Explore the meaningful, sometimes messy, and always worthwhile world of friendship as your family studies history, geography, character, and language arts together. Designed for grades 6 and under, the Friendship Wonder Study pairs engaging picture books with 18 structured lessons that invite children to think deeply about what makes a good friend, how friendships can be challenged, and how kindness, compassion, forgiveness, and fairness can strengthen relationships. With narration, mapwork, timelines, vocabulary, writing instruction, and hands-on activities, this open-and-go study makes it easy to learn together while growing in character along the way.
Includes:
- 18 open-and-go lessons across history, geography, character, and language arts
- History lessons exploring the friendship and eventual feud between Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, including key events from the founding of the United States
- Geography and mapwork exploring the United States, its states, surrounding countries and oceans, and its diverse geographical features
- Character lessons focused on compassion, kindness, friendship, conflict resolution, forgiveness, fairness, and becoming a better friend
- Opportunities for narration, illustration, and Keeping Book journaling throughout the study
- Timeline activities that help students place important events from American history in context
- Vocabulary development through a themed Word Wall and engaging vocabulary games
- Writing instruction that teaches students to revise paragraphs, vary sentence structure, and organize ideas using Single-Paragraph Outlines
- Opinion and narrative writing activities connected to the books and themes of the study
- Copywork and dictation with opportunities to adjust assignments for different ages and skill levels
- Wonder Trails that encourage children to follow their own questions and interests beyond the planned lessons
- Level Up activities that provide additional challenges and independent work for older students
- A flexible, multi-age approach that allows the whole family to learn together while adjusting expectations for younger and older students
- An end-of-unit celebration that gives your family an opportunity to reflect on what you've learned and celebrate together
The Friendship Wonder Study is designed to work alongside your Morning Time, but it can also be used during any part of your homeschool day. With rich books, meaningful conversations, hands-on activities, and opportunities to explore children's questions, your family can study friendship from many different angles while building connections across subjects.
Required Books:
You must purchase or borrow Worst of Friends: Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and the True Story of an American Feudby Suzanne Tripp Jurmain and The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson to complete the plans as written.
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