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Poppins Book Nook: Sing the Presidents

February 24, 2014 By: amyswandering3 Comments

It is time once again for Poppins Book Nook and this month’s theme is Presidents!
Feel free to join in the fun with the linky at the end.

We chose to read Smart About the Presidents, a colorful book of interesting facts about our country’s leaders.Each president has his own page that lists the years of his term and some very interesting background information. Did you know that George Washington’s staff brushed his horse’s teeth every day? Or that Calvin Coolidge had a pet raccoon?

We really needed to work on memorizing the presidents, and a popular way of doing that is to sing the names to the tune of “Ten Little Indians”. There is something about putting words to music that makes it stick! I created a printable with all of the names broken up into groups to match the tune. You are welcome to download a copy for yourself!

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We have also enjoyed these Presidential books over the years:

So You Want to Be President?

john abigail adams
John & Abigail Adams: An American Love Story

George Washington’s Breakfast

Presidents Fandex

I found some fun resources to help us memorize the Presidents:

Presidential Board Game

Presidents Memory Cards scroll down

Presidents Coloring Pages

Match the Presidents

US Presidents Games

presidents giveaway

Each month the Poppins Book Nook members will be hosting a book giveaway. So You Want to be President? is our fun giveaway this month. The Rafflecoptor giveaway is open to US residents only.

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Take a look at what the other Poppins Book Nook bloggers are up to this month:

Enchanted Homeschooling Mom – 3 Dinosaurs – Monsters Ed – Chestnut Grove Academy – Growing in God’s Grace – Life with Moore Babies – Teach Beside Me – The Usual Mayhem – Kathys Cluttered Mind – Adventures in Mommydom – Edventures with Kids – Learning & Growing the Piwi way – A Gluten Free Journey – Preschool Powol Packets – To The Moon and Back – Our Craft ~N~ Things – Fresh Farm Adventures – Are We There Yet? – Afterschool for Smarty Pants – Hopkins Homeschool

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Poppins Book Nook #10: Greek Mythology

January 28, 2014 By: amyswandering2 Comments

It is time once again for Poppins Book Nook and this month’s theme is Greek Mythology!
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We were not able to get a project done this month because we’ve been battling bronchitis. Instead of an activity, I thought I would share some fun FREE resources to use when studying Greek mythology.

Would you believe our favorite book on the subject is a FREE kindle ebook? It is The Story of the Greeks by H. A. Guerber. She starts off the book writing about the Greek myths as if they are recorded history, weaving them into a seamless story that eventually winds it’s way into known history. (She does state in the beginning that she is creating a story from the myths, and I had a discussion with my kids about myths vs. history before we started reading. We also had a good talk about what the Bible has to say about false gods.) We just love her style of writing!

Greek Mythology: It’s Greek to Me is a fun set of lessons at Mensa for Kids.

Rick Riordan has a Guide to Greek Mythology and several Teacher’s Guides to his popular Percy Jackson series. My kids love those books!

Older kids can work on a Greek Mythology Research Assignment.

Greek Mythology Word Puzzles will familiarize kids with tricky names.

Add some Greek Myth Coloring Pages to your notebook.

Each month the Poppins Book Nook members will be hosting a book giveaway. This month it is for D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths, another favorite on our bookshelf.. The Rafflecoptor giveaway is open to US residents only and ends February 16th.

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Poppins Book Nook #9: A Turkey for Thanksgiving

November 26, 2013 By: amyswandering2 Comments

It is time once again for Poppins Book Nook and this month’s theme is animals! Feel free to join in the fun with the linky at the end.

Of course the animal on my kiddos’ minds this month is the turkey. We moved far away from family this summer, and this is the first year that we have ever made an entire Thanksgiving meal. We compared weights and prices searching for the perfect bird. We calculated how long it needed to thaw, and then we hunted down a delicious brine recipe.

One of our favorite Thanksgiving books is A Turkey for Thanksgiving, a sweet story about a turkey who gets invited over for Thanksgiving dinner but is afraid of being the main course.

Because life has been busy this month, I decided to round up some great turkey activities instead of create one:

These are some more of our favorite turkey books:

A Plump and Perky Turkey: The residents of Squawk Valley think they can outsmart the turkeys, but one proves to be too clever.

Amelia Bedelia Talks Turkey: You can just imagine the craziness that surrounds Amelia Bedelia when she helps with the Thanksgiving play.

This is the Turkey: A humorous tale told in the style of ‘This is the House That Jack Built”.

Each month the Poppins Book Nook members will be hosting a book giveaway. This month it is for this beautiful National Geographic Animal Encyclopedia. The giveaway is open to US residents only and ends December 17th.

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Enchanted Homeschooling Mom – 3 Dinosaurs – Monsters Ed – Chestnut Grove Academy – Growing in God’s Grace – Royal Little Lambs – Life with Moore Babies – Teach Beside Me – The Usual Mayhem – Fantastic Fun and Learning – Kathys Cluttered Mind – Toddler Approved – Growing Book by Book – Adventures in Mommydom – Edventures with Kids – Learning & Growing the Piwi way – A Gluten Free Journey – Preschool Powol Packets – To The Moon and Back – Our Craft ~N~ Things – Fresh Farm Adventures – Are We There Yet? – Afterschool for Smarty Pants – Hopkins Homeschool

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Poppins Book Nook #8: Autumn Fun Find

October 28, 2013 By: amyswandering3 Comments

autumn fun find printable

It is time once again for Poppins Book Nook and this month’s theme is Seasons!

Autumn is my favorite season, so OF COURSE that is what we focused on ;). I made an Autumn Find worksheet for Sweetpea to do after we talked about the different seasons. It was interesting to look at the seasons on a preschool level so she would recognize them.

autumn fun find sample

I brainstormed a few words for each season:

~Winter~

cold
darker
scarf & mittens
snow (well, before we moved to Florida LOL)
sledding
hot chocolate
Christmas
New Year’s Eve

~Spring~

flowers
rain
windy
kites
warmer
green leaves
Easter

~Summer~

hot
sunny
beach
swimming
vacation
water balloons
watermelon
popsicles
Fourth of July

~Autumn~

falling leaves
cooler
back to school
squirrels
acorns
pumpkins
Halloween
Thanksgiving

These are a few of the Autumn books we enjoy:

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The Year at Maple Hill Farm

Autumn: An Alphabet Acrostic

Only $1.99 for Kindle!

Petal’s Fall Change

Feel free to download the Autumn Fun Find worksheet and share with your friends!!

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Take a look at what the other Poppins Book Nook bloggers are up to this month:

Enchanted Homeschooling Mom – 3 Dinosaurs – Monsters Ed – Chestnut Grove Academy – Growing in God’s Grace – Royal Little Lambs – Life with Moore Babies – Teach Beside Me – The Usual Mayhem – Mum Central – Fantastic Fun and Learning – Kathys Cluttered Mind – Toddler Approved – Growing Book by Book – Adventures in Mommydom – B-Inspired Mama – Edventures with Kids – Learning & Growing the Piwi way – A Gluten Free Journey – Preschool Powol Packets – To The Moon and Back – Our Craft ~N~ Things – Fresh Farm Adventures – Are We There Yet? – Afterschool for Smarty Pants

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October Math Poems

October 1, 2013 By: amyswandering3 Comments

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$October Math Poem Worksheets$

It is time once again for Poppins Book Nook and this month’s theme is School! Hmmm, that’s a tricky one for homeschoolers, so we decided to go with an education theme.

One of the books we have loved over the years is Mathematickles!, a book of Math poems found in nature.

Mathematickles! takes words, math, and seasons, and rolls them all up into beautiful word pictures. For example:

“holes + nuts – nuts = squirrel hide & seek”

and

“maple leaves + puddle = crimson ships”

I love how these poems combine creativity with logic, so I made an October Math Poem worksheet to help my kids create some seasonal poetry equations of their own.

$October Math Poems Printable$

A few of the ones we wrote:

stick + sticky – dental fillings = caramel apple

1/3 moonlight + 1/3 sunset + 1/3 sunrise = candy corn

pumpkin ÷ imagination = jack o’ lantern

trick x treat = candy ’til Easter

Feel free to download the October Math Poems worksheet, and PLEASE share some of your creations in the comments!!

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Each month the Poppins Book Nook members will be hosting a book giveaway. This month it is for It’s Back to School We Go!: First Day Stories from Around the World. The giveaway is open to US residents only.