Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Friday, May 9, 2014
Organizing assignments.
So, since homeschooling my 10 year old we have found that he really likes to do things independently if possible. One way I do this, is I created a blog just for him. I put his assignment into a blog post with a date on it every day. He goes to his website, reads his assignments and gets started.
We are using Allinonehomeschool.com which utilizes a lot of online resources. The section we are on right now has my son read a poem, answer a few questions about that poem, and then go to a website to write a poem. At first I had him writing his answers in a notebook, but we are trying to encourage him to type so instead I found a way to have him type right into the blog post using google forms!
You simply go to google drive, click on "create" and select "form". Then you create your form by inputting the questions, choosing whether you want the child to type in an answer or choose from multiple choice etc., get the embed code and post it into your blog!
Another super cool feature of this, is that google automatically populates the answers into a separate spread sheet! So you can review it later! And they automatically create this spreadsheet for you when the form is created.
Here is a screen shot of what the form looks like!
You can use this method for creating your own studies/question answer forms also!
Happy Homeschooling!
We are using Allinonehomeschool.com which utilizes a lot of online resources. The section we are on right now has my son read a poem, answer a few questions about that poem, and then go to a website to write a poem. At first I had him writing his answers in a notebook, but we are trying to encourage him to type so instead I found a way to have him type right into the blog post using google forms!
You simply go to google drive, click on "create" and select "form". Then you create your form by inputting the questions, choosing whether you want the child to type in an answer or choose from multiple choice etc., get the embed code and post it into your blog!
Another super cool feature of this, is that google automatically populates the answers into a separate spread sheet! So you can review it later! And they automatically create this spreadsheet for you when the form is created.
Here is a screen shot of what the form looks like!
And here is what the spread sheet with the responses looks like!
You can use this method for creating your own studies/question answer forms also!
Happy Homeschooling!
Monday, May 5, 2014
Cinco De Mayo
http://latinamericanhistory.about.com/od/thehistoryofmexico/a/Cinco-De-Mayo-For-Kids.htm
Fruit nachos and mexican jumping bean painting
Fruit nachos and mexican jumping bean painting
Friday, May 2, 2014
Energy Unit study day 4
- How much does electricity Cost? Look at our Electric bill
- Just how much electricity does it take? : http://www.affordable-solar.com/Learning-Center/Solar-Tools/Off-Grid-Load-Estimator
Today we will discuss how much energy we use in our home by looking at our electric bill for the month and the total KWH used in a month.
Then we will discuss what takes up all of those KW, what are we doing to make that total?
We will look at a load estimator to find out how much electricity each appliance, light etc. uses
Then we will discuss how we can decrease that usage.
This one is from http://www.mitchellinstrument.com/outlet-kwh-meter.html?source=froogle-mitchell&gclid=CK6bkO_Ijb4CFQlafgodu1MAJw
Thursday, May 1, 2014
Energy Unit study Day 3
- Where does our electricity come from?
- Magic School Bus Season 4 episode 9
We will start by learning how the electricity gets to our home. The link above shows us how it gets from the power source to our house!
Then we will watch Magic School Bus, this episode does a great job showing us how electricity travels into and through our home.
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