Shannon Gunter

Jun 13, 2015 Need some help with your American History lessons? Take a peek at my lesson plans and ideas. My first year teaching I was dying to see other teachers’ plan books, but most of them were either blank or didn’t seem suitable for our students (“high-risk” with poor reading skills). After teaching…

Jun 7, 2015 Want to know more about Konos Curriculum? Are you using Konos or curious about what the hands-on unit studies look like in real life? Here are my pictures, lessons, & advice, that describe our adventures as we roll up our sleeves and have F-U-N while learning! I have divided my Konos…

May 15, 2015 This is a hands-on lesson plan on detectives. Analyze fingerprints and hair samples, take mug shots, solve a real crime, and more! My lessons are geared toward 3rd-4th grade level children and their siblings. These are lessons I created to do with a weekly homeschool co-op. We meet each week for…

Mar 19, 2015 Sculpture of Statue of Liberty – Photo taken by Michelle Harrison, who participates in our class: https://www.facebook.com/MichelleHarrisonPhotography This is part 2 of a 9 part hands-on unit study on the 50 States. Sculpt the Statue of the Liberty, bake Shoo Fly Pie, act out Rip Van Winkle, hold an Amish barn-raising,…

Mar 15, 2015 Liberty Bell image credit: http://storiesofusa.com/category/top-american-icons/ Are you looking for fun worksheets an lapbook pages, children’s books, and YouTube video clips for teaching and/or learning about Pennsylvania? These are the resources we found to be most helpful when studying Pennsylvania as part of a larger unit study on the 50 states of…

Mar 14, 2015 Image credit: http://www.history.com/topics/statue-of-liberty Are you looking for fun worksheets and lapbook pages, children’s books, and YouTube video clips for teaching and/or learning about New York? Whether you’re a school teacher, homeschooling parent, involved parent, librarian, lifelong learner, or a student searching for ideas and books on New York, look no further!…

Mar 11, 2015 This is part 4 of a 6 part hands-on unit study on Earth Science. 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! My lessons are geared toward 2nd-3rd grade level children and their siblings. These…

Mar 11, 2015 Watercolor painting of animals found in the Congo This is part 3 of a 4 part hands-on unit study on Africa. Make watercolor paintings of the animals of the Congo, taste Nigerian chin chin, fufu, and Ground Nut Soup, make Nigerian-style tie-dye shirts, hunt like a Pygmy and act out the…

Mar 5, 2015 Photo image credit: http://www.blueberryforest.com/keva-planks/keva-building-blocks-canvas-storage-bags.htm This is the culminating project following a 2 part hands-on unit study on Bridges. I am also including the field trips we went on during this unit and fun recipe ideas with a bridge theme. These lessons are geared toward 4th-5th grade level children and their siblings.…

Feb 19, 2015 This is the culminating activity we did after a 7 week hands-on unit study on anatomy of the human body. Children presented game show themed games related to the human body or other creative presentations, and we had a systems-of-the-human-body themed dinner. These lessons are geared toward 4th-5th grade level children…