Almost Unschooling Grama

Toothless here inspired an impromptu dental unit this week. We made these cute little "fuzzy" teeth and talked about how bacteria grow on our teeth.  I printed out the smaller tooth template from this website:  https://www.printabletreats.com/free-printable-tooth-template/ Then we glued a couple of googly eyes to them and covered them with tiny pieces of cotton. We also made toothbrushes from craft sticks and brown construction paper.  Then we watched this cute little video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGoBFU1q4g0 Come to find out February is actually Dental Health Month. How appropriate!  

  Mighty Red is now pretty much an independent adder. We started out with him on my lap as his sister and I played math games. He would move the pieces while I gave the answers. Then we moved to him copying me as I did the finger math. For the past several weeks, we have been doing the problems on our fingers together, but this week he announced that he could do this and just took off without me! When I was in school, having someone help me like I have helped Mighty Red would have been shameful and "cheating". Go ahead, help your kids "cheat". It works!

Joke of the Day Perimeter and area help are here! https://jillianstarrteaching.com/area-and-perimeter-manipulatives/ Need indoor PE ideas? Keep your kids moving with these.  https://thedeliberatemom.com/indoor-physical-education-ideas/ Play Trominoes to help your kids with spatial recognition. https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/trominoes/ Popularity isn't all that it's cracked up to be. It is better to have just a few close relationships than 100 "friends". The truth is that you just don't have time to sustain more than a few. If you try, you will end up lonely in a sea of friends that are no more than fans.

Joke of the Day Today's Links Engineering experiment! Stand on paper cups. https://www.science-sparks.com/how-can-you-stand-on-a-paper-cup-without-breaking-it/ Shucks! I just gave away my entire stash of toilet paper tubes! What brilliance. Write sight words on cling wrap, put them on the end of a paper tube, and shine a flashlight through. https://ar.pinterest.com/pin/175288610484626866/ Strewing today? Shiny and bright will always attract attention. Check out this music activity. https://www.andnextcomesl.com/2014/05/music-theory-with-mirrors.html?m=1

Joke of the Day I had to take a whole load of tree limbs to the dump today in my trailer. I came to realize that when I prayed for a job as a branch manager, I needed to be a little more specific. Links   Many of these activities you could make yourself, but the price for the whole package is very reasonable too! https://jillianstarrteaching.com/make-a-ten-to-add/ Winter is an excellent time to study constellations. There's plenty of time before bed to go look out at the stars. Whenever it looks like the skies will be clear, have your kids take one of these templates, do a craft with it, read up on the constellation(s) they choose, and then see if you can locate them in the sky. http://teachersmag.com/posts/constellation-templates-for-kids Using real coins when learning about them makes identifying them in real life so much easier. Check out these free printables! https://www.fantasticfunandlearning.com/free-coin-sorting-matching-printables.html Teens do not have to be rebellious k...

 Joke of the Day I found the meaning of life. It’s on page 937 in the dictionary between the words lie and lifeboat. The new numbers are out! Homeschooling will soon be the norm. https://returntonow.net/2022/01/14/homeschooling-rate-skyrockets-500-since-april-of-2020/ Can't afford to buy a kiln? Build a sawdust kiln! https://thepotterywheel.com/sawdust-kiln/ Now, this is a project I could really get into. Pipe cleaner constellations.  https://www.steampoweredfamily.com/activities/pipe-cleaner-constellations-space-stem/

Joke of the Day Love the apple demonstration in this free unit study! https://firstgradewow.blogspot.com/2012/12/not-by-color-of-our-skin.html Here's a free printable emergent reader for Martin Luther King Day. http://teachinlittletexans.blogspot.com/2015/01/mlk-emergent-reader-printable-free.html Read the full text of Dr. King's famous I Have A Dream speech here: https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm Don't be a victim. Overcome by faith and action. The early Christians were not called Christians. They were called Followers of the Way. The term Christians (which means "little Christ") was used as a derogatory term. But Christians refused to be shamed by it. They owned it and wore the label with pride instead. There is no condemnation in Christ Jesus. Don't let anyone make you feel like you are "less". Be proud of who God made you to be and succeed anyway.