WOW! that was me and my youngest daughter during her 1st and 2nd grade years, we did a lot of nature walks and drawing what we seen, I kept it simple, ( as simple as it gets for me) * a read aloud * reading* phonics*history crafts, coloring or drawing* easy grammar* Bible Reader w/ devotion writing kim

I purchased a very old encyclopedia set, and my son cuts and glues the pictures, we also use a lot of stickers, & stencils. kim

Don't you love planting all these! it's the weeding i hate, why can't flowers thrive as well as weeds! Looks wonderful kim

WE've actually talked about this also, So I'm enjoying all the resonses! kim

I used Grapevine Studies last year w/ my 1st & 4th grader , we loved it http://www.grapevinestudies.com/ We actually did the Christmas one, it used stick figures to tell the story, it was fun, and both enjoyed the drawing ( very easy) kim

Looks very organized, do you plan on having 2 different times for spelling? I noticed 1 in the morning w/ reading, and another one in the afternoon? Just wondering kim

I would definitely pick up where you left off , it will be presenting different parts of speech and then a review of all things learned. Sometimes we've taken longer than 1 year to finish. kim

thanks for the sparkspeople link, I just joined, I really need to drop 20! kim

In our previous history notebooks, we've put things in as they progressed through history, this is what I plan on doing for TOG, I filed all the worksheets, maps, timeline people, etc. under each week, as they finish, it will transfer to Unit 1 Binder,etc. At the end of the Year, I plan on them having 4 Binders that all go together w/ that unit, we've found this helpful, when we want to pull out one of our notebooks from a previous study, and it's all together, vs. the maps in 1 binder, writing in another and so on. My kids have many theme notebooks from previous years, they like to get them down, and read THEIR!! own history books they've made! So that is my plan kim

I took 2 years during my older kids freshmen and Sophmore years of highschool kim

our first one we traded off at 175,000 miles, we are now at 90,000 on our current one, and plan on driving it up to 200,000! kim

our youngest 2 are adopted from Guatemala, so are assumed "mexican" a lot. I always say " I agree, we should not let "illegal immigrants stay in our country, I brought mine over legally and everyone else should also!" kim

We adopted our youngest 2 from Guatemala from a wonderful orphange run by missionaries, we've been there twice. http://www.specialdelivery4kids.org/aboutus/staff.html http://www.eaglesnestint.org/ the top link is the adoption agency the bottom link is the orphanage kim

:iagree: by another Kim in KS

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/romans/ Tons of stuff on Romans http://cp.c-ij.com/english/3D-papercraft/architecture/index2.html 3-d Architecture you can cut out and make from different places in history http://www.geocities.com/highlandheritageforms/historyforms.htm#AncientWorld Tons of Ancient History resources here http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/index.htm awsome graphics for all of ancient history http://www.softschools.com/social_studies/ancient_civilizations/ quizzes and worksheets hope some of these help kim

I think that is a very thorough plan, and if you don't get it all done, I wouldn't worry, you're covering a lot here! I like all the hands-on , fun things you have planned, at his age, this will teach him more than anything have fun kim

http://www.giga-usa.com/gigaweb1/readac.htm THis is a chronological list through History http://www.redshift.com/~bonajo/history.htm This one you click on the time period you're studying kim

We mapped all the battles and marked them win or loose, my 7 yos found this very interesting, he also loved acting out the battles w/ mini. soldiers. kim

I have incorporated them into my TOG yr 1 lesson plans, we've done a lot of notebooking, and I thought this would keep everything together nicely, and I bought the lesson plans do go w/ it. which tells exactly what to do in each box! kim

http://www.eclectichomeschool.org/reviews/individual_review2.asp?revid=218 i used God and the History of Art! We loved it, it ties into History kim

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Count us ALL in! We all sing the theme song! I love the simple - stupid humor! kim

I love my paypal plug in, now I can pay w/ my paypal for anything online! I've used it since Feb. kim

we do one timeline for K- 9th and one for Highschool; Ours is a big timeline book; " Book of the Centuries" which is a 2" binder. kim

I added in Easy Grammar and Spelling. I use Copywork for Penmanship kim