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Resources for Teaching Health

May27

Veg-heartAs families are coming for portfolio reviews this year,  I have been making recommendations for health topics that can be used as part of your school studies. I searched my library and the internet for books to read and online games to play. I thought you might need some ideas for topics to study as well. 🙂 I have included the call letters in case you are ordering them from a library. Stay healthy!

  • Healthy eating  by Susan R. Gregson j 613.2 G
  • Eating Right by Helen Frost e 613.2 F
  • Keep Clean: a look at hygiene by Katie Bagley  e 613 B
  • Clean and Healthy by Angela Royston e613 R
  • Staying Healthy by Angela Royston e 613.0432 R
  • Oh, the Things You Can do that are Good for You by Tish Rabe
  • Staying Healthy:  Food Hygiene by Alice McGinty e 613.4 M
  • Keeping Your Body Clean by Mary Elizabeth Sazmann e613.4 S
  • 10 Ways I can Live a Healthy Life by Sara Antill j 613 A
  • Professor Protein’s Fitness, Health, Hygiene and Relaxation Tonic by Steve Parker j 613 P

Here are some websites too:

  • Kids Health This has videos for each of the body’s systems. Look under the Kids Tab->How the Body Works
  • FEMA This gives you information on how to make an emergency kit and is always a good thing to have on hand in case your power goes off at your house.
  • Shepherd Software This has information and games to play.
  • PBS Kids Health topic games that look like fun. 🙂
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention BAM! Body and Mind has information and games about diseases, nutrition, safety, and physical activity.
  • Feeding Minds This has a whole year’s curriculum for students that are middle school through high school.
  • Nourish Interactive has activities and article for students and teachers alike. There are online games as well as printables for you to use with your health curriculum.
  • Food and Fun has 11 teaching units that encourage good nutrition and being active.
  • Brain Pop  This is a great website with videos and games, but you do have to subscribe to it if you’d like to have access to all of their resources.

Daily life offers practical and relevant ways to discuss health such as, “You need to eat your cooked spinach 😦 because it helps your muscles grow strong.” (remember Popeye? ) “Please cover your mouth when you sneeze,” is a natural sigue concerning disease prevention. Going to the doctor for wellness checkups or taking care of someone who is sick are also components of health studies. Discussing bullying and the treatment of that issue pertains to mental health, and relationships,etc. If you have a resource or an experience please share.

Memorial Day Resources

May21

82593-thumb100Memorial Day is almost here and I found some great resources to help you teach about this national holiday.  Here is a FREE notebooking project for your students. You can print out a decorated page and allow your child to write his own narration, copywork, or report on this symbolic holiday. In the blank spaces provided, he can add a map, illustration, or other graphic to accompany his written work. Click Here

Are you interested in learning about this holiday? Would you like to take a virtual tour of WWII sites and memorials? Founders Academy is offering a live class on Friday, May 24 from 1:00-2:00 CDT. The cost is $9.00 and this looks extremely informative and interesting. Click Here for details.

23657Would you like mini books for the holiday? There are 12 mini books that can be added to the notebook listed above or made into a lapbook. The cost is $5.00. Click Here for more details.

Happy Memorial Day!

~Lisa

Lego Camp

May13

A vehicle using the new pieces without studs.

I thought I’d share a great opportunity for any of your children who like Legos. Lizz is a fellow homeschooler and I do her portfolio reviews. 🙂 What a great way to kick off the summer!

Bricks 4 Kidz, a small LEGO education business, is running a pre-summer camp for homeschoolers on May 20-23 at The River Church in Liberty Township, Ohio.  The theme this year is “Brick Olympics” and will include learning about the history of the Olympic Games dating back to the ancient world; sports themed models including a gymnast, swim races, skier; and building games and challenges. Most of the models are motorized “machines” using LEGO Technic pieces.

The cost is $100 per student ($10 discount for siblings).  This includes a camp shirt and custom mini-figure that the kids will use during the week and take home.   On Monday and Tuesday the camp classes will meet from 9:30-2:30 and  on Wednesday and Thursday they’ll meet from 9:30-12:30.  The last day will include a showcase of all the models built during the week that your student will proudly show off to you!

If you would like to participate, please email the following information:

Student’s Name:

Student’s Birthday:

Your Name:

Email Address:

Contact Phone:

Payment will not be due until the first day of camp.

Lizz Mele

Bricks 4 Kidz of North Cincinnati

513-716-KIDZ (5439)

lmele@bricks4kidz.com

Music Education Apps

Apr29
Jazzy Music

Jazzy Music

One of the areas that we are to teach when homeschooling is fine arts, which includes music. I found some apps from The Melody Book that look like so much fun for young students to learn musical instruments.

A Jazzy Day (4.99) is an award-winning ebook that:

  • can be played to be read aloud (great for non-readers or beginning readers)
  • can be read independently
  • learn about different instruments
  • a child can play different instruments

Jazzy ABC (1.99) is a music app that teaches children the alphabet and musical instruments. Children can play each of the instruments too!

Jazzy 123:  Learn to Count Music (1.99) How about not only learning how to count time, but also counting in 10 different languages!

If you want to learn more about the jazzy adventures of this cat duo, click here

Ninth Grade:Preparing for College

Apr29

imagesTwo weeks ago I mentioned preparing for college in the freshman year of high school. Besides planning the academic year there are two more areas you can prepare your student by first,  beginning a reading list and second, planning volunteer opportunities. Universities like to see books students have read that provide background for composition, literature, and history. Admissions counselors are interested in what type of volunteering your scholar has done throughout their high school years and homeschooling provides a great opportunity to do that.

Begin a reading list. Many colleges have a list of books they recommend for high school students to read. Check several colleges that your student is interested in attending or look at various websites. Be discriminating and read summaries of the books. If you are unfamiliar with high school level books or where to begin here are a few websites to help you:

The Great Books This site has several categories to choose from: Ancients, Medieval, Reformation, and Modernity, all from a Christian worldview. There are over 70 free discussion guides and schedules to go along with the recommended books.

Literature recommendations for high school There are more books on this list than your student has time to read. 🙂

pinkmonkey is a website that I have used frequently when teaching junior and senior high school students. Not only does it provide a summary of each chapter, but also has quizzes and essay questions.

Decide on volunteer opportunities. Colleges are looking to see that a student is able to handle more than just schoolwork. Now is the time to investigate areas your student is considering majoring in college. Do you have a budding teacher? How about volunteering as a Sunday School teacher for the younger students or helping with child care during church? Are they interested in a medical field? Contact a hospital about being a hospital volunteer (candy striper). Do you have a student curious in being a vet tech? There are animal shelters that need volunteers to walk dogs and play with cats.

Remember, enjoy the journey! If you have any questions, please ask and I will be glad to help.  I have successfully graduated two young men. One is a college grad and has a degree in the field in which he majored. My other son chose to go in missions for almost three years and successfully helped with the majority of the work in opening a coffee shop.

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