Fun and educational ideas from a Hope Chest reader

#1 · August 7, 2003, 8:36 pm

Quote from Forum Archives on August 7, 2003, 8:36 pm
Posted by: homenews <homenews@...>

Dear Hope Chest readers,

This is from my creative friend Bonnie Bonnette ([email protected]) who has two children.

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Some fun stuff that is really working for us.

For PE I bought them a good CD player to use while jogging. They thought that was the coolest.
For history we read and discuss then they act it out. Doing drama really helps them get it and remember it. Much better than taking a test. We are using the history songs and singing them each day and I made copies of them so we can use it for a timeline.
Writing projects: A) a book on the fruits of the Spirit. We are spending 2 days a week for two weeks on each fruit. B) a newsletter for our family who live in Minnesota using the digital camera I bought them. Last year they did a weekly newspaper for our co-op using it.
For current events they read some good articles and at dinner orally tell us about them. They do two nationally and one internationally.
We are using the book "Playpen to Podium" and using the last 15 minutes of our day practicing communication skills. I made a poster that says, "Benefits of communication training" and posted all over it --- intelligence, reading and writing improve, thinking skills improve, success in life, leadership skills improve, social relations improve.
For vocabulary I bought the most wonderful books at Books A Million called Word Ssmart and Vocabulary Cartoons. The cartoon one is wonderful! But they are both good. I just assign them 20 words a week and as part of their reading time they read and study them then on Friday they do a quiz, which is already in the book. So simple and so GOOD!
I'm reading poetry to them at lunch.
For science I have a wonderful book called "Creative Sciencing" I just assign them different ones to do and then we check it all when their done. It covers all different parts of science and is so easy to use.
For Bible study the kids are learning how to share their faith and I bought the most wonderful tool called "Giving an Account of the Hope that is in You Workbook" It is incredible. A home school dad put it together and it covers EVERYTHING! We are taking one day a week to go to a nursing home to get practice with their communication skills and sharing their faith.

Posted by: homenews <homenews@...>

Dear Hope Chest readers,

This is from my creative friend Bonnie Bonnette ([email protected]) who has two children.

~~~~

Some fun stuff that is really working for us.

For PE I bought them a good CD player to use while jogging. They thought that was the coolest.
For history we read and discuss then they act it out. Doing drama really helps them get it and remember it. Much better than taking a test. We are using the history songs and singing them each day and I made copies of them so we can use it for a timeline.
Writing projects: A) a book on the fruits of the Spirit. We are spending 2 days a week for two weeks on each fruit. B) a newsletter for our family who live in Minnesota using the digital camera I bought them. Last year they did a weekly newspaper for our co-op using it.
For current events they read some good articles and at dinner orally tell us about them. They do two nationally and one internationally.
We are using the book "Playpen to Podium" and using the last 15 minutes of our day practicing communication skills. I made a poster that says, "Benefits of communication training" and posted all over it --- intelligence, reading and writing improve, thinking skills improve, success in life, leadership skills improve, social relations improve.
For vocabulary I bought the most wonderful books at Books A Million called Word Ssmart and Vocabulary Cartoons. The cartoon one is wonderful! But they are both good. I just assign them 20 words a week and as part of their reading time they read and study them then on Friday they do a quiz, which is already in the book. So simple and so GOOD!
I'm reading poetry to them at lunch.
For science I have a wonderful book called "Creative Sciencing" I just assign them different ones to do and then we check it all when their done. It covers all different parts of science and is so easy to use.
For Bible study the kids are learning how to share their faith and I bought the most wonderful tool called "Giving an Account of the Hope that is in You Workbook" It is incredible. A home school dad put it together and it covers EVERYTHING! We are taking one day a week to go to a nursing home to get practice with their communication skills and sharing their faith.