http://www.amazon.com/Borderline-Games-11-001-Map-Tangle/dp/B0007IFLJA Maptangle is a big hit at our house and even my two year old can name lots of place on the map

http://science.pppst.com/sight.html

here is an activity book from the national eye institute http://catalog.nei.nih.gov/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=6&idproduct=70

What about HomeDepot and Lowes craft/project days

http://whfoods.org/foodstoc.php I use this site and the foodpyramid.org to find out how to buy fresh veggies get reciepes. My dd has lots of food allergies and can not eat most processed foods so when I was breastfeeding I had to find and come up with other ways to eat. It does get much easier over time and you will feel a difference

We are doing RightStart Math Before Five In a Row and Weaver Interlock combo with my two almost three year old.

What about just putting shape sorts and stacking toys in there? Plastic or chewable books? Puffies? Make a texture box with items safe to put in the but have a different feeling to them or even a different taste. A SigningTime video. Music CD. crayons and color book? home made playdough? I am assume you are just trying to get the baby in routine?

Lovedtodeath: THANK YOU (of course looking at all these sites mean many sleepless nights ahead!)

we also love equate A friend of mine every summer has her kids each designing their own game each with a theme. One has to work on math skills one on english one on geography. Whatever subject that child needs work on. They take a real ownership to it and help each other other testing the games. They are learning all kinds of skills and never realizing it!

Thank you I am looking for supplemental things for k-4.

Has any one used this site? Thoughts? http://www.mrdonn.org

by the speaker there is a square hit that and it makes it full screen (or at least it did it for me!)

Aw man another song my two year old is going to love. She loves and sings the Digestion Song. The funny thing is we were in the ER for her GI problems. I have no suggestions well I lied please put video's up on youtube as she asks to watch the songs when she is having her GI issues.

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/dovecot/Pages/BooksOfBible.htm I found this which has games http://www.kidssundayschool.com/Main/Resources/Cardsheets/biblecards.php

http://www.amazon.com/Outrageous-Outdoor-Games-Book/dp/0822450992 is this something like what you are looking for?

http://www.sonlight.com/KS07.html you can see clips on here. scroll to the middle of the page. I dont have the video yet but it is coming!

I will be adding in my own information and units for several different countries. I want to do a country a week for 40 wks. I am doing this for the K level and will start planning this June.

I own the book and plan on use it this fall. I know I have seen quite a few people have and or are using on this board.

I use five in a row loosely. Do you have a specfic question?

I was told that for elementary it was about an hour per grade number they are in. I honestly think it is per child and what they can do 10-20 min on math 10-20 min on reading 5-10 on handwriting The rest is gravy for kids in the k-1st in my opinion.

We do letter crafts where i draw the letter and we cut things from newspaper and or magazines that begin with that letter. We walk around the house and put postit notes on things that start with that letter sound. The foam abc in the tub are fun I give a sound and she puts them in the bag so we get a letter sound lesson and a tub with out toys!

Read read and then read some more. Nature walks then make bug houses. For hands on I like a lot of the website notimeforflashcards.com I like leapfrog dvd's for teaching letter sounds. Hopscotch in the driveway and counting all the white houses or red houses on your walk. We do lots of hands ons cutting painting clay and playdough type activities.

http://www.childcareland.com/filefoldergames.html We have printed a few from here

I love the website notimeforflashcards.com It gives hands on crafts and books. I do things from homeschoolshare.com I have several baskets that are set up with things like clay with hidden treasures where you have to work the clay to get the object out (I have buttons in there) and I have a different number of them and so it becomes a math lessons to count them. I took the shape magnets from the dollar store and made matching game using 3x5 cards. I also used 3x5 cards and put the numbers 0-9 and have her use what ever objects to put on those cards to equal the number. We have books on tape that she listens to and when she is done she tells me the story in her words. We made a calendar with items from the dollar store and start our day talking about days weeks and months and numbers. We have used an empty sauce jar and filled it with items and guessed how many items were in there and then counted. We play lots of games that we get at yard sales thirft stores or as gifts such as LeapFrog Letterfactory game, Sequence for kids MightMinds Go fish and Blokus even candy land and chutes and ladders We have a basket of puzzles and we work on those and when she gets fast at it we turn them upside down and work on them with out using the picture and looking just for shapes that fit. We go out side and turn over rocks and play in the dirt with the worms and the bugs. We are going to get tadpoles and a butterfly house this spring

We listen to stories (either me sitting and reading or via CD) while we are on the move. She is amazing at what she remembers. Some times we color or paint or play with playdough some time we are playing on an exercise ball or doing somersaults. I read the story and then I have her repeat it back to me to make sure that she is listening. Just a thought.