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As a homeschooler, I often find myself making my own worksheets for my children. As of this past month, my son has discovered that he loves anthropology and archaeology. Weapons, buildings, how people survived in different climates, and, of course, bones from far ancient times fascinate him.
Here are three worksheets that I made for his anthropological/archaeological studies: Australopithecus Africanus skull illustration, Homo Erectus skull illustration, and Homo Sapiens Sapiens skull illustration.
I hope you find these worksheets and all forthcoming worksheets of use. Enjoy!
Posted by Elizabeth Yetter
Poetry writing happens to be one of the most versatile lessons that one can work into the curriculum.
Couplets can be written for health: keeping clean, saying no to drugs, etc.
The cinquain can be used for science: chemical reactions, animal behavior, and even the connections between certain constellations and myths.
A lesson on alliterations can be used to coincide with dictionary use.
Finally, the lune and haiku can be used for history: write a lune about an historic person or write a haiku that tells how a soldier felt at Gettysburg.
Poetry writing is a versatile project that can fit any curriculum and enrich a child’s understanding of the subject she is studying.
Posted by Elizabeth Yetter
Yule, Christmas, Winter Solstice. Call it what you want, but it’s just around the corner.
Here are two tree ornament designs, a large and small image, that can be printed off for use in the classroom and home.
Use the ornament as a pattern for last minute bulletin decorations or as a design that can be decorated and glued onto a folded paper as a card.
Enjoy!
Posted by Elizabeth Yetter
The onomatopoeia is a word that demonstrates or illustrates a sound.
Words such as cluck, boing, zap, and fizz are all onomatopoeias.
The main purpose of the onomatopoeia is to describe a sound and to make a sentence more interesting.
For example, the following sentence does not use a word that describes a sound:
“The chicken made a noise as it scratched the ground for food.”
Now see how the onomatopoeia makes the sentence more interesting:
“The chicken clucked as it scratched the ground for food.”
You can picture a chicken clucking and scratching the ground. The onomatopoeia invites the reader to imagine the exact sound of the chicken as it searches for food.
Posted by Elizabeth Yetter
In my article on Growing Houseplants, I showed how a number of houseplants can be propogated and growing houseplants can be both fun and educational for kids. Not only do kids learn how to make their homes greener, growing houseplants is also one way you can encourage your child to read and do research in a houseplant identification book.
To make the experience scientifically educational (great for homeschoolers), you can also use the worksheets I've provided to identify both the leaf shape and edge of each plant.
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Have fun!
