Dr. Seuss’s Birthday!

Dr. Seuss is among our favorite children’s authors. There are so many fun options to read aloud and enjoy. While I use his books with our young children as fun stories and to encourage an understanding of rhyme, even my older children will sit and listen as I read them aloud. His birthday, March 2nd, is celebrated in homes, schools and libraries across the country. Often it is used as a day to encourage reading books by many authors.

Reading Ideas for Dr. Seuss’s Birthday

Since reading is such an important part of our educational philosophy and the Dr. Seuss books are such favorites, we typically try to take the day off of our ‘regular’ studies and enjoy a fun day of activities and reading. This year each of the older children will pick a favorite Dr. Seuss book to read aloud to the family. I will also set aside some time for everyone in the family to read independently. Next, we will play some rhyming games. My older children enjoy them and the 3 year old is starting to learn about rhymes so it will be a good opportunity to encourage that skill in a fun way.

Dr. Seuss Book Display

One simple and fun way we encourage reading and a variety of books is to feature books for various holidays, events, or authors on “display’ in our dining room. We set up the books we have for that theme across the top of our cabinet where they will stay out until we change themes (normally every few weeks). The children can take them down to read and just put them back up when they are finished. This helps highlight different books from our shelves and keeps them reading books on a variety of topics.

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Hands-On Dr. Seuss Learning Ideas

In addition to reading, they will enjoy making ‘oobleck’ to play with and talk about the science behind it. Then we will enjoy some fun Dr. Seuss food. As you can see in the pictures above we enjoy ‘Cat in the Hat’ Pizza and our own version of green eggs and ham (simply adding spinach to the eggs). Depending on how the day is going I may allow my son to pick out an additional snack that we can make together. All of my children love helping in the kitchen.

My three year old really enjoys his dot markers, so he will probably do the Red Fish Blue Fish dot painting activity while we read aloud. I have found at that age having something quiet to work on while we read increases their attention span fr listening to the stories.

There are many other fun crafts, writing prompts, math activities and more to make this day fun and meaningful for children of all ages. I have included a list of resources below with more fun recipes, printables, and activities. I’ve also included a list of a few great Dr. Seuss books in case you do not have any in your collection. Most years we use this as an opportunity to add one more Dr. Seuss book to our growing collection. You may also check with your local library or literacy group to see if they are doing any special activities.

Dr. Seuss Food Ideas:

Dr. Seuss Pizza
Cat in the Hat Smoothie
Cat in the Hat Fruit Snack
Dr. Suess Cheese and ‘Fish’ Snack
Cat in the Hat Pancakes
Green Eggs (we simply scramble eggs and add chopped spinach for the green) with ham. These are yummy, nutritious, and simple to make.

Dr. Seuss Lesson Resources:

Dr. Seuss Copywork
Red Fish Blue Fish Dot Painting
Oobleck
Dr. Seuss Lego Math
Seussical the Musical Music (free with prime)
Lesson Plans for Specific Dr. Seuss Books
Writing Prompts
Name That Dr. Seuss Book
Dr. Seuss Math
Dr. Seuss’s World War 2 Cartoons (for your older children, note that some of them are politically controversial but a great study for mature middle grades or high school students)

Dr. Seuss Books:

Oh, the Places You’ll Go

Hooray for Diffendoofer Day (we read this one every year before testing)

There’s a Wocket in My Pocket (great for rhyming)

The Foot Book

One Fish Two Fish, Red Fish Blue Fish

Green Eggs and Ham

Six by Seuss ( a collection of six books in one)

Dr. Seuss Beginner Board Book Collection (a wonderful collection of books)

Little Blue Box of Bright and Early Board Books ( a great starter collection)

Who Was Dr. Seuss? ( A chapter book about Dr. Seuss)

Green Eggs and Hamadeus (This is a CD of an opera based on the book. We had a chance to see it preformed several years ago by our North Carolina Symphony and it was wonderful. )

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Week 2: The Industrial Revolution

This week was a lot of fun. My husband helped the children out by giving them a list of food companies that got their start during this time and are still in business today. Then the research began. They had to look up each company and see what they were selling then and how it compared to what they were selling now. Amazingly enough some of them are still selling very similar products. For example, Kellogg’s Corn Flakes and Dole canned pineapple. We narrowed down their choices a bit to make a bit more practical list and let them help me find the items to purchase for their industrial revolution tasting party.

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Making a meal out of the tasting was a little interesting and some of the products we talked about were put aside for another meal (like the Corn Flakes) but they enjoyed Campbell’s tomato soup, saltines, sliced pepperoni and dried beef, and pineapple for lunch. They washed that down with a rare treat of Pepsi. Then for dessert they had Cracker Jacks, Oreo’s, and Hershey’s chocolate. They explained each one as we talked at lunch to show when it was first produced by the company and how the industrial revolution had influenced that food.

The children worked together to build a Lego display depicting the reconstruction of the south. They had to present the display and explain what each part was and how it represented reconstruction. While it may not look like much without an explanation, they were able to talk about rebuilding homes, replanting farms, new railroads, and steamships.

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In addition we found a few clips from a Modern Marvels episode on YouTube that discussed Henry Ford’s assembly line approach. It was really helpful for the children to be able to see the assembly lines and understand the process.

Next week we are going to study Theodore Roosevelt in honor of Presidents’ Day and spend some time on my favorite subject for this time period, The Wright Brothers! We have a read aloud, a model, and a few other activities to go along with the Wright Brothers.

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Bytes of Learning UltraKey Online

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On the very first day that we started our review of UltraKey Online Family Subscription by Bytes of Learning my daughter Elizabeth said, ” I really like this program mom. I think I’m going to learn more than I did with the other typing program we used.” This kind of positive first impression and almost instant feedback is an encouraging start to a new program. We had used a couple of different typing programs in the past and both of my older children knew the basics of typing, but they struggled with speed and accuracy. Despite the other programs and practice they both started UltraKey typing at about nine words per minute.

My initial thoughts on the program were that it was fairly simple to set up and I liked how well the reports recorded their progress. I also really liked that instead of doing a lesson and moving on to the next one without mastery; they had to pass a skill check at the end of each lesson. My daughter had a little bit of confusion when she took the original placement assessment, but it was very simple for her to repeat it and get a more accurate result. As they went through they could see the improvement easily on the reports that were shown after each skill check. This was very motivational for them.

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They also found that after a few weeks they could tell a difference in their typing for other schoolwork. Seeing how it made their other typing more efficient was great reinforcement for them to keep working hard and progressing through the program.As we have been working on research papers and magazine articles for their Junior Historians program this month they have been able to tell a difference in their typing and it has made that work much more enjoyable. While I still occasionally have to remind them about proper keyboarding technique, I have noticed that they do a much better job of transferring the technique over to other computer activities than they have when we worked on keyboarding in the past.

There are twelve lessons that break the keyboard down into portions and build onto each other. Starting with the home row keys they progress through the letters and then the last three lessons incorporate numbers.

Another feature that made this program stick out above some of the other keyboarding programs that we have tried in the past is that after you master the letters it goes on to incorporate numbers and basic symbols. These are an important part of keyboarding skills but are often left out of programs. Both of my children that tried this program have finished up one round and earned their ‘diploma’. My daughter went from nine words per minute to fifteen words per minute and 94% accuracy. My son also went from nine to fifteen and his accuracy was 90%.

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They are excited to go through the program again with a higher speed goal. We are hoping that by going through the program once or twice more they can get to a comfortable 25 or 30 words per minute. This extra speed and comfort combined with high accuracy rates will be very beneficial as they do other computer work including research papers and projects.

During our time working through this program we had one small computer glitch that caused a problem with my daughter being able to finish one of her lessons. I was very impressed with how quickly their customer service responded to my question. It ended up just being a random computer glitch that was solved by logging out and back in but they responded to my email very quickly and were quite helpful.

Overall, I was really impressed with this program. It is reasonably priced at only $29.95 per year for three students (they also have five and eight student packages). The customer service was excellent, the reports were informative and easy to read, and with-in the month that we used it I was able to see significant progress in both of my students. This program is beneficial both to students new to keyboarding skills and to those who just want to increase speed and accuracy. If you have any questions about the program I encourage you to ask me in the comments or contact their customer support team.

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History Through Story: Wulf the Saxon

We had the opportunity to review Heirloom Audio Productions Christian radio drama, Wulf the Saxon this month. This is a remarkable historical tale by GA Henty. I remember sitting through history classes and wishing I was somewhere else. The information seemed boring and pointless. Much of what I’m sure I was taught, and based on my good grades apparently learned for at least a time, I have long since forgotten. When I started homeschooling my children I was determined that they would have a different experience with history. As an adult I realized the value in understanding history and wanted to make it something my children could internalize and remember. We use a variety of resources from living history events to living books to teach history in our home.

We have found that the Heirloom Audio CDs are a great way to include even more history that is fun and engaging. Wulf the Saxon is the newest Heirloom Production and it does not disappoint. It is an engaging and well-told story of how King Harold Godwinson came to power and then lost the throne. It tells of the Norman conquest of Britain while featuring a friend and comrade of Harold, Wulf of Steyning. Henty primarily wrote for a late Victorian British reader, so the perspective can be distinctly British, but he is a masterful storyteller.

British school children are as familiar with October 14, 1066 as American’s are with July 4, 1776. It is one of the seminal dates in British history. Henty uses this historical landmark to tell his tale, weaving in the Saxon Chronicles and the Bayeux Tapestry as source material magnificently. Interestingly, and in opposition to many, or maybe most, other British writers, Henty’s protagonist are Saxon. While Wulf the Saxon isn’t the ‘happily ever after’ that you see in many stories since King Harold dies, it does end with the marriage of Wulf to his love. My eleven year old son thought this was very interesting and asked, “It is a really good story but why do the heroes always end up married?”

We love including all sorts of audio in our homeschool. We most often listen in the car. This makes road trips a much more pleasant experience for the whole family, while also allowing us to continue learning. My children also enjoy listening to audio while they are doing chores and at bedtime. One thing we love about all of the Heirloom products is that they are done not in a bland reading but in radio theater style. There are voice actors reading each part of the story and great sound effects. You really feel like you are dining in the great hall, engaged in mortal combat, or sailing the English Chanel.

You can purchase the Wulf the Saxon CD set independently but they also offer the Live the Adventure Club that includes downloads and bonus materials for the adventures. They have many of GA Henty’s historical novels done in the same engaging radio theater style. While we do not have any issues allowing all of our children to listen to the adventures, I’ve found for comprehension and historical understanding they are best for about ages 9 through adult. My three year old listens along with us but he does not really understand the story lines. My oldest son enjoys the stories so much that he listens to them over and over again at night on his CD player after we have finished listening to them as a family. I love that they bring quality entertainment and education together with values we are already working to instill in our family. I encourage you to check out Wulf the Saxon and all of the Heirloom Audio Productions. If you have a favorite Henty story or Heirloom production please share that with me in the comments.

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Homesteading Homeschool: Our 4H Pig

I mentioned last month that I planned to share a different part of our ‘homesteading’ adventures each month and how we use it to supplement our homeschooling. This month I am sharing about the pig that my son is raising for a 4H livestock show. I interviewed my son so that he could share in his own words about his experience with this project. This is his second time raising a pig and we can already see him applying the lessons he learned last year to this new animal. He is really looking forward to this year’s show (and filling up our freezer again.)

As a parent, I love that this experience helps him with responsibility. He has to take care of his animal several times a day, and train him each day. In addition he is learning about animal husbandry, nutrition, business (he has to raise money and keep records of what he spends) and gaining a better understanding of where food comes from. By North Carolina law the pig must be processed with-in two weeks of the show. We could send it to auction or have it processed for our personal consumption. So this is also a great way to fill our freezer with meat that we raised. We use a local processing facility to process the pig after the show. Last year he also used the experience to do an oral presentation for 4H to improve his public speaking skills.

We are fortunate enough to have the space to raise the pig here in our backyard which makes it easier for my son to care for and train his animal. However, if a child is interested in raising an animal and does not have the space of ability at their home there are often options for having them at local farms or facilities. Check with your local 4H agent or cooperative extension for more information on livestock opportunities in your area.

Tell me about your 4H Pig Project.

“I have to raise the pig for several months until the day of the show, take it to the show and then by North Carolina law it must go to slaughter with-in two weeks of the show.”

Why?

“To keep from spreading hog diseases.”

Tell me about your pig.

“I have a black 130 lb Duroc cross pig that is about 2 feet high at his head and 4 feet long altogether. His name is Pork Chop. He will hopefully be over 200 lbs by the time of the show. ”

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What do you have to do with your pig each day?

“I have to feed him 5 pounds each morning and 5 pounds each afternoon and then I fill its water bucket every morning. If the pig dumps the bucket I have to fill it again around mid-day. I also have to train it for the show ring so that it will be easier to show. Each day I go out to the pen and practice walking it around with the pig stick. If the pig does well it gets a marshmallow or pop tart as a treat.”

What does showing your pig look like?

“I will take it on the day of the show. First we will do showmanship competition where we see who can best handle the animal. I use a pig stick/whip and tap it on the shoulder or hock to get it to go left/right or forward and guide it around the ring. The judge may ask questions about how long I’ve had the pig, the breed, the feed I use, etc. Then we go into market class, which judges the animal’s meat and build. Finally we go into the auction ring in which you do not actually get rid of the animal like a normal auction, but people bid and sponsor your animal.”

What do you hope to learn and accomplish this year?

“I hope to learn more about better showing a pig.”

What do you think other people should know about showing pigs?

“That is not as easy as it sounds. You cannot leave your house for trips unless someone can come over and feed and water it. They have to be fed everyday. Unlike my chickens you cannot just leave a big bucket of food out for them or they will eat all of the food in one serving and then be hungry.”

We are enjoying having the pig for this short term project, though we are grateful that it is a short term project for us since it does hinder our ability to travel away from home without hiring someone to care for the pig. In addition to my son’s pig my daughter is raising a goat for the show. She is a bit tenderhearted and did not want to raise an animal that had to go to slaughter. Goats do not fall under the same law, so she will be able to sell it as a pet or for breeding after the show. I will share more about her goat and interview her for next month’s homesteading homeschool post. If you have more questions about the pig or questions about the goat feel free to ask in the comments and we will be happy to address them. For more information on 4H in general check out our But I don’t do animals…or using 4-H in our homeschool post.

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Week 1: Learning about Reconstruction

Last week in history we focused on reconstruction. We mostly accomplished this through several long dinner time conversations. My husband led most of the conversations and even helped them with some diagrams drawn to explain a few concepts they were struggling to understand. This also led to conversations about the industrial revolution and the transcontinental railroad and how all of those things tie in together.

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This week they are finishing up our study of reconstruction with this free US Reconstruction Lego project. This is a fun way for them to show what they learned about the destruction and rebuilding in the southern states. Anytime they get a chance to work with Legos makes them happy and I like for them to have a more tangible way for them to show what they learned.

In addition to our conversations, Matthew read a great biography of Thomas Edison that ties into our industrial revolution components. This week coming up we will spend more time on the industrial revolution. We have a tasting of foods from the industrial revolution, we are going to watch some episodes of The Men Who Built America (we do skip one episode due to language/content so preview them for your family). They are working on researching various companies and foods from the time period for their tasting. I’m not sure it will be the most balanced meal we have but it should be fun.

We are also hoping to fit in a little field trip to the Birthplace of Pepsi this week. This one should be a simple but fun way to see one of the inventions from this time period. We would normally try to take in the Wright Brothers Memorial with this section but much of it is currently closed for renovations. Hopefully, we will have a chance to get back there once they re-open. The plane that is normally on display in the visitor’s center at the memorial is currently on display in the North Carolina Museum of History which is our field trip for March.

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Great War, Great Depression, and Jazz (1914-1935)

This twenty one year period is packed with important events that have shaped our country today. Our plan is to spend two weeks covering World War I followed by two weeks covering the Great Depression and recovery from the Great Depression. We are going to study jazz and particularly Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong throughout the month as well.

We are looking forward to a trip to our NC History Museum to see the World War I exhibit. If you live too far to make that trip, there are still some great resources available on the website. The difference in the military rations from the Civil War to World War I is much more significant than the differences between previous wars. My son will be looking into those differences and how it was shaped by the industrial revolution. We will also look into how the war affected what was being eaten in the United States by civilians. While there was not official rationing of foods there were very directed efforts at food conservation. We will cover the causes of the war and a basic timeline of American involvement in the war. We will also cover how the war effected the United States.

There are many books that go along with World War I but one of our favorites is Finding Winnie which I will use as a read aloud. We have the book, War, Peace, and All That Jazz to help guide our discussions and aid the children in any research. One of our favorite movies about World War I is Sergeant York and we plan to have a movie night and watch this movie.

The Great Depression can be a difficult concept for children but we will cover that by explaining for about the stock market and the economics of the situation. We will also talk about some of the ways that people ‘made do or did without’ and how self- sufficiency benefited many with gardens, backyard chickens, etc.

We have just finished up a composer study of John Phillips Sousa and are going to devote that musical appreciation time to learning about jazz artists. We will be focusing on Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong though I will share some music from a few other jazz artists. We will use Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra and from our regular composer study series we will use Duke Ellington (Getting to Know the World’s Greatest Composers).

If you have signed up for our free resource library you can find a six page list of various resources that coordinate with this month’s study as well as a historical overview of the time period. I am looking forward to sharing more about this period as we work our way through it. I am also looking into a couple of new resources that may work well, so stay tuned for those. If you have a favorite book or resource for this time period I’d love for you to share it in the comments.

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P is for President!

Do you have a child interested in the presidents? My oldest finds them fascinating. He loves to listen to audiobooks, read books, and find other resources about various presidents. We have even had the opportunity to take him to visit several different presidential homes and birthplaces.

He is really looking forward to our President’s Day studies. President’s Day is celebrated on the third Monday of February in honor of George Washington’s birthday. It is a day that many focus on George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, but it is also used to honor all of our nation’s presidents.

For the younger crowd, it is a great time for fun stories, crafts, and great snacks. For the older children, there are also great math activities, writing prompts, history lessons and lots more. This is one of the holidays that is easy to incorporate from preschool all the way to high school. The focus can be as narrow as George Washington or as broad as the Presidential History of the United States.

What Are We Doing For Presidents Day?

In our house this year, we are going to do some of the fun preschool snacks, a coloring page, and a couple of cute picture books for the youngest (though I’m sure everyone will enjoy the snacks). The parfaits will probably be our go-to snack since it is simple and nutritious. My older children love making pancakes, so I may let them try their hands and the presidential pancakes.

Teens and Tweens on Presidents Day

The older children will each pick a presidential biography to read for their reading assignment for the week. In addition, we will use some of the grammar sheets below as a nice review of some concepts that they seem to be forgetting in their writing. We have spent a great deal of time studying Washington and Lincoln already this year as we go through Our Journey Through History. Therefore, I plan to focus most of our activities on other lesser-studied presidents.

I will also probably include some time to watch the 60-second videos about different presidents. We also may spend some time focusing on the presidents from the Reconstruction and Gilded age which is the period of time we are focusing on this month in Our Journey Through History.

We have the audio version of Heros of History Theodore Roosevelt that we are listening to this month as well. Depending on how our time is going and how interested the children are, we may incorporate some of the other activities into our lessons that week.

I’d love to know how you celebrate President’s Day and what resources you think your children will most enjoy. Let me know in the comments. Also, if you are looking for any other resources, ask in the comments, and I’ll see what I can find.

Printable and Online Resources for Presidents Day:

Presidents Day Books:

Who Was George Washington?
Who Was Abraham Lincoln?
This Little President (Board Book)
Kid Presidents: True Tales of Childhood from America’s Presidents
So You Want to be President?
Scholastic Book of Presidents
Weird But True Know-It-All: U.S. Presidents
Family Field Guides: Presidents
Heros of History ( We love this series of biographies, and they have several on different American Presidents. )

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2018 Book List: January Update

I set a goal of reading twelve books this year for myself. This does not include books we read as a family, books I am previewing for the children, or reading curriculum aloud each day during school time. It may not sound like many but I’ve found that in this current busy stage of life I have to be very intentional about making time to read. I also wanted to make sure that I was reading a comfortable variety of books. I have included several fiction books, parenting books, Christian living books, and home schooling books.

I shared the first six of my twelve choices in My 2018 Book List. So far I think I’m doing well at working towards my goal. I have completed reading Heroes Next Door. Since my husband wrote it, I am probably biased but I really enjoyed it and felt like it met a need that we have seen in historical fiction. This book is historical fiction about the Vietnam War as told from the perspective of two home schooled children and their neighbor who is a Vietnam Veteran. Many other books we found on Vietnam included a significant amount of language and content that we felt was inappropriate for our young children. My daughter currently has my copy of the book and is really enjoying it. It is in the final process at the publisher and should be released to the public sometime next month.

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Next I read Finding Selah. This book is very different from the first book but has been a good read. It focusing on finding rest in your life and tells of the author’s journey towards finding rest and peace in the midst of her everyday life. She also discusses the pain and trials of miscarriage and the joy over the birth of her son after several miscarriages. I know that this is a sensitive subject for many readers, for some it may really resonate and be healing but for others it may make for a difficult read. Where I didn’t want to put the first book down, this book was one I felt best read one chapter at a time. It required more thinking and reflection on how I could apply those principals to my life.

My next book isn’t in my original six but I’m excited about reading it. My pastor has decided to use the book, Eat with Sinners: Loving Like Jesus as a jumping off point for his current sermon series. I plan to read this book this month to go along with our series. I’m excited about this book and how it can hopefully impact myself, my family, and our church to reach more people with the love of Jesus. I’ll share more about this book as I get time to read it and go through the series but I’d love to have you join us in this study.

I have also decided that I need to read or finish reading a few books that I purchased and never read as I fill out my list of twelve. Am I the only one that has one of those stacks? I bought it, life got busy, and I completely forgot about it. In This House We Will Giggle by Courtney DeFeo. This book is written with the plan of reading one section each month. However, I know that for me that increases the likelihood that I’ll get sidetracked. Therefore, I’m planning to post each month about that month’s virtue and ideas on the blog. Hopefully the accountability will keep me on track and it can be a blessing to all of us.

I would love to know what you are reading or have recently read that you really enjoyed. Please, share a book suggestion in comments.

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January Lego Projects: “Outdoors”

I’m so excited to be able to share with you all of these wonderful Lego projects submitted by readers. These children have done an outstanding job with their building and creativity. I believe that building and creating allows them to not only build fine motor skills but engage their minds in creative and critical thinking that is every bit as beneficial to their brains as ‘book work’.

This month’s theme was ‘Outdoors’ and you can see we had a variety of ideas related to that theme. (If you forgot to send in your pictures I will take submissions through the weekend.) The theme for February is ‘Winter Games’ in honor of the games being held in S. Korea this month. I can’t wait to see what kind of creative ideas everyone comes up with.

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