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  • Butterflies & Bees Research Unit - Homeschool Unit Study - Homeschool Day in the Life
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    How Our Homeschool Looked This Morning

    April 21, 2022 /

    Today I thought I would show you a look into what our homeschool looked like this morning.

    We are currently alternating between the Flight Research Unit and the Butterflies & Bees Research Unit and alternating within the Butterflies & Bees. So, one day we do Flight then the next is Butterflies, then back to Flight, then Bees, then back to Flight, etc.

    Today we were learning about bees, so here’s how it went . . .

     

    Butterflies & Bees Research Unit - Homeschool Unit Study - Homeschool Day in the Life

     

    We always start by looking the lesson over and then begin pulling out our books on the topic/sub topics and seeing what we can answer from the books we have.

    We have a great home library and also borrow lots of books from the library so we can often answer a lot from the books that we have.

    Today we were focusing on queen bees, worker bees, drone bees and the waggle dance so we looked for mentions of those topics in the books that we have and then started answering the questions.

     

    Butterflies & Bees Research Unit - Homeschool Unit Study - Homeschool Day in the Life

     

    While the big kids were doing their research and recording their findings the preschooler pulled out one of the Primary Journals to work on some pre-writing skills. Today he traced the letter A (both uppercase and lowercase), did some cutting on one of the scissor skills pages and colored an airplane.

    He loves to be included and “do cool”.

     

    Flight Primary Journal - Homeschool Preschool Journal

     

    After we had gleaned all we could from the books we had, we went over to the couch to watch a couple of videos about bees. Today we watched one from SciShow and one from National Geographic.

     

    Butterflies & Bees Research Unit - Homeschool Unit Study - Homeschool Day in the Life

     

    Then we stumbled across a Wild Kratts show about bees and the kids asked to watch that as well, we don’t often watch these kind of shows during “school time” so it was a fun treat.

     

    Butterflies & Bees Research Unit - Homeschool Unit Study - Homeschool Day in the Life

     

    Butterflies & Bees Research Unit - Homeschool Unit Study - Homeschool Day in the Life

     

    Above is a look into my daughter’s notebook and below is my son’s. I adjust my expectations for what they write, how much research they do on their own, etc. based on their age and skill level. I love this kind of homeschooling because we can do it together and just make tweaks as needed.

    Lest you think this was a perfect morning, there were also some tantrums from the toddler and preschooler that went unpictured. 😉

     

    Butterflies & Bees Research Unit - Homeschool Unit Study - Homeschool Day in the Life

     

    The Butterflies & Bees Research Unit is one of the twelve units included with the Intentional Homeschooling Curriculum that we have on sale right now. In addition, the curriculum has some supplemental resources and Primary Journals in the same themes as the Research Journals for the little ones to feel included in your day.

    The curriculum is on sale for just a few more days, if you are thinking of purchasing it, this is the best deal you’ll ever get.

     

    CHECK OUT THE CURRICULUM

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  • Intentional Homeschooling Curriculum - a Research Unit Study based curriculum for relaxed homeschoolers
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    The Intentional Homeschooling Curriculum is now available!

    April 20, 2022 /

    We have been working hard the last while to get the Intentional Homeschooling Curriculum all polished and ready to go and I am excited to announce that it is finally here!

    This curriculum and the units and other products included are what we use in our own homeschool and we are excited to be able to share it and our relaxed homeschooling method with others!

     

    Intentional Homeschooling Curriculum - a Research Unit Study based curriculum for relaxed homeschoolers

     

    The curriculum includes:

     

    Twelve Research Units (for grades one through eight) covering the topics:

    • Birds
    • Butterflies & Bees
    • Emperors, Kings & Queens
    • England
    • Explorers
    • Flight
    • Forests
    • Inventors
    • Mammals
    • Mongolia & Nepal
    • Solar System
    • South Africa & Lesotho

    These research units cover a variety of subjects including:

    • art
    • geography
    • health
    • history
    • language arts
    • science
    • social studies
    • and more

    Six Supplemental Resources:

    • Copywork Journal
    • Creative Drawing Journal
    • Creative Writing Journal
    • Mother Culture Journal
    • Poetry Journal
    • Research Journal

    Primary Journals (for ages three to five) in the same themes as the Research Units that cover pre-writing skills such as:

    • letters
    • numbers
    • tracing
    • shapes
    • scissor skills
    • coloring
    • mazes
    • dot-to-dot
    • and more!

     

    Purchase the curriculum

     

    See inside the curriculum here:

     

     

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    a typical HOMESCHOOL WEEK – a look into our regular weekly homeschool rhythm and resources

    April 13, 2022 /

    Here’s a look into our weekly homeschool rhythm as well as the resources and curriculum we use!

     

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    The Intentional Homeschooling Curriculum will be releasing April 19th!

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    our RELAXED & MINIMALIST HOMESCHOOLING STYLE that we love & an ANNOUNCEMENT!

    March 30, 2022 /

    We have a relaxed, minimalist homeschool style that I wanted to share about today and hopefully give other the confidence to homeschool in a similar style.

    I’m also sharing about our relaxed and minimalist homeschool curriculum we’ll be releasing next month!

    You can check out the Intentional Homeschool shop.

    The Intentional Homeschooling Curriculum will be available on Tuesday, April 19th!

    (And, a heads up: it will be on sale from April 19th-25th!)

     

     

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    New Units Available!

    March 9, 2022 /

    It’s been a little while but we now have three new units available in the shop.

    I am very excited about all of these units. Our plan when creating units, journals and other items is to create things we actually want to use in our homeschool and think others will as well.

    For the first 24 hours all of the new products are 50% off, so if you are thinking of purchasing, now is the time because they won’t be this cheap again.

    Now, onto the new units!

     

    Gardening Research Journal - a great gardening unit study that also helps document the process

     

    Gardening Research Journal

    With the arrival of spring just around the corner I wanted to create a resource for us to use as we go about planting and spending more time in our garden.

    This Research Journal is perfect for ages 8 and up to learn about gardening and document their process.

    Topics covered include:

    • why garden?
    • different types of plants
    • mini growth journal
    • types of soil
    • companion planting
    • photosynthesis
    • planning your garden
    • helpers in the garden
    • pests in the garden
    • composting
    • and more!

     

    Check out the Gardening Research Journal here.

     

    Japan Unit Study

     

    Japan Unit Study

    We are already part way through this unit study and have been learning so much about Japan.

    This five-lesson unit study for grades 1-6 is the perfect overview of the country of Japan!

    The lessons in this unit study include:

    • geography
    • wildlife
    • history
    • traditional Japanese culture
    • modern Japanese culture

    In addition, you will get access to a web page of curated additional resources on the topics for further learning.

     

    Check out the Japan Unit here.

     

    Fish Unit Study for Elementary - Research Unit Study for kids

     

    Fish Research Unit

    This Research Unit is great for ages 6 and up* to learn about ten different fish, including:

    • lionfish
    • lake sturgeon
    • electric eel
    • whale shark
    • seahorse
    • humpback anglerfish
    • pufferfish
    • rainbow trout
    • tiger shark
    • piranha

    Students will use a variety of research materials to fill out this Research Unit Study. Each fish has a page to fill out the resources used and overview of the fish.

    * Each lesson involves writing, feel free to let the child dictate and write for them in the longform writing sections.

     

    Check out the Fish Research Unit Study here.

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    TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS – major channel changes and something else . . .

    March 1, 2022 /

    Things are going to be a different around here, so here’s what’s changing.

     

     

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HELLO, I'M CHANTEL!

I’m a writer and blogger.
A homeschooler, wife and mother.
A Jesus follower, a wanderer and an avid book reader.
You can read more about me and Intentional Homeschooling here.

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