Homeschool Lesson Plan

Homeschool Lesson Plan

Homeschool Lesson Plan Faboolous Foods © 2020 KIDSTIR LLC 1 kidstir.com/homeschool Homeschool Lesson Plan Faboolous Foods Intro This month, we’re getting into some spooky shenanigans! Become a mad scientist with our mysterious experiments, discover Halloween candy from around the world, and learn the origins of this kid-favorite holiday. Be sure to subscribe and pair this lesson plan with our Faboolous Foods kit for more learn- ing treats! Enter cautiously, if you dare. © 2020 KIDSTIR LLC 2 kidstir.com/homeschool Homeschool Lesson Plan Faboolous Foods Table of Contents Math ........................ 4 Science & Geography .......... 5 Languages & Literature ......... 6 History & Culture ............. 7 Arts & Crafts ............... 8 Field Trips .................... 9 © 2020 KIDSTIR LLC 3 kidstir.com/homeschool Homeschool Lesson Plan Faboolous Foods Math Beginner: • Practice counting, adding, and pattern recognition with candy corn. • Use candy corn to understand “greater than” and “less than” numbers. • Gather your pumpkins and learn how to measure height, weight, and circumference. Intermediate: • What’s your favorite candy flavor? Calculate your chances of picking it out of the box. • Have some engineering fun with jelly beans! Build 3D structures and introduce your child to geometric shapes. • Gather your treats and study fractions. Quick, before you eat them all! Advanced: • Locate these coordinates on a graph, and get a spooky surprise! • Use candy hearts (or any sweets you have) to calculate probability, averages, percentages, and more. • Weigh (or estimate the weight) of all your candy — convert the number to grams, ounces, kilograms, and pounds. Imagination Play: • Collect and count your Halloween treats. If you eat three a day, how many days would it take to finish them all? • If you wanted your candy to last a year, how slowly would you have to eat? © 2020 KIDSTIR LLC 4 kidstir.com/homeschool Homeschool Lesson Plan Faboolous Foods Science & Geography Beginner: • Ooey-gooey: every kid likes a bit of slime! • Make your Jell-O glow with this science experiment. • Learn about weight with your own Halloween density jar. • Is it real, or is it just a trick of the eye? Spot the optical illusions in this video. Intermediate: • Use this Halloween as an opportunity to teach some skeleton anatomy! • What is blood made up of? Follow this simple and kid-friendly demo. • Dive deeper into human anatomy and learn how the brain works. • Peek-a-BOO! Get educated on how our eyes enable us to see. Advanced: • Have you ever wondered why our hearts beat fast when we’re scared? • Some Halloween recipes require dry ice. What is it exactly, and makes it different from normal ice? • Worms aren’t only for pranks, they’re beneficial for our Earth! Discover the magical process of decomposition and food composting. Science Lab: • Make a floating ghost and learn about static electricity. • Impress someone with your own optical illusion. © 2020 KIDSTIR LLC 5 kidstir.com/homeschool Homeschool Lesson Plan Faboolous Foods Languages & Literature Beginner: • Monsters Inc. proves that they can be lovable. Write a story from the viewpoint of a monster, and how he wishes to be seen by others. • If you’re up for a scare, snuggle up and read along to these stories: Hey, That’s My Monster!, The Little Old Lady Who Wasn’t Afraid of Anything, and Scooby-Doo! Intermediate: • These puns will surely make you crackle. After reading them, try writing your own! • Día de los Muertos, or “Day of the Dead,” is a holiday in Mexico similar to Halloween. Pick up some Spanish, the language of the country. • Follow these tips to make your writing more suspenseful. Advanced: • Go sleuthing with Sherlock Holmes, the world’s most famous detective. • Can you solve mysteries faster than Nancy Drew? • Advice on creating horror films for the aspiring screenwriter. Literary activities: • Write a hair-raising acrostic poem using your favorite Halloween words. • Make a Halloween costume name generator for anyone who’s out of ideas. Write a list of adjectives and nouns for each letter of the alphabet. The initial of your first and last name determines the combination and costume! © 2020 KIDSTIR LLC 6 kidstir.com/homeschool Homeschool Lesson Plan Faboolous Foods History & Culture Beginner: • Ever wondered what candy kids eat around the world? Take a peek. • Día de los Muertos, or “Day of the Dead,” is a huge holiday in Mexico with food and music. • In Asia, families set out food for deceased ancestors during the Hungry Ghost Festival. Intermediate: • Do you believe opening an umbrella inside is bad luck, or seeing a black cat? Learn where superstitions come from, and why so many people believe them. • Explore Egypt, the land of pyramids, mummies, and pharaohs! • Study up on mummies and the Egyptians’ elaborate beliefs about the afterlife. Advanced: • Learn how Halloween traditions originated from three different holidays. • Take on these multicultural recipes this October: Barmbrack (raisin bread), Bonfire Toffee (candy apples), and Colcannon (potatoes and cabbage). • Do you think you’ve seen a ghost before? Find out other famous reported sightings! • For a long time, the dead weren’t actually buried. Listen to the fascinating background on cemeteries. Writing prompts: • Do you believe in superstitions? Why or why not? • What is a holiday you think should exist? How would people celebrate it? © 2020 KIDSTIR LLC 7 kidstir.com/homeschool Homeschool Lesson Plan Faboolous Foods Arts & Crafts Beginner: • Fall in love with Pixar’s Coco, and discover Mexico’s spookiest festival of the year. • This paper 3D spider is so cute, it’s a friend you’ll want to keep around. • Go on a scavenger hunt when you’re trick-or-treating! • Throw a spooktacular party with these special tabletop tags and frightful foods. Intermediate: • These sugar cookies will give you lots of Halloween icing inspiration. • Get crafty with family and get your house decked out and in faboolous shape. • Decorate your house with cobwebs, paper ball bats, and ghost garlands. Advanced: • Need a last-minute costume idea? We got you covered. • It’s not Halloween without pumpkin carving. Give your pumpkin a twist with these creative designs. • These face paint tutorials will turn you into any animal you want! • From Cheesecake Brain to Frankenshakes, these Halloween recipes are full of supernatural and super tasty ideas. Creative assignments: • Take a famous painting and transform it into a ghostly scene! Make a drawing and add elements such as cobwebs, skeletons, or tombstones. • Imagine you are a haunted house architect. How would you design each room? © 2020 KIDSTIR LLC 8 kidstir.com/homeschool Homeschool Lesson Plan Faboolous Foods Field Trips • Pumpkin Patch Tour • Virtual Ghostwalk • World’s Most Colorful Cemetery • Inside the Pyramid of Giza © 2020 KIDSTIR LLC 9 kidstir.com/homeschool.

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