Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Adventure Boxes 3/28 - 4/1

Our adventure boxes are containers on the book shelf that hold different resources each week for the children to explore and participate with mom.  Games, crafts, science labs, storybooks - all are fun ways to interact with mom during learning time. 

Math:   Mathematician - Galileo
            FatHead (I Hate Mathematics - p.36)
            The Win It! Game (Number Jugglers - p. 26)
            Cut It Out (Number Games -p5)
            Add it (Math-it)
            Paying the Price (Family Math - p.38)
            Graph Paper - Make a Times Table
            Simon Says (Math by Hand)

Language Art:  Fill in family Pedigree Chart
            Library Books
            Predictable books
            Switch (Fun with Grammar - p. 8)
            Builda Sentence Game (Happy Phonics)
            Narrate a story
            Self-Studies

History: First Colony Books
            If you Lived in Colonial Williamsburg
            Youtube search for Jamestown/Plymouth/New Amsterdam/Pennsylvania Colonies
            Colonial Activities (make pretzels, apple butter, etc.)
            Make a Mayflower Compact

Science:  Speed / Velocity
            Galileo Experiments
            Science books on subject
            Speed experiments (marbles, toy vehicles, bicycle, graph paper)