Homeschool/Unit Study Question

[LeeAndra]

I am NOT planning on homeschooling my kids next year but I am interested in potentially doing a couple of unit studies over the course of the summer so my DD's brain doesn't rot from TV and video games.

For those of you who do homeschool, do you have any suggestions for websites and/or companies where I could buy a reasonably priced unit study (or two) that my second grader would enjoy?

I realize that they have MYO unit studies but I am not really interested in having to do all that work putting something together.

 

[icindi]

I made my own unit studies when my kids were young. It was easy then - things like life cycles, or expanding on what we were learning in history. If we were learning about the ancient Romans, we got lots of library books on everything from architecture to weapons , etc and the kids could choose what aspect they wanted to learn more about. There's so many documentaries readily available these days...
Some unit studies start with a piece of literature and then incorporate other things into that. I've never bought a packaged unit study, so can't help you there.
Here's a review site I've used often when choosing curriculum. They have a unit study option and you can read about various curricula:
http://www.homeschoolreviews.com/reviews/curriculum/default.aspx?id=118
I also really liked the book lists from Sonlight. You can google the grade and look at their literature selections. I've found books to coincide with things were learning from their website.
LOVED Cricket in Times Square but think it might have been for 4 or 5th graders.
Sorry I couldn't help more. Good luck!

 

[MamaBee]

Amanda is the queen of unit studies that you can purchase. http://unitstudy.com/

There are a ton of resources for unit studies out there, just search the topic you want to do with unit studies on the end and you are bounded to find something that will work for free.

If your daughter loves arts and crafts - I would look at doing lapbooks. Lapbooks are like unit studies, but you have have things that you interactive things that you cut/color, write key learning points on the item and then paste into a folder. Knowledge Box Central does have their own websites, but here is a listing they have on educents. http://www.educents.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=lapbooks

added:
Other lapbooking companies that I have used...
http://www.handsofachild.com/lapbooking/
http://www.homeschoolshare.com/lapbooks_at_hss.php
http://www.ajourneythroughlearning.net/
http://jimmiescollage.com/lapbooking/
Evan Moore - Pocketpages - you can purchase books on amazon

I love lapbooking...

 

[Suzs]

I have picked up some science units at teacherspayteachers.com (for my class at school). There is so much on that site so you would be sure to find just about any topic that interests her. Most are for purchase but are very reasonable and there are free samples from lots of the sellers.

 

[rach3975]

Pinterest is actually a great source for seeing what's available. I'm a preschool teacher, and I usually start there when I'm planning for our weekly themes. I tend to ignore the units for purchase and pull together things from multiple sources, but there are pre-made units linked up, too.

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