| Copyright 2006 Julie Shepherd Knapp |
| Copyright 2006 Julie Shepherd Knapp. All rights reserved. |
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| The Homeschool Diner's Guide to Homeschooling by Subject Social Studies for Homeschoolers Hands-On Activities for Social Studies by Julie Shepherd Knapp, copyright 2006 Hands and Hearts History Kits - everything you need for craft, art, and math activities related to several world time periods Teaching American History Through Art and Teaching Geography Through Art --by Visual Manna -- supplement your study of history, English, geography, the Bible, and science thru art, other art curriculum for several age groups and topics also available, techniques include following the steps to correctly draw animals, reproducing the shading and coloring techniques of given works, and using a grid to copy drawings, sample lessons online Lap Books -- a crafty 3-D way to display facts and artwork about any subject a child has learned or to display an integrated unit study, some examples can be seen at Scrapbooking to Learn, Peakmore Academy, Chavez Creative Publishing, The HomeschoolShop, Templates by Donovan has directions for various envelopes and folding elements, Dinah Zike has ideas for graphically organizing info sections, instructional books and supplies can be found at Tobin's Lab, there is also a Lapbooking Yahoo Group, KidProj -- an online community where students join and/or design global projects and see what others around the world have contributed. Lots of current and ongoing projects to choose from, multiple languages. America's Quilting History -- history, study tips, and patterns, also see African American Presence in Quilts and Timeline of Quilting in American History and photos from the Smithsonian collection Medieval Woodworking and the Virtual Museum of Woodworking Tools -- examples and history of woodworking Fabrication d'armure medieval -- a You Tube video of the process of hammering a breast plate out of sheet metal Trebuchet Kits -- 2 kits from Escapade Direct (great site for browsing ;-) The ToyMaker -- lots of fold-able paper crafts, including Holiday subjects 12-sided calendar -- download a dodecahedron to assemble Dover Publications - historic paper dolls, plus educational coloring books, activity and sticker books for various topics in social studies and nature Mr. McGroovy's Project Ideas -- free online plans for making castles, carriages, steam engines, etc out of used cardboard refrigerator boxes, the company also sells reusable rivets that work better than duct tape Homeschool Shoe Box Swap -- a Yahoo! group that pairs families to swap info and inexpensive items about their locals, across the states and across the world, a new swap every month ("hsshoeboxswap") Flat Travelers Homeschool -- based on the book "Flat Stanley", a Flat Traveler is a person, animal, or thing made out of paper, you print or draw your Traveler, laminate it, then mail it (along with a blank journal) to someone in another area, state or country. ("flat_travelers_homeschool") Letterboxing in America and Letterboxing.info -- how to get started with this fun geography hobby that combines orienteering with a treasure hunt Homeschool 4-H -- a Yahoo! support group discusses how to incorporate 4-H into your homeschool program Pennsylvania 4-H -- tons of free online 4-H curricula (brochures, guidelines, instructions) Canning and Freezing -- how-to and recipes Building the Entrepreneurial Spirit Community Service and Humanitarian Efforts |
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