A Unit Study on the Ancient Celts
Objective: We continue my daughter's requested tour of the ancient world, this time into the world of the Celts. This was a fun diversion from the paths typically taken by schools, but there was a challenge finding age appropriate books to read along. We chose to study this in March, to tie in with St. Patrick's Day. While exploring the ancient world, we wanted to examine some myths, and learn about some of their contributions to science, math and the arts. I create daily worksheets dealing with the days topic and a daily chore. My daughter gets five or six questions while my son gets three or four. If there is room, I may include some math (simple equations or word problems) or language arts questions (like rhyme, syllables, synonyms). Spelling List and Sentence of the Week for K/1st grader : Language Arts lessons include some simple questions about the spelling list, like finding the nouns, making rhymes or counting syllables. We read and ...