Multi-Sensory Materials for Individual Learning Styles
Do you like to look at clouds? I love looking at all the different cloud formations when I am driving or walking. And I love learning to recognize different types of clouds and what they tell us about the weather. However, when my children and I went to learn the names of the clouds, we … Continue reading How Clouds Got Their Names
How is your homeschool year going? Have you stuck with your original plan or have things gotten off track? To make sure your homeschool year is as successful as you envisioned, it is important to complete a homeschool checkup in the middle of the year! As we go through the year, our days and weeks … Continue reading Midyear Homeschool Checkup
Learning the phonics and rules of spelling will help children learn to spell the greatest amount of words. However, sometimes children get stuck on a word and just can't seem to get it right despite knowing the phonics and the rules associated with the word. This is when a visualization technique can help with their … Continue reading Spelling Help: A Visualization Technique
Learning about Hanukkah in your homeschool is a fun way for your children to learn about history, geography, cooking, other cultures (if you are not Jewish), and more! Hanukkah is a minor Jewish holiday that typically takes place in December. It is also known as the Festival of Rededication or the Festival of Lights. It … Continue reading Learn About Hanukkah in Your Homeschool
There are plenty of Christmas math worksheets to use with your children this time of year. But, does putting a few Christmas pictures on an otherwise typical math worksheet make it fun? Maybe a little, but think how much more fun Christmas Math Projects that are hands on and based on real life would be! … Continue reading Fun Christmas Math Projects
Do you love Black Friday or avoid it like the plague? I don't like crowds so I definitely don't go out to the stores, but I love spending the day in front of my computer with endless coffee finding great deals and getting most of my Christmas shopping done! Not to mention, adding some new … Continue reading Black Friday Amazon Deals for Homeschoolers
Did you know that homeschool curricula is often on sale Black Friday through Cyber Monday? So, if you have something that just hasn't been working this year, this is the weekend to replace it! Or maybe you will be finishing a level in a certain subject over the next month or two and want to … Continue reading Black Friday Curriculum Deals for Homeschoolers
In 1843, Charles Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas or the novella more commonly known as A Christmas Carol. He wrote it in only six weeks, publishing it just six days before Christmas. It has been a Christmas classic ever since and makes for a wonderful read aloud … Continue reading Homeschooling Through the Holidays: A Christmas Carol FREE Unit Study
While we don't usually think of Charles Dickens as a children's author, his short stories and the movie versions of his books can be a great introduction to his wonderful writing. He was famous during his lifetime and is now considered by some to be the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His books are … Continue reading Charles Dickens FREE Unit Study
We have been talking in our Developing Number Sense series about how math can become hard for children (and adults!) when they have not developed good sense about numbers early on. Today, I want to talk about the four key number relationships children need to learn to become proficient with addition and subtraction. Children should … Continue reading Four Number Relationships Children Need to Learn
If you are studying Native American culture and history, then check out this list of biographies, memoirs, and fictional books about Native Americans. They range from lower elementary school through middle school. There are too many books to list all that exist so preference was given to highly rated books, popular series, award winning books, … Continue reading Native American Historical Fiction and Biographies
My youngest son does not have much interest in history so he picks what topics he would like to study in our homeschool. He gets much more excited about history this way. This year, he wanted to spend some time learning about Native Americans and I thought it would be helpful to share our unit … Continue reading Native American Tribes FREE Unit Study