These lessons were made to go along with ‘By the Shores of Silver Lake‘ written by Laura Ingalls Wilder. We are planning to go through the whole series and I am keeping track of the different topics we are learning about here on my blog. We hope you enjoy these as much as we have! Continue reading “By the Shores of Silver Lake: Music, Arts, and Crafts Lessons”
We Start every morning off with our prayers and the Pledge of Allegiance. Below is a picture of the prayers that we say and a video of the Pledge of Allegiance.
Not the prettiest example but that’s what we’ve been using for the past few years.
Don’t have a flag? Grab one HEREand print it out to put up somewhere… you could even let the kids make a flag to proudly display. Amazon also has some little ones like this one HERE and HERE.
After this we have our calendar time also where we go over such things as the Days of the Week, the months, and some basic math.
This one came from Lakeshore Learning.
The younger kids will also be watching some of these videos while I work with the older ones:
We may also use some of the songs found HERE.
And we will be trying out some relaxing background music with Google.
We also like to use this song during our ‘Morning Time’ to help the kids learn the 50 States.
Tip: If you want to go to a certain week/chapter or topic simply push the ‘ctrl’ and the ‘F’ button down together and a small bar will pop up. Type in the week number or chapter number you want and it will take you to it.
On weeks where there are several activities listed just choose a couple that interest you the most to work on.
Answer can be found HERE.
Answer Key Password: momsrock
(The Door in the Ground, The House in the Ground, Rushes and Flags, Deep Water, Strange Animal, and Wreath of Roses)
Here is our lesson plan for the week:
We plan to use this FREE Lapbook to go along with our study.
Read Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6
Chapter One (The Door in the Ground):
Chapter Two (The House in the Ground):
Chapter Three (Rushes and Flags):
Chapter Four (Deep Water):
Chapter Five (Strange Animal):
Chapter Six (Wreath of Roses):
Additional Reading:
Older Children:
Each child would complete a reading lesson from our McGuffey Primer Books or other reading materials that we chose for the day.
Younger Children:
Younger kids will also be doing one lesson a day from Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons.
We are also working through All About Reading Level Pre-reading with William as he needed something a little different from what we had been doing.
Print: On the Banks of Plum Creek Week One Vocabulary List
Older Kids:
Parents click HERE for the answer key.**see instructions at the top of the page.
Younger Kids:
Older Kids:
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Younger Kids:
We will be making a journal to record some of our pioneer adventures in. The link to the journal is HERE.
We will be using the Writing Activity Station Kit from Lakeshore Learning for some of our lessons.
Choose one prompt below:
**Remember to use the thesaurus to come up with different words.
Watch this video on foreshadowing:
Group:
Older kids:
Younger kids:
You may find it easier to buy a Math Workbook to work through as you go along with the study.
** For fun you may try ‘ciphering’ on a slate with a slate pencil.
Rotate through these activities:
Memorize the Continents and Oceans using the videos below to help:
Maps:
Landforms:
You can print out a lapbook HERE.
Research Dugout homes
We will also be using this People Long Ago Resource Box from Lakeshore Learning to go with our lessons.
There are also some other resources available here:
Look at a sample of pond water under a microscope and compare it to a sample of tap water. Watch this video if you don’t have access to pond water or a microscope.
We will be discussing some of the character qualities that are displayed in the book but if you would like to do a separate character study lesson you can download one HERE.
We will be memorizing Psalm 51 during this unit study. Print it HERE.
Complaining:
Do all things without murmurings and disputings: That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world. – Philippians 2:14-15
– Being honest. God hates lying.
– Read the intro page through page 21 of Emily Post’s Table Manners for Kids and discuss the manners used in each situation below:
Practice these until you finish this unit study and then we will move on to new skills.
WORK ON YOUR NEXT LESSON.
Learn and practice some traditional skills from the book.
A Kid’s Herb Book: For Children of All Ages
We are using Lucky Dog Lessons: Train Your Dog in 7 Days as a guide for training our puppy.
Also watch this video:
We will also be using:
Drinking unpurified water can sometimes make you very sick.
You can check out my Pinterest page Little House on the Prairie Crafts for even more crafts and activities.
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–Thank you!
These lessons were made to go along with ‘On The Banks Of Plum Creek‘ written by Laura Ingalls Wilder. We are planning to go through the whole series and I am keeping track of the different topics we are learning about here on my blog. We hope you enjoy these as much as we have!
On weeks where there are several activities listed just choose a couple that interest you the most to work on.
Tip: If you want to go to a certain week/chapter or subject simply push the ‘ctrl’ and the ‘F’ button down together and a small bar will pop up. Type in the week number or chapter number you want and it will take you to it.
You can check out my Pinterest page Little House on the Prairie Crafts for even more crafts and activities.
We are also using these art books:
Many of the songs come from this book:
Sing Uncle John to the tune of Yankee Doodle:
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