End of year Sales

I have noticed that some of the Australian Home School Supply companies are having end of year sales.

Here are two I know of click on the graphic and it will link you over:

 And a closing down sale with some great treasures in the second hand section

Please let me know if there are any others so I can edit and add them here

Today we made a: Passport

I am so excited.  I have decided to do Expidition Earth: A Journey through God's World with Sir N over the next year. I will be doing this alongside Sonlight A with K readers 5 day program, We will officially be starting on Monday. New Zealand will be our first port of entry!



Free expansion packs and Samples

• Expediton Earth Discovering God's Animals
• Expedition Earth Discovering God's Animals Blank line version
• All about Expedition Earth Discovering God's Animals
• Continental Hop Scotch Game from Spell Out Loud
• SAMPLE of Expedition Earth: Brazil Week

  

Passport to travel Expedition Earth!

Cover of Expedition Earth passport and real passport

Today we made a passport.  We took out our real New Zealand passports (Uruwhenuwa)  and had a look at them and talked about what we need when we travel from one country to another.

Next I went to 'quickly' make a cover, front page and second page on the pc ....  (Quickly turned into a two hour marathon, I'm out of practice with publisher) lesson learned don't attempt to do complex things when you only have a few min rather reschedule for the evening once little people are in bed..Erica does provide a page for you to make into your own by printing off bits and pieces but I wanted to make an all in one page to print and Nathaniel enjoyed finding the different letters on keyboard to type in his name and details

I have made a New Zealand Passport and an Australian Passport and Erica has given me permission to file share them here.  These  are in pdf. format and you can download and print them from my Google drive.

  

Click here to download the New Zealand Passport

Click here to download the Australian Passport

Our flag stamps and the ID page of N' passport

I am quite pleased with the end result :) What do you think ?

Tuesdays Treasures (Vol 1-3)

Some of my friends have asked me about what to use if they want to start home school and have three year olds.  I have this treasure on my bookshelf and would like to recommend you take a look at it. (My copy is older and has a different colour cover)
 
Early Education at Home 

What the book contains:

• Introduction
• Understanding the Preschooler: The Key to Success
• Materials Used in Early Education-and Where to Get Them
• Skills Checklist for Kindergarten
• Suggested Home School Schedules
• Curriculum (lists of suggested activities to teach colors, numbers, letters, and shapes )
• Weekly Planning Guides
• 36 weeks of suggested activities, which the parent selects based on the individual needs and interests of the child
• Bibliography
• Ideas for Homemade Learning Centers and Games
• Computers and Young Children
• Additional Programs for Home Instruction (or what to do after you finish this book)
• Planning Sheets for Daily and Weekly Use

Additional information

• Publisher: At Home Publications
• Pages: 139
• Cover: Soft spiral bound
• Publication date: 1992
• Author: M. Jean Soyke
• Language: English
• Age range: 3 - 6 years
• ISBN: 9780975414200

This book is a complete course of instruction for children ages 3 - 5, using simple, inexpensive materials that can be found in the home. It includes all of the basic concepts (such as letters, colors, numbers, and shapes), as well as areas such as manners, health and safety, and character development. Each weekly planning guide also includes recommended reading lists, field trip ideas, and snack activities. (quoted from the At Home Publications website)

• To read more about the book you can go to At Home Publications Early Education
• You can view a sample week on line: Sample Weekly Planning Sheet - Week 23
• You can look at some Frequently Asked Questions and Answers about the book.

You can purchase this book directly from: At Home Publications , Amazon, or Rainbow Resource Center .

Cathy Duffy heartily recommends this curriculum as “...a happy medium which provides some structure yet is not heavy with time-wasters...one of the few resources that I feel truly meets the home school situation and appropriately addresses the needs of young children.”

 All you need is what you have at home and a library card and you are set for a happy time at home with your pre-schooler

 Blessings