Welcome to Family Learning Academy
Our school year will begin October 2003.
Will update here soon:
Our Daily Homeschooling Curriculum (Comprehensive Curriculum of Basic Skills Workbook Grade 4) consists of: Math, English(grammar), Reading (also includes vocabulary), Environmental Science(science), Citizenship(social studies), Spelling/Writing, Thinking Skills, and Comprehension.
For math studies, this year, learning will consist of place value, reviewing addition and subtraction, multiplication (one x two digit on up to three x three digits), division (1 digit divisor and two digit divisor, checking answers), averaging, fractions (addition, subtraction, adding and subtracting mixed numerals, equivalent fractions, reducing fractions), decimals, estimating, measurement (inches, feet, yard, mile, perimeter and area, volume, ounce, pound, ton, cup, pint quart, gallon, centimeters, meters,kilometers, perimeter, area, volume, gram, kilogram, milliliter, liter), temperature (celsius, fahrenheit), graphs, ordered pairs, geometry (polygons, lines, rays, segments, circles), and reviews.
For English, subjects and predicates, compound subjects, intransitive and transitive verbs, direct and indirect objects, parts of a sentence, adverbs, adjectives, present, past, future tense, irregular "be", verbs, using words correctly, run-on sentences, combining sentences, joining words, underlined words in book titles, capital letters, proof reading, and reviews.
Reading, synonyms and antonyms, homonyms, prefixes, suffixes, miscellaneous vocabulary building, following directions, sequencing, classifying, analogies, practice reading skills, recognizing details, context, remembering what you read, main idea, and reviews. Story reading and book reports; written and oral.
Environmental Science, environments, water, air, land, recycling, energy, plants, animals, conservation, school, home, community. Review. ALso, experiments.
For Citizenship, children are citizens, American voters, the Capitol, Sarah Winnemuccam, newspapers in education, Christopher Columbus, immigrants, The Alamo, Uncle Sam, The Bill of Rights, Susan B. Anthony, Cesar Chavez, the forty-niners, the transcontinental railroad, and Bells across America. Review.
Spelling & Writing, long and short vowels, writing with sentences, listening for vowels, learning differnet kinds of sentences, learning new words, telling nouns, verbs in sentences, putting ideas together, adding sounds to make words, practicing plurals, adjectives, doing puzzles, /k/ sound, using -ing verbs, finding mistakes in sentences, etc., /f/ sound, using topic sentences, sorting syllables, planning parargraphs, unscrmbling words, letters, /s/ sound, combining cause & effect, listening for sounds and syllables, crossword puzzles, adding prefixes, exercising imagination, comparing things & telling what happened, plurals from possessives, finding spelling mistakes, counting syllables, knowing facts from opinions. Review.
Thinking Skills, finding main ideas, recognizing details, taking notes, outlining, learning library skills, intro. to encyclopedia skills, summarizing, putting it all together.
Comprehension, following directions, comprehension, recognizing details, sequencing, main idea.
Extra subjects not included in the curriculum workbook are Bible Study, Computer, Typing, Animals, and Art class. These we do once or twice a week. For Bible Study, we include use of the internet with our studies. Their are so many wonderful links about the Bible for children. I also have a "Wonder Book", illustrated Bible stories and activies book. Computer, books, miscellaneous projects and use of the internet. For typing class, we use a wonderful program here on the internet (its free too), click here for EasyType. Animals, we will be learning about beavers, bats, wild turkeys, tadpoles and frogs, giraffes, wild horses, sea lions, hummingbirds, chameleons, rabbits, whales, dolphins, porpoises, sharks,and snakes (workbook studies and internet click here for more information and fun about these animals. Art class, different projects and crafts. I have found a really great URL on the net for art, Kinderart.com. Many more links below.
Here is one of my daughter's Art creations; it is one of my favorites. She drew and colored it on our computer's Paint Program.
Homeschooling Links and More
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I have many wonderful Bible links. We use these in our weekly Bible Study class. They are just perfect for kids, for understanding, learning, and knowing God.
BibleWorksheets
SafeBunch, so many wonderful links
Children's Area @ Jesus Answers
Kids Bible Study
"All About Jesus" Bible Study for Kids
Bible-Based Coloring Pages for Kids: Kid Explorers
AKidsHeart-Bible games and resources; bible verses, word puzzles, coloring pages, and more
*Christian Kids Links, so many wonderful places to visit
WeKids
Yahooligans-Bible
God Bless Everyone!
For Math
Math links.
Homeschooling.about.com-Math
AAAMath-lessons by grade level
APlusMath-Worksheet maker/online flashcards/games
Online activities & lessons
RicksMath-worksheets
StudyWeb-Math links/resources
Eduplace-math games
Math links
Blackdog.net-math games, worksheets
Multiplication
LessonPlanz-math lesson plans
MathStories-printables
Ericir.syr.edu-lesson & more
RHLSchool-worksheets
Math lessons, k-5th grade
Math lessons and links
EducationWorld-lessons
Math worksheet generator
YourChildLearns-math stuff
LessonPlansPage-math lessons
Yahooligans-math links
OnlineWorksheets
Homeschooling.about.com-Math
Learn multiplication tables online-very fun too
Math games & more
For English
English links.
Homeschooling.about.com-LanguageArts
StudyWeb-LanguageArts resources,links.
Great Language Art Links
Grammer
LessonPlanz-l.Arts lesson plans
LessonPlansPage-l.art lesson plans
Daily Grammar-lessons archive
Col-ed.org-language lesson plans
Language lesson & links
EducationWorld-lesson plans
Edufind-example of grammar/english
Language art links
Grammar usage,style,etc.
Yahooligans-language art links
FunBrain-grammar gorillas-online
Onlineworksheets
Pop-Up Grammar-quizzes
For Citizenship
Social Studies links.
Homeschooling @About.com-History
DonnPages-History
StudyWeb-Social Studies
ExecPC-History,Social Studies
U.S. History Resources
Geography resources
Social Studies resources
Social Studies links
Eduplace-Social Studies
Social Studies lesson plans
4Kids-History
LessonPlansPage-s.s. lessons
50 States
Ericir.syr.edu-Social Studies lessons,links
Education World-Social Studies
Geography freeware
EnchantedLearning-Geography
WorldAtlas-Geography
Yahooligans-SocialStudies
Environmental Science
Science links.
Homeschooling @About.com-Science
StudyWeb-Science
CSun-Science
Eduplace-Science
Science lessons
Science
Exploratorium-Science, experiments also
4th and 5th grade science resources
Fi.edu-Science
Duracell-Science Fun-Learning for Kids
Ericir.syr-Science Lesson/links
EducationWorld-Science
LessonPlansPage-science lessons
Usda.gov-Science for Kids
ScienceMadeSimple
Science
EnchantedLearning-Science/Biology
Yahooligans Science and Nature
Yahooligans-Space
Yahooligans-Dinosaurs
Animals
Animal links.
Texas Animals
ZoomSchool/EnchantedLearning Animal printouts & info about them.
Enature-search an animal(plants also)
Animal printouts and info pages
Elcetronic Zoo-internet resources
Quillios Online Zoo! Animals!
NWF-Animals & environment
WWF-KidsStuff
StudyWeb-Animals
AMVA-animal care
Learn about Australian animals
Interactive page; building a home for a tiger
Fun facts to learn more about the animal kingdom
Learn about endangered animals
Guide to Animal Lesson Plans
Type in "animals" @ search for U.S. state animals
Other Subject Links.
reading, spelling, vocabulary, writing, art, and other
CandleLightStories-reading online & MagicKeys-reading online.
IvyJoy's FableLinks
Granpa Tuckers Stories
Homeschooling @About.com-Reading
RHLSchool-ReadingComprehension
Homeschooling @About.com-Spelling
Alphabet superhighway-word games
WordGames
FunBrain-Spelling;online
FunBrain-Vocabulary;online
KinderArt-art galore!
Art Lessons
Art For Kids
FineArts
CraftsFun
EducationWorld art lessons
Ericir.syr.edu-Art
More great links, lots of lesson plans, worksheets,
quizzes, activities, fun links for kids, and more!
Homeschooling @about.com-Great!
**HPRTEC QuizStar-make quizzes.
FunBrain.com Quiz Lab-make quizzes.
**Game-O-Matic-make quizzes & more!
**SelfStudy Quizzes-make quizzes & multiple choice!
Headlines-make quizzes
Jordan ThinkAgain Quizzes-make quizzes
HotPotatoes Software-free to download make quizzes
Activity Maker-$10, make quizzes of all kinds!
AwesomeLibrary-Lesson plans, more!
Worksheets, lesson plans, tons of other resources for homeschoolers
Worksheets Galore; links from the net
Interactive Skill-Based Curriculum Activities and games; GREAT!
Homepage to above site;lots of other links here-lesson plans,more!GREAT!
ZoomSchool-Language Arts, Geograpy, Science & Biology, early childhood activities, print outs/activities, dictionaries, Animals
StudyWeb-lesson plans (lots subjects), homeworkhelp, tons of subjects
Eduplace-lesson plans (lots subjects), games, more
LessonPlansPage-over 1,000 lessonplans-all subjects
Worksheets, lots subjects
DiscoverySchool-lesson plans
Worksheets-math, english, reading
Lessonplans/links in all subject
Lots of links to lessonplans k-12
FreeWorksheets-all subject and more
LessonPlanz-all subjects
Adprima-homeschooling resources
DonnPages-lesson plans across the curriculum
Education.com-lessonplans, more!
Worksheets-links to lots
LearningNetwork-activities online,lesson plans,by ages/grade; this site is great!
Best free typing course, so cute for kids and everybody else too@ EasyType
Also, learn to type or improve it@ Learn2Type Has other games to play too.
Make online tests, quizzes, games, etc.; this site is free and easy to follow. Go to Quia and log in. This neat place even keeps your childs scores and gives you a webpage for all that you do here. Is great for homeschoolers.
Make worksheet, print them out or use them online @ WorksheetWizard
Funschool, online activities, games @ FunSchool great learning here, easy to use, by grade too (prek-6th grade).
Enchanted Learning's Preschool activities, more great stuff too, for elementary children, animals, maps, dinosaurs, crafts, oceans, science, geography, inventors, inventions, biomes, explorers, rain forests, astronomy. This place is just great!
LycosZoneHomework, lots of fun and educational learning in all subjects and more @ LycosZone
Online fun w/Language arts, science, math, s.studies, art, more
Lots of online interactive, educational/fun activities for kids
For just for fun games , holidays, school, & more...go to Yahooligans A Kids place on the Web
More online fun & games, crafts, and more for kids and school @
Also for games,holidays and tons of fun @ Bonus.com 100's of things to do
go to imagine, then to holidays icon for holiday stuff. Click anywhere else for neverending fun. Educational games and learning too.
The Bonus.com site is a wonderful and safe place for kids to do lots of online activities. So many things here for kids....#1 site on the internet for kids.
Listing of games and fun- Zeeks List of games
Lycoszone for Kids;educational stuff, fun games & more
Check out my site HomeschoolingDefined
A Homeschooling Web Page & Community with Homeschooling tons of links, pages(holidays, kids, & more pages for fun and learning), info;lots here for all homeschooling parents, teachers, caregivers,and kids.
My favorite homeschooling site on the web
My other favorite homeschooling site Homeschooling Everything at About.com
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