Posted by Mommy Cameron | Homeschooling under Art/Craft, Cutting Practice, Fun at 4, Holiday, Home Learners Group, Kiddos In Action, Krazy in Kindergarten, Pure Fun, St. Patrick's Day, Subjects & Themes, Tricky 2 |
Last Wednesday, the boys and I hosted a craft play date. With St. Patrick’s Day right around the corner, I decided to do a St. Patrick’s Day themed craft. After searching the internet for ideas, I decide to have the kids make stained glass shamrocks since it would allow all the kids to participate. We had 2 to 5 year olds doing the craft. Stained Glass Shamrocks Supplies: Contact Paper Tissue Paper Directions: 1. Cut the contact paper to size. 2. Take the paper backing off the contact paper and lay it sticky side up. 3. Place pieces of tissue… {Read More}
Fun with Magnets!
| February 20, 2013 | Posted by Mommy Cameron | Homeschooling under Fun at 4, Home Learners Group, Kiddos In Action, Krazy in Kindergarten, Pure Fun, Science, Subjects & Themes, Tricky 2 |
Today we had friends over to explore magnets. I thought I would share some of the things we did. What is magnetic? To start, I had collected 6 different items, three which I knew were magnetic and three which I knew that weren’t. We then went around the table and I let the kids chose an object. All three kids would then hypothesize whether it was magnetic or not and then the child who chose the object would see if it was magnetic our not. They would then record their answer on a chart that I had printed out beforehand… {Read More}
Exploring Electricity
| December 6, 2012 | Posted by Mommy Cameron | Homeschooling under Fun at 4, Home Learners Group, Kiddos In Action, Krazy in Kindergarten, Pure Fun, Science, Subjects & Themes, Tricky 2 |
Thing 1 loves to ask questions. At some point recently he asked me how the lights worked. I tried to explain the best I could, but we home school, so why not show him. Supplies: lightbulbs with lightbulb holders 6 volt battery 2.5 feet of insulated copper wire (2 – 1 foot pieces and 1 – 6 inch piece) various metal and non-metal objects (buttons, pennies, nickles, paperclips, plastic links, aluminum foil, paper, etc.) switch (optional) buzzer (optional) I ordered everything, except the various metal and non-metal objects from homesciencetools.com. Directions: Since this was being done with a 4 year… {Read More}
Mommy Thoughts {8.20-8.24}
| August 27, 2012 | Posted by Mommy Cameron | Homeschooling under Home Learners Group, Kiddos In Action, Krazy in Kindergarten, Mommy Thoughts, Totally 3 |
1. On Wednesday the boys and I went on little walk. Thing 1 had the camera this time and took lots of amazing pictures. You can see more of Thing 1′s work {HERE}. 2. We are using REAL Science Odyssey – Life for Thing 1′s science curriculum this year. This week’s unit was on animal and plant cells. On Friday, the lab called for making a plant and animal cell out of Jello. This picture is of all three boys enjoying the Jello once we were done with the lab part for the day. 3. We started off the week… {Read More}
Boats that Float
| August 23, 2012 | Posted by Mommy Cameron | Homeschooling under Home Learners Group, Kiddos In Action, Pure Fun, Science, Subjects & Themes |
Today we had our home learners group over to our house for a fun science activity, boats that float. Using non-drying modeling clay, I created 7 different boats. We had bowl shaped boats (yellow), disk shaped boat (blue), rectangle (green), canoe (orange), a pontoon boat (black), cup shaped boat (yellow), and a sombrero shaped boat (pink). First, the children all made a guess or hypothesis as to which boat was going to hold the most pennies. To be honest, most kids either picked their favorite colored boat or the one they thought was shaped the coolest. Then, working in pairs, the kids took… {Read More}
Canvas Bookmarks
| August 9, 2012 | Posted by Mommy Cameron | Homeschooling under Art/Craft, Home Learners Group, Kiddos In Action, Krazy in Kindergarten, Pure Fun, Subjects & Themes |
It’s Thursday, and once again our home learners group was at our house for another craft. The second Thursdays of every month are a sewing or handicraft activity. This month, to go along with the books we made on Monday, we made canvas bookmarks. Since most of our kids are 5 and younger, our set up and design was pretty simple. Supplies: yarn – 7 strands that are about 2 feet long needle or tape (you can wrap tape around the end of the yarn to make it stiff like a needle) plastic canvas scissors Directions: 1. Thread the… {Read More}
Handmade Books
| August 6, 2012 | Posted by Mommy Cameron | Homeschooling under Art/Craft, Home Learners Group, Kiddos In Action, Subjects & Themes, Writing |
Today our home learners group came over to our house for our monthly book club. We read Curious George Visits the Library by Margaret and H.A. Rey. After we read the book, I led the kids in a discussion about good library etiquette and about their favorite books. Then each kiddos was able to create their own book. Supplies: cardstock copy paper yarn scissors Directions: 1. Put the card stock and the copy paper together and fold together “hamburger” style. 2. Cut three tiny triangles along the folded edge. One triangle in the middle and the other two on either side about an… {Read More}
Popsicle Stick Puzzles & Envelopes Too
| August 2, 2012 | Posted by Mommy Cameron | Homeschooling under Art/Craft, Home Learners Group, Kiddos In Action, Krazy in Kindergarten, Subjects & Themes |
The home learners group that I started last year had our first event since the summer break today. In honor of Grandparent’s Day, which is August 9, 2012, by the way, I decided to have the kiddos make cards. However, these were not your average paper cards, but they are popsicle stick puzzle cards. It is a great way to change it up and do something new. Supplies: *Popsicle sticks (we used the large ones since most of our group is younger kids) *Markers * Tape * Cardstock * Glue Directions: 1. Lay 6 popsicle sticks out flat… {Read More}
Parts of a Flower
| March 27, 2012 | Posted by Mommy Cameron | Homeschooling under Home Learners Group, Kiddos In Action, Linky Party, Little Mad Scientist, Printables, PowerPoints and More, Science, Science Printables, Subjects & Themes |
This week our home learners group got together for the second week in our gardening activity. Our topic this week was the parts of a flower. Supplies: Lilies magnifying Glass Parts of a Flower Worksheet This was a simple activity where we had the kids look and “dissect” a flower to learn the different parts of the flower. We had the kids look at the flower and try to match up the different parts of the flower with the labels on the worksheet. They also colored the picture to match the actual flower. Thing 1 really enjoyed the activity. I… {Read More}
