Explore the world of patterns with the Patterns Parent Manual, a comprehensive nine-week literature-based homeschool curriculum. Students embark on an interdisciplinary journey through science, social studies, and language arts with engaging activities like creating caterpillar patterns, bead necklaces, video projects, and pattern scavenger hunts. 

Key Features:

• Hands-on Learning: Students understand mathematical sequences and artistic balance through activities like constructing pattern poster boards and crafting symmetrical artwork.
• Creative Expression: Children design rhyming songs and build lapbooks of patterns.
• Critical Thinking: Complete activities such as identifying story patterns in books and exploring growth patterns in life cycles.
• Interdisciplinary Connections: By linking patterns to literature, science, and social studies, the curriculum reinforces the presence of patterns in both the natural and constructed worlds.

The Patterns Parent Manual combines hands-on activities, creative projects, and critical thinking to help children observe and analyze patterns in their environment. By the end of the nine weeks, students will have a rich understanding of patterns, equipped with the skills to observe, analyze, and create patterns in many contexts. This unit is commonly used for first-grade homeschooling.

This parent manual will take nine weeks to complete. It includes the following units:

• Unit 1. Identifying and Creating Visual Patterns (3 weeks)
• Unit 2. Patterns in Sounds, Words, and Actions (3 weeks)
• Unit 3. Patterns in Your World (3 weeks)

Note: This Parent Manual cannot be used without the accompanying Student Activity Book and all required literature.

This item includes free online access to Beyond the Page Online for 18 months. This includes Learning Gates, Portfolio and any curriculum or student activity pages that you have purchased.