Homeschool Ballers: We Learn. We Play. We Homeschool.

The kids were really excited to read Pirates Past Noon, because pirates are considered super cool in today's culture. However, after reading and learning the history of piracy their thoughts shifted a lot! The story Pirates Past Noon is based in the Caribbean and we took the opportunity to not only learn about the Caribbean Islands and Sea but also about tropical climate. We ended up expanding our knowledge on different climate zones, the equator and Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, land forms, fresh water vs. salt water, how to read and follow maps and all about boats with our fun pirate ship craft fashioned from everyday household items. We also touched on climate change and what we can do to protect our planet. To be honest, when we start a new unit I have a very vague plan. Every morning I come up with new topics to cover that relate to our unit and I like to incorporate topics that are relevant in our world today. Tackling climate zones and how climate is changing was v

Learning about the systems of the human body was the most exciting unit we have done this year. The kids were just as interested and engaged as I was and that is always a plus. When I did this lesson with my oldest son some years ago, we enjoyed it but not this much. Although I repeated some of the same activities with him, there were so many more we incorporated this time around. I decided to share everything here in one blog post to help all you busy homeschoolers. It's time consuming looking for books and sifting through relevant videos on YouTube. Below you will find the books we read and activities we completed along with links and PDFs. It was a lot of fun for us, I hope you find this post useful!