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Okay, deep breaths! 
I am seriously contemplating writing units for the Holling C. Holling books complete with lapbooking components or notebooking pages.
If you have ANY ideas for ANY of the books (weblinks, go-along books, lesson ideas, handicraft ideas, etc.), PLEASE post here on this thread.
I am thinking of starting a Yahoo! Group for the purpose of collaboration...if you are interested (members would have to be consistent in posting lessons and ideas), please PM me.
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No suggestions, but I LOVE the idea! H.C.H. books are a curriculum in themselves, and I for one would be happy to have some of your units in hand!
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I second (third?) that this is a great idea! 
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We are doing some units from the Holling C Holling plans - somewhere sells the whole kit - comes with maps for each book, 4 books and a teachers book. I was so impressed by how large the maps are. Anyways, ds is doing American history. While studying the explorers, we take a break and do the first book - along with the map work and the science research. (See all my posts about ponds and marshes). It is really working well for us as I think my science fan is beginning to at least not hate history.
We then will study some more and begin the second book interspersed while we are studying the time period where that map work is most relevant. My ds looks forward to the weeks that he does the Holling C Holling books but interspersing them, nothing gets overwhelming or old.
I sat with the plan book that came with the HCH kit and the From Sea to Shining Sea and have woven them together on my plans. I don't mind sharing my plans - but I am not a big project person. My dc usually have to come up with that on their own.
It is a great idea to do what you are talking about. I know I wouldn't post consistently enough to participate but feel free to use anything I manage to share here - or PM me if you want more details. (I'm doing this with a 10 yo).
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ALmom wrote:
| We are doing some units from the Holling C Holling plans - somewhere sells the whole kit - comes with maps for each book, 4 books and a teachers book. |
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It's Beautiful Feet that has the geography unit plans.
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They don't have a unit for Pagoo! I've been looking for something like this for one of my sons. Let me know if you come up with something.
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ShawnaB wrote:
| No suggestions, but I LOVE the idea! H.C.H. books are a curriculum in themselves, and I for one would be happy to have some of your units in hand! |
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Ditto that
For Pagoo, we have some sea hermit crabs that we are watching in a salt water tank here at home. We have had big ones (sadly they are all dead now) and hundreds of babies (they are all still with us). We enjoy watching them grow and reading about their lives in a natural habitat via Pagoo. It really is a neat thing to watch and not too difficult to have at home.
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What I've decided to do. Rather than write full units...I've decided to make sets of Notebooking Pages for each unit.
If you have book you REALLY want to do, I would love for you to go through it and simply note 1-3 topics per chapter that would be good to jump into for futher study. I will make the notebooking pages for you. After reading the first book (Seabird) I decided that these aren't the kind of books that we should spend days on one chapter and then move on. I feel that the study needs to be completed somewhat at a faster pace (maybe one chapter per day), and I think notebooking pages give moms a good tool to use to help guide the student. Full fledged lessons might overwhelm mom and student. (Just my thoughts.)
I almost have the first set done. Someone submitted ideas for Indians by Holling C. Holling. I hope to have Seabird done very soon, too.
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That was me with the The Book of Indians.  It is one of my favorite children's books EVER. Quite different than the geography books though. There is one on cowboys too but it did not capture my children's interest.
I love HCH BUT the only thing is I have found is the books seem a bit uneven. Some we have LOVED, others felt more like a chore. The ones we have loved: The Indians book, Pagoo, Seabird, and Paddle to the Sea. With all of those, the children never wanted to stop. Minn we felt was-----quite boring and long! Ditto for Cowboys. And I do not have Tree in the Trail. I do wish he had a book about the Northwest--more local for me!
The books are very detailed, and take a while to get through. We just did Indians and it took us about a month, reading about 4x a week. I remember Pagoo taking 4 or 5 weeks as well, reading 2 or 3 "sections" each session, probably 2 or 3 times a week (?can't remember). So depending on how long & frequently you want to do this unit, be careful not to plan more books than you can finish!
For a unit you could go from "Indians" to "Paddle" (which features a wooden Indian character) to "Seabird" (continuing a water theme) to "Pagoo". It would be a nice progression. Or slightly shorter: Paddle-to-Seabird-to-Pagoo OR Pagoo-to-Seabird-to-Paddle. Pagoo was a big favorite here, and might be nice to start with. Going to an aquarium was a highlight for us during Pagoo. We had JUST finished reading about the feeding of the eels when we happened to go to the acqu. on the right day and saw it live! So if a trip is possible you could call ahead and find out when the exciting "feeding events" happen.
Beautiful Feet gives sample pages for their guides I think but it seems like they were not so easy to find on the website (?). Their curriculum guides always impress me as very well done, inexpensive and simple to use (not overwhelming). They have gorgeous, thick paper maps to color in for the Geography books. The religious perspective ("Providential") in the history guides seems a bit heavy handed for me which is why I decided against using them, but maybe that wouldn't apply much in the Geography books (?).
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Angela,
Thanks for all your comments! Your post was insightful!
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The first two sets are ready!
Book of Indians and Seabird Notebooking Pages
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Those are beautiful! I will definitely use them when we do the books (not this school year).
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Man...we finished Book of Indians in September and didn't do a notebook, just narrations with a couple of pictures, some crafts and a chart of differences. Wish I had those notebooking pages then...they look great!
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Pagoo!!!
Someone submitted lesson ideas and notebooking pages for Pagoo.
Pagoo at Homeschool Share
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