Hajj Unit Study

Hi guys, today I wanted to share with you about our Hajj unit study. We learned the Talbiyah, read lots of books, watched videos, and baked a kaaba cake.  

First, We reviewed the pillars of Islam using these puzzles and read some books. 

We made Hajj peg dolls and dressed them up in Ihram

We also made Kaaba out of Lego

As we learned about the Hajj process we made a diorama showing each step. 

Next we did some notebooking pages after learning all about the story Ibrahim (AS). 

To conclude our Hajj study we baked a Kaaba cake. 

Homeschooling With Food

Hi guys, today I wanted to share with you some ways you can include food in your homeschool. We love unit study based learning and at the end of our units we like to cook something to conclude our study. Most of the time its something sweet because I have some picky eaters. Here are some of the things we've cooked or baked during our unit studies. 

After our Hajj unit study we baked a Kaaba cake. 

Layers of the Earth cupcakes. This was really fun and helped my son learn all the different layers. At the center of each cupcake we put a piece of chocolate. 

After we studied about some of the landforms in British Columbia we decided to bake a cookie in the shape of BC. We added chocolate chips for the Rocky Mountains and the Coastal Mountains. We also used blue icing for the two major rivers. 

After our mini government unit we baked Canada themed cupcakes. We topped each cupcake with a Canada flag. 

Edible model of the heart. We used graham crackers, marshmallows, and icing. 

After our unit study about Prophet Musa (AS) we made pizza boat snacks. 

Plant Cell Cake

After learning about the periodic table of elements we made graham cracker cookies with icing to represent his favorite elements. 

I hope you enjoyed reading about all our food projects. Do you include food in your unit studies?

Parts of a River Salt Dough Model

Hi guys, today I wanted to share with you a DIY project we made for geography. We made a river model using salt dough to learn all the parts of a river. 

Materials

1. Salt Dough

2. A tray 

3. Paint

4. Toothpicks

5. Paper for making the labels

Salt Dough Recipe

1. 2 cups of flour

2. 1 cup of salt

3. 1 cup of water

Mix the salt and flour together and slowly add the water until you get a play dough consistency. Knead the dough until smooth. You can refrigerate and save for more projects. 

We usually do projects like these on a Friday. Then we leave it over the weekend to dry before we paint it. 

Add toothpicks to the parts you want to label so that you have holes before the salt dough dries. Once everything is dry including your paint make your paper labels. 

We used parts of a river booklet from Montessori Print Shop to help us label our river. 

Your child can keep practicing using their model until they learn all the parts of a river. 

Snake Unit Study

Hi guys, today I wanted to share with you our snake mini unit. This unit came about after finding a large snake skin in our backyard and a small snake in our garage. The kids were pretty excited to do a unit study on snakes so I agreed. Here are some of the things we did. 

We first reviewed the difference and similarities between reptiles and mammals. 

We used our DIY Venn diagram felt. My younger son just sorted animal figurines. 

Next we learned all about the snake anatomy. My 3rd grader wrote a paragraph about how snakes use their body for survival. 

He also labeled the parts of a snake in his notebook

We also learned all about the life cycle of a snake

You can find the life cycle figurines on Amazon.

We also made a diorama using a kit from Amazon. 

Here are all the books we read during this unit study. 

Saskatchewan Study

Hi guys, today I wanted to share with you our Saskatchewan study. We didn't do a lot of hands on activities for this province but we still learned a lot. We use the Great Canadian Adventure as our main spine. 

We learned all about lines of latitude and longitude. We used a free map from Layers of Learning. 

We also learned about time zones and made a time zone wheel. 

Next we learned about Sedimentary rocks and how they are formed. We made a sediment in a jar to learn how the different layers settle in a river/lake. 

You can read all about this project in this post. Click on the image to read all about it. 

We also learned about the boreal forest and migratory birds. In the spring many birds stop in this forest to lay their eggs and during migration season they stop in this forest as a resting spot. We focused on Canadian Geese. 

Saskatchewan is known as the land of the living skies. We learned all about different types of clouds and thunderstorms. 

We watched this video to learn all about the different types of clouds.

For more Canada Study check out our mini government unit. Click on the image to read all about it. 

 

Canadian Government Study

Hi guys, today I wanted to share with you our mini unit study on the Canadian government. I did this mini unit with my 8 and 6 year old. Here are some of the activities we did.

Here are all the books we used for this unit study. Our read aloud was Make it Fair a story about Nellie McClung. 

We learned all about voting and how Nellie McClung fought for women's right to vote. 

We watched this short video about voting, the reasons people vote, and the importance of voting. 

We had a mock election and everyone in the house got to vote which drink to ban. The options were tea, coke, and hot chocolate. 

Hot chocolate was voted out. This really helped them understand why everyone having a say really matters. 

We also learned about levels of government and what each one is responsible for. Since we live in Ontario we concentrated on our elected officials from the province of Ontario. 

At the end of the unit we baked Canada themed cupcakes.

We watched this video about levels of government.