The third week of our homeschool art class was all about clay for kids! I decided to use Sculpey's Premo polymer clay, teach about clay, give them instructions for a clay fairy house, and let them create their own projects. The results were amazing!
Today I'm going to tell you why I love Sculpey's Premo polymer clay and give you the Clay for Kids lesson plan...as well as some pictures of their fantastic projects!
This Tropical Rainforest Biome Mystery is the second mini unit study I am writing in a Biome Mystery curriculum series! If you're looking for unique biome lesson plans, introductions to animal adaptations, a fun lesson on the tropical rainforest or tropical rainforest animals, this is the set for your! (Plus, it's free. A free homeschool curriculum is always a bonus!)
When I was in 5th grade my teacher told us we had one day to memorize the 50 states...I seriously panicked! I went home and told my mom to call her! Fast forward 20 years: we just moved to Virginia, and I wanted to help my kids memorize the states--especially all the eastern states that they are now surrounded by! I didn't want them to panic like I did back in 5th grade, but I wanted them to have fun learning the states. I decided to create a game: Seeds and States is the result.
It's been a little while since I made a new emergent reader for our Big Readers Series, but today I have one all about POLAR BEARS! It's a great little ebook for kids around a first grade level to read online or print and read in real life! It is perfect for homeschool, after school, or even just for fun! It would be perfect for a Tundra theme, an arctic theme, a polar animals theme, or just for fun!
I have a daughter in 6th grade this year, so I decided to teach a homeschooling art class for her and open it up to our community. I built our curriculum out of her interests, topics from our state standards, and basic art skills and topics. I'm sharing the whole homeschool art class for free here! This week's topic was Optical Art, or OpArt. I gave the kids in the class their choice of projects, and this sphere was my daughter's:
I've had a lot of people ask me about my favorite homeschool science curriculum, so I thought I'd start a discussion and make a list here for everyone!
