Lesson from Home : Wrap Up

Lesson from Home : Wrap Up

Welcome to my Tuesday post! Today post is a wrap up for the month. If you have missed my Tuesday post you can catch up here today . As we finish out first week of school in Louisiana for 2021 we are wearing mask and attending school in person. but we have a choice- what [...]

Once Upon a Word: A Word-Origin Dictionary for Kids

Once Upon a Word: A Word-Origin Dictionary for Kids

Where do words come from?―Teaching kids ages 9 to 12 vocabulary through word origins The English language is made up of words from different places, events, and periods of time. Each of those words has an exciting story to tell us about where, when, how, and why they came about. Once Upon a Word is packed with [...]

Schooling at Home

Schooling at Home

After Labor Day : my public school is getting ready to go online for school for the first time. They will be using Google classroom to teach students. Google Classroom is a free web service developed by Google for schools that aims to simplify creating, distributing, and grading assignments. The primary purpose of Google Classroom [...]

Back to School Supplies

Back to School Supplies

Good Morning!- It's another week of school fun this Monday ! Back to school supplies is some of my favorite shopping. Most homeschoolers or online students use a basic supply list with maybe a few extras: The Number #2 Pencil What does the number 2 on a pencil mean? 2 pencil is the first thing that [...]

Monday * School time

Monday * School time

This Monday as we start school I am posting about Organization: One of the first things I tell new parents is get organized. You can do it many ways and that's up to you do it. . But here's a few suggestions and tos on organizing yourself and your class room. So make sure your [...]

Learning about Flowers

Learning about Flowers

Welcome to my Thursday virtual classroom ! Today we are exploring flowers ! As we continue our exploration of outdoors as we are stay close to home: Lesson 2 begins Now : We use flowers to mark all kinds of moments – celebration, remembrance, romance (or, for the more suspicious among us, a hint that [...]

Are you using Zoom ?

Are you using Zoom ?

Since we are all home doing the Flu pandemic a lot of meeting and classes are going online and using Zoom.Zoom Video Communications is an American remote conferencing services company headquartered in San Jose, California. It provides a remote conferencing service that combines video conferencing, online meetings, chat, and mobile collaboration https://youtu.be/xcEXn4mnyLM How does Zoom [...]

Virtual School house

Virtual School house

Welcome my Thursday readers. Today it's all about the outside and how seeds become plants and flowers ! https://youtu.be/tkFPyue5X3Q learn how to sort and classify seeds by external characteristics.discover what's inside a seed, to predict how seeds will change after sprouting, and to observe the sprouting (germination) process. Seeds grow into new plants. Each seed has [...]

Today’s Virtual lesson : Geography

Today’s Virtual lesson : Geography

Welcome to my classroom and today I am teaching Geography to my students . With emphasis on Map skills. So read on and share with your kids . Even in the days of GPS devices, the ability to relate to what’s around you with what is displayed on a map is a vital skill. So [...]