KerriF Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 It will be for a 3rd grader with a K tagging along. I would also appreciate any book suggestions. Thanks so much, Kerri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linders Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Using the One Small Square book series as a spine? The series covers Woodlands, Artic, Rainforest, Desert, etc. Last year we picked one habitat a month, read through the relevant One Small Square book, found some related picture books, chose a few animals from that habitat to learn more about, and did a couple of projects. The One Small Square books contain some projects, others we just made up - DS made a very cool tissue paper collage of the different layers of the rainforest - he still uses it to play with paper animals he made. I discovered mid-year that WinterPromise has a program, Animal Worlds, that kind of does this (I don't know what projects they use, but they use those books). If you don't want to do it yourself, you might want to look at their program. But really, the books were very straightforward to use, and you could stretch them out or condense your study as much as you want. Enjoy - it was one of DS favorite studies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy in FL. Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 You can come study the habitat of my boys. The word sty comes to mind... Cindy P.S. No body likes a smart alec! Sorry. I really do hope that you get some great ideas from the others on the board. I'm one of those boring teach from a book moms so I can't really help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Closeacademy Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Hands of a Child also has lapbooks for quite a few of the habitats. They look like a lot of fun.:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trivium Academy Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 The books at Yesterdaysclassics.com would be fabulous, Among the Forest/Meadow/Night/Pond People by Clara Dillingham. Also, the books by Jean Craighead George: One Day in the Arctic Tundra, etc. would be great readers for your 3rd grader. Evan-moor's Scienceworks Habitats is a good resource for activities, there are also a few good activity/project books out there like Animal Habitats by Press, http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product?item_no=967569&netp_id=419128&event=ESRCN&item_code=WW&view=details. Hope this helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue G in PA Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 A few other book suggestions are the series A Walk in the.... You can probably find them at your library. There is Rainforest, Tundra, Grasslands, etc. I second the lapbooks suggestions and if I can find my link, somebody posted a link to a free online source for habitat studies back on the old board. I'll see if I can find it... Oh, and check out Enchanted Learning for some printable worksheets and this site as well: http://www.kidzone.ws/animals/as-animalhabitats.htm That site was posted here a few days ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siloam Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 It will be for a 3rd grader with a K tagging along. I would also appreciate any book suggestions. Thanks so much, Kerri Kerri, Winter Promise's Animals and Their Worlds is arranged by habitat, using the One Small Square books. The only exception is a week in Polar when they cover farm animals. :001_huh: Lit based programs do this now and then when they run out of material of one thing so they just plug in the left overs. I have seen it done in SL too. We just finished the program, and my oldest also did the Hands of a Child lapbooks. It worked really well here. Heather Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KerriF Posted May 1, 2008 Author Share Posted May 1, 2008 Thank you ladies. These are great suggestions and will help me.:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle My Bell Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 May I recommend a blog? http://dawnathome.typepad.com/by_sun_and_candlelight/ I love this womans blog. She is simply amazing in what she does with her boys. You will have to click on the nature tab to see all her nature posts. Michelle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 I agree with One Small Square books! They're great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nestof3 Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 We love the Usborne books in the "World Wildlife" series: Grassland Wildlife Polar Wildlife Rainforest Wildlife Mountain Wildlife I also second the One Small Square books and the Evan Moor Habitats reproducible book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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