Pinterest Resources for Homeschooling

  

Hello friends, it's no doubt, that you have probably heard of the amazing website - Pinterest. If you haven't tried it out, well then, I highly recommend it. As a homeschooling mom of three very visual learners, I have found this site to be invaluable.

  Why is Pinterest a great tool for visual learners?
Well, let's first define what a visual learner is. A visual learner - is someone who absorbs information, concepts, data and ideas the best when they are associated with images. Well friends, Pinterest is a gold mine of images. Wanna know what a baby panda bear looks like? Search it on Pinterest and you are sure to find a page filled with baby panda bear images. I have found Pinterest to be a great tool in putting together unit studies. Before Pinterest, I had a slew of bookmarks and honestly, I had a bit of trouble finding everything I wanted to revisit. I'm now feeling much more organized, thanks to Pinterest. 
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   Back in August of 2013, I was contacted by Pinterest to be part of Teachers on Pinterest. I was specifically asked to spearhead a board geared towards homeschooling. It was such an honor and I was easily able to find like-minded homeschoolers to contribute towards making the board the success it is today.  I'd love for you to check it out.  
http://www.pinterest.com/teachers/homeschool/
Follow Teachers on Pinterest's board Homeschool on Pinterest.
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Visit Jennifer Silcott's profile on Pinterest.

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Below are some of the homeschooling boards I have put together. I like to organize them by subject. 
Homeschool Methods/ Learning Styles

Homeschool Rooms & Organization

Google Earth - Teaching Aid

Speech Therapy

How it's Made

Homeschool - Agriculture

Homeschool - Art/Craft

Homeschool - Chemistry

Homeschool - Craft Recipes

Homeschool - Engineering & Architecture

Homeschool - Entomology

Homeschool - Foreign Language

Homeschool - Forensic Science

Homeschool - Home-Ec/Life Skills

Homeschool - Language Arts

Homeschool - Math

Homeschool - Music

Homeschool - Pretend Play

Homeschool - Quantum Physics

Homeschool - Science

Homeschool - Social Studies/History

Homeschool - Spelling

Homeschool - Technology

Homeschool - Writing Prompts

Homeschool - Zoology

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Pinterest has also inspired me to create an art area for my daughters. They have thoroughly enjoyed finding crafts and art on Pinterest and recreating it themselves. 

 

I'd love to know some of the ways you utilize Pinterest. Leave us a comment below. 

Check out what other Schoolhouse Review Crew members think about Pinterest.

Make Continent Boxes for Continent Studies

     I found a picture today that I don't think I have shared with you before. Last year my girls and I took boxes and spray painted them black. We then printed out a picture of each continent and labeled the boxes on front and on the side. When they were finished we added continent related learning materials to each. They have came in handy for a bunch of our studies and one of our favorite units to do each year are continent studies.

We store the boxes on a top shelf in our school room, until we are ready to use them. 

I really like that they aren't to bulky and are easy to store. 

Inspired to make your own? 

Check out our Pinterest boards for more inspiration.

Homeschool - Seven Continents

Follow Jennifer Silcott's board Homeschool - Seven Continents on Pinterest.

Unit Study - North America

Unit Study - South America

Unit Study - Europe

Unit Study - Asia

Unit Study - Africa

Unit Study - Australia

Unit Study - Antarctica

Wild Animals/Nature Unit - Wk 7 - Day 2 Animal Research

Today each of my girls picked an animal to research and make a folder about. My oldest picked deer, my middle girl picked wild pigs, and my youngest picked wild turkey. Each picked great animals.

They used resources found around the net to read, print and color. I have allowed my oldest to create a Pinterest board on Wild Animals. She has found some wonderful pins. Pinterest is helping her reading, writing, typing, and research skills. It's a great resource for my visual learners. 

Don't forget to check out our Pinterest Boards

Homeschool - Zoology

Hibernation Unit Study

Habitats Unit

Nature Study

Homeschooling with Pinterest

What's your favorite homeschooling website?

Mine is most certainly Pinterest.

 I'm sure you have heard of it by now and if not, go to it now! You won't be disappointed! It truly is the motherload of all things crafty, diy, freebies, ideas, and so much more.

Picture From Pinterest

I was recently contacted about spearheading a board geared towards homeschoolers. This came as quite the shock and I'm so honored to be part of such a great resource board that will help many educators for years to come. 

I'm thrilled to share the board with you. 

http://pinterest.com/teachers/home-school/

 I have used pinterest so many times to plan out many unit studies for my girls. I often wonder how I managed to put units together so organized without this awesome website. :)  My girls are always asking to look on pinterest for a new craft to make. Tonight they did just that and with their daddy's help they made maracas! 

I wonder what craft they will find tomorrow?

Check out this blog post:

http://blog.pinterest.com/post/58175180377/say-hello-to-teachers-on-pinterest

I hope you stop by to visit, share, pin and have fun doing it all! 

A link to other Teachers on Pinterest

http://pinterest.com/teachers/