Advent Calendar – jw2

With Your Children at Christmastime
December
5. Put up your Christmas tree – get everyone around to decorate it.
6. Teach the children about St. Nicklaus, the generous 4th century Turkish bishop.
7. Set up the Nativity scene – remember Baby Jesus isn’t there yet, nor the Kings.
8. Christmas is a season – not just one day.
9. Simplify. Alter [...]

Advent Calendar – JW1

Advent Calendar – December
           
Top Line : Theme for each day.
Sing songs, read Bible passages, read stories, do activities. For set times with your family or as you go about your day.         
1 Angel -
Make angel or cut from card for tree
2 Baby Jesus            -
Talk about a baby being born (play with dolls)
3 Bethlehem -
Luke 2:1-5 [...]

I like this!

Like this indeed ..
http://creativehomeschool.homeschooljournal.net/2009/01/25/15-great-uses-for-a-digital-camera/
Save the clutter and storage of interesting things – take a photo to remind you of the kids favourite shoes or piece of art when 5.
Get that digicam to work!

Th : Marsalis Weaves A Song

Weaving Glory out of Goofiness
I HAVE to share this with you, having found this in my archives.
Wynton Marsalis is an immaculate classically trained jazz trumpet player – absolutely mesmerising.
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Wynton Marsalis Rescues a Song
Journalist David Hajdu recently told a memorable story about Wynton Marsalis, one of the most easily recognizable jazz musicians in our day and one [...]

Remember Your Old People

All Saints Day is 1 November

Opportunity to remember your grandparents and those that went before you.
What is your family’s Christian heritage?
Chance to retell the family stories and oral traditions of your family (whanau).
Better than Halloween!

http://livinglessons.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/thespiritoftiofernando.pdf - The Spirit of Tio Fernando by Janice Levy, picture book
- pdf includes lapbooking ideas, suitable for mini-unit study, for homeschoolers – [...]

What is this?

WW :Scrapbooking

Layouts
- only need one link! layouts galore, for free
** http://www.stickersnfun.com/nl183.html - can sign up for newsletter (see RHS), Aussie based
http://www.stickersnfun.com/sketches.asp - scroll down a bit. Make sure you have a layout folder on your computer. I open the sketch page from this site, block just the title and sketches, then ’print’ ’selection’ as pdf.
A quick and easy way to save [...]

WW : Object Lessons

At 8+10 years old, my children still like object lessons.
Object lessons are Bible stories and deeper concepts taught by something real they can see. Jesus used parables or stories with several layers of meanings. And so realia, or real tangible objects, help to express ideas and character qualities to everyone – not just the younger [...]

WW : Lapbooking Blogs

Lapbooking is a fantastic way to present unit studies or projects.
Lapbooking 101 – www.lapbooking.wordpress.com
Lapbook folders, ideas, and photos from last week:
http://paper-basket.blogspot.com/
http://thehomeschoolingblog.blogspot.com/
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/socalval/
http://littlehomeschoolonthehill.com/
http://tropicalmom.blogspot.com/2008/04/lap-books.html
http://talibiddeenjr.wordpress.com/
http://yankeegal.geeksforchrist.com/
http://scooterandb.blogspot.com/
http://islamicunitstudies.wordpress.com/
http://jetihoja.blogspot.com/
http://thecoxscorner.blogspot.com/ – first lapbook
http://banquet.homeschooljournal.net/ - Johanna’s blog
Digital lapbooking is relatively new and emerging. 
Here are some examples of different styles :
http://karatekidkast.tumblr.com/ (by 3x 9+10 year olds) using a tumblr blog
http://lapbooks.wordpress.com/dogs/  (8yo) using wordpress with linked through files
http://www.slimeandgrime.co.nr (16yo) using macromedia shockwave flash (swf [...]

FF : Home Educators’ YearBook

Home Educators Yearbook
Before the year ends, here’s one way to have a record of your Homeschool year :

Buy a small-medium photo album
Check there are plain cards slightly smaller than the sleeve in each sleeve. This keeps pages firm, esp if no photos.
Grab a camera and do some catch-up photo-taking. Capture people and places on film [...]

MM : Recycle 2L Ice Cream Containers

CHILDREN

Store small toys in them. These tubs are great for set of Lego, matchbox cars, beads, Barbie clothes, and baby rattles. Label with a permanent marker or draw/stick picture.
Cut shapes in lid and place back on box - good as posting box for under 2s. Tie several long skinny bits of fabric of different colour/texture/weight together [...]