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Auditory Learners

September 2, 2012 By Thaleia 6 Comments

or Too Busy to Learn?

Are your children auditory learners? Do you have children that need hands-on activities in able to learn? How about those boys that must be “busy” either by hand or body and CANNOT sit still to learn? Then I would suggest audio learning! The amount of free resources for audiobooks is outstanding. I could probably create an entire blog around them, but for now will stick to a post.

READ and educate yourself about how children learn, your teaching style, and how boys/auditory learners are different. A few books I would reccomend are:

Bringing up Boys by Dr. Dobson

The Way They Learn by Cynthia Ulrich Tobias

Here’s a link to a site which offers free audio for history and literature:
https://something2offer.com//kids.learnoutloud.com/Kids-Free-Stuff/Page1#self

FREE Digital book resources:
Free Kid’s Kindle Books

Digital Book Index– searched Children

Worthwhile History Reading

www.booksshouldbefree.com

Gutenberg Children’s

International Children’s Digital Library

Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature

Archive’s Children’s Library

AUDIOBOOKS are wonderful!(my 9 1/2 yr. old loves them, but will also read as
well) He has read The Chronicles of Narnia, Eragon, Eldest, Brisinger, Inheritence, and Dragon Rider- all via audiobook cd. We also have tons of books downloaded to use for school time. We find them free from lots of different places from deal blogs, email lists, librivox, library, etc.

FREE Audiobook links:

Classic AudioBooks

Open Culture– 450 free audiobooks, courses, langauge lessons, movies,etc.

Reading Motivation by Sylvan called Book Adventures

Check my Literature Ideas on pinterest for great links for free
downloadable books, records, classic lit, preschool literature ideas, etc.
https://something2offer.com//pinterest.com/tmaher45356/

Websites/blog articles talking about boys and homeschooling:

Homeschool or Hell– by Holy Spirit-Led Homeschooling

Homeschooling Boys– essential supplies

20 Ways to Re-set Your Day– when your kids start a bad day

Cultivating Curiosity– by Walking by the Way

Teaching With Legos

please fell free to pursue any of my boards I have tons of free homeschool resources! https://something2offer.com//pinterest.com/tmaher45356

DISCLAIMER: I do have a few affiliate links within this post. if you were to click on those links and then make a purchase I could make some money from that purchase. I also do not endorse all links to be child friendly WITHOUT parent supervision. Websites and their content can change by the hour. Please preview the site for suitable content and download what you deem appropriate for your child or family.

Charlie the Duck

August 31, 2012 By Thaleia Leave a Comment

So we went to a local county nature park to take pics for a giveaway and since the weather was gorgeous. We found some flowers and took pictures of the kids using the nature guide. Then we walked to the small pond trying to get pictures of Blue Heron which flew away by the time we reached the pond.

Eldest walked onto the wooden viewing deck. Princess was wondering near when I spotted a duck. Both were taken with the duck. I was used to this type of duck and even had some as a child. Next thing I know they are calling “Charlie” the duck to come follow them. Princess lays down in the grass to draw Charlie. Eldest and Princess both try to pet Charlie. We decide it was time to head to grandma’s where Lil’ Red was. Charlie tried to follow us to the parking lot. Obviously this duck was a farm duck and very used to people. Soon he waddled over to the pond and went right in probably looking for some lunch:)

Backyard Campfire 101

August 28, 2012 By Thaleia Leave a Comment

Backyard Campfire 101:
How Siblings Light a Fire

It is sad to say Summer is almost over and we hadn’t had a campfire at all this year. I think the main reason is due to a much hotter Summer earlier than normal. We had weeks of high 90’s and over 100 numerous times. We have a firepit in our backyard that totally needed some TLC. Princess set to work arranging all the bricks that had been knocked into the firepit and taking all the small sticks out of it. I had mowed as close as I could and pulled some weeds the mower couldn’t reach.

We promised the kids we would have a bonfire but had been too tired the night before by the time it would be dark enough to have one. So this brave and CRAZY momma allowed Eldest and Princess to build a small fire in the firepit by themselves. I provided some guidance and we tried to use a matchless flame lighter. The child-proof buttons proved to be too difficult so we opted for (gasp) real matches.

Eldest declared he had learned the safe way to use a match at nature camp. I said that was fine and he could teach Princess how-to do it. So with Lil’ Red on my lap I provided verbal instruction for how to lay the sticks and where to place the small balls of newspaper and where to place the matches. I reminded them to hold the flame end up so as not to burn themselves.

Once Riley was home from work we proceeded to roast hotdogs for a late evening snack. I was smart this time and gathered the supplies on a large tray for the hot dogs. Then I used a different container to hold the graham crackers, chocolate, and marshmallows for s’mores. Both of these containers were placed on our glass side table within reach of our lawn chairs so we weren’t running inside for missed items.

Day in the Life- What does your “typical” homeschool day look like?

August 26, 2012 By Thaleia 3 Comments

A Day in The Life of a Homeschooler

Eeks, that really varies depending on week of the month and day of the week. Let me explain. We are in a Co-op that I am running the 1st, 3rd, and 5th Friday afternoons of the month. We are also part of a group that has monthly gym days and field trips along with Mom’s Encouragement Nights. Then there’s always a free nature activity or other freebie event that we may decide to attend on a whim or plan in advance. On top of all that is college classes for Dad AND Mom as well as ballet and art classes. Not sure if we will do an AWANA program this year or not. Also thinking about checking out 4-H!

This is a possible Monday at Maher Academy:

MONDAY
7:00-8:00am Mom Wakes up/Devotions/Planning/Shower

8:00-8:30am Breakfast for early risers

8:30-9:00 am Clean-up/Dinner Prep/Get Dressed

9:00-9:30 am Breakfast for late risers

9:30-11:00am Group work (Bible, Calendar Connections, Math)/Tot School

11:00-11:30am PE and Outside Play time

11:30-noon Lunch Prep with Dad while Mom heads to College

Noon-1:00 pm Eat Lunch and Clean up lunch/Work on chores

1:00- 1:30pm Have Read Aloud time with Dad (Mom comes home)

1:30-2:00pm Quiet Reading/Activity Time

2:00-3:00pm Wrap-up School Work and Finish Chore List

3:00-4:30pm Snack Time/Free Time

4:30-5:15pm Ballet for Princess/Boys go to Grandma’s

5:15-6:00pm Dinner (Dad goes to College)

6:00-8:00pm Free Time/Grandma’s

8:00-8:30pm Bath Time

8:30-9:00pm Snack Time (Dad Come Home)

9:00-9:15pm Bible Story/Devotion

9:15-9:30pm Bedtime for Early Risers and Quiet Time for Late Risers

This would be a typical Monday except for once a month we will have Gym Days from
10am-noon unless it’s too much for Dad to take them since Mom has school. TBD:)

What We did ALL Week- August 19-25

August 25, 2012 By Thaleia 1 Comment

We started the week off with an ice cream social hosted by our county park department. We were offered ice cream, pie, cookies, water, and a chance to play some games. They had cornhole and croquette. We brought our game bag filled with frisbees, bubbles, and plastic kiddie horseshoes.

We intended to begin homeschool this week but both my husband and I were sick the first half of the week with head-cold flu yuckiness. So instead the kids got to spend a few more nights out in the tent and more time outside playing, riding bikes, or hanging out with friends.