Trying out a new idea.

I think I just decided to try something new with my little homeschooling project. I love that I can do that!

Starting this Monday, we will complete our usual readings and activities that are already mapped out, but I will be adding a “special interest” topic as well. This coming week will be a focus on eating healthy and learning about the food pyramid. I have a great poster I just put up in the kitchen, and I picked up a library book that, unknowingly, is directly linked to the new food pyramid! How cool is that? I was flipping through it and saw that it was laid out identically to the poster I have, and when I got to the end of the book, guess what I found? A smaller version of the “my pyramid” poster! Pretty sweet, huh?

I am planning to spend about 15-30 minutes a day working on the “special interest” topic. Each week will include books, some kind of learning tool (in this case, the poster), vocabulary words related to the topic, games, special activities or field trips, and anything else I can come up with. I am sure this coming week will involve fun with food!

I want to use MLK Day as a kick off for a civil rights centered week revolving around Dr. King and what he accomplished, and hopefully find an activity locally that we can participate in for MLK day. I know a week is not long to cover civil rights, but they are fairly young, and it’s a topic we talk about often anyway.

Here is how I plan to break the next 11 weeks down:

1 – Food pyramid (health)

2 – Martin Luther King Jr. (social studies)

3 – Atoms and Molecules (science)

4 – Orchestras (music)

5 – Math facts (math)

6 – William Shakespeare (literature)

7 – Grammar concepts (English)

8 – Styles of art (art)

9 – Field Week (PE)

10 – Holy Week (religion)

11 – Volunteering (community)