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In January we held the fire safety class for Fun on the Farm. We had a great time learning all the aspects of fire safety. Here is a slide show showing you the highlights. I am hoping in the near future to get up a lesson plan and resource list for you. In the meantime, enjoy the show
~ EVENT ~
WHAT:
Fire Safety Class for Kids (all ages)
WHEN:
Friday, January 29
WHERE:
Lisa’s farm in Littlerock
TIME:
1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
WHO:
This class is open to any homeschoolers, all ages, willing to visit
the Dingman’s farm in Littlerock (1-hour drive from SCV). Note: This
class is geared towards elementary school-aged children; but junior
high school students will also find the workshop informative. High
school children can also participate by helping Lisa teach the class.
If your high school child is interested in helping, please email Lisa
at schoolonthefarm@msn.com, and she will contact you directly.
COST:
FREE!!!!!!!
DETAILS:
(from Lisa D.) My grandfather was a fireman, and he put in our hearts
the importance of being fire safe. I have made sure to pass that
information along to my children by teaching them fire safety once a
year. This year, we would like to bring a Fire Safety Class to your
children. Remember, fires can happen in an instant; and it is very
important for your children to know what to do and how to get out of
dangerous situations. Our homes and material goods can be replaced;
but family is irreplaceable!
During the Fire Safety Class, students will learn all aspects of
being “fire safe.” Lisa will teach your children about flammable
liquids, gases and greases in the home; electrical fire safety; how to
work a fire extinguisher; all about EDITH (Exit Drills In The Home);
candling with care; planning how to escape a fire; and much, much
more. The children will be involved in creating maps for their
families’ protection and even trying on fire suits! Many surprises are
in store! All children will go home with an activity book containing
fun things, like coloring pages, a disaster plan worksheet, handouts,
and more to enhance their learning experience.
All fire safety information will be obtained from the The National
Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and will be presented to your
children in a fun, interactive, educational class setting.
ACTIVITY BOOK DONATIONS:
All fire safety activity books will be donated by “Mom Teaches
Success” www.momteachessuccess.info and by “Success in Home Biz”
www.successinhomebiz.com .
L
Some fun art and a little learning for your Thanksgiving holiday
One thing that goes well with kids and school is arts and crafts. Kids love arts and crafts no matter how creative they are. As long as the craft is simple, kids want to do it.
I have always liked combining my arts and crafts with school and giving purpose to what we are doing. One way of doing this is with a bulletin board. Bulletin boards have always been a friend of mine. I love how they not only can brighten up your schoolroom walls, but they constantly reinforce what it is you are teaching. Until your students have the skill pretty mastered, a bulletin board should be around.
Thanksgiving bulletin boards are a great way to teach several things. First, they could actually teach students about geography. Plan out a course that the pilgrims took and have the students make a map charting the course. The younger students could have a very basic map and the older the children are the more details they could add. If you wanted to study mapping skills this would be optimum.
Perhaps the students could make a giant cardboard ship with the different levels of the ship. They could add supplies made from construction paper or raw materials that could depict what would be needed to make the journey. Different mediums could add a 3D effect to the project. This could be adapted to each grade level by offering pre made things to add to the ship and help from the teacher to the students making the project all themselves.
Another thing you could do is study the pilgrims themselves. What did they do that first year and how were they helped, making a big collage to depict that. Again, this could be very rudimentary or detailed depending on the grade and ability of your student.
You could teach art by going on line and looking at various artists and how they portrayed thanksgiving. Study about how Thanksgiving was portrayed in the 1600’s as compared to now. Look at greeting cards and see if students can notice how art has changed from then to now. Then, the students could design their own art pieces depicting what thanksgiving is to them.
It would be fun to study clothing of the period and find out when the black and white came in and when it went out or did they really wear black and white at all.
The possibilities are endless! So, while you are teaching your kids about this important holiday why not add in some fun by offering an art and craft to go with all that learning. It is like getting fries with your hamburger.
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One thing for sure is; when it comes to schooling we get creative.
I am not one to sit and push paper after paper at my kids. I never knew a kid that enjoyed learning that way. Kids like things that are visual. They learn and retain the information better. That is why I believe every homeschool classroom needs to have some sort of visual element to it.
Have you decided to homeschool your kids and not provide them with some sort of regular learning environment? If you have not put aside someplace for your kids to learn you are going to make your school year challenging for not only you but your children. This is especially true if you have grade school children. Visualization helps to reinforce what it is that you are teaching and what they are learning.
When we decided to study entomology we started off with a small bulletin board. But then, as we began making our projects we found that we were going to quickly run out of room. I had always liked when we made a tree for our wall and added our fall leaves for decoration but this year I thought I would go a little further and make it 3D. This began as a great idea but quickly turned into a challenge when I decided to look on line for others who had built trees. I had figured that I could find lots of ideas on line but I was totally wrong. The web had very few ideas and the ones they had were very elaborate and expensive to build. So, I got my creative juices flowing and Tada, a free standing tree in the middle of my classroom.
Now that it is there we can continue our study of entomology and we now have the freedom to study biology, learn about birds, discover the differences of regions and so much more. Really, the sky is the limit.
Another great thing about having the tree is we can incorporate our art projects and add them to the tree to watch it grow. When we study birds we can make birds for art and attach it to the tree. Same goes for monkeys or snakes, anything that lives in a tree we can study and add to it.
We can study the seasons too and as they change we can change the leaves that are on the tree. With this project, we can leave it up all year and change with it. Then, periodically we can refer to it asking the kids questions about the things on the tree which will help them to remember what they have learned.
Now, I am not saying that you need to make a great big tree in the middle of your living room but I am pointing out that with homeschooling you can be as creative as you would like. I am saying get visual in your learn space. Don’t forget that school needs to be fun and educational for the children to have maximum growth.
Keep watching for more post about how you can make your school year not only victorious, but rewarding too.
L
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