Drawing the United States

I started this post on July 15, 2009 at 10:23 AM. When I went back to post it, the links no longer worked and I couldn't find them on The Wayback Machine. Today as I was looking through blogpost drafts I ran across these links again. I tried them again on The Wayback Machine and they came up! Yay!

This site has two different areas. One is learning the presidents in order by looking at a picture and using clues. The picklets learned the presidents in order with The Presidents Song years ago and still remember it so that is of no use to us but might interest some of you. The other is drawing The United States. This rocks!

It gives easy to follow directions to drawing different regions of the US. It even has a little story to help remember. Unfortunately, it doesn't have the entire US...the Northeast is missing. BUT I have faith that we can make up something to remember them. Lord knows I need the help with those states!

The picklets only finished the first two regions and then we lost track of it. Guess what we are starting next week! I am so excited. I hope it is of some use to you cause it really is fun.

The original links are these. They don't work. :-( http://www.prosserschools.org/walker/spelling/spelling.htm

http://www.prosserschools.org/walker/Spelling/States01.htm

BUT...here is the link for the archive.
http://web.archive.org/web/20060212061737/http://www.prosserschools.org/walker/spelling/spelling.htm

I hope your kidlets like it as much as mine did.

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Veteran's Days

Thanks to all who have served or are currently serving our country. Whether in time of peace or war, your sacrifice does not go unnoticed. Peace to you all.

Some helpful links in helping your kids understand Veteran's Day.

VA Kids, K-5th

Veteran's Day History and Kids Activities

Veteran's Day Lessons

7 Ways to Celebrate Veteran's Day With Your Kids

Veteran's Day Power Point Presentations for Teachers

Veteran's Day Poems

How to Teach Your Kids About Veteran's Day

Veteran's Day Crafts

Free Stuff

While searching the web aimlessly this morning I found some pretty neat stuff. I thought I would share.

Free Art Coloring Pages: This site is really neat. You can find classical art coloring pages. From da Vinci to Van Gogh and artsits inbetween. If you are studying an artist or just want to expose the kidlings to classical art check this site to see if they have a coloring sheet to corespond. Also check the side bar. There are links to coloring sheets for mandalas that look really cool.

Rhyme Zone: This site is great especially since it is National Poetry Month. Type in the word you need a rhyme for and hit the "go get it" button and a list of rhyming words will come up.

Abiator's Interactive Zone: Wow! From math to language arts to learning styles to unit studies. This is a pretty rad site. Click a link and explore all there is. Some of the inner links are not working but most of the links do. You won't be sorry for checking it out. :-)

Amy's Electronic Classroom: Amy has math helps for grades 3-8. There are some fun looking activities on here. We are going to mathimatical poetry today.

Have fun!