NotGrass American History- Middle School 2011

Class schedule

August 15 22 29

September 12 19 26

October 3 17 24 31

November 7 14 28

December 5 12

January 9 23 30

February 6 13 27

March 5 12 19 26

April 16 23 30

May 7 14 21 28
June 4

That is 30 weeks with all national holidays off and time off for easter  thanksgiving and christmas 

Middle School History

Class supplies: Notebook: Paper, Tabs for Bible, Vocabulary, Maps, Notes

Colored pencils for map work

Drawing paper for cardstock to make a timeline

We will be doing a survey of Early American History using Notgrass’ America the Beautiful Part One.  There are 15 units in this curriculum covering American history from the first immigrants through the end of the Civil War.  We will be completing one unit every other week.  Students will read the following books at home during the course:

The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare (Units 4-5) 

Amos Fortune: Free Man by Elizabeth Yates (Units 6-7)

Brady by Jean Fritz (Units 9-10)

Bound for Oregon by Jean Van Leeuwen (Units 12-13)

Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt (Units 14-15)

  We will also be doing some writing assignments, Geography (map work) and Bible assignments to create a notebook.  There is also a workbook Lesson Review for grades 7-8 $9.95 or Student Workbook $11.95 for grades 5-6 if you wish to purchase that and do it at home with your child. http://www.notgrass.com/america_the_beautiful.php  

1. Middle School History Schedule Semester One
1. August 15, 22 Unit One – America before the Arrival of Europeans
1. Week One
1. Lesson One God’s Wonders
2. Lesson Two Our American Story 
3. Assignments 
1. Bible Genesis 1 Make a list numbered 1-6 write beside each number what God made on that day.  Next to each item on your list, write one thing that people in American can enjoy that was made on that day of Creation.
2. Bible Copy Acts 17:26 from your Bible.  Below the verse, make a chart showing the names of the members of your family, their birthdates, and all the places they have lived.
3. Student Workbook Lesson 1 and 2
4. Vocabulary- look up each of these words in a dictionary: descendant, immigrant, confederation, dense, cache.  Write each word in your notebook with its definition.

1. August 29 Week Two 
1. Lesson Three Daily Life: Natives of the Plateau and the Great Basin 
2. Lesson Four Daily Life: Natives of the Southeast Woodlands
3. Lesson Five Daily Life: Natives of the Northeast Woodlands 
4. Assignments
1. Bible Read Psalm 104:21-28 Write a prayer in your notebook thanking God for providing you with food
2. Lessons 3 through 5 in your Workbook
3. Vocabulary – define archaeologist, fertile, palisade, status, ritual.  Think about the lesson and see if you can define the words.  Next, check a dictionary to see if your definitions were correct.
4. Begin a timeline in your notebook.  Start at 1000 with 90 years on each page.  Next to 1200, write: The Native American city of Cahokia, in what is now Illinois has an estimated population of 20,000.  Next write 1400.  Write Native American tribes migrate into what is now Georgia next to 1400.
5. Study for Quiz
1. WEEK THREE QUIZ Unit ONE 
1. Unit Two Spanish Explorers Come to America
1. September 12 Week Three
1. Lesson Six Two European Biographies
2. Lesson Seven Our American Story: Native Americans Meet Spaniards
3. Lesson Eight Daily Life: Natives of the Southwest
4. Assignments
1. Read Psalm 71:15-18 and Matthew 28:18-20 imagine you were telling the good news about Jesus to someone who had never heard about Him.  How would you explain it?  Write this in four to six sentences in your notebook.
2. Continue adding to your timeline.  Write 1000 and write next to it, Viking explorers land on the North American Continent.
3. Lessons 6-8 in your Workbook
4. Vocabulary- Write a paragraph in your notebook using all of these words: merchant, navigator, monarch, Governor, colony.  Use a dictionary if you need help with definitions.
2. September 19, 26 Week Four
1. Lesson Nine An American Landmark: The Cliff Palace of Mesa Verde
2. Lesson Ten An American Landmark: America’s Oldest European City
3. Assignments
1. Lessons 9-10 in your workbook
2. Vocabulary – Write each sentence below, filling in each blank with one of these words: persecute, refuge, salvage, parish, destination.
1. My friend moved to a different ____________, so he goes to a different church.
2. During thunderstorms, our dogs find ______ under the front porch.
3. When we left on our trip, we were excited that St. Augustine was our ________________.
4. I want to stand firm if anyone tries to ________ me for what I believe.
5. Dad sometimes goes to the junk yard to _______ anything useful he can find.
3. Timeline add 1586 to your timeline, write Sir Francis Drake makes a map of St. Augustine before he and his crew burn the city.  Add 1190, write Ancient Puebloans build the cliff dwelling of Mesa Verde. 
4. Study for Quiz
2. WEEK FIVE Quiz Unit Two
1. Unit Three
1. October 3, 17 Week 5-
1. Lesson eleven English Settlements in Virginia
2. Twelve: Pocahontas
3. Assignments
1. Timeline add 2007 Queen Elizabeth II of England visits Jamestown to celebrate the 400^th anniversary of settlement.  1614 write Pocahontas (Rebecca) marries John Rolfe.
2. Lessons 11-12 in your workbook
3. Bible: Copy 1 John 2:2 in your notebook.  Underneath, write a prayer for people who do not know God.
4. Vocabulary Write each of the following words on a separate line: influential, hostage, christen, export, guardian.  Look each one up in the dictionary.  Next to each word, write what part (s) of speech it is.
2. October 24, 31 Week 6
1. Thirteen: God Created the Great Lakes
2. Fourteen: Pilgrims Settle at Plymouth
3. Fifteen: Massachusetts Bay, New Hampshire, Maryland, and Connecticut Colonies
4. Assignments
1. Read Genesis 1:20-22, Psalm104:16-17, Matthew 6:26.  Read Psalm 107.  Be ready to explain why William Bradford quoted this Psalm when he wrote the history of the Pilgrims.  Copy Galatians 5:13 in your notebook.  Write a paragraph about how people can use freedom in the wrong way or right way.
2. Timeline 1608 Samuel de Champlain leads expedition into great lakes.  Add 1621 wrjte Squanto helps Pilgrims and Wampanoag make treaty.  1656 New Haven, Connecticut has the first public library owned by a city.
3. Vocabulary Write your own definition for each of these words: alliance, bay, rapids, shallow, rugged,  Think about the Great Lakes lesson and write down the meanings for these words.  Check in the dictionary to see if you were correct.  Write a sentence in your notebook for each of the following words:  enterprise, pure, resources, province, mass.  
4. Lessons 13-14, 15  in your Workbook
5. Study for Quiz 

1. WEEK SEVEN QUIZ Unit 3
1. Unit Four- Early Colonial Life in America –SIGN OF THE BEAVER STARTS
1. November 7 Week 7 
1. Lesson 16 Rhode Island and Carolina Colonies
2. Seventeen: Dutch and Swedes in America
3. Assignments: 
4. Bible: Roger Williams named his settlement “Providence”  Look up the definition of providence if you don’t know it already.  Think of someone in the Bible that God helped in a difficult time.  Write this person’s name in your notebook and a paragraph description of how God cared for that person.
5. READ CHAPTERS 1-5 in Sign of the Beaver
6. Lesson 16-17 in your Workbook
7. Timeline 1636 Roger Williams buys land from Narragansetts 1609 Henry Hudson explores New York Bay and Hudson River.
8. Vocabulary: Financial, mutiny, legend, negotiate, modernize
9. November 14  Week 8
10. Eighteen William Penn
11. Nineteen Printing Books in Colonial America
12. Twenty Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket
13. Assignments
14. Bible Timothy 1:1-12 William Penn wrote about the Christian faith while he was in prison, think about how this compares to the Apostle Paul. 
15. Timeline 1682 William Penn sails to Pennsylvania, 1640 The Bay Psalm Book is printed.  The first book printed in America. 1835 Methodists begin holding camp meetings on Martha’s Vineyard.
16. Read chapters 6-13 in The Sign of the Beaver
17. Lesson 18-20 in your Workbook
18. Vocabulary Write a Paragraph using the following words:  Attraction, engineer, isolated, migrate, whaling,  Use the dictionary if you need help with definitions.
19. Study for quiz 
20. November 28 Week 9 Quiz Unit 4
2. Unit Five – Colonial Life in America During the 1700s
1. November 28 Week 9
1. Lesson 21 Thirteen American Colonies
2. Twenty-two Colonial Craftsmen and Merchants
3. Twenty-three Trouble Between England and the Colonies
4. Assignments
1. Bible: Romans 6:1-14 Think about how the Great Awakening changed people’s view of sin and need for Jesus.    Look up these Bible verses and make a list in your notebook of the people and their occupations.  Matthew 4:18, Acts 9:43, Acts 18 1-3, Timothy 4:14
2. Read Chapters 14-20 in Sign of the Beaver
3. Lessons 21-23 in your Workbook
2. December 5 Week 10
3. Twenty-four Benjamin Franklin
4. Twenty-five Colonial Williamsburg
5. Assignments
6. Bible: John 2:1-11
7. Timeline 1753 Benjamin Franklin becomes postmaster general,. 1926 Work begins restoring Colonial Williamsburg
8. Vocabulary Define peninsula, controversy, charter, philanthropist, petroleum
9. Read 20-25 Sign of the Beaver
10. Lessons 24-25 Workbook
11. Study for Unit Five Quiz
2. Week Eleven QUIZ UNIT FIVE QUIZ/QUESTIONS on Sign of the Beaver
1. Unit Six – The American Revolution Amos Fortune
1. January 9 Week 11 
1. Lesson Twenty-six Lexington to Yorktown part 1
2. Twenty-seven Lexington to Yorktown part 2
3. Assignments
1. Timeline 1775 Patrick Henry “Give me liberty or give me death!”  1777 Congress adopts Stars and Stripes Flag
2. Read Africa 1725 and The Middle Passage in Amos Fortune
3. Lessons 26-27 Workbook
2. January 23 Week 12
1. Twenty eight God Created Chesapeake Bay
2. Twenty nine Historic Boston
3. Thirty Early American Home Crafts
4. Assignments
5. Timeline 1829 Chesapeake and Delaware Canal opens, 1870 William Canby publishes story of Betsy Ross, 1634 Boston Common created, oldest city park.
6. Lessons 28-30 Workbook
7. Bible list modes of transportation in the following verses: Genesis 18:16, 46: 29, Exodus 4:20, Samuel 30:17, Esther 6:11.  , Copy the Lord’s Prayer from Matthew 6:9-13 in your notebook.  
8. Lessons 29-30 Workbook
9. Read “Boston 1725-1740”, “Woburn 1740-1779:, “Journey to Keane” in Amos Fortune
10. Study for Quiz Six

1. Week Twelve Quiz Unit Six 
2. Unit Seven A New Nation and a New Frontier
1. January 30 Week 13
2. Lesson Thirty-one A New Government for a New Nation
3. Thirty-Two George Washington, Father of His Country
4. Thirty-Three Historic Philadelphia
5. Assignments
6. Bible: What does Paul say about submitting to the government in Romans 13:1-7, Copy 1 Peter 4:10 into your notebook.  How did George Washington use his gifts to serve others and his country?
7. Timeline: 1800 John Adams first President to live in the White House, 1674 George Washington’s father purchases future Mount Vernon, 1753 Liberty Bell hung at Philadelphia State House (now Independence Hall)
8. Read “ The Arrival at Jaffrey”, “Hard Work Fills the Iron Kettle 1781-1789”, “Amos on the Mountain” in Amos Fortune.
9. Workbook Lessons 31-33
10. Vocabulary define concentration, architecture, abolitionist, peal, pacifist.  In your notebook
1. February 6 Week 14
2. Thirty-four God Created the Appalachian Mountains
3. Thirty Five Trappers, Longhunters, and Pioneers
4. Assignments
5. Bible:  Read these verses about mountains, choose one to copy into your notebook.  Joshua 11:16, 1 Samuel 25.20, Psalm 95:4, Matthew 14:23, Mark 11:1
6. Timeline 1928 Construction Begins Appalachian Trail, 1774 Timothy Demonbreun fur trader at French Salt Lick
7. Vocabulary: define concentration, architecture, abolitionist, peal, pacifist, emigrate, militia, appendix, interpreter, treacherous.  Use three in a sentence.
8. Read “Auctioned for Freedom”. “Evergreen Year” in Amos Fortune
1. Take Home Quiz Unit 7 and answer the questions on Amos Fortune in the handout.

1. 1. Middle School American History Semester Two
   2. Unit Eight Americans Explore West of the Mississippi River
      1. February 13 Week 15
      2. Lesson Thirty-Six God's Wonders and Our American Story
      3. Lesson Thirty-Seven God's Wonders and Our American Story Continued
      4. Assignments
      5. Bible: Read Numbers 13:1–14:9 about an exploring trip taken by a group of Israelites.
      6. Vocabulary: define spokesman, astronomy, botany, tourniquet, invaluable. Write each word with its definition in your notebook.
      7. Literature: Read “Letter to Thomas Jefferson Smith”in We the People, pages 35-36, and “Journals of Lewis and Clark” in We the People, pages 37-38.
      8. Lessons 35 & 36 in your notebook
         Feb 20- No class- Holiday
      9. February 27, Week 16
      10. Lesson Thirty-Eight Daily Life” Natives of the Great Plains
      11. Lesson Thirty-Nine An American Landmark
      12. Lesson Forty An American Biography
      13. Assignments
      14. Bible: Jesus talked about a gate (or door) as an image of Himself. Copy John 10:9 in your notebook. Read Proverbs 1:7, 2:6, 8:10–11, and 20:15
          Vocabulary: oral, tense, yield, plaza encounter, expansion, administered, transfer, primitive, illusion.
      15. Literature: Read “Myths and Legends of the Sious” in We the People, pages 39-40
      16. Lessons 38-40 in your notebook

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                M 3/5  Lesson 41, 42

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                M 3/12  Lesson 43

          
          

          M 3/19  Spring Break

          
          

          M 3/26  Lesson 44, 45, Quiz Unit 9

          
          

          M 4/2  Lesson 46, 47, 48

          
          

          M 4/9  Lesson 49, 50, Quiz Unit 10

          
          

          M 4/16  Lesson 51, 52, 53

          
          

          M 4/23  Lesson 54, 55, Quiz Unit 11

          
          

          M 4/30  Lesson 56, 57, 58

          
          

          M 5/7  Lesson 59, 60, Quiz Unit 12

          
          

          M 5/14  Lesson 61, 62, 63

          
          

          M 5/21 Lesson 64, 65, Quiz Unit 13

          
          

          M 5/28 Lesson 66, 67, 68

          
          

          M 6/4  Lesson 69, 70, Quiz Unit 14

          
          

          Summer Starts:  Focus- Read Historical Fiction, America

          
          

Classical Education Co-Op 2011-12

Classical Education 2011-12 — Co–Op

We are utilizing the following curriculum:
Foundations — Classical Conversations, Cycle 3, 2011-12

(CC Curriculum & Co-Op teaching.  Tuition = helping hands.)


The new Classical Education Co-Op in South Florida has been created!  We are excited to get this group organized in a fun, friendly and free format.  This is our own group, not officially part of the Classical Conversations Community, which requires membership fees and tuition.  As homeschoolers, we know that this format works well for many subjects.  It even works with CC!  We hope that as we all work together this year, we will recognize all of the hours put in by each of us to make our group really valuable.  We are donating our time and talents for the benefit of each other, and especially our children.

We are using a homeschool approach, where families take turns teaching each other.  We meet in our home with two to three other families, and meet together as a larger group once a quarter, once a semester for Parent's night, and for occasional field trips.

As this is a Nondenominational Christian Co-op, individual views in faith sometimes arise.  It is our desire to have an atmosphere where all are welcome, and invited to live their faith.  We study math, history, latin, grammar, science, and timeline information.  We have science experiments and art/music projects.  We give oral reports.  We also work on memorizing scriptures from the Bible.  (** See below.)

It is my goal that we will all love coming to class, enjoy learning, and look forward to companionship with friends and fellow homeschooling families.  The Lord has guided us in so many ways, and I know He is pleased when we come together through our academic pursuits.

May this school year will be the best one yet!


Candi

CLASSICAL CONVERSATIONS, Cycle 3(Foundations Program)	Timeline* & Presidents*	Veritas Press Cards for 160 Major events & people of World History (Creation through Modern America) All US Presidents
	History Facts*	America: Columbus to Current Events
	Geography*	US Maps — 1st 12 weeks: 50 States & Capitals;  2nd 12 weeks: US Mtns, Trails, Bays, Rivers, Lakes, Canals, Native Americans, Deserts, Prominent Features
	Science Facts*	Anatomy (12 weeks), Chemistry (6 weeks), Origins (6 weeks)
	Math*	Skip Counting, Multiplication Tables, Geometric Formulas, Alegebraic Laws, Conversations
	Eng. Grammar*	Participles, Irregular Verb Tenses, and Clauses
	Latin*	Translate John Chapter 1
	Bible*	John 1:1-7
	Science (experiments & projects)	Build a body (My Body Book), Lyrical Life Science Vol. 3, Probability and Data Labs
	Fine Arts	American Masters (Gma Moses, Rockwell, O’Keefe, Wyeth, Lichenstein, Davis — using Discovering Great Artists); Drawing, Composers; and Basic Music Theory/Tin Whistle (each is 6 weeks long) Composers: Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6, 4th movement Debussy's La Mer, Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, Review Tchaikovsky and; Debussy, Review Stravinsky and; Modern
	Presentations	Each week practice oral presentation skills by presenting on a topic.

**Optional Memory Master track, where a student strives to memorize all information.

Class Day Schedule

8:50 Arrive

9:00 – 9:20 Morning Devotional

9:20 – 10:00 Student Presentations

10:00 – 10:30 Fine Art

10:30 – 10:55 Grammar Review

10:55 – 11:00 Snack and Restroom break

11:00 – 11:30 Science

11:30 – 12:00 New Grammar

12:00 – 12:20 Lunch and Light Clean up

12:20– 12:55 Free Play

1:00 – 2:30 Enrichment Class:  Human Anatomy

2:30 – 3:00 Enrichment Class:  Literature

3:00 – 3:05 Clean up


The Student Presentations, Grammar Review and New Grammar will be led by the homeowner, as well as the flow through the Class Day Schedule.  They will announce what is next to the group.



Program Tuition and Fees

Art and Science and Misc. Supply Fee:  $50 per student  (Non-refundable)
No other fees.  (We are doing this program Co-op Style).

FYI:  The regular CC program charges a fee per year per student, as well as a Registration fee and a Yearly Facility Fee.




Morning Devotional

We will start every class day by honoring the Lord through prayer and Scripture memory.  We will also cover important announcements.
• Welcome by Home owner.
• Announcements by Director.
• Family Led:
• Prayer
• Scripture Mastery  (John 1) and Qtr. focus
• Scripture Devotional
(Stand a Little Taller, or similar daily thought book)
• Pledge to the American Flag
• Dismiss to Class by Director.

We will rotate the assignment of Prayer, Scripture Mastery, Devotional and Pledge to a different family each week.  The parent will decide which family member leads each task.

**Scripture Mastery:  These can be downloaded as mp3 files at seminary.lds.org  — Download— Study material — New Testament or Old Testament.

All Year:  John 1
Qtr 1:  Matthew 16:15-19   He saith unto them, But whom say  ye that I am?
Qtr 2:  John 17:3           And this is life eternal
Qtr 3:  Romans 1:16   For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ
Qtr 4:  Isaiah 29:13-14           Wherefore the Lord said,

For the Qtr Scripture Mastery scriptures, the goal is to become familiar with them.  One family member will read the scripture aloud, and then invite everyone to read it with them.  By repeating it every week during the quarter, recognition will be achieved.  Our main goal is to memorize John 1.  Depending on your family, you can decide if memorization is required for Quarter scriptures.  We are learning the King James Version of the Bible in class. You are welcome to memorize another version if you like at home.

Student Presentations


Every other week, each student will have the opportunity to develop the important skills of speaking and listening by giving a 2–3 minute presentation during class time.  The younger students can use this as show-and-tell time and may even need their mother's assistance in a question/answer format.  Eventually, every child will be eager to speak so teachers will begin working with them to improve their presentation skills including eye contact, posture, pace, and volume.

The teachers have a rotating list of suggested topics for the older students to help them narrow their focus for each of the six weeks in every quarter.  Another idea is to use this time to present  papers the students have written for Essentials for other homeschooling classes.

•  Week 1:  My favorite...
•  Week 2:  History (biography, event in time) or Geography
•  Week 3:  Art or music (biography, instrument, style, epoch)
•  Week 4:  Science or Collections
•  Week 5:  Book Report or Poetry Selection
•  Week 6:  Impromptu topics (three given by the tutor six minutes before the student is to speak; students choose one)




Semester End Family Night
Friday, Nov. 18, 2011, 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Location:  TBD

•  Prepare a memorized oral report on Thanksgiving that is 3 to 5 minutes.  Come dressed as the person you are talking about, or have something fun to share.  Start thinking now on what you'd like to share.
•  Artwork & Human Anatomy Poster will be displayed
•  Any artwork you have done at home on the same subjects covered in class may be displayed.
•  Tin Whistle Song
•  Appetizers and Desserts
•  Great photo opportunity, and a night for Dad's and grandparents to see what's going on.


Year End Family Night
Friday, Apr 20, 2012, 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Location:  TBD

•  Prepare a memorized oral report on American History that is 3 to 5 minutes.  Come dressed as the person you are talking about, or have something fun to share.  Start thinking now on what you'd like to share.
•  Artwork will be displayed
•  Any artwork you have done at home on the same subjects covered in class may be displayed.
•  Orchestra Song
•  If you play an instrument, we'd love to hear it.  Piano, flute, guitar... pick your favorite song to share with us.
•  Great photo opportunity, and a night for Dad's and grandparents to see what's going on.



Field Trips

It would be nice to go on two field trips as a group during the year.  Possibly during the week that we have a break, or over the Christmas holiday.  Some ideas are attending a Symphony, or art museum that have to do with topics we are covering in class.

Optional Afternoon Enrichment Activities

SCIENCE 1:00 to 2:30 p.m.

•  Young Explorer Series:  Exploring Creation with Human Anatomy and Physiology  (one book per family)

•  Anatomy Notebooking Journal  (or Junior for young grades).  Each child needs a notebook, or parents provide copies.

•  Lab Kit- $79  (including shipping).  Shared comes to:  $16 each

(payable on 1st day of class to Candi).  Includes all materials necessary for experiments.  (Non-refundable.) 

Teacher will supply other items needed for science experiment.

•  No additional supply/copy fee

Please have material read or at least looked at before attending class, so that discussion and experiments make more sense.

LITERATURE 2:30 to 3:00 p.m.

Additional supply/copy fees may apply.  To be determined.

 Semester 1: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain

Study Guide, by Alisa Thomas, Progeny Press

Recommended Grades 6–8

Semester 2: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, by C.S. Lewis

Study Guide, by Andrew Clausen, Progeny Press

Recommended Grades 4–7

Faith Statement


“We claim the privilege of worshiping Almighty God according to the dictates of our own conscience, and allow all men the same privilege, let them worship how, where, or what they may.” (Eleventh Article of Faith.)

This group is comprised of Christians.  People who love the Savior Jesus Christ, and want to raise their children in an environment where their testimony of Him can grow as they learn and study the world around them.   As our family belongs to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter–day Saints, we have a desire to follow the Classical Conversations curriculum while maintaining our religious identity.  Our Classical Education Co-Op group includes members other denominations as well.  


With the spirit of love and charity, this group can be a great source of community and friendship.  We can teach our children in an environment that seeks for “anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy” (Thirteenth Article of Faith).


It is our desire to have an excellent Classical Education, focusing on the 4 R's... Reading, Writing, Arithmetic and Righteousness!  We invite any and all to participate with us!



— Candi




Essentials of our Faith —FYI
See Link: From the Classical Conversations Website, Faith Statement


The Articles of Faith —FYI
See Link:  From The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Service Project: Sewing Stockings for Soldiers

Sewing Stockings for Soldiers

We have the opportunity to help the community in making 200 Christmas Stockings and 200 Handmade Christmas Cards for the Forgotten Soldiers Organization.  They will be stuffing Christmas Cards inside them.  

We encourage you to do them at home, with your children, or with fellow

sisters and neighbors to spread the joy of serving others.  :)

Final Collection on Sunday, November 27, 2011.

The size specs are:

The stockings are going to be 9 3/4 " tall by 5 1/2" wide at top and 8 1/4 " wide on the foot, give or take some. These dimensions are the size before sewing them.


Please make cards so they can fit inside stockings.

Let me know if you're able to help, and we'll look forward to your creations!

Happy Sewing!

Below is a sample of how to make a stocking.  It is just a suggestion...

 Website link with some directions if needed.

If you need it... here is an Actual Pattern below.  You'll need to print out at 100%.  Tape together on line.  Then trace on an open manilla file folder or heavy duty card stock.  It's larger than an 8 1/2 x 11 page.

Ideas for some cards below:

Remember, to only include first name of children.  NO LAST NAMES.

You can also click on this image below to print out larger:

Click on the image below to enlarge.

Print on 8 1/2 x 11 paper, and fold in half.  Write a message inside.

Click on image below to enlarge.

Print on 8 1/2 x 11, cut out & fold.

You can paste paper on the outside or design how you like.

Sample below:  Click to see how it's made.

Link to other FREE Christmas Cards

These are great starters to a card.  Be sure to make it as personal as possible, as it may be the only card this soldier receives this year.

Sample Emergency Care Authorization

EMERGENCY CARE AUTHORIZATION
Name of Child (children): ____________________________________________________________
I the undersigned give permission for caring for the above named Child(children) to
{Name of the person(s) who will be caring for the child}
_________________________________________________________________________________
Here is where I can be reached while away including phones and locations.
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
I hereby authorize the person(s) named above to sign for medical treatment of my child(ren)
between the following dates:
From: __________________ Until: ___________________

Parent Signature: ________________________ Date: ____________________
Witnessed By: ___________________________________________________
Phone: _________________________________________________________
Address: ________________________________________________________Insurer: __________________________ Number: _______________________
EMERGENCY CARE INFORMATION
Child's full name: _________________________________________________
Date of Birth: __________________ Date last Tetanus Shot: ______________________
Child is allergic to the following medications: _______________________________________ ( ) None
Child is taking the following medications: _________________________________________ _ ( ) None
Child is diabetic, has other chronic condition or major illness:
_____________________________________________________________________________ ( ) None
Name of primary care physician and phone number___________________________________________