Famous Rocks
Learn about some famous rocks from around the world while practicing your reading, writing, science, social studies, and math skills. A Messy Classroom offers free reading and educational resources for homeschooling parents and teachers. Hosting the site and making the resources cost money. The site is able to operate due to ads so please turn off your ad blocker. Do not share the PDFs instead recommend the website and share links to the resources. Educators and learners will enjoy our books, videos, songs, worksheets, crafts, and other activities. We believe in hands-on learning and full-body engagement. We encourage pre-k and elementary kids to be loud and messy and make mistakes in all subjects through fun, project-based learning. Resources are easily compatible with Montessori, Waldorf, Reggio Emilia, and other Piagetian programs or STEAM activities.
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Famous Rock Names
The famous rocks in this book are from all over the world. Some of the names might be difficult for an English speaker to pronounce. Look up how they are pronounced online or on your phone. Practice saying them with your little one. You can use these cards to practice putting the names to pictures.
Books About Famous Rocks
Increase your learner's background knowledge about famous rocks by reading about them. You can go to your local library or print photos from the internet. Here are some books from Amazon you can order as well.
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High-Frequency Words
This book uses lots of high-frequency words. Phonics is important for your developing reader, but you also want them to get to the point where they can read sight words without having to sound them out. If you are a teacher and want some for your word wall, I have a list of all the Dolch HFW with different cute patterns. Below you can download the high-frequency words used in this book as well as a worksheet practicing TH words used in the book.
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Some and Seem
This book uses the words some and seem. Younger learners can easily mix up these words so make sure they understand the different. Seem is a vocab words, so be sure to practice with the vocan above. Seem is a complex idea, so here are some suggestions of activities you can do with your learner. You can change something about their room or play area, ask "What seems different?" Observe the use of seem in the book and discuss it with them. Make different emotions to show you seem happy or sad. Some is a littler easier to grasp. You can incorporate math while practicing the word, subtraction would work well with this. "You have 5 apples. I will take some. I took three apples. How many do you have now?"
