Are you studying Medieval/Renaissance history or Church History? Here are some very nice Protestant reformers notebooking pages that would be a great way to record biographical information. You can find and print these for free by clicking on the image or the source link below.
Source: notebookingfairy.com
The Great Backyard Bird Count is coming soon – now is a great time to add this to your lesson plans and enjoy a great bird study. In the past, the GBBC was limited to just the US and Canada. Starting this year, the GBBC is accepting bird reports from anywhere in the world! Click on the image above to learn more.
It is not difficult to turn The Great Backyard Bird Count into a full unit study. Here are some great resources that will help you begin to create lessons of interest your family.
**A compilation of bird unit study ideas from AHE families.
https://ahefamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/bird-unit-study-july-7-20111.pdf
**The Adventurer bird award and the Pathfinder bird honors make great ready-to-go unit studies.
Adventurer
http://www.adventurer-club.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30:feathered-friends&catid=6:grade-2&Itemid=16
Pathfinder
http://www.pathfindersonline.org/pdf/ayhonors/birds_a.pdf
Cornell Lab of Ornithology is one of the best online resources. An online bird guide, printable games/activities and a 50 page coloring book are just a few of the benefits of exploring their website.
http://allaboutbirds.org/page.aspx?pid=1189
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/education2/kids/edgames
Bird Lapbooking Pages
http://www.homeschoolshare.com/backyard_birds_lap_n_note.php
Free via CurrClick – http://www.currclick.com/product_info.php?products_id=16222&affiliate_id=145730
Do you have the Uncle Arthur Bible Story books? Here’s a great free resource to accompany the series. This two-part curriculum is designed for classroom use, but is a great source of ideas for creative worships and Bible lessons. It is designed to be an 8 year program. The links are below in bold.
DOWNLOAD NOTE: The documents are large, the first set is 293 pages!
This South Pacific Division elementary Bible curriculum was developed by and for Pacific Island Adventist schools. This teacher’s guide includes lesson or story plans to accompany Uncle Arthur’s Bible Story series, Volumes 1-6. Concise, clear, adaptable, utilizing multiple intelligences, this Adventist religious education resource is free of copyright, ready for use or translation. See also the companion Pacific Island Bible Story Plans 7-10
Looking to add variety to your math program or create a math-based unit study? Here’s a handy book list of math in children’s literature. This homeschooling mom updates this list, so make sure to bookmark this site.
Source: love2learn2day.blogspot.com via Ann on Pinterest
Click on the source link or on the image to find the book list.
General Conference Session, 1888
Excellent Adventist history resources, including printables for making a diorama, mini-books, puzzles , multimedia files and more. Our Adventist Heritage is a don’t-miss resource.
Lest We Forget is a series of Adventist History unit studies designed for upper elementary and junior high students. The 5 part series features readings, study/research questions and more. They are all free .pdf files . Be sure to check each link for the separate files.
Lest We Forget – Beginnings of church history
Lest We Forget II – Organization of the church in the 1850-60s.
Lest We Forget III – General Conference of 1888
Lest We Forget IV – The Southern Work , includes links to mp3 files
Lest We Forget : The Total Historical Picture – excellent timeline resource
The Great Backyard Bird count is a fun way to incorporate nature study into your program and make a contribution to science at the same time!
The Great Backyard Bird Count is an annual four-day event that engages bird watchers of all ages in counting birds to create a real-time snapshot of where the birds are across the continent. Anyone can participate, from beginning bird watchers to experts. It takes as little as 15 minutes on one day, or you can count for as long as you like each day of the event.
Click on the image to head over to the GBBC website where you can learn more about the count, download activity pages and tally sheets and learn more about birds in preparation for the count.
The Great Backyard Bird Count takes place February 17-20, 2012. Why not use the Adventurer Feathered Friends award and the Pathfinder Birds and Birds-Advanced honors to turn the bird count into a fun unit study?
The Adventist Home Educator 