CREATING A PORTFOLIO FOR ASSESSMENTS:
Maritza was concerned because she had plenty of things to include in her
portfolio for all of the subects except science, history, and bible. First
of all, I wouldn't worry too much about documenting bible - as your
district won't give a hoot if you did it or not - and YOU will know in your
heart the benefits that your children have received (in their hearts)
without having to document and "prove" it in writing. For those of you
implementing the WTM notebooking approach - or for those required by law to
present a portfolio of work - here are a couple of ideas:
Have your children each write down the books they have read (for each
subject separately) - and if you want to impress the district rep.- have it
done neatly and in bibliographic format - in your own child's handwriting
or typing (if age and ability level permit). Have children write brief
summaries of selected books read - and illustrate with appropriate
drawings/paintings that apply to each book. For younger students - use
narration to incorporate their summaries - they can add the illustrations.
Include a list of vocabulary words from each topic (compiled by your
children). Many - if not MOST of the non-fiction books you read each day
include a glossary that would be VERY easy to draw these terms from - and
it would provide reinforcement for your children in each of the topics.
Remember - in a unit study - so much of the work overlaps, that it is
difficult to ''separate" it into subjects. If they require you to do this
- and you have an abundance of writing and language arts papers already
(which you probably will have) - you can place some of those into other
categories. For example, the assignment on writing about living in ancient
Rome normally falls under Language Arts - but it also fits PERFECTLY into
the history section - so include it there if you want to have more in the
history category. The key-wording writing assignment on smoking being
dangerous to the lungs can be placed just as easily in the science category
as it could in the language arts category. Start thinking about which
assignments can "cross-over" into another subject very naturally. Same
thing with the Joseph writing assignments - you could include them in the
bible section if you have plenty of language arts stuff already. When I
include an assignment, such as in the Middle Ages unit about researching
London Bridge, include a summary in the history category instead of in the
Study Skills/Language Arts category.
Include any maps, illustrations, charts, or graphs your children have drawn
to go along with each of the units.
Include timelines of each period - and if your child has done one on the
wall, have them make one that can be placed in a portfolio by creating one
of their own based on the ones we include in AWOA for each unit. Or -
include a photo of each appropriate section of your wall timeline for each
unit, and include photos of the kids making and adding to it.
Include summaries of each experiment, activity, or projects - preferably
done by the child.
Include any nature journaling done by your child in the science category -
if you are Charlotte Mason fans you should have some good stuff to include
here. If you aren't already doing this, you can apply it to each unit by
(for example - having your children draw examples of desert life/reptiles
for the Egypt Unit - or plants and flowers in their backyard or at the park
for the Middle Ages Unit - or different rock samples and types for the Rome
Unit - or ocean scenes and sea-life if you live by the coast - or if you
can get to an aquarium easily for the Explorers Unit.)
ALWAYS keep a camera handy! Keep a wonderful pictorial record of your
school days - working on assignments, projects, plays, and activities -
cooking together and the finished products - your family unit celebrations
- costumes created . . . all of this is GREAT stuff for including in a
portfolio. Think - "SCRAPBOOK" - and have your kids add summaries and
descriptions under each photo as a part of the documentation. Date all
photos and entries for further credibility. Make sure you get a photo
record of any field trips and include summaries of each by your kids. If
you take LOTS of photos - you can separate them into different subjects as
well. For example, the photos of the Passover celebration apply to history
and bible - so create a document for both subjects - using different
pictures for each as they apply best to each subject.
Include any notes or outlines your children have compiled from non-fiction
books read. Those of you doing keyword outlining on anything - include
them topically - not under language arts (for writing) exclusively.
Make use of any extra pages you have printed out from the internet on
related topics - I have seen literally hundreds of web sites shared among
this group - there has to be LOTS of good stuff you could add to your
portfolios - just make sure you have covered it with your kids and are not
just printing it out to "pad" your portfolio!
Can you include audio and video tapes in a portfolio? If so - have tapes
of children reciting memory work, performing plays, carrying out projects
and celebrations - cooking unit foods, etc.
Does the assessment take place in your home? If so, can you have your
children work together to make a favorite dish from a particular unit - or
have them re-create the platter of Egyptian fruits to serve? Would this be
considered "bribery" or could it not be considered a "simple offering"
presented with a servant's heart from some enthusiastic learners? Each of
you will have a different situation, but this might add a personal touch -
if it is allowed!
Lastly, if any of you want to include a scope and sequence of A World of
Adventure in your portfolio, there are three versions available to those of
you who have already paid for the book:
1.) The complete scope and sequence is over 30 pages long and includes a
DETAILED summary of each day of the year (with all spelling and vocabulary
words listed). It is in a daily format.
2.) The condensed scope and sequence is about half the size of the
complete version and is broken down by unit and then further by subject (a
PERFECT addition to your portfolio - by the way). It, too, includes
spelling and vocabulary words covered in each unit.
3.) The ultra condensed scope and sequence is a 2-page brief of the year.
It is broken down by subject and includes general skills and concepts
covered, but does not include individual vocabulary and spelling words.
(This third ultra-condensed version is available to anyone on this group,
regardless of whether you have paid for the book or not. It will give you
a good idea of what is covered in AWOA if you are still deciding if this is
the right curriculum for you.)
If you are interested in us e-mailing you one of these scope and sequence
documents, just (and he's gonna really love me for this) let John know and
he will take care of it for you.
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
January 11, 2001 - LA & High School
HIGH SCHOOL and LA
Many of you have elected to continue on with LA and plan on supplementing
for your high schoolers with additional materials. This can work well and
will allow you to continue using a family-learning approach. However, I
just need to remind everyone that this study was written for grades 4-8 and
includes skills and concepts for those grades only. You MUST supplement if
you are using this for high school! There are more advanced concepts you
need to cover in order prepare your child for whatever will come after high
school - and these are NOT covered in LA. IF your child is college-bound -
you need to supplement - (or replace, because in my opinion doing both will
probably be too much) LA science with a traditional/formal course of study
(Apologia, or another science textbook series, for example). You should
also be supplementing in writing and language skills, as well as in
literature - by providing more advanced literature (some of which I suggest
at the beginning of each unit). You could still stay together as a family
in the literature of LA and assign the advanced books for your high
schooler as collateral reading and towards the hours needed for each
literature credit. Advanced grammar, and writing assignments and
techniques for high schoolers go beyond what we cover in LA - unless you
have a Bachelor's degree in English, you really need a formal text to help
you out in this area - even if it is to keep you on track with what you
need to cover in order to prepare your high schooler for college courses.
Other than these areas, I think all the other subjects can be done "unit
study" fashion - using library books and assigning term papers and projects
to reinforce and extend the reading. The only other areas I can think of
that you would need to use formal texts to add to the high schooler's
schedule are: foreign language, and perhaps texts for: government, speech,
geography (and other more "specific" branches of the major subject areas).
PLEASE use a homeschooler's high school guide!! Don't try to do this on
your own! Don't find out TOO LATE that you should have been forming a
transcript a certain way - or covering certain classes. There are certain
courses required of each high school student - see to it that you know what
these are! The book that Robin and others mentioned is one of these high
school homeschool guides. Another book - the one we use - is called HOME
SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL, AND BEYOND - by Beverly Adams-Gordon (the author of
Spelling Power). This book covers time management, career exploration,
organizational and study skills in a course for high schoolers. It
includes transcript preparation, credits/units information, courses of
study needed for graduating seniors, high school specializations for for
those planning to continue their education, and gives EXCELLENT ideas for
forming elective courses under the umbrella of each major subject area.
My advice to you - whether you follow LA for your high schooler or not . .
. BUY ONE OF THESE GUIDES!!! You will NOT regret spending $20 or so - and
will be impressed by the information and security these books provide.
They will give you the confidence you need to take your teen through the
high school years at home.
Many of you have elected to continue on with LA and plan on supplementing
for your high schoolers with additional materials. This can work well and
will allow you to continue using a family-learning approach. However, I
just need to remind everyone that this study was written for grades 4-8 and
includes skills and concepts for those grades only. You MUST supplement if
you are using this for high school! There are more advanced concepts you
need to cover in order prepare your child for whatever will come after high
school - and these are NOT covered in LA. IF your child is college-bound -
you need to supplement - (or replace, because in my opinion doing both will
probably be too much) LA science with a traditional/formal course of study
(Apologia, or another science textbook series, for example). You should
also be supplementing in writing and language skills, as well as in
literature - by providing more advanced literature (some of which I suggest
at the beginning of each unit). You could still stay together as a family
in the literature of LA and assign the advanced books for your high
schooler as collateral reading and towards the hours needed for each
literature credit. Advanced grammar, and writing assignments and
techniques for high schoolers go beyond what we cover in LA - unless you
have a Bachelor's degree in English, you really need a formal text to help
you out in this area - even if it is to keep you on track with what you
need to cover in order to prepare your high schooler for college courses.
Other than these areas, I think all the other subjects can be done "unit
study" fashion - using library books and assigning term papers and projects
to reinforce and extend the reading. The only other areas I can think of
that you would need to use formal texts to add to the high schooler's
schedule are: foreign language, and perhaps texts for: government, speech,
geography (and other more "specific" branches of the major subject areas).
PLEASE use a homeschooler's high school guide!! Don't try to do this on
your own! Don't find out TOO LATE that you should have been forming a
transcript a certain way - or covering certain classes. There are certain
courses required of each high school student - see to it that you know what
these are! The book that Robin and others mentioned is one of these high
school homeschool guides. Another book - the one we use - is called HOME
SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL, AND BEYOND - by Beverly Adams-Gordon (the author of
Spelling Power). This book covers time management, career exploration,
organizational and study skills in a course for high schoolers. It
includes transcript preparation, credits/units information, courses of
study needed for graduating seniors, high school specializations for for
those planning to continue their education, and gives EXCELLENT ideas for
forming elective courses under the umbrella of each major subject area.
My advice to you - whether you follow LA for your high schooler or not . .
. BUY ONE OF THESE GUIDES!!! You will NOT regret spending $20 or so - and
will be impressed by the information and security these books provide.
They will give you the confidence you need to take your teen through the
high school years at home.
January 20, 2001 - Read Alouds
The literature selections are meant to be read aloud by the parent to the
child - not for the child to read independently, so go ahead and continue
reading to her with lots of expression, as Debra suggested. This book is a
rather challenging one to "get into" but if you keep up with it, she may
change her mind. Are you waiting until you are finished reading the
chapter before you begin discussing, using the comprehension questions?
Sometimes, when Ryan and I are reading a very challenging book that is hard
to follow, I stop and ask questions along the way, to ensure that he is
"with me" and following the text. In super-challenging books this has
sometimes been EVERY paragraph!!! Then, when the flow of the book is
established, and I know he is listening and following me, I don't have to
interrupt the story to question him anymore. Try looking over the
comprehension questions and making a note of where to ask them in the
chapter, as you are reading it. Stop periodically to discuss - and if she
doesn't know the answer, just tell her what it is. Or if you see that she
is not trying to comprehend, ask her to please give it her best and that
you will help her along the way. You might try even moving away from my
questions if you need to for awhile, and stopping every couple of
paragraphs to just say, "Ok, do you understand what is happening . . . or
what Ranofer is doing. . . or what this means?" I do this all the time!
I don't know HOW many times I have gotten REALLY angry with Ryan for not
listening and made him read prior paragraphs on his own over again until he
could answer the question correctly. Then I have stormed out of the room
reminding him that I don't have time to waste reading things twice!!!
(Does this sound familiar to anyone else out there? I HOPE I am not the
only one who "loses control" at times!) This is one way to handle it, but
NOT the best way! Discussing and questioning as you go along is a MUCH
better alternative - that in my impatience, I'm sorry to say, I don't
always choose!! I am somehow "offended" that he does not care enough to
give me his undivided attention and that he is not putting himself into the
story - and making a good effort to TRY to follow it. Perhaps this is
because reading literature is such a passion of mine and I want him to love
it just as much! But, realistically, part of teaching your children to
love, understand, and appreciate literature is to HELP them through
challenging parts so that when they do read on their own, they won't just
give up at the first hint of not understanding a story. It will take some
time on your part - and lots of patience, but I think you will find it
worthwhile in the end.
I hope you (and she) will give it some more time! Others have had trouble
with it at first, but LOVED it in the end - some have said they wish it
would be made into a movie!
Dorian
child - not for the child to read independently, so go ahead and continue
reading to her with lots of expression, as Debra suggested. This book is a
rather challenging one to "get into" but if you keep up with it, she may
change her mind. Are you waiting until you are finished reading the
chapter before you begin discussing, using the comprehension questions?
Sometimes, when Ryan and I are reading a very challenging book that is hard
to follow, I stop and ask questions along the way, to ensure that he is
"with me" and following the text. In super-challenging books this has
sometimes been EVERY paragraph!!! Then, when the flow of the book is
established, and I know he is listening and following me, I don't have to
interrupt the story to question him anymore. Try looking over the
comprehension questions and making a note of where to ask them in the
chapter, as you are reading it. Stop periodically to discuss - and if she
doesn't know the answer, just tell her what it is. Or if you see that she
is not trying to comprehend, ask her to please give it her best and that
you will help her along the way. You might try even moving away from my
questions if you need to for awhile, and stopping every couple of
paragraphs to just say, "Ok, do you understand what is happening . . . or
what Ranofer is doing. . . or what this means?" I do this all the time!
I don't know HOW many times I have gotten REALLY angry with Ryan for not
listening and made him read prior paragraphs on his own over again until he
could answer the question correctly. Then I have stormed out of the room
reminding him that I don't have time to waste reading things twice!!!
(Does this sound familiar to anyone else out there? I HOPE I am not the
only one who "loses control" at times!) This is one way to handle it, but
NOT the best way! Discussing and questioning as you go along is a MUCH
better alternative - that in my impatience, I'm sorry to say, I don't
always choose!! I am somehow "offended" that he does not care enough to
give me his undivided attention and that he is not putting himself into the
story - and making a good effort to TRY to follow it. Perhaps this is
because reading literature is such a passion of mine and I want him to love
it just as much! But, realistically, part of teaching your children to
love, understand, and appreciate literature is to HELP them through
challenging parts so that when they do read on their own, they won't just
give up at the first hint of not understanding a story. It will take some
time on your part - and lots of patience, but I think you will find it
worthwhile in the end.
I hope you (and she) will give it some more time! Others have had trouble
with it at first, but LOVED it in the end - some have said they wish it
would be made into a movie!
Dorian
Math Curricula
http://www.singaporemath.com
I can't say enough good things about Singapore Primary Math. It has been so
wonderful for us, after some very frustrating experiences with other math
programs. It is very challenging, moves at a very quick pace without a lot
of repetition and/or drill. It is perfectly suited to my daughter, although
I do have to rein her in a bit so she doesn't move too quickly. There is a
lot of focus on mental math and word problems, which my daughter loves. I
wish that we had started with this from the beginning, the early levels are
so wonderfully visual. We started at the 3B level (2nd semester of Primary
3) and then backed up and covered 2B and 3A as a review. My daughter really
enjoys this program and didn't even mind all the review, because it is
stimulating rather than just repetitive. If you have a chance, check out the
sample pages on the website, link above.
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We just started using Math U See - I think it is fantastic!!!
www.mathusee.com
Lori
I can't say enough good things about Singapore Primary Math. It has been so
wonderful for us, after some very frustrating experiences with other math
programs. It is very challenging, moves at a very quick pace without a lot
of repetition and/or drill. It is perfectly suited to my daughter, although
I do have to rein her in a bit so she doesn't move too quickly. There is a
lot of focus on mental math and word problems, which my daughter loves. I
wish that we had started with this from the beginning, the early levels are
so wonderfully visual. We started at the 3B level (2nd semester of Primary
3) and then backed up and covered 2B and 3A as a review. My daughter really
enjoys this program and didn't even mind all the review, because it is
stimulating rather than just repetitive. If you have a chance, check out the
sample pages on the website, link above.
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We just started using Math U See - I think it is fantastic!!!
www.mathusee.com
Lori
Maps
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/main.html?main=atlas
This is a WONDERFUL site!!!
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The Ultimate Geography and Timeline Guide
This is what I ordered ladies to use throughout school years.
This has maps in there that you can copy to use.There are maps on Ancient
Egypt,Rome,Greece.USA maps,World maps.
There are timeline figures (over 300) that you copy.
There are lesson plans for Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates.This studies
Holland.
There are work sheets in there for various activities in the book too.
There are volcano activities too.
This is an indepth Geography Teacher book that you will never need another
one.It has vocabulary words for any and all terms.
There is a teacher crash course too.
There are all kinds of ideas in there.
It is a paperback.Worth the $$ you pay for it.This is a resourse that you
will use on through all the grades.
This is what we used.The map was a great help to us.
You can order this book through any curriculum order book.I got mine through
God's World.
I hope I helped you all.
Debra
This is a WONDERFUL site!!!
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The Ultimate Geography and Timeline Guide
This is what I ordered ladies to use throughout school years.
This has maps in there that you can copy to use.There are maps on Ancient
Egypt,Rome,Greece.USA maps,World maps.
There are timeline figures (over 300) that you copy.
There are lesson plans for Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates.This studies
Holland.
There are work sheets in there for various activities in the book too.
There are volcano activities too.
This is an indepth Geography Teacher book that you will never need another
one.It has vocabulary words for any and all terms.
There is a teacher crash course too.
There are all kinds of ideas in there.
It is a paperback.Worth the $$ you pay for it.This is a resourse that you
will use on through all the grades.
This is what we used.The map was a great help to us.
You can order this book through any curriculum order book.I got mine through
God's World.
I hope I helped you all.
Debra
Typing Programs
Until you find a good typing program here is one that I really like
especially for older ones. It has exert paragraphs from books in literature
to type either timed or not timed. It also allows you to save a paragraph or
file in .rtf format ( rich tect format) and add them also. You can print
diplomas and it even keeps tract of you results so youcan monitor your
improvement. It is a multiple user program. It has games to help learn the
keys on the keyboard and and best of all its free. It is pretty fun too. It
has helped increase my own typing speed.
You can dowload this program at:
http://www.typingtest.com/
Test Your Typing Skills
TypingMaster Typing Test is a free, full-featured typing tester for Windows.
After warming up with enjoyable typing games you can evaluate your typing
skills with any of the several test texts - or add your own one. You can
also view your personal test result history and print out test diplomas.
Features:
Custom texts
Multi user support
Warm up games
Personal result history
Printed test diplomas
Penny
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Here's the link to a free online typing course....
http://www.easytype.com/
especially for older ones. It has exert paragraphs from books in literature
to type either timed or not timed. It also allows you to save a paragraph or
file in .rtf format ( rich tect format) and add them also. You can print
diplomas and it even keeps tract of you results so youcan monitor your
improvement. It is a multiple user program. It has games to help learn the
keys on the keyboard and and best of all its free. It is pretty fun too. It
has helped increase my own typing speed.
You can dowload this program at:
http://www.typingtest.com/
Test Your Typing Skills
TypingMaster Typing Test is a free, full-featured typing tester for Windows.
After warming up with enjoyable typing games you can evaluate your typing
skills with any of the several test texts - or add your own one. You can
also view your personal test result history and print out test diplomas.
Features:
Custom texts
Multi user support
Warm up games
Personal result history
Printed test diplomas
Penny
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Here's the link to a free online typing course....
http://www.easytype.com/
Timelines
http://www.weschoolathome.homestead.com/timelines.html
Make sure you look at the author's timeline she has on her site.
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I did find a site that sells lines and to be colored figures if anyone is
interested.Here is the site:
http://www.jkschooling.com/figures.cfm
There are samples on other pages and an order form to order various sets.It
looks good.
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Go here and look at this site of a HS mom that has done timelines.Great
site:
http://www.bright.net/%7Edouble/timelin1.htm
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We bought a spiral bound timeline book from Sonlight several years
ago. Each year we just add too it according to whatever we are
studying. I also put photos of grandparents, parents, in the book so
the kids can see where they fit into history.
You can use your favorite computer encyclopedia or do a web search
for people's pictures online.....simply print out and WHALA!! you
don't have to draw the timeline figures.
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I have created my own Timeline book (if interested...I do have it uploaded on
my eGroups list..but, I can upload it here at the "Learning Adventures" file
site if you wish)...this is much easier for us because we do not have enough
wall space. However, at one time I did try to create a "portable" timeline.
I purchased a very large piece of foam board (probably around 4 feet by 3
feet)...I had planned on making strips of paper as the "lines" on the
timeline---the left-hand side was the BC and on the right-hand side was AD.
I then realized that I didn't have any place to store it...so, we cut up the
foam board and made projects out of it! *g*...
A friend of mine made a neat timeline by taking pieces of card stock and
taping them together to create an "accordian-type" book...she had BC on one
side of the timeline and AD on the other side....I liked this idea...but,
stuck with my book idea because I like the idea of having it in a binder...I
can add pages at any time if we run out of space!...
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Someone asked about making timelines so I thought I'd chime in. This year we have 2 different types ,one an accordian style that I made by taping cardstock together with packing tape and another for each of my older children in a spiral bound sketch book.
For the accordian one I began at Creation (4000 B.C.) and used the Bible to date the Patriarchs to the Flood (1653 A.C. after creation) then to Abraham. I use 1 inch for each 100 years. For main events( Creation, The Fall,Cain and Abel,The Flood, Tower of Babel, Abraham and Isaac on Mt.Moriah,etc.) I had my 6yo ds make a sticker label with a small drawing then tape it on. This way if he made a mistake we could just make a different sticker. I am not sure what year Joseph should be at(anyone know?) but from what I could gather it is somewhere around 1800 B.C. We were amazed to find Seth still alive until the time of Noah and Shem still alive during the time of Abraham. This shed a new light on Righteous Abraham. We also were thrilled to find the Old Kingdom of Egypt destroyed at the time of the flood. Hmmmmmm!
In the sketch book timelines I had the children date each 2 page spread for 50 years. At the to we ran After creation and at the bottom B.C. and A.D. for ex. Creation to 50 A.C. at the top and Creation - 3950 B.C. at the bottom. On this page we put drawings of the 6 Creation days and 1 of rest. We are filling the lines with dates as we come across them and since my children love to draw I am just having them make pictures as timeline figures. I will also photocopy book covers to paste in where they belong or pictures off the net as I come across them. These books are turning into a sort of scrap book for the year.
Oh Yeah, I also put us on the line so they would have a perspective where in history we are.
HTH, Blessings, Faithe
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http://www.looksmart.com/eus1/eus317836/eus317911/eus53828/eus76702/eus540431/eus71850/eus291285/eus69801/eus572303/eus581050/r?l&&hl=9&ss=1&key=timelines
Ancient Greece timelines
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http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html
Click on History timeline to see this. Huge, and different levels going at the same time. I would like some opinions on this, if it 'looks'like it would work well with la. I am considering JK timeline, or possible this, althoug it doesnt look like you get to add stuff to it, I am sure we could.
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What we did...
I had each child make their own accordian style timeline.
We took construction paper (differnt colors) laid them short side to short side
and taped them on the back side. We then drew a line across the tops and a line across the bottom. The top line was for AC(After Creation) and the bottom for BC-AD
We used approx. 1 " per 100 years.
We can now fold these accordian style and slip them into our history folders. This makes it easy for each of us to specialize our own timeline(yes, I made one for myself.
My oldest dd is and artist and hers is quite beautiful with her ink drawings surrounding the dates.
DD#2 is a just the facts Ma'am type and her timeline is very simple, unembelished, but extremely useful
DS loves to draw action heroes so his looks kinda like a comic book. He draws his on stickers and we stick them on his timeline.
These timeline were the answer to much searching for the perfect timeline. We tried the wall idea but with toddlers in the house we could not keep it low enough for use and high enough to be out of reach.
By making them ourselves there was virtually no cost and learning was effective.
Don't forget to put yourselves on the timeline. Then they can see where they are in history too!
Have fun. If yours doesn't turn out perfect, You can always make another one next year.Smile
Make sure you look at the author's timeline she has on her site.
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I did find a site that sells lines and to be colored figures if anyone is
interested.Here is the site:
http://www.jkschooling.com/figures.cfm
There are samples on other pages and an order form to order various sets.It
looks good.
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Go here and look at this site of a HS mom that has done timelines.Great
site:
http://www.bright.net/%7Edouble/timelin1.htm
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We bought a spiral bound timeline book from Sonlight several years
ago. Each year we just add too it according to whatever we are
studying. I also put photos of grandparents, parents, in the book so
the kids can see where they fit into history.
You can use your favorite computer encyclopedia or do a web search
for people's pictures online.....simply print out and WHALA!! you
don't have to draw the timeline figures.
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I have created my own Timeline book (if interested...I do have it uploaded on
my eGroups list..but, I can upload it here at the "Learning Adventures" file
site if you wish)...this is much easier for us because we do not have enough
wall space. However, at one time I did try to create a "portable" timeline.
I purchased a very large piece of foam board (probably around 4 feet by 3
feet)...I had planned on making strips of paper as the "lines" on the
timeline---the left-hand side was the BC and on the right-hand side was AD.
I then realized that I didn't have any place to store it...so, we cut up the
foam board and made projects out of it! *g*...
A friend of mine made a neat timeline by taking pieces of card stock and
taping them together to create an "accordian-type" book...she had BC on one
side of the timeline and AD on the other side....I liked this idea...but,
stuck with my book idea because I like the idea of having it in a binder...I
can add pages at any time if we run out of space!...
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Someone asked about making timelines so I thought I'd chime in. This year we have 2 different types ,one an accordian style that I made by taping cardstock together with packing tape and another for each of my older children in a spiral bound sketch book.
For the accordian one I began at Creation (4000 B.C.) and used the Bible to date the Patriarchs to the Flood (1653 A.C. after creation) then to Abraham. I use 1 inch for each 100 years. For main events( Creation, The Fall,Cain and Abel,The Flood, Tower of Babel, Abraham and Isaac on Mt.Moriah,etc.) I had my 6yo ds make a sticker label with a small drawing then tape it on. This way if he made a mistake we could just make a different sticker. I am not sure what year Joseph should be at(anyone know?) but from what I could gather it is somewhere around 1800 B.C. We were amazed to find Seth still alive until the time of Noah and Shem still alive during the time of Abraham. This shed a new light on Righteous Abraham. We also were thrilled to find the Old Kingdom of Egypt destroyed at the time of the flood. Hmmmmmm!
In the sketch book timelines I had the children date each 2 page spread for 50 years. At the to we ran After creation and at the bottom B.C. and A.D. for ex. Creation to 50 A.C. at the top and Creation - 3950 B.C. at the bottom. On this page we put drawings of the 6 Creation days and 1 of rest. We are filling the lines with dates as we come across them and since my children love to draw I am just having them make pictures as timeline figures. I will also photocopy book covers to paste in where they belong or pictures off the net as I come across them. These books are turning into a sort of scrap book for the year.
Oh Yeah, I also put us on the line so they would have a perspective where in history we are.
HTH, Blessings, Faithe
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Ancient Greece timelines
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Click on History timeline to see this. Huge, and different levels going at the same time. I would like some opinions on this, if it 'looks'like it would work well with la. I am considering JK timeline, or possible this, althoug it doesnt look like you get to add stuff to it, I am sure we could.
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What we did...
I had each child make their own accordian style timeline.
We took construction paper (differnt colors) laid them short side to short side
and taped them on the back side. We then drew a line across the tops and a line across the bottom. The top line was for AC(After Creation) and the bottom for BC-AD
We used approx. 1 " per 100 years.
We can now fold these accordian style and slip them into our history folders. This makes it easy for each of us to specialize our own timeline(yes, I made one for myself.
My oldest dd is and artist and hers is quite beautiful with her ink drawings surrounding the dates.
DD#2 is a just the facts Ma'am type and her timeline is very simple, unembelished, but extremely useful
DS loves to draw action heroes so his looks kinda like a comic book. He draws his on stickers and we stick them on his timeline.
These timeline were the answer to much searching for the perfect timeline. We tried the wall idea but with toddlers in the house we could not keep it low enough for use and high enough to be out of reach.
By making them ourselves there was virtually no cost and learning was effective.
Don't forget to put yourselves on the timeline. Then they can see where they are in history too!
Have fun. If yours doesn't turn out perfect, You can always make another one next year.Smile
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