Pre through K - Months of the year song

One of the things they teach in the public/private preschools is the months of the year.  They also do this in Kindergarten.  The song they sing at the school I work for is sung for you below by a little girl on YouTube.  (Note, it's just a video from Youtube, not anyone I know).  It's a very easy song that you and your child can sing at the start of your school day every day!



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Phonics Blending Game - Magnets

Here is another great activity to do with your child who is learning to blend words!  Most dollar stores sell a set of cheap letter fridge magnets, so this is a cheap and easy game for parents to play with their kids if they don't already have the magnets.



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Phonics Blending Game - Pre through K

If you're teaching your child to read, then you will be teaching them how to blend phonics.  If they already know the sounds that each of the letters make individually, then this game will be a great way to start teaching them how to blend sounds together.  Just ran across it on YouTube today.



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Mad Libs

I found this great site that has printable Mad Libs.  These fun little worksheets are a great way to help teach your kids about adjectives, nouns, verbs, etc.

Check it out!

http://www.classroomjr.com/printable-mad-libs-for-kids/

Science - Earthquakes/Tsunamis

Earthquakes and Tsunami's go hand in hand, which is why I have combined the two topics into one post.  Below you will find resources to teach your student about these two topics, starting with a short playlist of videos found on Youtube.  As always I would suggest that the parent watches the videos ahead of time so that they can prepare for any questions their child will have when watching them.

Site Facelift

You may have noticed that CBSB Homeschool has undergone a dramatic facelift.  Since this is a site revolving around children we felt that the site needed to reflect that more.  Our aim was to have a friendly, uplifting, joyous atmosphere for our visitors, as well as a more easy to use interface.

Feel free to browse around and let us know what you think of the change in a comment below!

Also, if you have any suggestions for the site, you are always free to leave them in a comment for us!

Ultimate Reading Videos

I know it's been a while since I've updated and added new content to CBSB Homeschool.  But I am excited to share with you this YouTube playlist I've been using to teach my 3.5 year old daughter to read.  She's been watching some of these videos since she was about 2 years old, but I've been steadily adding videos and now the playlist is huge.

Click on the link to go to the playlist on YouTube where you can view full screen, or check out the embedded video box below.

Coloring Pages

The site Kid Resource (kidabc.com) has a page full of some great coloring page resources!  Check them out HERE.

Notice: Kid Resource is not a Christian site, so some of the coloring pages link to characters such as Harry Potter coloring pages.  There are also Bible coloring pages, ABC and Sesame street coloring pages amongst the links however, so some of them are educational.

Blessings!

Counting

Here is a playlist of great counting and basic math videos.  I think the key here is repetition and practice.  Cartoons make counting seem like fun!  Thanks to the videos on this list, my 2 year old can count backwards and forwards in English and Spanish to 12.

Of course young children may not be able to sit through so many videos on one subject.  For a wider variety of children's learning videos on playlists, please see our Pre-K page!

Counting




Blessings!

Word World

These little cartoons by PBS are a fun and wonderful way to teach your children some basic phonics.  Children at this age may  not want to sit and watch video after video of one cartoon, but these are all Word World cartoons on this playlist.  For a wider variety of cartoons in one playlist, please see the Pre-K page.

Note: This list just contains a few cartoons.  You can go onto Youtube and search for more Word World videos if you want more.

Word World




Blessings!