EUROPE in a Nutshell
Monday, October 12, 2015
South America in a Nutshell
Monday, July 20, 2015
The Plant Kingdom
Thursday, April 23, 2015
Presenting to you Plant Kingdom printable material. We used this recently in our Plant Kingdom nature study. This is perfect for grade-schoolers who want to learn and understand all about the world of plants and how they are classified.
The Animal Kingdom
Saturday, February 7, 2015
When your kids are a bit old, it would be nice to introduce them to the much bigger picture. This will help them understand that a starfish is NOT a fish and that sponges are animals! Mavi learned a lot from this lesson and help him understand why animals are classified.
The file includes:
- The Animal Kingdom MASTER Chart in A4 SIZE
- Chart with pictures only (no labels) in A4 SIZE
- Chart with labels only in A4 SIZE
- Chart with no pictures and labels in A4 SIZE
- 15 cards with pictures and labels to form the chart
- 15 cards with pictures and no labels (for 3 part card use)
- 15 label cards (for 3 part card use)
- Matching definition cards
Number Bonds Activity Sheets (with FREE version)
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Word Families and Rhyming Cards (Complete Pack)
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
- 42 word families (picture cards)
- Each family contains at least 4 words that rhymes and these words are in the same word family.
- There are some words that have 4 additional rhyme words with different spelling (are not member of the word family). This will show the child that words that rhyme can have different spelling or may come from other word families.
- Control or Master Chart
- Slider Cards for reading practice for each word family
The Arthropods Learning Material (with FREE Files)
Thursday, June 12, 2014
FREE Butterfly Definition and Nomenclature Cards
Friday, May 30, 2014
- The Ant Learning Pack
- The Caterpillar Learning Pack
- The Grasshopper Learning Pack
- The Insect Learning Pack
Well, that's all for now. Have a lovely weekend!
For more FREEbies and learning aids, please check The Pinay Homeschooler Free Learning Materials Page.
Introducing Vertebrate Animals to Kids
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
The Animal Kingdom and Vertebrate Sorting Cards
A few weeks ago, I created these learning materials to explore the Animal Kingdom with Mavi. He has been obsessed with animals again and dinosaurs as well! So I was thinking that its probably the best time to get him into this study.
Here are the materials that we have used in the following activities, "Exploring the Animal Kingdom for Kids" and "Introducing Vertebrate Animals to Kids".
- 6 pictures of amphibians
- 6 pictures of reptiles
- 6 pictures of fish
- 6 pictures of birds
- 6 pictures of mammals
- master control chart
- definition for each animal classification
- The Animal Kingdom MASTER Chart in A4 SIZE
- Chart with pictures only (no labels) in A4 SIZE
- Chart with labels only in A4 SIZE
- Chart with no pictures and labels in A4 SIZE
- 15 cards with pictures and labels to form the chart
- 15 cards with pictures and no labels (for 3 part card use)
- 15 label cards (for 3 part card use)
- Matching definition cards
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The Animal Kingdom Learning Material
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
I'm so happy that my laminator arrived yesterday and I was busy laminating these cards (thus my absence in blogging).
This is my Animal Kingdom learning material. It is a PDF file which you can download from here, The Animal Kingdom Learning Pack, or by clicking the pictures below. It consist of the following:
- The Animal Kingdom MASTER Chart in A4 SIZE
- Chart with pictures only (no labels) in A4 SIZE
- Chart with labels only in A4 SIZE
- Chart with no pictures and labels in A4 SIZE
- 15 cards with pictures and labels to form the chart
- 15 cards with pictures and no labels (for 3 part card use)
- 15 label cards (for 3 part card use)
- Matching definition cards
Oh they look so lovely once laminated! Don't mind the lines on that image of the starfish. That's just my printer who's already low on ink :(
So the file has 9 invertebrates and 5 vertebrates and they all come with definition cards that you can read with your kids (or let your kids read them if they are already a reader).
Hope you like it! Thank you!
European Countries (Territory Outlines)
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Greetings!
We're revisiting our Europe Study this month and I've been a little bit busy adding more materials to our study. Last year, I published these learning materials for a Europe Study Unit and now I came up with new ones that we can use to have a better understanding of this continent.
I have here the 43 European countries in their territorial map outlines/contours. There are two files available: map in outlines and map in solid black (click the image for the link).
These materials aim to help Mavi identify the countries of Europe by just looking at the contour of a specific country. I remember when I was in high school we would do this in History class but of course, it only involves Asian countries.
My son definitely loves this. He enjoys matching the cards to our Europe Puzzle Map. I have to say though that some contours can really be challenging to match!
If you don't own a wooden puzzle map, you can still use the file as this is a 3-part card which means it includes picture cards and labels as well.
By the way, I printed out the ones with the outlines only as I am saving black ink :) But I find the solid black ones so pretty!
I have a few more materials to publish in the next few days. I can't wait to share it with you!
Oh, for other references please read about our 2013 Europe Study here and here.
Thank you!
For more FREEbies and learning aids, please check The Pinay Homeschooler Shop and Downloads.
Our Printable Materials for February
Friday, January 24, 2014
Hello everyone! I would like to announce 3 new materials that we will be using for the month of February. If you are interested, just click on the images for the link and detailed description of each file.
Parts of the Human Body (new!) in English, Spanish, French and Deutsch
- contains 16 parts of the human body in FOUR different languages!
Basic Human Body Systems (new!)
- this file contains 6 basic systems: circulatory, respiratory, skeletal, digestive,muscular and nervous system.
The Internal Organs of the Human Body (new!)
- the file includes 9 internal organs of the body: brain, pancreas, heart, lungs, kidneys, liver, stomach, small and large intestines.
The Skeletal System
- the file has 16 parts of the skeletal system.
Hope you get a copy! Thank you!
Have a lovely weekend everyone.
My Adventure Book (North America Edition)
Monday, November 18, 2013
I'm happy to announce that My Adventure Book for North America is now available! It covers three countries of North America: Canada, Mexico and the United States. My first release was Australia/Oceania and Mavi loved it. We had a wonderful time learning all about Australia... and you can read about it here, here and here.
This is just in time to for a brief introductory of the United States for Mavi in this month of US Thanksgiving. And we'll also be using our Turkey Nomenclature and Definition Booklet to complete the theme :)
Each country in the file contains:
- Fact sheet
- Meaning and use of the country's flag and coat of arms
- Maps of the country
- Biomes and landmarks
- Known animals existing on each country
- Famous people
- Famous cuisine/food
- DIY postcards, images for coloring, postage stamps, immigration stamps for play pretend
- And activity sheets
- Spanish and French Salutation Flash Cards (For Mexico and Canada)
Here's how I keep them in clear folder. We'll be working with Mexico tomorrow (Mavi's special request)
Hoping that you will try it! Thank you!
For more FREEbies and learning aids, please check The Pinay Homeschooler Shop and Downloads.
Turkey Nomenclature Card and Definition Booklet
Saturday, November 16, 2013
Look what I made for our Thanksgiving Theme activity this month!
The file contains:
- 13 picture cards
- 13 labels
- 13 control cards
- 13 definitions for booklet
- activity sheets
- title cards
Hope you like it. Enjoy!
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Solar System and Astronomy Cards
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
(Click the image for the link)
Due to some request, I made a copy of my Solar System and Astronomy Cards at Sellfy. The file is now up! It is composed of two files:
- Solar System Nomenclature Cards and Definition Booklet
- Space and Astronomy Nomenclature Cards and Definition Booklet
- FREE Planet GUIDE
The file is available for only 1.50USD, so affordable isn't it?!
Grab a copy now!
For more FREEbies and learning aids, please check The Pinay Homeschooler Shop and Downloads.
My Adventure Book (Australia/Oceania)
Thursday, September 12, 2013
- Fact sheets
- Meaning and use of the country's flag and coat of arms
- Maps of the country (political/state/regional/territories), biomes and landmark locations
- Description of the landmarks
- Animals of Australia and New Zealand
- Famous people from each country
- Famous cuisine/food from each country or foods originating from each country
- And lots of activity sheets!
There's nothing like... AUSTRALIA (Part I)
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Hello everyone!! It's been a productive week so far :) I'm so excited to share with you our little adventure to Australia, the homeschooling way. 90% of the ideas here comes from my son, so I am just giving him what he wants. For him, this is just play pretend but little does he know that he's also learning!
So to start with, here's what I made and prepared for him: 'My Adventure Book (Australia/New Zealand)' which I will launch tomorrow, so please watch out for it :) and his pretend passport. The passport is not that fancy. I simply printed a cover page out of the coat of arms of our country and put titles on it. I used maroon cardstock as a cover because it is the color of our passport. The information page is also based on our passport and the rest of the pages are just blank. Sorry if I have to distort the information to keep my son's privacy :)
And since we need VISA for Australia, I made Visa and immigration stamps (entry and exit) to make our little adventure more "believable". These are included in My Adventure Book package.
I made a map... just the outline and printed it in a brown cardstock. This way, Mavi will be familiar of the shape of Australia and the flag was just from a random Google search. The figures are from Safari Toob, and I included a coral and scuba diver to represent the Great Barrier Reef.
Before setting out for an adventure, we talk about Australia in general. I have that in My Adventure Book which includes important facts and information about Australia, the flag, the state map and biomes map.
Okay, I so made him prepare his luggage / backpack for this trip :) Made sure that he has his book in his back including his passport. Promise to next time, take a photo of him with his "paraphernalia" :)
Set-up: On the first day of his adventure, upon his arrival in Australia (reference to his My Adventure Book) first thing is to travel across the country to see the famous landmarks. So I place the cards (see Landmarks of Australia/Oceania) around the house for him to "pretend" that he's visiting the different places. The exact location of these landmarks are included in My Adventure Book.
(Click the picture for the link)
As he discover the cards of the landmarks around the house we discuss what is so special about the place and the activities that we can do there (like in Great Barrier Reef we pretend to go scuba diving). I made sure that before we embark to another landmark, we review it's location on the map so that he'll be aware of how far these landmarks are from each other.
We got so tired after this activity so I told him that it's time to "fill up some forms" regarding his trip and he'll do the rest of the activities the next day. In reality, I wanted him to work on the activity sheets LOL.
Example of the sheets that's included in the book are:
Landmark locations. Mavi here is identifying the locations of the landmark. I only have 5 landmarks in the activity sheet as I don't want to overwhelm him. If you want more, you can use the Landmarks of Australia/Oceania Nomenclature Cards for further study of the other places.
Favorite Place. Out of the 5 landmarks, he has to pick his favorite place, draw them and explain why he likes it.
The flag. And of course, there's the flag. We discuss the meaning of the country's flag and its colors. You can also check my Australia/Oceania Pin Map and Nomenclature Cards for further study of the other flag in the Australia/Oceania continent (not just Australia).
(Click the picture for the link)
And lastly, while we rest, we watched a couple of Youtube videos about Australia and the places we've learned so far. Here are the links:
Sydney Opera House
Uluru/Ayers Rock (in the Outback)
Great Barrier Reef
The Pinnacles
Kangaroo Island
I have to say that at the end of the day, my son has absorbed all the things that he has learned on this 'pretend' adventure. He can name 5 landmarks, describe what is Australia, its flag and the colors and the biomes (though we still have to dig deeper on this). Learning about a country is so much fun if you play pretend of really going on an adventure on that place :)
Next we'll do animals, biomes, food and famous people and crafts/paintings of the Aborigines. And please do come again tomorrow or follow me on Facebook for the link of My Adventure Book (Australia and New Zealand)... just one of the many series I'm going to publish before the year ends :)
Thank you!
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