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Learning is Fun!
Equip your children with a lifetime love of learning. Start with a topic that grabs your family's attention and interest. Unit studies are a great way to learn with all school subjects centered around a single topic. That topic could be anything: a person, historical period, science concept, animal, plant, invention, or book. Reading is Fun! Living books are like dear friends we visit with and can't wait to see again. All of our unit studies are centered around an interesting and entertaining book that is read aloud every day. Learning with Brothers & Sisters is Fun! All ages can learn together. Unit studies build family unity. Here are some unit studies I have written and we have used in our home. Enjoy. |
Travel to LondonLet's go on a grand adventure!
Come along with our family and visit one of the most exciting and educational cities in the world. Are you ready for fun, action, and travel? Would you like to take a trip with my daughters and me to the exciting city of London? Well, get your passports ready, make your hotel reservations, get your plane ticket, and let’s go! Welcome to Travel to London Unit Study! We will have a blast learning about kings, queens, historical events, lovely gardens, famous people, heroic Christians, beautiful castles, and amazing museums. You and your children will have so much fun that you won't even realize you're learning. You wil see and meet Wiliam of Normandy’s Tower of London, Christopher Wren's, King Alfred, Edward the Confessor’s Westminster Abbey, Wesleys, Winston Churchill, Purcell, Prime Ministers, Kings, Queens, Sad Stories from the Tower, Kew Gardens, Palaces, Parliament, Magna Charta, British Nursery Rhymes, Banking, Exchange Rates, Climate, Maps, Timelines, Songs, Writing Projects. Your family will have a blast as we.... Create our own crown jewels Exchange money Make our own passports Find a hotel Make plane reservations Pack Design our own palace Make Trick Tourist Photos Host a Small Group Like John & Charles Wesley Write a Hymn Write a Nursery Rhyme Write a Sense Poem Write a Diary of a King or Queen Write a Museum Exhibit Report Make & Illustrate a Timeline Outline Map of Great Britain Your family will cook, bake, and enjoy.... Scones & Clotted Cream Pot of Tea Tea Sandwiches Lemon Squares Billingsgate Fish & Chips Hampton Court Berry Trifle Curds & Whey Tower of London Meat Pie Sally Lunn Bread Toad in a Hole Ploughman's Lunch Welsh Rarebit Fruit Crumble Bread Pudding You will need to purchase the following books. DK Eyewitness Travel: London & Pull-out Map by Michael Leapman A Book set in London or England to read aloud, a chapter each day—list of possibilities included! Purchase the Print Book, Travel to London Unit Study, on Amazon. Purchase the E-book, Travel to London Unit Study, on PayHip or Currclick. Series: Teach History the Fun Way Authors: Meredith Curtis Publisher: Powerline Productions Paperback: 210 pages Age/Grade: Elementary & Middle School |
Travel to Colonial TimesLooking for a unit study for December that the whole family will enjoy?
Dig deeper into America’s Colonial era.This four week unit study is set in Colonial times. In Celebrate Christmas in Colonial America, learn how they celebrated Christmas in Colonial Days! With hospitality devotions to start each day and information about Colonial Times to read aloud, your children will be learning about history and God’s Word! With suggestions for family read aloud fun and hands-on activities, this book is filled with craft, recipe, and project ideas to make Colonial Times come alive. Make Christmas presents and make Christmas cards with feather pens and berry ink. Set a table Colonial style with a handmade centerpiece. Learn about life at sea! This unit ends with a Christmas Tea or French & Indian War Airsoft party, depending on your children’s interest. We have enjoyed doing Christmas unit studies in December, taking a little break from our more rigorous year. Recipes to Make in this Unit StudyHard Tack Clam Chowder Scurvy Prevention Citrus Cups Squanto Garden Dessert Wassail Eggnog Cranberry Bread Syllabub Hasty Pudding German Sauerkraut Amish Pork & Sauerkraut Moravian Love Feast Buns Pennsylvania Duetsch Butter Cookies Moravian Christmas Cookies Amish Shoo Fly Pie St. Lucia Buns Pepparkakor Cookies (Swedish) George Washington’s Favorite Hot Chocolate Martha Washington’s Fruit Cake Books & Materials Needed in Unit Study: Made for Trade (Board Game) Music CD Handel’s "Messiah" …If You Lived in Colonial Times by Ann Mc Govern; Scholastic; New York, 1992 … If You Grew up with George Washington by Ruth Belov Gross, Scholastic, New York …If You Lived in Williamsburg in Colonial Days by Barbara Brenner, (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation), Scholastic, New York Bible: Hospitality Devotions History: Christmas Celebrations in Colonial America Jamestown Plymouth Sea Travel Education Daily Life Virginia New England Moravians Huguenots Swedish Lutherans Great Awakening French & Indian War Trades George & Martha Washington Geography & Science: Label map of 13 colonies Pineapples Cranberries Writing/Poetry: Dictations/Copying Sea Life vocabulary What would you take to sea? Letter to Pastor John Write a Hymn Gift Wit and Rhymes Huguenot Diary Trade Report Write Story set in Colonial America Write Colonial Christmas Booklet Music/Art/Philosophy: Make & Illustrate Timeline Pilgrim Paintings Draw Colonial Family Listen to Handel’s Messiah Sing Christmas Carols Discuss Sinners in the Hands of An Angry God Photograph projects Illustrate Christmas Booklet Homemaking: Lots of Cooking & Baking (see recipes below) Core & dry Apples Menu Planning & Shopping Fix a Colonial Meal Polish Silver Set Table Colonial Style Decorate Christmas Tree Wrapping Presents Setting up Nativity Scene Plan End-of-Unit Party Crafts/Activities/Games: Play Made for Trade Make a Pomander Ball Make a Compass Identify Parts of a Ship Plant Corn like Pilgrims Make “Parchment” Paper Make Berry Ink Make Quill Pen Make a Horn Book Make Fruit Pyramid Decorate House Colonial Style Make Pineapple Centerpiece Make Christmas Wreaths Straw Ornaments French Minuet English Country Dance Make Colonial Architecture & Furniture Poster Make Oatmeal Box Cradle Act out French & Indian War & Videotape Make Display Table Hospitality: Colonial Meal for Family Make Christmas Gift List & Shop Invite Another Family to Dinner Plate of Cookies to Neighbors Tea or Airsoft Party Virtual Field Trips: Jamestown Several related to Pilgrims Sturbridge Village Williamsburg Mt. Vernon Bonus: Historic Documents Mayflower Compact Constitution of Connecticut Declaration of Independence Bonus: Colonial Christmas Carols The Snow Lay on the Ground The First Noel God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Coventry Carol Hark, the Herald Angels Sing Joy to the World The Holly and the Ivy I Saw Three Ships Purchase the Print Book, Celebrate Christmas in Colonial America Unit Study, on Amazon. Purchase the E-book, Celebrate Christmas in Colonial America Unit Study, on PayHip or Currclick . Series: Teach History the Fun Way & Celebrate Authors: Meredith Curtis Publisher: Powerline Productions Paperback: 179 pages Age/Grade: Elementary & Middle School |
Enjoy Baking CookiesIs there anyone who doesn't love Christmas cookies?
This unit study, made with love, is jam-packed with mouth-watering, festive recipes to make and bake for Christmas. You will bake and freeze cookies and make cookies mixes in a jar to give as gifts. The idea of doing unit studies for the month of December was a way to stretch out the celebration of Christmas because I just love Christmas and making memories with my little lambs. But, I also love to learn and this unit study is full of fun things to learn. Each day you will do Christmas time devotions, sing some Christmas carols and read a beloved Christmas picture book. The picture books are not just great stories, but represent a wide variety of art work in the illustrations. As all picture books, they are a journey into the world of art, as well as storyland. Christmas carol lyrics are in the back of the unit study so that you can sing every day too. Many of the classic Christmas carols are filled with great things about Jesus and our relationship with Him! There are other activities too-poems to write, gifts to wrap, crafts, games, and parties to plan. Combine Christmas celebrating with learning to have a productive and pleasant holiday season. Enjoy! Of course, the focus is on cookies, so get reading to learn the difference between baking soda and baking powder, as well as why cookies made with butter spread thinner. And by the way, how did cookies come to be part of our world? Here are the cookies you will make in this unit study: • Cherry Almond Coconut Fruitcake Bars • Honey Butter Fruitcake Cookies • Cranberry Pecan Bar Cookies • Craisin Cookies • Gingerbread Man Cookies • Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough with Different Add-Ins • Oatmeal Raisin • Thumbprint Cookies • Chocolate Crinkles • Sugar Cookies with Sprinkles • Orange Poppy Seed Cookies • Candy Cane Coookies • M&M Cookie Mix in a Jar • Viennese Coffee Balls Cookie Mix in a Jar • Brownie Mix in a Jar Here are the picture books you will need to check out from the library or purchase at your favorite bookstore. A Fruitcake Christmas (Hermie and Friends Series #5) by Max Lucado The Gingerbread Man (Grimm's Fairy Tale) Cranberry Christmas by Wende and Harry Devlin Hansel and Gretel (Grimm's Fairy Tale) Arthur's Christmas Cookies by Lillian Hoban The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomy by Susan Wojciechowski One Wintry Night by Ruth Bell Graham If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff The Christmas Cookie Sprinkle Snitcher by Robert Kraus Can't Wait til Christmas by Mike Huckabee The Crippled Lamb by Max Lucado The Legend of St. Nicholas by Dandi Daley Mackall Legend of the Candy Cane by Lori Walenburg The Gift of the Christmas Cookie: Sharing the True Meaning of Jesus' Birth by Dandi Daley Mackall Humphrey's First Christmas by Carol Heyer Of course, this unit study is no longer mine as I give it to you. Please adapt it however you need to so that it will work for your family! Cut things out, add things in, and change the days around-it's yours now! I hope this will spark your own homemade Christmas unit studies in years ahead. Merry Christmas! Why not celebrate with cookies? Purchase the Print Book, Celebrate Christmas iwith Cookies Unit Study, on Amazon. Purchase the E-book, Celebrate Christmas with Cookies Unit Study, on PayHip or Currclick . Series: Celebrate Authors: Meredith Curtis Publisher: Powerline Productions Paperback: 39 pages Age/Grade: Preschool & Elementary |
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Travel the world to learn geography!
Are you looking for an easier way to teach children to research? Are you interested in learning about another country? Powerline Productions is excited to share with you this fun research tool in a handy-dandy lapbook. Enjoy this special research lapbook that can be used for any country in the whole world with the entire family. Here’s how it works:
You have a keepsake to treasure forever. Step-by-step instructions are given so that you can put together each booklet and the lapbook itself. This is much more fun that a typical country report. Purchase the E-book, Travel the World Country Report Lapbook, on Currclick or PayHip. Series: Teach History the Fun Way Authors: Meredith Curtis Publisher: Powerline Productions Paperback: 74 pages Age/Grade: Elementary & Middle School & High School |
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Who is Nimrod anyway? Learn about this notorious leader, mighty hunter, and builder of the Tower of Babel. He is a great example of things what to avoid when making life decisions and leading others. Meredith Curtis loves uncovering exciting tidbits from the past. Ancient History and Scripture collide to pass on wisdom as we learn another Life Lesson from Ancient History.
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