Adventures with Twins, Cystic Fibrosis + a Food Allergy
In fourth grade every kid in the United States can get a FREE family pass to the National Park system. This seems to be a incredibly well kept secret. I am in no way affiliated with the National Park system, but I adore the incredible …
Learning about Native Americans felt like an important piece of California history that I didn’t want to jump past learn about missions and the Gold Rush when I was planning out our Fourth Grade Social Studies curriculum. I’m sure I did an imperfect job of …
Elections are always a nature learning opportunity. My twins were in fourth grade during the 2020 presidential election and we really leaned into the excitement and interest in the election as part of our social studies learning. We voted via drop-off ballot in California. Our …
California History is the social studies focus for fourth graders in California. Growing up in Wisconsin, I learned about Wisconsin history so this unit was almost entirely new information to me as well. We had so much fun exploring the diverse geography, history and people …
Renewable Energy feels like a must-teach for any grade right now. Renewable energy is growing around the world as an alternative to oil and an effort to slow global warming. Since the kids will be living this future we’re worrying about, exploring this topic with …
Great Britain is one of our around the world units for fourth grade. There are a lot of reasons for this, including the wide amount of global history that was impacted by Great Britain expansion, but my kids are part English and that was my …
Energy is a fun, rich topic to explore in Science with fourth graders. We did a lot of hands on explorations, read some books and even went on a field trip to learn more about energy. affiliate links may be included below. Energy Unit 1. …
Christmas is a magical time of year. I am a bit Christmas obsessed. Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays so I never jump ahead, BUT the moment Thanksgiving is over we dive head first into Christmas. Therefore, with homeschooling my Fourth Graders, Christmas is …
Germany is one of the countries that we choose to learn more about this year in our homeschool. Each month we looked more closely at some of the food, cultures, films, traditions, geography and more for different countries and cultures. In an ideal world we …
Rocks, Sedimentary Rocks in particular, are one of the parts of the Fourth Grade Science Curriculum in California. As part of their study of Earth and Space Science, fourth graders are supposed to learn about landscapes, how the earth forms and changes, and use sedimentary …