Homeschool Seeker

In this issue

• Introduction
• Sponsor ad
• Website updates
• Mini Lapbook
• Tip of the month
• Sponsor ad
• Homeschool Picture of the month
• Homeschool Question/Answer
• Wishlist
• Closing Comments

Welcome to the current issue of
The Homeschool Seeker.

Spring is here-or so I thought. The last couple of days we have been under a cold snap and just north of here they were getting snow flurries.

This is a lot like our school days. Just when I think they have mastered a topic (beautiful spring day) and I'm ready to start something new (plant a garden) I discover that they don't remember something or they are missing or don't understand a key concept.(frost, snow storm, flurries)

It hits me like a snow flurry after a beautiful and warm spring day. Yes, it sends chills down my back and makes my teeth chatter. lol I get discouraged and wonder will spring ever get here.(Will they ever get this?) I rush to protect the newly planted flowers and wonder why did I try to rush this. (Re-teach the lessons.)

It is funny to me, that most non homeschoolers who comment to me about homeschooling think I have a lot of patience. This is truly hilarious on these educational spring-like days.

Our mini lapbook this month is about the "Original 13 Colonies"

I hope you enjoy this month's newsletter.

JulieD

I have starting changing the Used Books sections over to a new format. On these pages you will find direct links to current online auctions by publisher.

While only Saxon and Teaching Textbooks are now up and running I do plan to expand to other publishers and subjects. I also plan to include reviews of the individual texts/publishers/curriculum.

In a quick glance, you will be able to check out current auctions for books and read reviews about them. Hopefully, the reviews will give you an idea of what to expect if you choose to use a particular book and then if you are interested you can see what that used book is typically selling for at the auction.

If there is a particular subject or curriculum you would like to see, please let me know and I will make it a top priority. You can contact me via the Homeschool Mom page at https://www.resources4homeschoolers.com/Homeschool_Mom.html

This month's feature mini lapbook is on 13 Colonies

Here's how I created this mini lapbook.

1. Gather supplies

Supplies you will need for this mini lapbook:

• 4 brown paper lunch bag
• hole punch
• yarn or string or other material to finish construction of lapbook
• markers, coloring crayons, pencils, pens
  

Optional Supplies:

• Stencils
• Art supplies
• stickers
• glitter
• glue
• scissors

• History resource-books,internet,encyclopedias

2. Once you have all your supplies, fold the 4 paper
bags in 1/2 and hole punch the edges.
For more pictures on how this will look and basic
assembly you can visit Mini Lapbooks

3. Begin by decorating cover. Give the mini lapbook
a title. I will use 13 Colonies
for my title.
4. Choose concepts: For this mini lapbook,
This month the concept titles are pretty easy-the names of the thirteen colonies. Other options might be to dedicate a page to other topics related to colonial life, hardships, etc.

5. Delegate pages for each concept

With the concepts I chose:

1. Cover Page
2. New York
3. New Jersey
4. New Hampshire
5. Connecticut
6. Rhode Island
7. Virginia
8. North Carolina
9. South Carolina
10. Massachusetts
11. Maryland
12. Pennsylvania
13. Georgia
14. Delaware

6. Label pages




7. Add information

• New York

Key Points to have them include or illustrate:

* Year Founded: 1664
* Founded by: Duke of York
* Royal Colony: 1685
Named for the Duke of York (brother of King Charles II);
statehood 7-26-1788;
US Congress met here after Revolution

• New Jersey

* Year Founded: 1664
* Founded by: Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret
* Royal Colony: 1702
Land was given to the Governor of the
Isle of Jersey in the English Channel
for this colony; it would be the site of over
100 battles and skirmishes before the Revolution ended

• New Hampshire

Key Points to have them include or illustrate:

* Year Founded: 1623
* Founded by: John Mason
* Royal Colony: 1679
Named for Hampshire County in England;
became state 6-21-1788;
was heavily explored by both French and English

• Connecticut

Key Points to have them include or illustrate:

* Year Founded: c.1635
* Founded by: Thomas Hooker
5th to become a state 1788;
settled by Puritans from Massachusetts;
state laws were model for US Constitution;
nickname is Constitution State

• Rhode Island

Key Points to have them include or illustrate:

* Year Founded: 1636
* Founded by: Roger Williams
Smallest colony and state;
not an island, was maybe named for Isle of Rhodes
in Aegean Sea; 1st declare independence from England but last of thirteen
to become a state because of concerns over
being fairly represented in spite of size

Virginia

Key Points to have them include or illustrate:

* Year Founded: 1607
* Founded by: London Company
* Royal Colony: 1624
Home to four of the first five US presidents,
and eventually home to four more;
site of 1st permanent settlement in Jamestown 1607

North Carolina

Key Points to have them include or illustrate:

* Year Founded: 1653
* Founded by: Virginians
* Royal Colony: 1729
Home of Roanoke Island's Lost Colony;
first child born in America was John White's
granddaughter Virginia on 8-18-1587;
statehood 11-21-1789

South Carolina

Key Points to have them include or illustrate:

* Year Founded: 1663
* Founded by: Eight Nobles with a Royal Charter from Charles II
* Royal Colony: 172
Once part of "Carolana" with NC;
nickname Palmetto State because fortress of palms
kept British warship away from Charleston harbor in
1776 battle; statehood 5-23-1778

• Massachusetts

Key Points to have them include or illustrate:

* Year Founded: 1620
* Founded by: Puritans
* Royal Colony: 1691
Plymouth Rock home; became a state 2-6-1788;
once had a carved wooden codfish on the wall of
the State House because codfish were
a big state industry

• Maryland

Key Points to have them include or illustrate:

* Year Founded: 1634
* Founded by: Lord Baltimore

Named for Queen Henrietta Maria of England;
Known for its valiant army; statehood 4-28-1788;
part of state became Washington D C

• Pennsylvania

Key Points:
* Year Founded: 1682
* Founded by: William Penn
Means Penn's Woods, named for William Penn;
nickname Keystone State because it is the center of the arch
of thirteen colonies; 2nd state 12-12-1787; settled by
various religious groups who greatly enhanced colonial
life with inventions such as the
Conestoga wagon

• Georgia

Key points to include:
* Year Founded: 1732
* Founded by: James Edward Oglethorpe
* Royal Colony: 1752

Last colony settled but was 4th to ratify Constitution
and become state; named after King George II

• Delaware

Key Points
* Year Founded: 1638
* Founded by: Peter Minuit and New Sweden Company
1st state 12-7-1787; Delaware's Blue Hen army (named for their
leader's pet fighting Blue Hen rooster) turned away
advancing British in initial skirmish with great speed
and bravery; the 13-star flag was flown in battle here first

Other ideas:

List order of colonization Colonial lifestyles Colonial food Mayflower Compact Plymoth Rock Roanoke Island What was it like then page? Colonial clothes Kids in colonial times

8. Review information

Really important if you want them to remember the information and it only takes a few minutes.

9. Add finishing details and final assembly

As always, there are no strict rules here. Let them be creative in
all the aspects from decorating to assembly.

History Tip of the Month: Timelines.

Timelines are a great aid for teaching and learning about History. In a very visual way they put into perspective what was happening when. If you have an audio or kinesthetic learner you can make them more hands-on or read and repeat certain time frames. Timelines are very organized and easy to view and make those every important connections.

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Homeschool Picture of the Month

Homeschool Question/Answer

Homeschool Wishlist

Closing Comments