The Royal Wedding - Lego Style

And here I was thinking that he wasn't interested!

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Homeschool Planner Giveaway

***This Giveaway is now Closed ***

I love planning, the digging, the searching, the preparing of it all. So when I saw that Kendra from Aussie Pumpkin Patch had designed a planner for homeschoolers I was excited to see more.

Kendra was nice enough to send me a copy of her planner and boy has she put some work into this!

If you are a Homeschooler, regardless of your style and if you are a FIAR user you will definitely find this planner helpful to say the least and I know that it is going to be extremely helpful in our homeschool too.

The planner has been designed in modules, so you can easily pick and choose the modules that will work for you or you may prefer to purchase them all. After seeing it I know what I would choose that's for sure.

Make sure you keep reading so you don't miss the details of the giveaway!

Module 1: The Main Planner 

This module is the main part of the planner with a total of 28 pages inside!

• 2 different covers to chose from.

• A year long calendar page

• 4 Weekly planning pages.

• Library list

• Resource list

• Curriculum Wish List Page

• 10 Different note taking pages with a total of 5 different images {some created with less images for more economical printing}

Module Two: The Monthly Calendar Pages

This module holds the monthly calendar pages and consists of 24 different pages!

• A perpetual Calendar page for each month. You fill in the calendar with numerals, holidays, and other bits.

• Monthly Holiday & more planning page. Some ideas for the use of this module are upcoming birthdays, anniversaries, holidays {serious, funny, Australian, US, etc.} Nature/Science ideas for the month, and craft ideas. On the bottom of each of these pages is a different educational quote as well.

Module Three: Deeper Planning Pages

This module has 8 pages to help you plan your own unit studies, living math lessons, lapbooks & notebooks!

• One Math planning page to help you keep track of your resources, manipulatives, and the topic or your lesson

• One Math Class Note taking page where you can write out more in depth plans or jot down whatever you need in order to help your lessons go off smoothly

• Three unit study planning pages to help you keep track of your plans for each subject {math, science, Language Arts, history, geography, social studies} as well as your resources & field trip ideas 

• One unit study note page to keep track of your plans and goals for the unit study as you plan it out, teach it, and enjoy it.

• One Lapbook/Notebook planning page complete with a large and roomy doodle box!  You can plan out what you want your page to look like before you even sit down at the computer.

Module Four: Home Helpers

This module has 21 pages to help you plan the weekly happenings around your home.

• 8 weekly planning pages; 4 different images some with lines for writing on, some without for those who like to color "outside the box". There's room to jot down appointments or things to do for each day of the week, a daily chore checklist, space to jot down a Bible verse for the week, and more.

• 4 weekly menu plans; different images for different weeks of the month!

• 4 different shopping lists

• 4 different recipe cards

• 2 pages to keep track of the important people in your life and their personal details {telephone, email, address, etc.}

Modules 1 - 4 Combined

82 pages from all of the above Modules!

• Module One: The Main Planner 28 pages
• Module Two: Calendar Pages 25 pages
• Module Three: Deeper Planning Pages 8 pages
• Module Four: Home Helper Pages 21 pages

Module Five: Homeschool Book Of Days

The, 18 page, stand alone module which works as a journal of your homeschool journey.

That sure is a whole lot of homeschool planning and journalling in amongst all of those cute little pages that Kendra has worked so hard on putting together. I've already begun using mine and am thrilled with it!

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For more information about the Planner and Homeschool Book Of Days Journal be sure to visit Aussie Pumpkin Patch and the detailed overview of the planners.

So do you want to win a copy for yourself? I bet you do, don't you?

Kendra was kind enough to offer ONE Copy of the Planner and ONE Copy of The Homeschool Book of Days to giveaway to you, my lovely readers.

Giveaway Entry Details

You can receive up to SEVEN entries to win, they are as follows

• Follow Our Worldwide Classroom blog, either via Google Friends Connect or via an RSS Feed (both in the sidebar) Yes existing followers are welcome to use that as ONE entry.

• Follow Aussie Pumpkin Patch blog, either via Google Friends Connect or via an RSS Feed (both in the sidebar) Yes existing followers are welcome to use that as ONE entry.

• Become a Fan of Our Worldwide Classroom on Facebook

• Become a Fan of Aussie Pumpkin Patch on Facebook

• Share this giveaway on Facebook (be sure to leave a link in your comment here)

• Tweet about this giveaway

• Share via a blog post (be sure to leave a link to the post in your comment here)

Giveaway Information 

• This giveaway will close Monday May 9th Midnight Australian EST . The winners will be announced within 48 hours.

• Only comments left on this post are eligible and be sure to include a way for me to contact you in your comments otherwise another winner will be drawn.

• The Planner is available in both US and AUS paper sizes, please be sure to leave a note in your comment stating which one you would prefer.

• Be sure to leave a seperate comment for each entry option.

• Winners will be chosen at random. All international entries accepted.

Disclosure: I was given a copy of The Planner and The Homeschool Book of Days in order to review and offer this giveaway.

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Book Sharing: What We're Reading - Five A Day

After seeing that the Imagination Tree started a 5 A Day Book Linky I thought I'd try and join in when I can.

We've enjoyed some FIAR style units over the years and can definitely see the value in the 5 A Day philosophy.

Whilst C has his favourite books we haven't made a conscious effort to tackle reading the same books everyday for 5 straight days. Now we are :-)

Bunny My Honey is a delightful little story of a 'toddler' bunny that wanders off, whilst playing with his special friends and finds himself lost. It has just enough sadness and fear in the story to engage the feelings of being lost with the child, without it being scary.

Beneath the magic of the moon, cats dream and cows croon and Mr Raccoon serenades Ms O. Possum with a simple tune, called Everyone Loves The Moon. A celebration of the moon's enchantment, full of romance and humour. (taken from the back cover) This story will have you singing along with Mr Raccoon!

 

Shoe Cottage is a twist on the nursery rhyme, The Old Woman That Lived In A Shoe and Jack in the Beanstalk. All of the characters from both entwine when the shoe is in need of repair, a giagantic repair. At first glance the giant may seem slightly intimidating but the reader quickly realises that he is a friendly caring fellow.

That's Not My Dragon, a simply rhythmic, touchy feely board book (could only find a spanish image) from Usborne. They have a whole range in this serious and I think they are fabulous. It won't be long before our days of reading board books will be over :-(  A little mouse on a journey to find his dragon.

Who Sank The Boat: Beside the sea, on Mr Peffer's place, there lived a cow, a donkey, a sheep, a pig, and a tiny little mouse. One warm sunny morning, for no particular reason, they decided to go for a row in the bay... (Taken from the back cover)

This is an hilarious story and perfect for a wide variety of ages, repetitve text and questioning for the reader, ensures you are engaged with this little gem.

I am linking this post to:

Book Sharing Monday
What My Child Is Reading
5 A Day

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