More Memories of Charlotte

I need to document more memories for Charlotte of her school work, so this is where I'm putting them.  :)

She has now started her last Unit for Grade 2 Math......

Plenty of carrying and borrowing....

And because the above Math curriculum is American and we are in Australia, I just swapped out the currency in the book for an Australian currency activity center instead.

Doing more work with SOTW II....

Her spelling notebook....

A compare and contrast for her Horse lapbook.

A life cycle story as well....

The story glued in underneath in the correct order.

And the princess herself coloring in...  :)

A lot changes while their little... a lot.... 

New Products in Store.... Surprise unveiling of a New Product Line

Do I tell you about the 'Australian Horse Coin Currency' or 'Horse Telling Time' Activity Centers first or the new Science Pockets instead??

I've been super busy... when the inspiration and motivation kick in you should jump to as quick as possible before it's gone again.  Life is so busy here at my house.  There is always something to do, some little distraction, and lots of work as a mum.  And sometimes we just need to enjoy the precious little babies we have in the quiet.  This week though, the inspiration has had me very busy.

Yes, so, I made a Horse { Australian } Coin Currency activity center set.  It has 135 cards to date.  That's 9 different sets in there.  Each set has 15 cards and a recording worksheet.

Then I also made a bunch of Horse Telling Time activity centers as well.  It has 6 activity centers in it, and a couple of recording worksheets too. I am hoping to add a couple more to the pack at a later date to complete it.

But my most exciting new addition is the introduction to my new product line:  Science Pockets.

The first pocket that I did was take my Salmon Lapbook and shrink-a-dink it down to a pocket.  Essentially it came down to a pocket with a couple of mini books, illustrated visuals, pocket title and a life cycle flip book.  

So now it will only take a couple of lessons to complete the theme instead of about 12 { that's how many lessons I have in the lapbooks }.  And it'll look great when you put all your pockets together as a Big Collection of Pocket Books.  { but I digress }

And then I did a Bee Pocket.  Yes, it comes with photos to show you how to set it all up.  Now imagine the beauty of it completed.  

Super cute, hey?

A Science Pocket

Bee

1. Passage 
2. Vocabulary
3. Drawing Life Cycle 
4. Illustrations to cut out
5. Pocket Titles
6. Bee Hive
7. Mini Book – Bee
8. Life Cycle Flip Book

An awesome research pocket for your 2nd - 5th graders. I've tried to make it interactive, eye catching, and interesting. 

Fill your pocket with mini books, illustrative visuals, flip books and more. 

Thanks so much for visiting.

New Lapbooks in Store

I have two new lapbooks in the store.....

and they are both on sale....

{ Horse }

&

{ Salmon }

I am so excited to do these next two lapbooks.  We'll be starting Horses next week.  I haven't taken the photos for them yet, but everything is all good to go. :)

Just click the covers for the links to check them out in store.

Thanks so much for visiting.

What Chloe Gave Me for Robinson Week

This week Chloe did these pieces for writing.  Entirely self guided, self producing.

Monday.....

Tuesday.....

Wednesday.....

Thursday.....

Friday.....

A Little Girl Horse Project

Set in the familiar Day Pack format - the girls got to do a little Horse project.

But first they read this:

Then they started their Horse Day Pack.

Hannah filling in the little double sided flip book.

Unfortunately one of the girls did not have room to draw her horse - and that my friends did NOT go down very well.  It went down with tears.  Note to self:  extend the page, or give each girl their own pack.

If you'd like a copy of this FREE Horse Day Pack, just click the picture below to go and pick it up.

Thanks for visiting.

An Horse Essay + { Freebie }

Yesterday I decided that Chloe { Miss 8 } should start getting serious about writing.  She doesn't normally do a lot, and when she does, she often leaves out capital letters and full stops.  So it always put me off from going to the next formal step.  However, this week I got tired of waiting.  Yes, yes, I did.  So I pulled out an outline and got her to dictate / narrate to me what she knew from each point of the outline { well most of it anyway }.  I just wrote it down and today she copied it out for herself.

It turned into 3 pages.

Yep, her VERY FIRST full on essay DRAFT is 3 pages.

 Now that's saying something for the humble outline~!!

She also added a couple of pictures for presentation.

If you'd like a FREE outlining / essay pack for Horses just click below:

and today I am joining up with:

I hope you will join us.

Thanks for visiting.