Japan Unit for 7-10 Year Olds

Japan Unit for 7-10 Year Olds

Japan is a beautiful, unique country with a vibrant culture. This is one of those places I most want to visit, but since we weren’t able to travel this year a unit study about Japan was the best we could do. Japan is also particularly 

Renewable Energy Science Unit for Fourth Grade

Renewable Energy Science Unit for Fourth Grade

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 

Learning Outside with Outdoor School

Learning Outside with Outdoor School

Outdoors is where we want to be any time of the year, but especially in the spring. Now is the time to take advantage of the warming weather, animals waking up or migrating back, and plants blooming. Head outside and make the most of your 

Great Britain Unit for Fourth Grade

Great Britain Unit for Fourth Grade

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 

Science of Energy Unit for Fourth Grade

Science of Energy Unit for Fourth Grade

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 Fourth Grade Homeschool Ideas

Christmas Fourth Grade Homeschool Ideas

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 Unit for Fourth Grade

Germany Unit for Fourth Grade

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 

Germany Unit Ideas

Germany Unit Ideas

Germany is one of the countries we are learning about this year and I am in full planning mode. There are so many amazing resources out there about German food and traditions and history and architecture. Below are Germany Unit ideas for ALL ages. If