Bringing it Home for 5-7s

For some odd reason, our schooling revolves a lot around creepy, crawly critters. Colden is enthralled with all the big stuff and Dylan is fascinated with all the little stuff. So between the two of them, we learn a lot about the animal and anthropod kingdoms. Here are a few resources we've found that we go back to over and over and over and over again. I wanted to share them with you so you can continue studying these topics with your 5-7s.

Favorite animal websites for studying about animals:

Animals: A to Z
http://a-z-animals.com/
Reptiles of Arizona (includes amphibians and habitats, too)
http://www.reptilesofaz.org/
The Simple Homeschool
http://www.thesimplehomeschool.com/
One year we purchased a subscription. I also subscribed to the email and often get freebies in my email or her pdf packets for $.99. She's quite thorough and the kids enjoyed doing the interactive lessons. Now they enjoy reading through her pdfs. I'm attaching a sample freebie from her that's related to this month's unit.


Last year I bought some butterfly larvae online so the kids could watch the life cycle of a butterfly. Here is the link if you wish to do that with your kids:
http://educationalscience.com/paintedlady.htm

The Nature show on PBS:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/

What resources do you have about our amazing planet? I'm sure my kids would love to see what your kids have studied!

Thanks,

Angie Patterson