Encouragement for today: This upheaval to daily life has affected everyone – even long-time homeschoolers like me. We are home a lot more than we are typically. We have outside activities we are missing right now including our homeschool theater group. The kids have been working hard since January to put on a production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory the first weekend in April. That’s now on hold. Our music lessons are on hold. Our outside gym classes are on hold. My son's karate classes are on hold. We already had our educational plan in place so that is continuing, but we still feel the affects of not having our outside activities.
Give yourself plenty of grace. Give your kids even more. Give yourself time to figure out best work practices. And remember, your child is feeling the affects just as much as you. It’s okay to give them some time off. While most schools may be learning new material this time of year, they all review it at the start of the year. Next year more than ever. If schools remain closed, don’t panic. Your child will be okay. And remember, every single child is in the same position at the moment.
Give yourself plenty of grace. Give your kids even more. Give yourself time to figure out best work practices. And remember, your child is feeling the affects just as much as you. It’s okay to give them some time off. While most schools may be learning new material this time of year, they all review it at the start of the year. Next year more than ever. If schools remain closed, don’t panic. Your child will be okay. And remember, every single child is in the same position at the moment.
Together School
School Spirit Week
Today is: Jersey Day – to honor favorite sports teams that can’t play right now.
Read Aloud:
Continue reading 1-2 chapters (or more) of the book you choose on Monday. See Monday’s post to see a list of suggestions.
Bible:
Read Psalm 4. Read aloud. Choose one of these coloring pages to color.
Watch this YouTube video about Capernaum, the town of Jesus.
PE: Spend time outside. Take a walk. Challenge your sibling to a race. If you want to do a fun CrossFit workout, here is the link to Wednesdays offering from Renovation CrossFit Kids or you can do this one from earlier in the week.
Art: McHarper Manor is offering live art classes each day at 1pm live on their Facebook page. This is their video from last Thursday.
Create a card for either a hospital employee or someone in a nursing home. Let them know you are thinking about them! Mail.
Music: If your child plays an instrument, make sure to have them practice for 20-30 minutes each day. IF they are in the choir, have them sing a song or two. Every other week or so, have them put on a concert for you at home.
I saw this neat video on YouTube that teaches you how to sight sing (singing a song without having ever heard it). This would be a fun skill to work on!
Today is: Jersey Day – to honor favorite sports teams that can’t play right now.
Read Aloud:
Continue reading 1-2 chapters (or more) of the book you choose on Monday. See Monday’s post to see a list of suggestions.
Bible:
Read Psalm 4. Read aloud. Choose one of these coloring pages to color.
Watch this YouTube video about Capernaum, the town of Jesus.
PE: Spend time outside. Take a walk. Challenge your sibling to a race. If you want to do a fun CrossFit workout, here is the link to Wednesdays offering from Renovation CrossFit Kids or you can do this one from earlier in the week.
Art: McHarper Manor is offering live art classes each day at 1pm live on their Facebook page. This is their video from last Thursday.
Create a card for either a hospital employee or someone in a nursing home. Let them know you are thinking about them! Mail.
Music: If your child plays an instrument, make sure to have them practice for 20-30 minutes each day. IF they are in the choir, have them sing a song or two. Every other week or so, have them put on a concert for you at home.
I saw this neat video on YouTube that teaches you how to sight sing (singing a song without having ever heard it). This would be a fun skill to work on!
Elementary
Math: Continue working on math facts.
Drill sheets to print. (Do no more than 20-25 problems.)
List of free math games on Teachers Pay Teachers. Pick a different one to play today.
Language Arts: Continue working on reading for the younger “learning-to-read” group. You can use these books if you don’t have any easy readers at home.
Have older kids who can read continue reading their book of choice.
Have them work on their handwriting.
Have them work on a grammar worksheet.
Have them write a story and illustrate it. They can draw a picture and then write a story about it or tell someone else the story to write for them. Here are 55 story prompts to use.
Science: Do Lesson 3 from Science in the Beginning at this link:
Make sure to do the experiment and the lesson review at the end. (There are 5 lessons in this pdf – just do Lesson 3 today)
Social Studies: Let’s continue learning about presidents. Today we’ll learn about the third President, Thomas Jefferson. Watch this video to learn more.
Tie all we’ve learned together so far by watching this episode of Liberty Kids.
Print out a coloring page to work on while you watch the video.
Drill sheets to print. (Do no more than 20-25 problems.)
List of free math games on Teachers Pay Teachers. Pick a different one to play today.
Language Arts: Continue working on reading for the younger “learning-to-read” group. You can use these books if you don’t have any easy readers at home.
Have older kids who can read continue reading their book of choice.
Have them work on their handwriting.
Have them work on a grammar worksheet.
Have them write a story and illustrate it. They can draw a picture and then write a story about it or tell someone else the story to write for them. Here are 55 story prompts to use.
Science: Do Lesson 3 from Science in the Beginning at this link:
Make sure to do the experiment and the lesson review at the end. (There are 5 lessons in this pdf – just do Lesson 3 today)
Social Studies: Let’s continue learning about presidents. Today we’ll learn about the third President, Thomas Jefferson. Watch this video to learn more.
Tie all we’ve learned together so far by watching this episode of Liberty Kids.
Print out a coloring page to work on while you watch the video.
Middle School
Math: Continue working on learning math facts.
Drill sheets to print. (Do no more than 20-25 problems.)
List of free math games on Teachers Pay Teachers. Pick another one to play today.
Language Arts: Choose 2-4 worksheets from this site to complete (answers included):
Grab an empty notebook. Use this website. Pick one prompt and write a one page story using it.
Pick a book (either from the read aloud section on Monday or from this list) Read for at least 30 minutes. Go tell someone else about what you read today.
Science: Do Lesson 3 from Science in the Beginning at this link:
Make sure to do the experiment and the lesson review at the end – do either the “older or oldest” student lesson review. (There are 5 lessons in this pdf – just do Lesson 3 today)
Social Studies: Watch Crash Course US History with John Green:
Episode 5
Episode 6
Write a short summary of each video in a notebook. We will continue with this for the next few days.
Drill sheets to print. (Do no more than 20-25 problems.)
List of free math games on Teachers Pay Teachers. Pick another one to play today.
Language Arts: Choose 2-4 worksheets from this site to complete (answers included):
Grab an empty notebook. Use this website. Pick one prompt and write a one page story using it.
Pick a book (either from the read aloud section on Monday or from this list) Read for at least 30 minutes. Go tell someone else about what you read today.
Science: Do Lesson 3 from Science in the Beginning at this link:
Make sure to do the experiment and the lesson review at the end – do either the “older or oldest” student lesson review. (There are 5 lessons in this pdf – just do Lesson 3 today)
Social Studies: Watch Crash Course US History with John Green:
Episode 5
Episode 6
Write a short summary of each video in a notebook. We will continue with this for the next few days.
High School
Math: Continue working on math facts Use this website to find those areas. Print 1-2 to work on today. Another option would be use Khan Academy.
Language Arts: Continue reading your book and writing your quiz. This should be finished at the end of the week. As a reminder: The quiz should have 20 questions. They should be a mix of multiple choice, true/false, and short answer.
Choose 1-2 worksheets from this website to work on grammar.
Grab an empty notebook. Use this website. Pick one prompt and write a one page story using it.
Science: Work through this course on YouTube by Crash Course on the History of Science.
(Click “play” at the top to go to the playlist.)
Grab a notebook and mark is “science.” Write a summary each day of what you learn in each video. Spend 20-30 minutes on this each day.
Social Studies: Continue to work through this course on YouTube on European History with this Crash Course playlist. Write a summary of what you learn in a “history” notebook.
Language Arts: Continue reading your book and writing your quiz. This should be finished at the end of the week. As a reminder: The quiz should have 20 questions. They should be a mix of multiple choice, true/false, and short answer.
Choose 1-2 worksheets from this website to work on grammar.
Grab an empty notebook. Use this website. Pick one prompt and write a one page story using it.
Science: Work through this course on YouTube by Crash Course on the History of Science.
(Click “play” at the top to go to the playlist.)
Grab a notebook and mark is “science.” Write a summary each day of what you learn in each video. Spend 20-30 minutes on this each day.
Social Studies: Continue to work through this course on YouTube on European History with this Crash Course playlist. Write a summary of what you learn in a “history” notebook.
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