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    Usborne Books Themed Unit Studies: Ten Terrific Weeks

    Ten Terrific Weeks is a program that pairs a 10 week guide full of fun educational activities with a themed set of Usborne books. As your children read the books and participate in the interactive program, they will learn and retain more information about each subject.

    The Ten Terrific Weeks program is perfect for parents, teachers, home educators, day care providers, grandparents... anybody looking for a fun way to keep children learning!

    The daily activities are age-appropriate, interactive ideas which make learning fun and typically take an hour or less. The activity sets are so comprehensive that they even come with shopping lists for supplies.


    homeschool unit studies Each Ten Terrific Weeks set includes:

  • Themed set of books
  • Educational activities for 10 weeks, 5 days a week.
  • Reading schedule
  • Topics for discussion
  • Additional correlated activities
  • Any necessary worksheets, supply lists
  • List of additional books to complement the set including younger reader participation titles
  • Certificate of completion to reinforce the accomplishment

  • Current Program List:

    Preschool/Lower Elementary

  • Adventures of Fairy Princesses      More Info
  • Adventures of the Human Body     More Info
  • Adventures at Apple Tree Farm     More Info
  • Adventures at Sea     More Info
  • Upper Elementary

  • Adventures with the Dinosaurs    More Info
  • Adventures of the Human Body     More Info
  • Adventures of Knighthood     More Info
  • Adventures in Space     More Info

     

  • Each set includes books and curriculum guide. Curriculum guides also available separately for $6.95 each.

    For more details and to purchase, see the Ten Terrific Weeks pages at our online store

    Example: Adventures of the Human Body

    Books in set: First Encyclopedia of the Human Body, Flip-Flap Body Book, Going to the Dentist, Going to the Doctor Kid Kit, Science & Your Body

    Overview:
    Week 1: Skeletal System & Your Joints
    Week 2: Muscular System & Your Skin
    Week 3: Circulatory System
    Week 4: Digestive System & Your Teeth
    Week 5: Eating Healthy
    Week 6: Respiratory System & Your Voice
    Week 7: Your Senses
    Week 8: Nervous System & Genes
    Week 9: Being Healthy
    Week 10: Exercise Olympics

    Skill Set:
    Basic science/biology
    Health & fitness
    Nutrition
    Following directions
    Sequencing
    Process of discovery
    Safety skills

    Sample Week:
    Week 3: Circulatory System

    Monday: Read blood, from First Encyclopedia of the Human Body, page 26. Put your ear on someone’s chest. Can you hear their heartbeat?
    Tuesday: Read your Heart, from First Encyclopedia of the Human Body, page 28.
    Wednesday: Pretend you are a blood cell. Make an obstacle course of your body to travel through. Don’t forget to include a place to enter the heart, an exit to the lungs, back into the heart and then out to the different parts of the body.
    Thursday: Do internet-links from First Encyclopedia of the Human Body. Print out and do activity pages.
    Friday: Do pumping blood, from Science & Your Body, page 18 (blank heart rate chart included). Check and record each person’s heart rate for each category. When does your heart beat faster? Why do you think this happens? Make a chart of other activities that would make your heart beat fast and slow (chart included). Children that can’t write can draw pictures of the activities.