I am so excited about this file! Every reluctant learner, and every student that learns best with hands on approaches will benefit from this file. One of the best things about our own formats that we have created is that our hands on approaches do not make mom have to work the evening before preparing! We have creatively fused hands on learning with paper work.
Great men celebrate their birthdays this month and we took the time to send our
FFYB reporter to help us learn about them. Wyatt Earp reveals a side of himself that few people see. Most people see a violent side and only read about him from one gun fight he was involved in. Our reporter found out that he had a heart to protect people in towns and wanted them to be safe from wicked men who would hurt them. Men who made history, such as the astronaut Yuri Gagarin and Alexander Graham Bell tell us how they go to the time in history that they changed the world we live in. Men who seem to have magic in their hands share their success and lessons learned with us. While Houdini was a master at escaping and Sam Walton had business
savvy, magic was not the key to their success. Being prepared for opportunities that came their was.
The finer arts are taught to students with activities for
Michelangelo and Van
Gogh. Bach and Andrew Lloyd
Webber have their birthdays remembered this month also.
To reminding our children how great America is we spend some time learning about the American Red Cross and American Chocolate Week. You didn't think we would not have food in our file, did you? We even slipped in a Maple Syrup study. We do have a lesson on poultry, but we went the scientific route, not the food route with that one.
One of our new applications to learning in this file is a BAG IT UP REPORT. We have been mulling and thinking this activity over for many months and found just the right way to debut this new format. Especially designed for children you have mental breakdowns when it comes time to give an oral report, we took the pain out of this for them. Most children who struggle with oral
reports are visual learners, so we give them little visual reminders to place in a bag. When they pull out the item from the bag there will be a little note for them to see that will trigger something to say. It is fantastic and I cannot wait to hear feed back from you! We used three presidents who have birthdays this month in this report.
Eyes are turned to the things of the Lord when we introduce David Livingstone and World Day of Prayer to students. Teaching children about several
places on our planet where surviving life is a daily matter of prayer will help children tune up on their thankfulness for what we have in our country and even in these hard times. Learning about a man who had a heart for missions and fused it with his love for exploring will encourage students to know that God can take their natural desires and use them for His kingdom.
Butterflies, peanuts, Mt. Rushmore, and Daylight Savings Time give students activities in ways that they will remember them. To help them learn about events and cultures beyond our borders, we created a passport learning method for children to learn about national anthems. Every country has a song they love and honor. We also transport the kids to France to learn about the Eiffel Tower.
The
Iditarod is given a place of honor in our file. This Last Great Race on Earth is filled with history, challenge, cheering, and learning to daily track and record achievements. This is a great activity in this file! I hope your kids get as excited as ours when we pick our mushers and cheer them on everyday.
As we are all Irish on the 17
th, we have included an activity fun file, but we also took the opportunity to learn about the history and culture of the people of the Isle. As an Irish lass me self, I approve these lessons!
So many more things are covered in this file. We have our focus on children who want to learn, who desire to learn, but need something different with their worksheets and styles of learning.
Between Kelly, Heidi, and myself, we have every type of learner there is! When we create lessons and activities, we have learned that if the students are suffering, then the tools are not effective. I hope you give our Remember Me Pockets- March a try.
Please write and let us know what activities you used and likes, how the students responded to the activities that were hands on, and if you saw their reluctance for learning lessening when you use our products!
Many Blessings in this Wonderful Month of March!
FFYB
