Each week my family enjoys reading children’s books, doing activities, and watching YouTube video clips related to our new grammar. Memorizing the CC grammar is completely sufficient, but if you’d like to add a bit more, here is what my family has enjoyed reading, doing, & watching related to the science sentence, history sentence, or geography sentence. So we can dig deeper, we only focus on one subject per week.
Weeks 1 & 2 Science: Classification of Living Things and Kingdoms of Living Things
Learning about taxonomy and dividing random items into groups (Alternatively, you can have the kids organize the items from your junk drawer.)
Five (or Six) Kingdom Supreme pizza
Learning about taxonomy & dividing things into groups (dumped out from our “junk” drawer) is one of the activities we did while learning more about the science sentence. Examine pond water and yeast cells under a microscope, sing “The Six Kingdom” song, eat 5 of the kingdoms on a supreme pizza, and more! I included our activities and favorite books at the beginning of this lesson and included more of our favorite related picture books and YouTube videos toward the bottom of the above post.
Week 3 Science: Parts of an Animal Cell
Edible model of a cell
One of the activities we did this week at home: making an edible version of a cell while learning about its parts – I also included an all-fruit option if you’d prefer to stay away from candy. Create edible models of human cells and DNA, look at cheek cells under a microscope, and more! I included our activities and favorite books at the beginning of this lesson and included more of our favorite related picture books and YouTube videos toward the bottom of the above post.
Week 4 History: Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
Lego Model of a Pyramid of Giza
Lego Model of the Statue of Zeus at Olympia
This week our History Morning Basket & Activities will simply be reading a section from The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World by Lynn Curlee each day and having my children either sketch some of the structures or use their Duplo blocks & Lego bricks to build models.
Week 5 Geography: Egyptian Empire
Making cartouches in clay (or play-doh)
My children carved their names in hieroglyphics in clay (or play-doh) to make cartouches while we learned more about Egypt in the above link. Dramatize the mummification process, carve clay cartouches, and more! I included our activities and favorite books at the beginning of this lesson and included more of our favorite related picture books and YouTube videos toward the bottom of the above post.
Week 6 Science: Fish, Amphibians, & Reptiles
Shedding “skin” (dried Elmer’s glue) like a reptile
Shedding “skin” (dried Elmer’s glue) like a reptile, which is one of the activities we this week. Peel your “skin” like a reptile, dissect a fish, make origami jumping frogs, compare amphibian and reptile eggs by feeling tapioca and grapes, and more as you study Amphibians, Reptiles, and Fish! I included our activities and favorite books at the beginning of this lesson and included more of our favorite related picture books and YouTube videos toward the bottom of the above post.
Week 7 History: Hinduism and Buddhism
Sampling Indian dishes
Sample Indian dishes, dance Indian dances, and more as you study Hinduism and Buddhism in India! I included our activities and favorite books at the beginning of this lesson and included more of our favorite related picture books and YouTube videos toward the bottom of the above post.
Week 8 Science: Types of Seed Plants
Making seed mosaics
Making seed mosaics was one of the activities we did this week while learning about seed plants. Go on a seed hunt, act out germination, create seed mosaics, make and eat a plant parts salad, and more! I included our activities and favorite books at the beginning of this lesson and included more of our favorite related picture books and YouTube videos toward the bottom of the above post.
Week 9 History: Lao-Tzu and Confucius in China
Writing our names in Chinese characters on “bamboo” slips made from a craft/popsicle sticks
Writing our names in Chinese characters on “bamboo” slips made from a craft/popsicle sticks was one of the activities related to Lao-Tzu and Confucius. Carve “jade” sculptures from soap, create a “bamboo” scroll using craft sticks, compare Chinese religions, & more! I included our activities and favorite books at the beginning of this lesson and included more of our favorite related picture books and YouTube videos toward the bottom of the above post.
Week 10 Science: Leaf Shapes
Identifying trees using the leaf shape
Identifying trees using the leaf shape was one of the many fun activities we did while learning about leaves. Play a photosynthesis relay race, create an edible leaf structure, act out the parts of a tree, examine and classify tree leaves and use them to identify trees, and more! I included our activities and favorite books at the beginning of this lesson and included more of our favorite related picture books and YouTube videos toward the bottom of the above post. (*Note: We’ll be using part of this lesson for leaves for Week 10 and will also use parts of it for learning about leaf systems for Week 12.*)
Week 11 Science: Some Parts of a Flower
Studying, painting, creating, and sketching flowers
Making an edible version of a flower
Go on a flower hunt, dissect a flower, create edible flowers, paint flowers, and more while learning about some parts of a flower! I included our activities and favorite books at the beginning of this lesson and included more of our favorite related picture books and YouTube videos toward the bottom of the above post.
Week 12 Science: Plant Systems
Watching transpiration in action
Watching transpiration in action (in less than an hour, which impressed everyone) was one of the activities we did this week. Play a photosynthesis relay race, create an edible leaf structure, act out the parts of a tree, examine and classify tree leaves and use them to identify trees, and more! I included our activities and favorite books at the beginning of this lesson and included more of our favorite related picture books and YouTube videos toward the bottom of the above post. (*Note: We’ll be using part of this lesson for leaves for Week 10 and will also use parts of it for learning about leaf systems for Week 12.*)
Week 13 Science: Parts of the Geosphere
Making Rice Krispie treat models of the parts of the geosphere
Making Rice Krispie treat models of the parts of the geosphere was one of the activities we did this week. Make an edible model of the earth, act out each of the Earth’s layers, do core testing on a cupcake, make oobleck, and more! I included our activities and favorite books at the beginning of this lesson and included more of our favorite related picture books and YouTube videos toward the bottom of the above post.
Week 14 Science: Kinds of Rock
Making Sedimentary Seven Layer Bars
Making Sedimentary Seven Layer Bars was one of the activities we did this week. Make and eat “sedimentary” Seven Layer Bars, create “metamorphic” Snickers bars, do some rock mining, and more! I included our activities and favorite books at the beginning of this lesson and included more of our favorite related picture books and YouTube videos toward the bottom of the above post.
Week 15 Science: Highest Mountains
Pretending to climb one of the seven summits
Pretending to climb one of the seven summits was one of the activities we did this week. Sketch Mount Everest, compete in a “Base Camp” relay race, use a ladder to cross a “crevasse,” and more! I included our activities and favorite books at the beginning of this lesson and included more of our favorite related picture books and YouTube videos toward the bottom of the above post.
Week 16 Science: Kinds of Volcanoes
Creating baking soda & vinegar volcano eruptions
Creating baking soda & vinegar volcano eruptions was one of the activities we did this week. Make edible volcanoes, build an erupting ring of fire, demonstrate plate tectonics using graham crackers, form each type of volcano using play-doh, and more! I included our activities and favorite books at the beginning of this lesson and included more of our favorite related picture books and YouTube videos toward the bottom of the above post.
Week 17 History: Aztecs
Creating Montezuma’s headdress & Cortes Conquistador masks
Creating Montezuma’s headdress & Cortes Conquistador masks were two of the activities we did this week at home. Create Montezuma’s headdress, act out the meeting between Cortes & Montezuma, go on a conquistador hunt for gold, and more! I included our activities and favorite books at the beginning of this lesson and included more of our favorite related picture books and YouTube videos toward the bottom of the above post.
Week 18 Science: Types of Ocean Floor
Creating an ocean floor pie crust
Creating an ocean floor pie crust was one of the activities we did this week at home. Sculpt ocean floor pies, act out what creates tides, create ocean wave bottles, try on scuba gear, make ocean zone flip books, and more! I included our activities and favorite books at the beginning of this lesson and included more of our favorite related picture books and YouTube videos toward the bottom of the above post.
Week 19 History: Anasazi
Making sand art
Making sand art was one of the activities we did this week at home during our History Morning Basket & Activities time from the above link on Anasazi (Ancient Tribes of the Southwest). Make Navajo Fry Bread, draw Pueblo chalk drawings, create sand paintings and concho-style belts, weave Apache baskets, and more! I included our activities and favorite books at the beginning of this lesson and included more of our favorite related picture books and YouTube videos toward the bottom of the above post.
Week 20 History: Mexican Revolution
Creating a traditional Mexican meal
Alternatively (or in addition) you can simply taste a variety of Mexican snacks.
History Morning Basket & Activities for Week 20: Mexico & the Mexican Revolution
Creating a traditional Mexican meal was one of the activities we did this week at home during our History Morning Basket & Activities time from the above link on Mexico & the Mexican Revolution. I included our activities at the beginning of this lesson and included our favorite related picture books and YouTube videos toward the bottom of the above post.
Week 21 History: Exploration of Canada
Cutting out coffee filter (or paper) snowflakes
Cutting out coffee filter (or paper) snowflakes was one of the activities we did this week at home during our History Morning Basket & Activities time from the above link on the Exploration of Canada. I included our activities and favorite books at the beginning of this lesson and included more of our favorite related picture books and YouTube videos toward the bottom of the above post.
Week 22 Science: Weather Fronts
Making a tornado in a bottle
Making a tornado in a bottle was one of the activities we did this week at home during our Science Morning Basket & Activities time from the above link on Weather Fronts. Create tornadoes in a bottle, form a hurricane in a mixing bowl, produce lightning and thunder using pie plates and balloons, and more! I included our activities and favorite books at the beginning of this lesson and included more of our favorite related picture books and YouTube videos toward the bottom of the above post.
Week 23 Science: Types of Clouds
Food dye raining through a cloud of shaving cream
Food dye raining through a cloud of shaving cream was one of the activities we did this week at home during our Science Morning Basket & Activities time from the above link on Types of Clouds. Make clouds in a bottle, create rain, build rain gauges, form and eat clouds, and more! I included our activities and favorite books at the beginning of this lesson and included more of our favorite related picture books and YouTube videos toward the bottom of the above post.
Week 24 History: Portuguese Empire
Preparing a Portuguese Dinner
Prepare a Portuguese meal, create a Portuguese rooster craft, read about Portugal, and pray for the country. I included our activities, favorite related picture books, and YouTube videos.
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