Flags for Current Affairs

Recently I refreshed and updated my Current Affairs download with several maps, perpetual calendar pages, symbols and little flags for every country of the world.   You can purchase this 10-page download on my Packages page.

While searching for good quality, labeled, thumbnail-sized flags I found TeacherVision.com – Flags Around World

Also, while browsing I found some FREE pages of flags to download and colour-in –

• Crayola.com – Nations Coloring Pages  Really lovely colour-by-number instructions, map and interesting facts about each country on page.
• Super Coloring.com – Flags Of The World  Nice crisp outline image with a coloured thumbnail flag at the bottom of the page.  Includes some important facts about each country or international flag.
• CRW Flags.com – Flags  Full-page outline with name only.

Hope these pages bring fun and interest to your Geography, Social Studies, World History or Unity Study topics!

In Grace, Nadene

Paper Men of Ancient History

At last!  The paper men of Ancient History are here!

Featuring Ancient Egypt, Ancient Rome, Vikings, Ancient China and Japan and Ancient India, these paper men will complement your Paper Dolls of Ancient History.

My children to love colour in while I read aloud to them – and what better way to keep hands busy while studying Ancient History than to colour, cut out, laminate and play with these paper figures?

Your children can use these figures for narrations.  Somehow, focusing on a paper doll/ figure helps the child remember and retell the details. Children could make plays and dramatize their stories.  I am always fascinated by homeschooled children’s imaginative games ~ how they often use historical names, places and events in their creative play.

This is what the paper men look like:

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Click here for your download ~ Paper Men Ancient History

If you haven’t downloaded all our Paper Dolls, please go check out what you are missing on my Free Pages.

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Enjoy!

Paper Dolls of Ancient Japan, China, India and North American Indians

Here are paper dolls from different ancient nationalities to use when you …

study Sonlight’s World History, or

read stories from these countries, or

study different nationalities, or

just want to expose your children to clothing from Ancient times, or …

just for fun!

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Have you downloaded all Practical Pages’ Paper Dolls?

If not, check out the Paper Dolls of Ancient History which include Ancient Egypt, Ancient Vikings, Ancient Rome and Elizabethan Era.

Also look at our first Paper Dolls ~ Fashions Through Past Eras which include Jane Austen fashions of the 1800’s,  Victorian era, Edwardian eras of 1900’s, the Medieval era, King Louis French fashions and the 1960’s fashions.

I’m sure that you’ll read how we colour in, then cut out and then laminate our paper dolls.  There are several methods to attach the clothing to the dolls, but if you wish, add the conventional tabs to the shoulders and the sides of the garments.

I hope you have signed up for an email notification or put my RSS feed on your homepage! (You’ll find this on my sidebar just under my Gravatar.) because, as promised, I will continue to upload our latest paper dolls. I am busy developing the men paper figures even as you read this!

Here’s the Paper Doll download ~ Paper Dolls Japan China India NAIndians

Paper Dolls of Ancient History

Here are our latest Ancient History Paper dolls:

Ancient Egypt

Ancient Vikings

Ancient Rome

Elizabethan Era

These paper dolls are the latest addition to our paper doll series ~

Click here for your 4 page pdf download ~ Paper Dolls Ancient History

We were inspired to draw these paper dolls while we read our Sonlight World History Usborne books. Included with most the paper dolls are some ancient artefacts or jewelery.  Children should also know the how to place the clothing articles on the dolls in the correct order.

We colour in the pictures, cut them out and then laminate everything ~ see here.  We attach clothing with prestick (sticky stuff).

Look at our historical eras paper dolls that included fashions from the 1800’s,   Victorian styles from 1865. clothes from the Edwardian eras of 1900’s,  fashions of the Medieval era, the French fashions of Louis VIV and even styles from the 1960’s.

Here are some suggestions to enjoy the paper dolls:

• One mom pasted magnetic tape on the backs and her children play on a fridge or metal tray with their dolls.
• Another mom stuck felt on the back of their paper dolls so they could stick on a felt board.
• These paper dolls could be coloured while the children listen to history stories. (To keep hands busy while ears are listening!)
• Children could use them when telling history narrations.
• Children can play with them with as they do with finger puppets and create / act scenes from plays.

Ok, I know you’ll ask me, “Where are the men/ boys?” I am planning them!

The paper dolls from different nations will be coming soon …  I’ve done North American Indians, Japan … oh, the list is too long …

New Paper Dolls ~ Fashions through the Past Eras

A few weeks ago the girls created some paper dolls with clothes.  As their creativity flowed, we decided to make clothes from different eras.

Based on fashions seen in classic movies like Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice they created the fashions used in the 1800’s.  They loved Little Women and used those dress styles from 1865. My Fair Lady inspired clothes from the Edwardian eras of 1900’s.  The classic movie of Romeo and Juliet gave inspiration to the fashions of the Medieval era. Amadeus inspired the French fashions.  One of the girls loved Hair Spray of the 1960’s and made a page of these fashions!

Here is the 10 page pdf. download ~Paper Dolls & clothes.  As you will have seen in the earlier paper doll post, the girls colour in, then cut out the clothes and accessories before we laminate the pieces.  They use prestick to paste each article on the dolls.  (You may want to add shoulder tabs as the vintage paper dolls have instead.)

Paper Dolls Rachel & Rebecca

Romeo & Juliet 1500's

Romeo & Juliet

Jane Austen 1800's

Jane Austen 1800's

Marie Antoinette French 1789

Edwardian 1900's

Little Women 1865

'Little Women' 1865

1960's Hair Spray

Of course we intend to cover more eras and styles …  I have Ancient Egypt, Rome, Vikings and the Elizabethan eras in mind. And of course the modern era needs a page or two … And then I could think of different clothes from countries around the world … plus we will eventually need to include some men …  Maybe I should plan 1 new download per month?

New Ancient Egypt Lapbook & Activities

Hot off the press!  My new Ancient Egypt Lapbook is here! Here’s the download ~ Ancient Egypt Lapbook

Pyramid-shaped lapbook folds flat to store with other Ancient Egypt work

This lapbook is created to become a 3D pyramid-shaped folder.  The 16-page download includes:

• Lapbook planner ~ with answers and references & websites
• minibooks ~ People, hieroglyphics, write your name in hieroglyphics, hieroglyphic message to decode, word search, Rosetta stone, making papyrus, Egyptian burial and Egyptian food
• Biography page ~ King Tutankhamun
• Pictures to colour & make into puzzles
• Additional hands-on activities ~ making papyrus, baking bread in pots, a model of Egyptian home, ‘mummify’ a doll, make sarcophagus, making a water-clock and making a shaduf.

What about downloading some Ancient Egyptian Paper dolls and men to go with your Ancient Egypt studies? Pop over to my Paper Dolls page for the downloads.

    

Hope you and your children enjoy learning about Ancient Egypt!

Blessings,

New Sonlight Stone Age Lapbook and Hands On Activity Page

Free Ancient History mini books and practical hands-on activities for the Stone Age

Download your 5 page Stone Age lapbook project here ~Stone Age

1. Coil pot shape fold mini book
2. Stone tools trifold
3. Cave home mini book
4. Stone Age facts 5 flap mini book
5. First clothes petal mini book
6. Making fire accordion mini book

Coil pottery – make clay pots Weave with cardboard loom – make a lovely mat for doll’s house Sewing fake fur clothes Make camp fire and cook meat Make shell/ wood/ cork necklaces

http://www.historyforkids.org/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone-Ages

For more Sonlight World History pages click here ~ Free Sonlight World History

New Sonlight Archeology Lapbook and Hands On Activity Page

Free Ancient History mini books and practical hands-on activities for Archeology

Download your 5 page Archeology lapbook project here ~Archeology

1. Layer book of archeological mound or “tell”
2. Broken pottery puzzle
3. Dinosaur puzzle

Hands on Activities	Websites
Tree ring counting Putting puzzle (broken pottery) pieces together Layer an ancient mound (mini layer book) Dinosaur Dig – fun group activity in sandbox Archeology Game break pottery and re-glue Make fossils & create guessing game by creating different imprints	http://www.creativekidsathome.com for amazing selection of games and activities!

Broken pottery puzzle

Copywork ~ Famous Quotes from World Leaders ~ Free copywork pages

As we covered World History in Sonlight Core 1&2 this year, we used Charlotte Mason’s principle of copywork to teach language, grammar and develop vocabulary and style and practiced handwriting at the same time!

Copywork pages

I have selected some of the most famous world leaders and their most notable quotes.  Each quote has a print and cursive version on the same page.

Below each quote I have included a response prompt where the child puts the quote into its context or describes their reaction to the quote and its meaning.

Short and simple, these copywork pages are an enriching form of handwriting practice, memorization and inspiration lessons.  Here is your download ~ Famous World Leaders’ Quotes for Copywork.

Pop over to my Copywork page for other themed copywork downloads.

Blessings, Nadene

History Timeline – Our wallchart at the end of the year

Timeline wall chart

Our timeline wall chart is almost full!  As we end this school year here in South Africa, our timeline figures are all on the chart  and our studies are nearly complete.

This year (Sonlight World History 1&2) we made a wall chart and used our Sonlight timeline figures.  The wall chart worked well, giving us a full overview, but it became crowded in places. Previously, we used a continuous scroll pasted above and around the room!  This also gave a great overview and we expanded sections for more detailed studies.  It gave insights to the periods of great changes in history ~clusters of discovery and inventions!

History timeline notebook

With our Footprints On Our Land we used the Footprint’s Through the Century Notebook and this was compact and offered space for notes and drawings. It went with us as we travelled and was easy to use.

When we took the figures down, we play games and use our timeline figures for  review:

• group the figures according to categories (discoverers, artists, Bible characters)
• quiz – give 2 facts for each figure
• arrange 3/5 figures in time order

Colour-coded timeline figures

I also have the Sonlight kindergarten Timeline figures which I outlined in pink (the same colour as the book tag covers for that year). This way I know which figures belong to which curriculum.

I sorted the figures for the year and paper clipped the groups for each century.  I placed these bundles in a little ziplock bag and stored them near our files.  In previous years, I clipped each figure to my weekly schedule page. (Boy! I was super-organized back then!) 🙂

As you end 2009, I trust that you can see the wonderful, full journey you and your children have covered so far!  God Bless!