Many of us homeschool moms suffer from not being able to relax in our homeschools. We look at a curriculum we've purchased and feel like we have to do every single page or activity. After 11 years of homeschooling, I have finally loosened up to the point where I realize I no longer want to be a … [Read more...]
Presidents Lapbooks from Knowledge Box Central
[Today we have a guest post from Michelle Habrych on Presidents Lapbooks from Knowledge Box Central.] Let me tell you a secret: I hated history in school. I felt it was just memorizing dates and events, without any real reason to know about it. It was not interesting to me at all. Then I … [Read more...]
Help Your Kids Know they are Wonderfully Made (& a $600 Value Giveaway)
Last week we received the neatest book! It's called Wonderfully Made: God's Story of Life from Conception to Birth by Danika Cooley is a hardback children's book that teaches kids about the baby in the womb. We learn about how big the baby is each week during pregnancy and how the baby changes from … [Read more...]
Free Veterans Day Lapbook
My new activity guide called 11 Days of Veterans Day Activities for Kids is ready for sale and for only $3! Head over to the store and pick it up. See the bottom of this post to get a free sample. Today I'd love to share with you some great ideas for making your own free Veterans Day … [Read more...]
Homeschool Essentials: Math-U-See Decimal Street lapbook for “Alpha”
Math-U-See, a Homeschooling Essential: Today is Day 3 of "5 Days of Homeschooling Essentials" and I'm sharing about my favorite math elementary math curriculum: Math-U-See. I love that this curriculum has the lessons on DVD (Steve Demme is funny and connects well with the kids). But most of all I … [Read more...]
Fun and Exciting Antarctica Unit Study/ Penguin Lapbook Resources
Today I'm sharing about the fun Penguin and Antarctica unit study we just completed. We've been studying world geography, and this was the perfect time to get to Antarctica. It was even -18 degrees here last week! See below for books we read, movies we watched, a lapbook we completed, and a … [Read more...]
Veterans Day Activities
Looking for Veterans Day Activities? I have written a special activity guide called 11 Days of Veterans Day Activities for Kids which is available for purchase now for only $3! Download a free sample of 11 Days of Veterans Day Activities for Kids. (You'll receive it in your email … [Read more...]
Apologia Swimming Creatures Final Post
We had an absolutely wonderful time studying science this year using Apologia's Exploring Creation With Zoology 2: Swimming Creatures of the Fifth Day. This was the fourth of the elementary Exploring Creation books that we have done. And I have loved all of them! Jeanne Fulbright loves the Lord … [Read more...]
Projects for Little House in the Big Woods
As I mentioned last week we started reading Little House in the Big Woods. We were able to get to a few projects for Little House in the Big Woods this week. :) Here are some pictures of our lapbook (you can find the printables free at Lapbook Lessons.) There is a "Making Cheese" wheel and a … [Read more...]
How to Make a Clove Apple (from “Little House”)
Today I’d like to share about the new literature unit study that we’ve started. It’s on one of my favorite all-time book series: The Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder. We’re almost finished with the first book Little House in the Big Woods. My girls (ages 4, 8, and 9) are … [Read more...]
CurrClick Homeschool Spirit Week
It's Homeschool Spirit Week at CurrClick, which means that you can get lots of Freebies this week. Click below to find the schedule of events! There's a fun contest and a nice freebie for today. There is one freebie on the homepage of CurrClick, as well, this week--Ancient Rome … [Read more...]
Alaska/ Sled Dog/ Iditarod unit study and lapbook
We've had a fun time this last month studying Sled Dogs, Alaska, and the Iditarod. Here are the books and videos used in our Iditarod unit study: (Photobucket has recently decided not to post my older pictures anymore, so I'm working on getting them reloaded. Check back for updates!) The … [Read more...]
Beaver Lapbook
A while ago we did a fun unit study on beavers. We found lots of great books at the library and watched a neat documentary on Youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyNA62FrKCE The materials for the lapbook were from Hands of a Child, called Busy as a Beaver. It's on … [Read more...]
Dinosaur Unit Study and Lapbook
In January we did a unit study and lapbook on dinosaurs (after my 5-year-old son has begged me for months!) We read through an incredible book called Dinosaurs for Kids by Ken Ham. We also like the DVD set Dinosaurs, Genesis & the Gospel by Ken Ham and Buddy Davis If you want to … [Read more...]
Free Super Bowl Mini Helper from CurrClick
Here is a free Super Bowl Mini Helper available from CurrClick. My 9 yo son is excited to put this together! (Contains affiliate links. Thanks for supporting I Choose Joy!) … [Read more...]
Information about Lapbooks
I have just updated this post and added it to a page. On it you'll find links to all the lapbooks we've done, complete with pictures and info about where to find them on the web! The one-stop shopping place for lapbooks is CurrClick. Here are some other websites where lapbooks are … [Read more...]
Industrial Revolution Through Great Depression lapbook
We have really enjoyed using the history materials from Homeschool in the Woods. Here is the most recent lapbook my second son put together, of the time period Industrial Revolution through the Great Depression. Here are the books we read for our Industrial Revolution through Great … [Read more...]
Get Ready to Celebrate Reformation Day
The post about Celebrating Reformation Day has moved here. … [Read more...]
Johnny Appleseed lapbook
Here's a fun Johnny Appleseed lapbook to do from A Journey Through Learning. After reading a few books about Johnny Appleseed, my 7-year-old daughter loved putting this one together. … [Read more...]
September 11 lapbook review
I'm sure we're all aware that Sunday marks the 10th anniversary of the attack on our country. I felt like my 3 oldest kids were old enough this year to study about September 11. We decided to do the Hands of a Child September 11 lapbook. I received this lapbook for free in order to do this … [Read more...]
