Learn about the States with These Unit Studies for (Almost) Every State

I came across this on Pinterest the other day and it made me tired just thinking about it, but what an amazing resource for homeschoolers or anyone else who wants to teach their kids about the different states.

Ben and Me has an almost complete set of unit studies for the 50 states called Notebooking Across America. The graphic says it was supposed to be done in July but I’m not finding links for the last few states yet.

Each state’s page includes basic information about where the state is located, features, state “things,” famous people from that state, flora and fauna, history, places to visit and more. There’s even a book basket section that includes different fiction and nonfiction books to read with your kids.

You could use this whole unit study and cover one state a week for a year or more, or just pick out your home state and other states that are important to your family if you like. However you use it, there’s a ton of great information here to get you started learning about the states and what makes each one special.

[Photo: Ben and Me.]

Next Plan Idea:

Fourth of July Printable Games and Worksheets

The other day I shared some crafts involving fall leaves, but there are a lot of fun leaf-related activities that don’t use real leaves, so I wanted to share some of those, too.

Like these watercolor leaves from The Artful Parent. These are so pretty and would be great to make a garland or decorate the table for Thanksgiving. You could experiment with different kinds of paper, combine watercolors and crayons, use an eyedropper to apply liquid watercolors — there are lots of different ways to play with this one!

Because I’m a knitter of course I love any project that involves yarn, so this fall leaf lacing craft from Our Kid Things is right up my alley. The multicolored yarn they used is a lot of fun, or stick with fall colors. Either way it’s a great fine motor skill activity!

Using leaf shapes to make other crafts is a great way to incorporate leaves into the classroom without having to use actual leaves. For little kids this sensory painting activity from Kids Craft Room would be a lot of fun (I think this would be fun for some older kids and adults, too, to be honest) and makes a fun and easy decoration.

Of course leaf activities don’t just have to be crafts. Check out this great leaf matching game from Made to be a Momma. These leaves are so cute and after you’ve prepped the game you can play it over and over with no prep. Use fewer sets for younger kids and the full set for older ones.

You can also use leaf shapes in all sorts of learning activities, like in this fall leaf number tower activity from Fun Learning for Kids. There are leaves with single numbers on them that kids can use to stack cubes on in one-to-one correspondence, as well as ones that show dots like dice so kids can add up the numbers to build their stacks.

Next Plan Idea:

Have you read?

Leave a Reply