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One of the things we have done this week was work on  a African Lion unit. We started out by doing a lapbook on African Lions. I wouldn’t recommend this lapbook as a lot of the links in the lapbook were dead and we had to hunt for the information online. It was a very mini unit though. Then I searched for crafts. I found a paper plate lion to make with the kids. Then we watched Disney Nature African Cats and we are finishing up watching Animal Plantet Into The Pride. The movies so far have been amazing.  Read more...

I have to tell you about an app that is totally new to me. I only heard about it the other night on facebook. I must say that I am extremely impressed with Playtales.  When you download the app. You see 5 things on your bookshelf. There are two stories. So far we only read The Candy Factory and played the mini games. There is also three samples. Haven’t looked at them yet but I plan to check out the sample of Crazy Farm later today once homework is finished with the kids. There is a tab for My Toys too. You get a little piano on your shelf.  Read more...

A couple days ago Dakota had mentioned that he would like to start doing lapbooks again. So today we started lapbooks. As long as he is reading, writing, spelling, and learning I don’t have a problem with him doing them often. I am going to get brave and try to make my own lapbooks. That will come in time.  Read more...

After I did my review on Reading Eggs I saw a comment about Zoo Whiz there. I was intrigued as it was offered for free. It covers math, reading, spelling, punctuation, and grammar. Totally perfect areas for my son. So I thought I would give it a whirl. Let me tell you a little bit more about Zoo Whiz before I tell you my thoughts.  Read more...

We have the story of Stellaluna. It’s about a bat who gets seperated from his mother and ends up with a family of birds. It’s a really cute story.

I created a writing prompt to use after reading the story. There is regular lines and lines for younger kids in the short little packet.

You can download it in the link below.

Stellaluna Writing Prompt