Ages: K-4th
Supplies Needed: Paper, notebook, file-folders (or cardstock) and access to a computer.
Then I place two divider tabs for the days it takes me to complete the one day of the unit. I’ve found that usually I can evenly divide one day’s workload into two.
Then behind each day tab I made an assignment sheet to help my daughter and I know what activities we need to do each day. Each day my daughter does her two vocabulary words, and we read at least 1-2 books on the topic together. Sometimes we have additional crafts or projects to do along with working though the unit materials. This sheet is not necessary for the unit, but is something I added to help our day go smoother.
Once a unit is completed, I move all the papers from the white working notebook into a big 3″ blue notebook that holds all our completed units. You can find a free cover from The Old School House store. Then I reuse the tabs, pockets and notebook for our next download.
The Download N Go units have been a perfect fit for my 2nd grader. Just the other day she commented on how much she liked doing her special units. For the price, the time it saves me in preparing my own units, and the ease of implementation –we will definitely be adding more studies to our year.
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The Australia Download N Go unit was given to me for review purposes. No other compensation was given. All opinions expressed in this post are mine.
I think this way of organizing things sounds pretty good.The units sound a little pricey for what you get, but if it's working for you, more power to you!!
Whenever I'm thinking about getting something new for our homeschool I always question the price–especially if I'm not sure if it will work for us. When I purchased the first 4, I went with the pick your own 4 bundle which was $30.00. At that time there was also a coupon code so I got an additional discount plus the free Birthday unit and a couple other free E-books. So there are ways to make it cheaper. Right now for this DD it is a perfect fit which does make it worthwhile.
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We purchased a full year of these because they make a great way for my middle children to pick what they want to study each week (taking turns) while the oldest can join in or not. I used the coupon code for 20% off, too, which made it worthwhile. I also have younger kids who are now 1 and 2 who will be able to use these in a few years, so we'll definitely get our money's worth. We used the Valentine's Day one and put the pages into a 3 prong folder. It worked great and we didn't even do the lapbook (gasp!).
WE just completed this study and loved it! We will be purchasing more of them.
I knew it when we tried these out they would be perfect for second. It was above my preschool/kinders at my house.