I'm so excited about the 5 Days of Teaching Creatively Blog Hop with the TOS Crew this upcoming week, I'll also have a couple great reviews being posted...I'm going to be busy! To kick off the fun I'm posting this AWESOME giveaway...3 luck winners will get so many Homeschool Goodies! I'm so excited to be a part of this and help bless some homeschooling homes! Make sure you come back and visit throughout the week, and check out what my crew mates have posted too!
I'm joining in with Marcy @Ben and Me and Sam @Sam's Noggin to bring you this awesome giveaway during the 5 Days of Teaching Creatively Blog Hop, hosted by the Schoolhouse Review Crew! The Blog Hop won't begin until Monday, but we are starting the fun early by giving you the opportunity to win incredible bundles of books and homeschool resources!
There will be a total of 3 winners chosen -- one GRAND prize, a 1st RUNNER-UP and a 2nd RUNNER-UP! The contest will begin at 12am EST on March 9 and end at 12am EST on March 17. Please use the Rafflecopter below to enter, but read the contest rules, found at the bottom of the widget, first!
The GRAND PRIZE WINNER will receive ALL of the following -- a $525 value!
The Old Schoolhouse Magazine -- 1-year membership to SchoolhouseTeachers.com, a new Print Issue of The Old Schoolhouse® Magazine, and a Homeschooling with Heart Tote Bag ($90 value)
SchoolhouseTeachers.com is an online
classroom and has more than 2 dozen expert teachers who cover 25 different
subjects presented via teaching videos, ongoing lesson plans, worksheets,
lapbooks & unit studies, writing prompts and other assignments to choose
from, students can additionally interact personally with the teachers by asking
them questions and gaining feedback.
Unit Studies by Amanda Bennett -- Passport Geography set, consisting of the Combos (K - 12) for United Kingdom, France, Italy, and Germany ($50 value)
Taking an in-depth look at world geography with the new Passport Geography™(PPG) series by Amanda Bennett. These one-week studies use a cross-curricular approach (covering geography, history, science, etc.) to take students on virtual journeys around the globe. Each study is interactive, including daily lessons for both elementary grades and Jr/Sr High grades, with no prep required.
Taking an in-depth look at world geography with the new Passport Geography™(PPG) series by Amanda Bennett. These one-week studies use a cross-curricular approach (covering geography, history, science, etc.) to take students on virtual journeys around the globe. Each study is interactive, including daily lessons for both elementary grades and Jr/Sr High grades, with no prep required.
Shining Dawn Books -- Early Spring Bundle ($21 value)
Early spring is known for its wonderfully rainy weather,
leading to lots of beautiful fungi. It’s also the season when animals busily go
about their regular activities after the relative quietness of winter. This
bundle will help you to explore each of these exciting aspects of the spring
season in-depth.
A+ Tutorsoft -- 1-yr subscription to the online A+ TutorSoft math program -- winner's choice from grade levels 1st-4th ($150 value)
A+ TutorSoft, Inc. provides Multi-Sensory Interactive MATH Full Curriculum products to help students improve their grades at all levels. Our Multi-Sensory Interactive MATH helps homeschooling families as well as public and private school teachers and students. A+ TutorSoft offers everyone a FREE 30 day trial on all products. Visit the top right corner of our website: http://www.aplustutorsoft.com/. And through 3/31/13 they are offering 50% off all products with code spoffer50!
A+ Tutorsoft -- 1-yr subscription to the online A+ TutorSoft math program -- winner's choice from grade levels 1st-4th ($150 value)
A+ TutorSoft, Inc. provides Multi-Sensory Interactive MATH Full Curriculum products to help students improve their grades at all levels. Our Multi-Sensory Interactive MATH helps homeschooling families as well as public and private school teachers and students. A+ TutorSoft offers everyone a FREE 30 day trial on all products. Visit the top right corner of our website: http://www.aplustutorsoft.com/. And through 3/31/13 they are offering 50% off all products with code spoffer50!
Five in a Row -- Complete Digital Holiday book ($34 value)
A complement to any lifestyle of learning, this book is different from the Five in a Row manuals. It doesn’t give a specific book to study for each holiday, rather it is a treasury of traditions, memories and ideas for making your own! Each unit also includes calendar pages, blank pages for recording your own memories, and combinations of traditions and recipes, book and movie suggestions, quotes, decorating ideas, and more!
Knowledge Quest -- Wonders of Old Timeline Book ($25 value)
Wonders of Old is divided into
four historical time periods: ancient, medieval, new world and modern.
Significant dates are listed at the conclusion of each section as a helpful
reference. This hardcover book measures 9x12 and is printed on extra thick 70#
paper for durability.
In the Hands of a Child -- 1-Year Super Membership ($75 value)
Super Memberships Save
You Time and Money! Each month Super Members receive two free downloadable Lapbooks. These
Lapbooks are always brand new and have not been released for sale to the general
public. Super Members also receive:
- 15% discount off all purchases of existing eBook Lapbooks.
- A free Birthday
- Lapbook10.00 off the price of any custom ordered unit
Southern Hodgepodge -- A Simple Start in Chalk Pastels ebook ($20 value)
Looking for an easy way to add art to your days? With A Simple Start in Chalk Pastels ebook – just add chalk pastels and paper! Short lessons for a whole year, 100 pages of tutorials, art for all ages.
Tricia Goyer -- Love Finds You in Glacier Bay, Alaska ($13 value)
Singer Ginny Marshall is one signature away from the recording contract of her dreams—a deal that would guarantee success for the former foster child, who still struggles to bury the memories of her painful childhood. But When singer Ginny Marshall travels to the isolated town of Glacier Bay, Alaska, she is charmed by the town's colorful characters and stunning scenery. She discovers a box of old letters and is swept up in the love story between an early missionary to Alaska Territory and his accidental mail-order bride. Written by homeschool moms, Tricia Goyer and Ocieanna Fleiss.
Looking for an easy way to add art to your days? With A Simple Start in Chalk Pastels ebook – just add chalk pastels and paper! Short lessons for a whole year, 100 pages of tutorials, art for all ages.
Tricia Goyer -- Love Finds You in Glacier Bay, Alaska ($13 value)
Singer Ginny Marshall is one signature away from the recording contract of her dreams—a deal that would guarantee success for the former foster child, who still struggles to bury the memories of her painful childhood. But When singer Ginny Marshall travels to the isolated town of Glacier Bay, Alaska, she is charmed by the town's colorful characters and stunning scenery. She discovers a box of old letters and is swept up in the love story between an early missionary to Alaska Territory and his accidental mail-order bride. Written by homeschool moms, Tricia Goyer and Ocieanna Fleiss.
Frontier 2000 -- No Regrets: How Homeschooling Earned Me a Master's Degree by Age Sixteen by Alexandra Swann and Looking Backward: My Twenty-Five Years As a Homeschooling Mother by Joyce Swann ($20 value)
No Regrets: The engaging story of Swann's experiences growing up as a Southern Baptist homeschooled child from New Mexico earning her education at a highly accelerated pace. At the age of fifteen she became the youngest student ever to graduate from Brigham Young University in its 111 year history.
Looking Backward: From 1975-2000, Joyce Swann homeschooled each of her ten children from the first grade through master's degrees by the age of sixteen. In this book, she discusses the methods she used to teach as well as the obstacles that threatened her success.
No Regrets: The engaging story of Swann's experiences growing up as a Southern Baptist homeschooled child from New Mexico earning her education at a highly accelerated pace. At the age of fifteen she became the youngest student ever to graduate from Brigham Young University in its 111 year history.
Looking Backward: From 1975-2000, Joyce Swann homeschooled each of her ten children from the first grade through master's degrees by the age of sixteen. In this book, she discusses the methods she used to teach as well as the obstacles that threatened her success.
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The 1st RUNNER UP will receive ALL of the following -- a $225 value!
Unit Studies by Amanda Bennett -- Discover the Senses Download N Go ($9 value) In this study, your child will investigate a new sense each day, learning what it is and how it works, as well as what it does for him. He will learn what impacts that particular sense. And he will meet some of history’s heroes, such as Louis Braille, who helped along the way. Each day, your student will explore and investigate, creating and adding more learning components to his Discover the Senses lapbook—building a wonderful reminder of all that he is learning to be enjoyed for years to come.
Shining Dawn Books -- Remarkable Rain ($9 value)A+ Tutorsoft -- 3-month subscription to the online A+ TutorSoft math program -- winner's choice from grade levels 1st-4th ($50 value)
A+ TutorSoft, Inc. provides Multi-Sensory Interactive MATH Full Curriculum products to help students improve their grades at all levels. Our Multi-Sensory Interactive MATH helps homeschooling families as well as public and private school teachers and students. A+ TutorSoft offers everyone a FREE 30 day trial on all products. Visit the top right corner of our website: http://www.aplustutorsoft.com/. And through 3/31/13 they are offering 50% off all products with code spoffer50!
Five in a Row -- Set of Five Audio Files from Steve Lambert ($20 value)
We all need some inspiration from time to time! Steve and Jane Lambert have been encouraging homeschoolers on their journey since 1994. These Five in a Row audio files have been recorded at major state homeschooling conventions around the United States and Canada and have been chosen because we believe you’ll enjoy it for its wisdom, humor and encouragement shared by Steve. Including: Where do I Begin?, I Can't Teach All the Grades at Once, Making Your Children into World Changers, On Becoming Great Teachers, and High School and Beyond.In the Hands of a Child -- 6-Month Super Membership ($55 value)
Super Memberships Save You Time and Money! Each month Super Members receive two free downloadable Lapbooks. These Lapbooks are always brand new and have not been released for sale to the general public. Super Members also receive:
- 15% discount off all purchases of existing eBook Lapbooks.
- A free Birthday
- Lapbook10.00 off the price of any custom ordered unit
Southern Hodgepodge -- A Simple Start in Chalk Pastels ebook ($20 value)
Looking for an easy way to add art to your days? With A Simple Start in Chalk Pastels ebook – just add chalk pastels and paper! Short lessons for a whole year, 100 pages of tutorials, art for all ages.
Tricia Goyer -- Love Finds You in Glacier Bay, Alaska ($13 value)
Singer Ginny Marshall is one signature away from the recording contract of her dreams—a deal that would guarantee success for the former foster child, who still struggles to bury the memories of her painful childhood. But When singer Ginny Marshall travels to the isolated town of Glacier Bay, Alaska, she is charmed by the town's colorful characters and stunning scenery. She discovers a box of old letters and is swept up in the love story between an early missionary to Alaska Territory and his accidental mail-order bride. Written by homeschool moms, Tricia Goyer and Ocieanna Fleiss.
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The 2nd RUNNER UP will receive ALL of the following -- a $190 value!
A+ Tutorsoft -- 3-month subscription to the online A+ TutorSoft math program -- winner's choice from grade levels 1st-4th ($50 value)
A+ TutorSoft, Inc. provides Multi-Sensory Interactive MATH Full Curriculum products to help students improve their grades at all levels. Our Multi-Sensory Interactive MATH helps homeschooling families as well as public and private school teachers and students. A+ TutorSoft offers everyone a FREE 30 day trial on all products. Visit the top right corner of our website: http://www.aplustutorsoft.com/. And through 3/31/13 they are offering 50% off all products with code spoffer50!
Five in a Row -- Volume 4 Digital Unit of Winner's Choice ($9 value)
Five
in a Row was
created by Jane Claire Lambert, a successful homeschool teacher with more than
17 years of experience. To use Five
in a Row,
just pick one of the 70 books used in Five
in a Row, locate
the corresponding lesson plan in your teacher’s guide, read the story aloud each
day during the week and use Jane’s suggestions and lesson plans to lead your
children on a wonderful learning adventure. It’s that simple! Each unit
covers Social
Studies, Geography, Language Arts, Applied Math, Science and Art in a way that
causes children to fall in love with learning.
Super Memberships Save You Time and Money! Each month Super Members receive two free downloadable Lapbooks. These Lapbooks are always brand new and have not been released for sale to the general public. Super Members also receive:
- 15% discount off all purchases of existing eBook Lapbooks.
- A free Birthday
- Lapbook10.00 off the price of any custom ordered unit
Southern Hodgepodge -- A Simple Start in Chalk Pastels ebook ($20 value)
Looking for an easy way to add art to your days? With A Simple Start in Chalk Pastels ebook – just add chalk pastels and paper! Short lessons for a whole year, 100 pages of tutorials, art for all ages.
Tricia Goyer -- Love Finds You in Glacier Bay, Alaska ($13 value)
Singer Ginny Marshall is one signature away from the recording contract of her dreams—a deal that would guarantee success for the former foster child, who still struggles to bury the memories of her painful childhood. But When singer Ginny Marshall travels to the isolated town of Glacier Bay, Alaska, she is charmed by the town's colorful characters and stunning scenery. She discovers a box of old letters and is swept up in the love story between an early missionary to Alaska Territory and his accidental mail-order bride. Written by homeschool moms, Tricia Goyer and Ocieanna Fleiss.
The best tip I ever received was to make LIFE your classroom. Find a way to make lessons out of everyday living. For example grocery shopping can teach math, science, history, spelling, health (nutrition) and budgeting.
ReplyDeleteI know you only asked for one tip but something else that has served me well was to take my child's interests and let him/her explore different aspects of that topic.
My oldest was obsessed with extreme sports. Instead of discouraging him, I turned it into a unit study by creating my own lessons (a little internet research and a library card can go a long way these days). Art, math, history, science, spelling....you name it! You can find lessons for almost every topic you can think of.
Capitalizing on your child's strengths while encouraging them to develop their areas of weakness is not always easy, but it is worth it in the long run :)
I try to find ways to make the information "real" to my children, whether it's through a field trip, hands-on activity, or a documentary.
ReplyDeleteMy best tip for teaching creatively: Allow mistakes and explore them together so the kids can come up with their own solutions.
ReplyDeleteMy best tip for teaching creatively: Allow mistakes and explore them together so the kids can come up with their own solutions.
ReplyDeleteI try to incorporate the topic into everything we do even what food we are eating! It can be fun and a great way to learn.
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I don't really know how to teach creatively! I'd love to learn more on how to though!
ReplyDeleteBest way to teach creatively is to get your students involved! If you are tailoring your units to include and support their interests, you can't help but be creative!
ReplyDeleteallison030574@Yahoo.com.au
To me, teaching creatively means teaching in a way that is understandable to the child even though it may not be conventional...I have twins- a boy and a girl and at 2 and a half, I already see differences in their learning
ReplyDeleteWe always give the kids access to creative tools: pens, papers, paints, etc. We let them build and design and create all day -- and only when they grow bored, do we do more structured school activities.
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