These are websites, books, videos, and other resources that correlate with CC Cycle 2, week 4 New Grammar. A few quick disclaimers: I have used every resource that I list, but I may not have used it as intended. (For example, you’ll see a note under the Latin heading about a file folder game I printed and slipped into a page protector for reuse as a printable each week.) Also, I am very comfortable editing books that I read to my children on the fly. If you are concerned about the level or content of a book or resource, please peruse in advance. Some links may direct to affiliate sites. For other CC-related posts and weekly resource links on this blog, click here.
SCIENCE
The Homeschool Scientist has a free food chain coloring book available for download.
Earth Mama’s World has a great post with several food chain ideas. My personal favorite is the stacking cups.
Crash Course Kids has a series of videos on food chains that is helpful, and they’re all compiled right here.
We’ll be playing Go Fish! with this printable card game again this week because it was such fun last week.
Clever Learner has multiple cut and paste worksheets on food chains that are perfect for young Apprentices and Abecedarians.
The Homeschool Den has a biology bundle for $6.50 that goes deeper into the idea of food chains and food webs for slightly older learners, especially those who still enjoy colorful, interactive materials.
How about a food web that gets your kids moving? This cute idea has you printing out pictures of animals and allowing your kids to jump from one to another in an kinesthetic learning activity!
Books
What Eats What in an Ocean Food Chain?, by Suzanne Buckingham Slade
What Eats What in a Desert Food Chain?, by Suzanne Buckingham Slade
What Eats What in a Rain Forest Food Chain?, by Lisa J. Amstutz
Who Eats What?, by Patricia Lauber
The Wondrous Working of Planet Earth: Understanding Our World and Its Ecosystems, by Rachel Ignofsky (a GREAT resource for all levels of science!)
Secrets of the Garden: Food Chains and the Food Web in our Backyard, by Kathleen Weidner Zoehlfeld
What if There Were No Bees?, by Suzanne Buckingham Slade
HISTORY
A great BBC site on King John and the Magna Carta.
The Magna Carta Rap Battle from Horrible Histories is too funny not to share.
Homeschool Share has a free unit study and lapbook on Robin Hood!
King John’s Decision Making Game (needs prep, so download and read before lesson time!)
For Master’s students, this site ties the Magna Carta in to our U.S. Constitution.
An overview of the Magna Carta.
The British Library has a great video overview explaining the Magna Carta.
Books
A Librivox recording of Robin Hood by J. Walker McSapdden
The Adventures of Robin Hood, by Marcia Williams
Robin Hood, by Margaret Early
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, by Howard Pyle
The Adventures of Robin Hood, by Roger Lancelyn Green
The Magna Carta: Cornerstone of the U.S. Constitution, by Roberta Baxter
The Magna Carta, by James Daughtery
ENGLISH
Nominative pronoun dominos!
What Are Pronouns? video on YouTube for kids.
Relentlessly Fun, Deceptively Educational has a great pronoun game.
This pronoun worksheet is most appropriate for Journeymen and above.
Half a Hundred Acre Wood has a great pronoun match game.
These games for pronoun review work best with more than one child, as they are designed for a classroom setting.
Schoolhouse Rock’s pronoun song is beyond catchy, and entertaining, too. Even older students enjoy it.
Grammaropolis has a whole sections on pronouns. Explore the site!
MATH
Free printable skip counting math mats for Abecedarians and Apprentices from The Crafty Classroom.
Skip counting mazes are one of my Apprentice student’s favorites.
Skip counting puzzles for Abecedarians.
Scholastic offers dot-to-dots of multiplication problems.
Free printable flashcards from 1-15!
The Big List of Skip Counting Ideas has so many options!
GEOGRAPHY
There’s a “Cootie Catcher” download of Western Europe for $3 on TpT.
National Geographic has a bigger project idea that works well for Masters students.
Half a Hundred Acre Wood has European country & capital flashcards. Requires prep!
This is a link I have not yet used, but am slowly gathering materials to assemble. I fell in love with those beautiful Montessori-inspired pin map sets, but they are decidedly not in the budget. The Homeschool Den has a DIY version that fits the bill, and can be customized to your studies! If you try it, let me know!
Sheppard Software has games of multiple levels for all of Europe!
LATIN
Latin Tutorial on YouTube provides just that for Masters and possibly Journeymen.
I love Half-A-Hundred Acre Woods Latin Match-up Game. I actually use it in page protectors in my kids’ binders, and have them write in the answers. (She also has a Latin Alphabet coloring book my younger kids get a kick out of.)
First conjugation endings, imperfect tense posters.
FINE ARTS
An excellent abstract art lesson based on Kandinsky.
Art Class Curator has an abstract lesson using Picasso’s Bull Series.
Wondering how to explain abstract art? Here you go!
The easiest abstract art for kids, ever, I think!