Books with author Cheryl Mahoney

There is a place I like to visit. It is full of the noises that I want to hear, birds calling to each other, the wind drifting through tall trees, and the laughter of friends sharing a walk and a talk. This place is called Oak Grove Lake Park and today I will walk a few laps beneath the trees.I walk down the trail with the hope that I can free myself of the frustrations that bombard me every day. I want to think only of the life that I encounter on the trail today, not the violence around the world, or the hateful speech spewed nationwide, or the lies people tell themselves in order to keep what they want. I want to be here in both body and mind, present in this physical moment.Explore wildlife photography as I wander down a trail at the Oak Grove Lake Park. Walk with me as we discuss life and living in the moment. Look closely at the leaves and flowers, the insects and spiders. It is a beautiful world out there, if only we will take the time to explore. Join me on my trek.

This workbook contains 74 worksheets to help fourth and fifth-grade students with 296 frequently misspelled words. Each page lists 8 challenging words in Sign Language (ASL alphabet) for your students to decode, followed by a page where students write sentences using these eight tough words. This workbook contains all the materials you will need to teach the ASL alphabet: two full-page ASL alphabet pages, twenty-six ASL alphabet flashcards, and thirteen ASL alphabet quizzes. Just copy and watch their excitement grow with these challenges. These printables are perfect for students who need a challenge or enrichment. Use at a literacy center or in a vacation packet. I, however, use them with every student (ESL or ELL, Gifted and Talented, RSP, everyone).Your students will work through 296 frequently misspelled words for grades 4 and 5, like: library, judgement, receive, kayak, changeable, misspell, pneumonia, beige, all right, scissors, jewelry, vacuum, rhyme, conscious, quite, leisure, dictionary, tsunami, Wednesday, intelligence, tyranny, camouflage, and many more. Go beyond the curriculum with this packet, as you prepare your students for the writing challenges that lie ahead. Imagine your principal walking into your classroom and seeing ALL of your students engaged in fingerspelling multisyllabic words, and you being able to point to the Common Core standard that this activity addresses: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.4.3a: Use combined knowledge of all letter-sound correspondences, syllabication patterns, and morphology (e.g., roots and affixes) to read accurately unfamiliar multisyllabic words in context and out of context. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.5.3a: Use combined knowledge of all letter-sound correspondences, syllabication patterns, and morphology (e.g., roots and affixes) to read accurately unfamiliar multisyllabic words in context and out of context. And, if you want wildlife photos mixed with fingerspelling, then take a look at my “ASL Alphabet Series”:Sign Language: Learn to Fingerspell Wildlife Words, Volume 1Sign Language: Learn to Fingerspell Wildlife Words, Volume 2Sign Language: Learn to Fingerspell Wildlife Words, Volume 3Sign Language: Learn to Fingerspell Wildlife Words, Volume 4Sign Language: Learn to Fingerspell Wildlife Words, Volume 5Sign Language: Learn to Fingerspell Wildlife Words, Volume 6Sign Language: Learn to Fingerspell Wildlife Words, Volume 7Sign Language: Learn to Fingerspell Wildlife Words, Volume 8Sign Language: Learn to Fingerspell Wildlife Words, Volume 9Sign Language: Learn to Fingerspell Wildlife Words, Volume 10Frequently Misspelled Words (ASL Fingerspelling) - 2nd and 3rd GradeFrequently Misspelled Words (ASL Fingerspelling) - 4th and 5th GradeFrequently Misspelled Words (ASL Fingerspelling) - 6th to 8th GradeSynonyms - ASL FingerspellingPrefixes and Suffixes - ASL FingerspellingLong Vowels - ASL FingerspellingDolch Sight Words (Pre-K to Third Grade): ASL Sign Language Flashcards and Worksheets

This workbook contains 88 printable worksheets to engage your students in exploring the cultures of Asian countries. Students explore China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea and Taiwan. They will search online for each country’s national flag, coat of arms, coins, postage stamps, national anthem, ethnic food, local music, clothing styles, historical events, famous citizens, the national leader, the capitol, the population, the size, and more. Students will use and improve critical thinking skills as they search online for answers, compare and contrast, describe, analyze and evaluate. If you want your students to become independent learners, then this workbook is a tool that you must have. This workbook is a part of a series of seventeen workbooks designed for grades 5, 6, 7 and 8 called “Internet Research Projects for Middle School” exploring over 100 countries. If you like this one, then check out the others in this series: Exploring South America - Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, UruguayExploring South America - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, VenezuelaExploring the Middle East - Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, YemenExploring the Middle East - Israel, Jordan, Palestine, Syria, TurkeyExploring Central America - Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, PanamaExploring the Caribbean - Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, the Bahamas, Trinidad and TobagoExploring Europe - Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Spain, SwitzerlandExploring Europe - England, Finland, Ireland, Norway, Scotland, SwedenExploring Europe - Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Romania, UkraineExploring Europe - Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Iceland, the Netherlands, RussiaExploring Asia - Afghanistan, India, Nepal, Pakistan and AustraliaExploring Asia - Cambodia, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, VietnamExploring Asia - China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, TaiwanExploring Africa - Chad, the Congo, Mali, Niger, Sudan, UgandaExploring Africa - Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra LeoneExploring Africa - Angola, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, ZimbabweExploring Africa - Algeria, Egypt, Ethiopia, Libya, Morocco, Somalia

Almost 100 pages of hangman, domino games, dice games, spinner games, tic-tac-toe, unscramble, word unscramble, word search, fill-in-the-blank, find the missing letters, missing numbers, Boggle, making words, creative writing, spelling challenge, internet research, addition, area and perimeter, compound words, homophones, synonyms and antonyms, logic problems, sequence and pattern recognition, brainteasers, how many squares? triangles? circles? cubes?, expanded form and word name, fractions, multiplication and division, word problems, order of operations, comparing and ordering, money, what doesn’t belong? and much, much more.

This homeschool activity book is filled with 100 pages of challenging questions and interesting topics for girls. Your daughter will use the internet to learn about a nurse’s job, sports a girl can play in college, the Girl Scouts, how to become a doctor and which adult jobs are dangerous. They will investigate the lives of Anne Frank, Malala Yousafzai, Mother Teresa, Annie Oakley, Sacagawea, Rosa Parks, Wilma Rudolph, Susan B. Anthony, Queen Nefertiti, Anne Sullivan and Helen Keller. They will think about why reading is important, what makes a woman strong, how a man can show respect to a woman, why boys give girls flowers, how men and women are different, which superpowers a girl might like to have, the jobs available to girls, famous girls in animated movies, why women wear jewelry, why girls like to play with Barbies, how a daughter is different from a mother, is a girl free to love anyone she wants, what is a family, why girls wear dresses and why they tend to have long hair.If you want to develop independence of action, depth of thought, and a curious mind within your homeschooled daughter, then this is the curriculum choice for you. 100 pages of high-interest and thought-provoking activities. And when it is all done, sit down for a few moments and let her share with you what she has learned. Imagine the success! Watch the enthusiasm! Listen to your child as she thinks about and talks about important issues of today. And if you want more like this, then take a look at the others in this series:Homeschooling Journal - Becoming an Independent LearnerHomeschooling Journal - Developing Your Own Talents (Middle School) Homeschooling Journal - Finding Answers to QuestionsHomeschooling Journal - Strengthening Your Mind (Middle School) Homeschooling Journal for Gifted and Talented Boys Homeschooling Journal for Gifted and Talented Girls

This workbook contains almost 100 pages of math and language arts for the month of October, a perfect companion for a homeschooled student.It begins with seven pages dedicated to the month of October where a student can keep a list of the BOOKS they read during the month, PLACES they visited, PEOPLE they talked to, interesting WORDS they came across, their favorite MEMORY, and a CALENDAR to keep track of their work each day. Eighty pages of unique activities follow: a word search on the Presidents, Unscramble, estimating and counting area and perimeter, lots of narrative writing, Connect the Syllables, How many Rectangles, Find ten errors in a multiplication chart, three-digit Addition, Comparing (a butterfly, owl and plane), What is missing, facts about the Presidents, single and multi-digit Multiplication and Division, Antonyms, Story-starters, Divergent thinking, Comparing animals, Sudoku, Sequence, Missing numbers, Prepositional Phrases, Wildlife vocabulary, Describing wildlife, Identifying polygons, Weird and Wacky Weather story writing, Make a list, Similes, Comparative and Superlative adjectives, Identifying triangles, Subtraction and Multiplication Tic-Tac-Toe, Multiplication Hangman (or HangSpider), Putting things in order, Rectangles, Finish this story, wise sayings, Compare and Contrast geometric shapes, and word searches on multi-syllable words and Birds and Goats and Spiders and Insects. Finishing off this workbook are twelve pages for writing stories and illustrating.Students may work on the pages they choose each day, completing one or two each day with the goal of finishing the entire workbook by the end of the month. And if your child likes independent learning activities, then you should take a look at the others in this series:September Activities for HomeschoolersOctober Activities for HomeschoolersNovember Activities for HomeschoolersDecember Activities for HomeschoolersJanuary Activities for HomeschoolersFebruary Activities for HomeschoolersMarch Activities for HomeschoolersApril Activities for HomeschoolersMay Activities for HomeschoolersJune Activities for Homeschoolers

How do you get a homeschooled child to talk about death, their own or that of someone they love, without bringing them to tears or pushing them into painful silence? How do you open a safe discussion about depression or loneliness without forcing a child to reveal the secrets they wish to keep? How do you engage a child in exploring a choice they may need to make that reflects their values or what they believe? Children need to think about their actions and why they do the things they do. You can help them understand what causes anger to be released violently, or frustration to boil over into unkind words, or desire to be acted upon. Use these 100 writing prompts to get them thinking about ethics, morals and choices:…using time wisely…setting goals…using angry words…lying…judging others…making decisions…being authentic…dealing with frustrations…being stubborn…fitting in…apologizing…forgiving others…being tolerant…and moreIf you want more in this Homeschooling for High School series, then check out the other books:Explorative Writing: Exploring Choice, Stress and Peer PressureAnswering Serious Questions: 100 Questions about Ethics, Morals and ChoicesOpinions and Beliefs: Writing About What You BelieveAnalyzing Important Quotes: Thinking About What People Say

This workbook contains 33 printable pages to help your students identify triangles, quadrilaterals (squares, rectangles, trapezoids, rhombuses and parallelograms), pentagons, hexagons, octagons, cubes, cylinders, rectangular prisms, circles and ovals. Students not only identify these polygons, but also compare them to each other, add and subtract and multiply their edges and corners (vertices), describe them in sentences, and learn to estimate what they see. And there is an answer key for every problem. Common Core Standards: 2.G.A.1 and 3.G.A.1

Over a hundred pages of activities to fill up those long days of summer. Your children will love these games and challenges: Sudoku, Hangman, Tic-Tac-Toe, Unscramble, Word searches, Missing numbers, Fill in the blanks, Word puzzles, Write about funny things that happened today, Draw whatever you want, Making words, Geometric puzzles, Connecting syllables, and Amazing facts about insects. And there are questions like: What makes you laugh? Are you afraid of bees? What would the milk carton say to the kid who spilled it? What is your favorite game? And there are story starters, like: The ladybug and the bird that didn’t know, and The butterfly and the very sweet nectar, and the dragonfly and the very fast mosquito.This activity book will keep your child busy for hours and hours. And if you like this one, then you should check out the others in the series:Summer Activity Book for kids #1Summer Activity Book for kids #2Summer Activity Book for kids #3

This activity book is filled with 100 challenging brainteasers. How many squares? How many triangles? How many circles? How many cubes? You’ll have to account for those that overlap, or are shaded, or are combined with others. Be ready to have lots of fun as you count and examine, recount and try to figure out just how many squares, triangles or circles there are in each design. And, if you would like the other books in this series…Geometric Puzzles to scratch your brain (Logic Games for Kids) volume 1Geometric Puzzles to scratch your brain (Logic Games for Kids) volume 2Geometric Puzzles to scratch your brain (Logic Games for Kids) volume 3

Come explore the incredible world of insects.Dragonflies and damselflies, hungry honeybees and metallic-green bees, red caterpillars and red beetles, scary yellow and black wasps and harmless flies that look just like them, hairy tent caterpillars crawling on their home and a skinny long-legged cranefly, a yellow fiery skipper and a moth that looks like a wasp, a silver-backed beetle and a spotted cucumber beetle, aphids and ladybugs, a monarch caterpillar and a butterfly, a camouflaged grasshopper and a brightly-colored leafhopper, caterpillars with painful spines and caterpillars as smooth as glass, ironclad beetles, water striders, and so much more. If you are interested in wildlife, then this book is for you.