These look so yummy!
A Pair of Red Clogs
Topics
Social Studies and Geography
Japan
Learning Japanese Numbers 1-20
Children’s Day
Activity Village Children’s Day Unit
Science
Volcanoes
Volcanoes Unit Study / lapbook
Science Bob Make Your Own volcano
volcano Song (my son asks to listen to this everyday!)
Weather
Math
Counting by 2’s
Have your child find all (or maybe some) of the pairs of shoes (clogs) in your house and practice counting by 2’s.
Another idea is to paint your child’s feet red and have them walk across a large piece of butcher paper and then count their steps by 2’s.
Colors/ patterning
Market
Show Me the Money Song (learning coins)
Peter Pig’s Money Counter Online Game (choose easy)
Take what you’ve learned so far and apply it to this Money Sort Worksheet. Now take it step further with this Let’s Go Shopping Worksheet.
Time references
Discuss the following time references with your child and ask them to tell something that relates to them using these references. Then, see if they can find them in the story.
new/young vs. old
last night
evening
next day
almost dark
One evening when the sun was going down,….
The sun was just setting
May it be fine tomorrow!
so soon
after a while
more than two months
The very next day
quickly
before morning
steaming
it’s getting late
soon
before long
too often
never
A long, long time has passed since then.
Bible and Character Training
Honesty
Kids of Integrity Honesty Lesson
An Object Lesson for Kids on Honesty
Stewardship
Lessons on Stewardship for kids
Stewardship for the Whole Family
Art
Using yellow to show light:
Notice with your child throughout A Pair of Red Clogs that the artist used yellow to show light. You can just discuss this or have your child give it a shot with something simple.
Using color pencil and black ink as your medium:
Art Made Easy Drawing with Ink Lesson
Art Made Easy Using Colored Pencils Lesson
Blending colors:
Primary and Secondary Colors Art Lesson
Cross hatching:
Value Scale Worksheet Printable
Showing action in figures:
We got the idea of making our action figures from pipe cleaners here.
Language Arts
Reminiscing
Talk about what reminiscing means with your child. Make sure they know that reminiscing is when you tell a story from the past. Tell your child a story from their past. Then watch this video about past tense verbs.
Expressing sounds through words
In A Pair of Red Clogs the author used words to describe the sound of clogs on an old stone road. Point this out to your child, then ask you child to make some noise and try to describe the sound with words. Example, hit pan lids together and then say bang, clang, clap!
Punctuation (Hyphen)
For now just make your child aware of what the sign is called and have them look for it in the book. Explain that the hyphen between these words joins them together.
red-painted
weather-telling
bath-fire
clog-thongs
Compound words
Words on Trucks Compound Words Video
Fun Compound Video to do with you child.
Break it Up Compound Words Online Game
Have your child try to find the compound words in A Pair of Red Clogs. They are listed below. Another suggestion would be to make a game with index cards, or better yet, if you can add these words to pictures of clogs to make a pair and match up each half of the compound word. You could also write the words whole of the index cards and have your child cut them apart and then put them back together.
storeroom
granddaughter
postbox
everybody
everything
another
maybe
myself
uneasy
washcloth
otherwise
yourself
ashamed
Cl blend words
Clogs is a cl blend word. Ask your child is they can think of any other words that start with the cl sound?
Cl blend matching cards (scroll down to blend sorts and click on the cl blend, it even is clog as one of the words)
og word family
og word family worksheet packet from Little Book Lane (advanced)
School Sparks Word Family Sliders (scroll down and click on the og family worksheet)
Vocabulary
Field Trip Idea
Japanese Steak House
Grocery Store and head to the area that has Japanese food items
Other Resources
A Pair of Red Clogs Squidoo Unit Study
What We Did
Our Lapbook
(I pencil drew this cover myself.)
(We have tornadoes in our state, so we read a book about them and make a mini-book about the different types.)
(We used pipe cleaners to make our “action figure.”)
(We learned about magma and lava.)
(We wrote a Haiku poem.)
(We learned about Japan, weather and the seasons.)
Corduroy: My favorite book of ALL time!
Resources for Unit Study
Homeschool Creations Corduroy Printables
A Pocket for Corduroy Audio Video
A Pocket for Corduroy Activity Pages
A Pocket for Corduroy Unit Study
Corduroy Lost and Found Audio Video
We Read Corduroy (for lapbook cover)
Our Corduroy Lapbook
Related articles
- You Will Add ” Corduroy Visits The Farm ” To Your Home Bookcollection (kidbooksreview.wordpress.com)
Positive Feedback
I adore this post for reminding me HOW TO PRAISE my children. I know this trick from my years of teaching preschool, but I had forgotten as of late. I am excited to implement this style of praise and watch the results.
Most homeschool parents would agree that the joy of spending every moment with their child is that they are able to witness their child’s learning experiences, daily, moment-by-moment and can rejoice in every development!
Successful homeschooling is not only measured in how many facts were memorized, or the skills mastered, a story narrated in detail, pages filled with neat handwriting, an emerging reader reading fluently, the brilliant maths wiz kid, talented, great all-rounders.
Success also comes when we work through struggles, difficult transitions, and find the child’s unique learning style and make the connections.
Feedback is vital to this growth and learning.
I’m not promoting gushing praise. I’m talking about specific feedback, detailed observations, carefully worded encouragement.
As a teacher, when I commented on something good I noticed on someone’s page, the whole class perked up. That specific child was boosted, naturally, but it reinforced to all in the class…
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Kindergarten Day or Week 2 (your choice)
Lesson 2
(Please use these lessons to bless your family. Don’t feel like you have to do everything and adjust to your child’s skill level and interest.)
Bible:
B is for Bible Handwriting Worksheet
The B-I-B-L-E by the Go Fish Guys
Books of the Bible Rap by Go Fish Guys
Teaching Kids to use Their Bibles Even Before they can Read
ABC Jesus Loves Me has downloadable hand motions for The Books of the Bible (scroll down)
Memory Work:
Do the same Memory Work as Lesson 1
Alphabet:
Monster B Coloring Sheet or Dino B Coloring Sheet
B is for Blue Nellie and Ned Video
Review the Letter A with Nellie and Ned
Phonics/Reading:
Starfall Learn to Read: Do everything is Row Number 2
McGuffey’s Eclectic Primer Lesson 2
Bear’s Skateboard Park Online Game
Math:
Learning Number 2 Interactive Video
Tracing Numbers and Counting Number 2
Learning Number 3 Interactive Video
Online Teddy Bear Counting Game or This One
Literature:
The Three Bears or Goldilocks and the Three Bears – Story Nory or Goldilocks and the Three Bears Speakaboos Video AND Cool School Goldilocks and the Three Bears (LOL!)
Goldilocks and the Three Bears Activity
Goldilocks and the Three Bears Worksheet Packet for Advanced kindergartener
3 Bears Lesson Plans and Printables
Tons of Printable Resources from Sparklebox
Making Learning Fun has some great ideas!
Three Bears Virtual Vine Unit Study
Poetry:
Find the letter B: Rub A Dub Dub
A Child’s Garden of Verses, A Thought
Handwriting:
Recipe: No Shrooms Savory Slow Cooker Pot Roast!
Ingredients:
1 Beef Chuck Roast (just pick the size to feed your family)
1 medium-large potato (per person) cut into 1/8’s (peeled or unpeeled, doesn’t matter)
1 large onion
1 large carrot (per person) peeled and cut in 2 inch sections
1 celery stalk (per person) cut into 2 inch sections
1 can French Onion Soup
1 can Cream of Onion Soup
1 package Onion Soup Mix
1/2-1 cup water
1 clove garlic
Salt and Pepper to taste
Olive Oil (optional)
Directions:
Salt and Pepper Beef to taste
Drizzle Olive Oil in a pan and brown the beef on both sides (optional)
Add all ingredients into the slow cooker
You can set it on High to cook in 3-5 hours or set it on low to cook in 6-8 hours
Kindergarten Day or Week 1 (your choice ;)
Lesson 1
(Please don’t feel like you have to complete everything listed here in one day or at all. Do as much or as little as you feel your child will enjoy and learn from.)
Bible:
Hulbut’s Story of the Bible (Play The Story of the Beautiful Garden)
More Adam and Eve Crafts and Activity Ideas
Memory Work:
Alphabet:
A is for Apple-A is for Ant Video
Monster A Coloring Sheet or Dino A Coloring Sheet
Phonics/Reading:
Starfall Learn to Read (Do everything in row 1)
McGuffey’s Eclectic Primer Lesson 1
Math:
Apple Counters and Tree Counting Mat
Have your child use the Connecting Cubes to Count to 10 or higher!
Literature:
Jack and the Bean Stalk or Jace and the Bean Stalk – Story Nory or Cool School Jack and the Beanstalk
Jack and the Bean Stalk Story Guide
Free Jack and the Bean Stalk Printable Pack
You on the Bean Stalk Craft Idea
Jack and the Bean Stalk Craft and Math Games
Even More FUN ideas for Jace in the Bean Stalk
Poetry:
Baa, Baa Black Sheep Find the letter Aa
A Child’s Garden of Verses, Bed in Summer
Handwriting:
Alphabet Write the Letter Aa Video
Kindergarten Lesson 2
Children’s Worship 2: Don’t Give Up!
Opening Songs
I’m A Soldier In The Lord’s Army
Lesson
The Point
1. Hope
2. Set Back (dark working against the light)
3. Patience
4. Perseverance
5. Success
6. Glory for God
Closing Song
Closing Prayer
Pray a prayer of thanks that the Lord is always with us during times where the world is against us, and that for strength and patience in times of struggle or resistance.
Family History Treasure Hunt
Homemaking with heart has a great idea here. This is inspired me to do something like this at home with my children. I don’t know that my relatives would be as pleased with my children digging around their house although I do see how that would be MORE FUN! I plan to ask around the family and add things that I have as well, such as quilts, pictures, letters, jewels, and also things from thier childhood and mine. This is such a wonderful idea! and the rabbit holes you could follow with this are endless. 🙂
Morning Memory Work 2013-2014
Bible
Fruit of the Spirit Song
Armor of God Song
Ten Commandment Song
Books of the Bible Song
Get a Little Crazy Song
Ephesians 6 with Hand Motions
History
Veritas Press Timeline with Hand Motions
Veritas Press Timeline with Hand Motions Part 2
Timeline Song with Pictures
US President Song
Grammar
Grammar Song
Geography
Continents and Oceans Song
Countries of the World Europe
50 States and Capitals Rap
Compass Rose Song
Longitude and Latitude Song
Biomes
Science
Dinosaurs A-Z
Magnet Song
Electricity Song
Anatomy Song
Part of a Skeleton Song
Heart Song
Circulatory Song
Cell Song
Respiratory System Song
Integumentary System Song
Digestive System Song
Muscles Make You Stronger
Ears For Hearing Song
Scientific Method
Math
Multiplication Rock
Skip Counting Squares
Skip Counting Cubes
Place Value to Millions
Geometry (and more)
Free Printable Math Facts Drills
Xtra Math Online Drills
Music and Art
Top 20 Famous Composers
Meet 10 Famous Paintings and Artists
Calendar
Days in the Month Song
Tick Tock Seconds, Minutes, Hours, Days Song
Tick Tock AM/PM
(These are tools that I will be using this year to help my children memorize details about each subject that we are studying this year. I will not have them watch each video every day. Instead I will rotate them as we move through the year. )