These resources should correlate with both 4th and 5th Edition of the Foundations Guide. If you find any discrepancies, please hop down to the comments to let us know!
All of the following resources (and more) have already been available (organized by subject) on our Cycle 2 Resources Page. There are several resources on our Cycle 2 Subject Resources Pages that span multiple weeks. Don’t forget to check them out (especially math, science, and history!) – the first six weeks of Cycle 2 subject resources are here.
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As an example of how to use these resources, download our Cycle 1 sample activity plan, or refer to our personal curriculum & school schedule (click here). If possible, a Cycle 2 sample activity plan will be made available at a later date.
The Link Buffet: Extension Activities
Pick and choose what you wish to do! We usually do not do much from this list, but it’s there in case we need an idea!
Does our family use this stuff? We’ve used some of it (like multiplication drills sheets, constellation fun, or on-line geography games). But our family spends more time reading and working on core skills during the elementary-school years and keeps our schedule open for playing board games together, or researching something that our children are interested in, pursuing poetry, art, or music, or doing science investigations or nature studies. We use our resource lists as resource lists – that is, when we wish to quickly find a resource I’ve come across in the past, we reference this list. I call it the “Link Buffet.” This is simply meant to be a reference site.
Please notify me of broken or inoperable links, and I’ll be glad to fix them! If you’d like to add a great resource to this list, feel free to contact me or leave it in the comments! Also note that there may be affiliate links in this post. Clicking on these links before you make your Amazon purchases does not cost you anything extra, but we receive a small commission from your Amazon purchase. If you use our affiliate links, we really appreciate it because… it not only supports the cost of this website and helps to support our family, but it also keeps the CC resource lists we provide on this website free. Thanks so much for supporting Half-a-Hundred Acre Wood!
For resources that cover multiple weeks (Weeks 7-12), click here.
The Link Buffet – CC Cycle 2 Week 8
Presentations
Idea: Show how to draw a something (like How to Draw a Simple World Map)
Skill: Vary pace/tone/volume
Fine Arts
Tin Whistle & Music Theory Resources
Tin Whistle & Music Theory Notebooking Pages
Science 4th Edition
About the Sun (Info)
Our Active Sun (National Geographic)
Build a Sunspot Viewer
What Are Solar Flares?
Sun Diagram Review Sheet
Papercraft – Structure of the Sun (UG+)
Extension – Paper Sundial
Solar Water Purification
Solar Energy Balloon Blow-up
Science 5th Edition
See Week 2 Resources
History & Timeline
Teaching with God’s Heart for the World – Exploration & Colonization Lesson
World Explorers Interactive Website
Age of Explorers from Maritime Museum
European Explorer Cards
Animated History of European Mapmaking
Explorers Unit and Notebook Pages
Explorers Printables – Coloring and Copywork Pages
Discoverers and Explorers By Edward Shaw – listen to the audios at Librivox
Columbus’s Mistake – A Play
HSITW New World Explorers Sample
Age of Exploration Timeline Figures
Timeline Thumbnails
Add to Timeline Notebook
Other Timeline Resources
Geography
Math
Skip Count Mazes through 20s
Multiplication Fact Drill Sheets 1×1 through 15×15 from PrintNPractice (highlighted in purple)!
Multiplication Songs on Spotify
English Grammar
Reflexive Pronouns
Pronoun File Folder Game
See Week 7 for review
Latin
Latin Conjugations – Keeping the Tenses Straight
Latin Conjugation Match-Up File Folder Game
Latin Alphabet Coloring Book and Cards
Other Latin Resources
Picture Books
A World of Wonders: Geographic Travels in Verse and Rhyme
Maps & Globes (Reading Rainbow)
Exploration and Conquest
Read Alouds & Other Books (CC Cycle 2 Booklist)