It is already October! This month our materials will focus on staying diligent. This is a great time to discuss with students the importance of staying focused and diligent when facing challenges. I have witnessed many times students entering a new grade become overwhelmed with new skills, curriculum, and schedules. With the first quarter almost complete, here is the opportunity to share stories about the success of those who stay steadfast. (Just like the tortoise said “Slow and Steady Always Wins the Race”) -AMW
Hooda Math provides over 500 FREE interactive math games divided by grade level and subject for all ages. There are strategy-based games, logic puzzles, racing games, growing games, geometry games, as well as escape games. To build student’s math skills there are also timed tests, movies, tutorials, manipulatives, and quizzes.
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PBS Kids is a great resource for students and homeschool teachers. There are over 30 categories of games. Some include social studies, math, vocabulary, engineering, and many more. PBS learning media (PBS family) is designed for teachers and provides links to many educational shows that you can stream directly. There are over 1500 videos, interactive lessons, lesson plans, webpages, and more. You can find activities to accompany the educational shows your kids already know and love.
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This site is designed to help build a solid math foundation. There are FREE games for the main operations of subtraction, division, addition, and multiplication. But, there are also multi-player games, classic games, and other fun games. This is a great resource for students who are struggling with multiplication.
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On Batweek.org students can find videos, work booklets for all ages, information on why they are important, and how to protect them. This is a great resource for all students. Younger will enjoy learning about the creepy flying animals while older students will find out how they can teach others how to value and protect them.
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Halloween is a fun time for decorating and telling spooky stories. Here is a little bit of history and information about Halloween that you can discuss as a family.
Halloween began as an ancient Celtic festival known as Samhain (“sow-in”). The festival was celebrated on the Celtic peoples’ New Year, which was on November 1st. They believed that on the night before the New Year (October 31st), the ghosts of the dead returned to the earth for one night. People would light bonfires and wear costumes. In Celtic times, there were a lot of poor people. Because so many people were hungry, the government encouraged families who had enough food to put out bowls on Halloween to give food to the poor. More and more people started going door to door to beg for food on All Hallows Eve which started the tradition of “Trick-or-treating.” Jack-o-lanterns may have started in the 19th century. People in Ireland and Scotland would carve faces into turnips and illuminate them with candles. The turnips would be placed along the streets to ward off evil spirits. Today we carve pumpkins as a fun decorative piece. A traditional Halloween dinner food was Colcannon. This included a boiled potato and curly kale, and if you were lucky you might find a coin. Then for dessert, they ate a slice of Barnbrack cake, which is a fruit bread. Baked into the cake was also a bit of rag, a coin, and a ring. They believed that If you get the rag, you’ll most likely be poor. If you got the coin you would have certain wealth. Then if you get the ring, expect romance, good fortune, and happiness.
For more information visit Bedtime History Stories, Scholastic, and Woo!Jr. for worksheets and activities.
Halloween began as an ancient Celtic festival known as Samhain (“sow-in”). The festival was celebrated on the Celtic peoples’ New Year, which was on November 1st. They believed that on the night before the New Year (October 31st), the ghosts of the dead returned to the earth for one night. People would light bonfires and wear costumes. In Celtic times, there were a lot of poor people. Because so many people were hungry, the government encouraged families who had enough food to put out bowls on Halloween to give food to the poor. More and more people started going door to door to beg for food on All Hallows Eve which started the tradition of “Trick-or-treating.” Jack-o-lanterns may have started in the 19th century. People in Ireland and Scotland would carve faces into turnips and illuminate them with candles. The turnips would be placed along the streets to ward off evil spirits. Today we carve pumpkins as a fun decorative piece. A traditional Halloween dinner food was Colcannon. This included a boiled potato and curly kale, and if you were lucky you might find a coin. Then for dessert, they ate a slice of Barnbrack cake, which is a fruit bread. Baked into the cake was also a bit of rag, a coin, and a ring. They believed that If you get the rag, you’ll most likely be poor. If you got the coin you would have certain wealth. Then if you get the ring, expect romance, good fortune, and happiness.
For more information visit Bedtime History Stories, Scholastic, and Woo!Jr. for worksheets and activities.
Kelver Library is hosting a Halloween event. Kids ages 5-12 will partake in ghoulish games, and spooky stories, and use their imagination to create their very own monsters.
When: Saturday, October 21st Where Kelver Library at 1:00-2:00 pm |
Calling all bakers! October is a time for the whole family to help in the kitchen. Pure Wow provides over 24 easy baking recipes to try as a family. You can find mug cakes, easy peanut butter cups, fruit pizza, and much more.
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How to celebrate National Color Day: Some of the things that you can do to celebrate National Color Day include: -Wear your favorite color -Make a painting -Paint a room in your house -Take pictures and share colorful Colorado with others. |
Country Living provides a list of over 50 different kid-friendly projects to complete as a family throughout the month. |
Here is a list of fun spooky events to attend as a family:
Anderson Farms - host Fall Activities during the day for elementary students and Terror in the Corn at night for older students. Check out their website for more information and tickets. Elitch Gardens- Fright Fest a night full of roller coaster rides and candy Haunted Houses- If your family likes haunted houses this site provides a list of the top 6 local haunted houses. |
A sluggard’s appetite is never filled,
but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.
Proverbs 13:4 NIV
but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.
Proverbs 13:4 NIV