How is the foundation of your home? NEW Classic Three Little Pigs Unit Study

New Three Little Pigs unit study mimics our Gospel today on the importance of building our homes (hearts) on a good foundation.

I couldn't have planned the timing of this post any better.  Today's Sunday Gospel was on Matthew 7:21-27.  After listening to Father W's homily this morning on the importance of building our home on solid ground, I thought it was the perfect day to share our latest novel unit study.  Much in the vain of our In Johnny Crow's Garden book study, this study provides the text and all the resources you need to bring this classic story to life including a new interactive online quizzing game.

There are many things we have included in this study.  The very first and main part of this story is the PIY (print it yourself) version of this particular story, the Three Little Pigs by L.Leslie Brooke.  This is one of the earlier versions of this tale dating back to 1904.  It offers quite a bit more of a plot and details than the more watered down version that youngsters are currently exposed.  If you are accustomed to the rich writing style of  Andrew Lang, then you will also appreciate this story with such lovely illustrations. There is much that can be discussed in this story in terms of virtuous living, motives for action, and justice; it is suited even for older Gr.4-6 learners as well.

This unit study includes the following resources:

• PIY text
• Printable plot game to help with narration tasks
• Colouring sheets that allow for "you draw too" type of art fun plus some copywork opportunities
• Printable word search, crossword, word scramble, and cryptogram puzzles
• Grammar focused activity cards
• New Online interactive game to test reading comprehension

This unit could easily be a few days of learning fun for your kids. 

Click HERE to visit this unit study resource page and see all the activities and fun waiting for you!

We hope that you find great value in the study of this classic tale.

Blessings,

Kalei - That Resource Team

New Updated Faith Notebooking Sheets

New and Updated Faith Notebooking Pages

Notebooking is such a nice and relaxing way to encourage writing, narration, and faith formation.  We have begun to rebuild this area of the site in detail and have managed to make some changes to some of our faith notebooking sets.  Many sets have been expanded to include a minimum of twelve pages in at least three different layout styles and four line spacing options.   Although combining former sets into one download costs us a bit more in bandwidth, we thought that it would be worth it for you to make downloading resources easier for those who intend to use notebooking sheets for children of various skill levels or learning styles.  We know how valuable your time can be as a homeschooling parent, so why not make it a bit easier for you.  We hope to make the switch over for all of our notebooking sets as well as the sets in various subject areas waiting for their debut on the web.

Click HERE to see our updated Faith themed notebooking pages now.

Don't forget to get your vote in to help us decide which resources will be of most use by our visitors.  Are you a fan of Our Learning Flashcards?  Virtue Lessons and Little Lessons?  Notebooking Sheets?  Worksheets?  Games?  Something else?  Let us know what you like to use to bring fun to your little homeschool, co-op or class.

Blessings,

That Resource Team

New Resources Featuring St.Joseph

March is the Month Dedicated to St. Joseph.  Let our resources help bring him to life in your child's eyes.

March is a very busy month this year.  Ash Wednesday is coming up, Lent will begin, St. Patrick's Day is coming, Stations of the Cross devotions will begin in many parishes as well as the Feast of the Annunciation will take place at the end of the month.  Mother church knows that we could become overwhelmed and so she helps us stay on track by having the month of March dedicated to St. Joseph.  By this act, the church tells us that St. Joseph was an important part of our Lord's life and should not be forgotten but rather included in the richness of our faith.  We should take this month to focus on this saint and the wonderful virtues that he demonstrates including - trust, obedience, dedication, and patience.

To help homeschooling families and educators honour St. Joseph, we have created some new resources including a full set of twelve notebooking sheets for learners of all ages and skill levels, a new Saint Biography Learning Card and more.  Plus, you can now find all of our printable resources for this wonderful saint in one spot - including our popular printable saint trading cards -There will be more saint pages like this to follow. 

We are still working behind the scenes revamping the website with features like this to make your visit more enjoyable and efficient.  To find out about more updates to our site join us on Facebook or Twitter as we won't be able to note every new addition on the blog.  We are still finding our way around them, but we'll get the hang of it, we suppose..lol.

Click HERE to go to our new saint page for St. Joseph and see all of our resources to help children learn about him.

Blessings,

That Resource Team

Our Learning Cards are Growing - New Phonics Cards Sets Are Ready

 New Animal Families learning cards help to teach phonics and reading.

As we eluded to last week, we are currently expanding our Animal Word Families resources to include more families and additional subjects such as spelling, faith study, writing and science.  Today we uploaded the main collection of phonics cards we will be using in this little learning adventure.  Find printable learning flashcards that list words by many popular phonogram families.  Each word family has been assigned an animal that somehow matches to a word in the word list.  The matching word has an asterisk as a clue for learners.  This little feature will be used to start discussions about the animal highlighted.

Feel free to use these independent of the coming lessons.  They are great for reading review and phonetic reference, not to mention, they are really fun and cute.  To use these cards, simply print out, cut apart on the lines, fold in half and glue.  Laminate for longevity and durability.  Here are a few more sample cards.

See all seventeen sets of these resources on their new page HERE.

Look for more resources to come shortly.  :)

Blessings,

Kalei