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The bingo games on this page are: Addition Bingo and Multiplication Bingo. There are six cards per printed sheet of paper. The cards are small, measuring just over 3" by 3.5".
I've added 20 new addition and 20 new multiplication drill sheets.
Animals of the World is a printable 32 page booklet. The student is to list animals and draw them in each of the 4 page sections for each of the 7 continents.
A list of 21 themes for drawing assignments.
Basic Information: This is a timer for the desk-sized personal planner. The timer begins at 6 AM and ends at 9 PM. Each hour is divided into 15 minute increments. After 9 PM the remaining 3 lines are unlabeled.
This is a new set of ruled filler paper. I call it standard filler paper because I used 3 standard rule sizes to measure the space between the lines. The sizes are wide rule, medium rule (college ruled), and narrow rule. To make this paper a genuine set, I made four styles of each rule - fully ruled, blank top, ruled on left side, and ruled on right side (with other side being blank).
Half-Sized Household Block Planner for 2012 is online. This year I added two extra December files, a matching ruled paper file, and a back file for the 12-month calendars file. The 2011 files were moved to a new page.
When I redo my website, like I have been doing this year, I try to improve parts of it. In this case, I improved the Drawing with Children overview and lesson plan pages. Lesson 2 is the most changed, so it gets to be linked.
To the 100-number charts page, I added 51 new printable files.
Someone wrote me and asked about my Family Boot Camp today. I described it at my blog 2007, but that article went missing, which is a shame because the comments were lost as well.
Last May I added basic lesson plans for AOP Electives Art Unit 4 - perspective. You can find it under Art > Drawing > Perspective AND under Art > Books > AOP Electives Art
V Planner V.2 is available. V Planner is an XLS file and requires a compatible program such as MS Excel. Access to the file is gained from YoungMinds 2011+. Links to V Planner new/updated help files: Videos, S-Sheet Overview by Columns, Planners, Reports.
While getting the site-cd updated for the V Planner, I noticed the nifty "Surrounded by a Calendar" row planners were about to become outdated, so I made a whole lot of them - up to 2025 for the Site-Cd; you'll find a more modest amount online.
A few days ago, I took a walk in the woods behind our home to see what was going on there. I came across some lily of the valley plants that were in bloom. ... Read More, download computer wallpaper
This item, the Homeschool XLS Term Dates Calculator, is an xls file that requires a spreadsheet program. With this file, go through 5 steps and on the 6th step, the calculator will return school term days.
In the section Handwriting > By Styles there are 52 new cursive handwriting lessons in a style similar to Zaner-Bloser.
The site-cd, YoungMinds, is available for sale after having been unavailable because of our home repairs.
This is a new Manuscript Handwriting Set. The letter style is similar to Zaner-Bloser. There are over 500 worksheets & the handwriting rule is approximately 14 mm tall.
DonnaYoung.org has 62 more manuscript handwriting animations. You can see them starting here: ZB Handwriting Animations. Includes both uppercase and lowercase.
Donna Young started this web site in 1998. She was teaching her children at home, had bought a new internet capable computer, and decided to put her homeschool and household files online. Aside from a few donated files, Donna makes all the content for donnayoung.org using several programs such as drawing programs and word processors. Most of all, this website is a place on the internet from where you may print homeschool planners, household planners, Calendars, handwriting lessons, printable worksheets or papers for several subjects. DonnaYoung.org has grown over the years and continues to grow. Meanwhile, Donna's children have graduated from home school and life goes on.
The sections are linked across the top of every page on my website. If you get lost here, just try backing up or going to the section where you think something should be. I'll admit that not everything is organized as well as it could be and I'm working on it!! The boxes below show the sections along with a screen shot image of the related navigation menu. I wrote a little bit about each section in the boxes and included a few links.
What do I have to say about home school? My thoughts on home school are scattered all over donnayoung.org and not in just this section. If you spend enough time here, you will know what I think of homeschooling. This section, Homeschool, will have links to articles, game items, etc.
Why Decide to Teach at Home and Who Are Homeschoolers
How to Make a Sticker Book
I have many homeschool planners and you can print them for free. However, Homeschool Planner is more than printing planners; it is also about:
how to plan, why choose a certain planner type, school calendars, grade forms, xls files, high school forms and more. If you are a homeschooler, just go there.
How to Plan is a "child section" of Homeschool Planner. I wrote a series of articles about the thought processes behind getting started and making simple lesson plans. Linked below are some of the starting pages.
Homeschool Planning Steps 1-4
How To Make Simple Lesson Plans for Homeschool
(Surviving) The Curriculum Fair
In the household section you can print household planners in two sizes. Although I have a separate calendar section, you can print special calendars from household. The main parts of household are:
Full-Sized Household Planners
Desk Size Personal Organizer
Purse Sized Booklet
Small Desk Calendar
The section name is self explanatory and in it, you will find calendars for, hopefully, this year and next year at the very least.
Printable School Calendars
Vertical Monthly Calendars
Horizontal Monthly Calendars
Blank Calendars
Note: Sometimes the calendar that you want will be in the Household section.
I was one of those children who drew on walls. My art section is not nearly large enough and I really want to work on it, but there are so many parts to this website to work on.
Some pages:
Comic Strip Printables
Drawing Ia
Drawing Ia for Younger Children
Drawing With Children Overview & Lesson Plans
The English section is challenging to work on because it is the last place that I want to causally type up articles full of poor grammar, iffy usage, and typing errors. I like the subject and when I get over my fear of making mistakes in this section, it ought to grow like crazy.
Spelling | Vocabulary | ABC Order | Linking Verbs |
Sentence Building Activity 1 | Activity 2
The Handwriting section is a popular landing page. I have printable ruled paper, handwriting lessons, animations, font links, & tips.
Handwriting is a large section; the newest manuscript handwriting set, KB, has over 550 printable files as well as handwriting animations.
Some links in the history section:
Timeline Forms
Timeline Book Instructions
Streams of Civilization Volume One
Maps for School Children
Chicken Mummy
A Child's History of the World Schedule & Book Suggestions
In the math section I have printable items such as Math Work Paper, Number Line Paper, multiplication charts, coordinate grid paper, drill sheets, triangular flash cards, clock worksheets, money worksheets, black & white graph paper and color, a fraction pie, and a write-up about Unit Multipliers
I have a few articles, a few printables, a few videos in science.
A Child's Simple Folded Nature Journal | Half-Sized Nature Journal
Full Sized Nature Journal
Orion Constellation
Lab Sheets
Video: Playing Dead, by a False Potato Beetle
Because I used this curriculum, I have free lesson plans for some of the books. For my children, I made vocabulary bookmarks as a study aid & those are online as well.
E.C.W. General Science
E.C.W. Physical Science
E.C.W. Biology
Donated Co-op Schedules
Non-Linear Lesson Planner
V Planner Building a Smarter Formula
V Planner More on Grades
Computer Monitor & Desk Mount Arm
XLS Homeschool Term Dates Calculator
52 ZB Cursive Handwriting Lessons
Lettuce and Carrots
ZB Handwriting Worksheets
62 Manuscript Handwriting Animations
Gluten Free Cheese Crackers
Gluten Free Burger Buns
Lemon Sponge Cake - No Flour - Gluten Free
Spaghetti Pie II with photos
Spaghetti Pie II
Ham & Cheese Oven Omelet
Crustless Quiche Lorraine with Bacon
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Current Home School Deals at CBDMystery of History Print Textbooks, 30% off regular price through February 2012.
The 2011 version of YoungMinds is available for purchase Out of Stock.
More info: Because I've been asked a few times: I am remaking the CD-ROM. I started this arduous task last year, but some events occured that put me months behind. I do not have a realistic ETA yet, only a wishful one. I'd like to have two more full months for this task and if so, that would put the wishful ETA at April 1st, earlier would be better; I will try. -DY, Jan 15, 2012
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