Thursday, August 18, 2011

Busy busy bee! Subject links.

As I am preparing to tutor, I find myself getting more and more excited! I have so many ideas that I think I can smush into the classical mold and I keep finding terrific reading material and web resources. I am humbled and amazed at the plethora of information out there that I do not know and I am so thankful that it is available to learn. Here are just a few that I have found/were given that apply to what we are studying in CC. Hopefully my parents and students can use it to enhance their learning experience. Have fun learning!

TimeLine Resources
Send me an email if you want our song. It is 1 tune and thus 1 pneumonic. I find it easier than multiple songs/week, but it is up to each person to decide what works best. We focused on knowing the actual chronology of events to remember when/how/why things happened rather than just the memorization.


 I also have it spoken, ready for email.


English Resources
http://www.englishlanguageguide.com/english/grammar/


Science Resources

http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/
http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/quiz2573431d76a90.html

Geography Game/Puzzle Resources
           I have these songs as MP3s if you need them.


United States
• GeoPuzzle U.S. and Canada*
• The United States Puzzle* (created by A Broader View)
• United States Bingo (created by EEBOO)*
• State to State Game (created by Smethport)
• The Scrambled States of America Game (created by Gamewright)*
• Great States game (created by International Playthings)*
• Sequence States and Capitals (created by Jax)
• Mad Dash! Three Minutes Across America (created by ITOS Enterprises)
• Web site—Place the State:
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/states_experiment_dragdrop_
Intermed_State15s_500.html
• Web site—United States Map Puzzle: http://www.yourchildlearns.com/mappuzzle/uspuzzle.
html
• Web site—The United States Geography Game:
http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/united_states_geography.htm
• Web site‐‐Where Is That?: http://www.funbrain.com/where/index.html


World
• GeoPuzzles* (Asia, Latin America, Europe, Africa)
• Where in the World? (created by Aristoplay)*
• The World Puzzle (created by A Broader View)
• 10 Days in Africa (created by Out of the Box) also Asia, the Americas, Europe
• Amazing Africa (created by Fast Track Learning), also North, South, Central America and
Europe, Asia, and Oceania
• Around the World* (created by Around the World LLC)
• Web site—Free Rice: http://www.freerice.com/
• Web site—Where Is That?: http://www.funbrain.com/where/index.html
• Web site—Sheppard Software: http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Geography.htm




Fit school into your life, rather than working your life around school. Involve your children in math lessons related to cost per pound of grocery items and science lessons on photosynthesis while you garden together.