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Hands-On Activities, Packets, Encouragement, and More!

Hi! I’m Liesl!

Do you believe education can be exciting, inspiring, and full of joy? We do too!
I love the quote by William Butler Yeats, "Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire." It's about getting the kids involved, engaged, and fired up about learning (while juggling the rest of life too!)
A bit about me: I have my Master's from Brown University. I have more than 20 years of teaching experience. I was a high school teacher for many years both in the U.S. and internationally and also taught for the University of Maryland before leaving to homeschool my 3 wonderful kids.
To read more about us CLICK HERE.
Homeschool Den Catalog

This (free) pdf has a list of many of the units we have available in science, history, math, and more!
Ultimate Hands-On Homeschool Guide
Search Within Our Blog – Or scroll down to view the units we’ve covered!!
Science Units and Packets

Get our free Science Unit Checklist, plus find dozens of links to our hands-on activities, packets and more!
Multiplication Bundle

More than 15 pdfs & 300+ pages of games, activities and worksheets for learning the 2s through 10s!

This post has links to dozens of posts and resources both for new and veteran homeschoolers for everything from finding homeschool curriculum to general homeschool advice and encouragement.
Units We’ve Covered
- 20th Century History
- Active Math Games
- Ages 2-6
- Ages 2-6: Apple Unit
- Ages 2-6: Bird Unit
- Ages 2-6: Clocks – Telling Time
- Ages 2-6: Fairy Tale Unit
- Ages 2-6: Fall Theme
- Ages 2-6: Fire Safety
- Ages 2-6: Flower Unit
- Ages 2-6: Penguin Unit
- Ages 2-6: Pete the Cat Unit
- Ages 2-6: Preschool (Age 4)
- Ages 2-6: Preschool and Toddler Activities
- Ages 2-6: Preschool at Home
- Ages 2-6: Preschool for ED – Fall 2011 (age 3 1/2)
- Ages 2-6: Theme Time (age 2-4)
- Ages 2-6: Toddler/Preschool Activities
- All About Homeschooling!
- Ancient World History
- Art History – Modern Art
- Arts and Crafts
- Asthma and Allergies
- Botany Unit
- Copywork Pages (Free)
- Critical Thinking Activities
- Death and Dying
- Ear Surgery
- electricity and circuits unit
- Elem-Children's Music 1 (6 yr old)
- Energy Pyrmaid
- Engineering – STEM Activities
- Engineering Challenges
- Facebook – Homeschool Den
- Family Meeting
- Fitness
- Food in America (concerns)
- Food Webs
- Free Calendar Planning Pages
- Free Curriculum Resource Guides
- Free Homeschool Planner
- Freebies
- Games for Thinking and Learning
- German
- hands-on science
- Health
- High School Math
- Highlighting Past Posts
- History and World Cultures Units
- History: Africa Unit
- History: Age of Exploration
- History: American Colonies
- History: American History
- History: American West Unit
- History: Ancient Aztecs, Incas and Mayans
- History: Ancient Egypt
- History: Ancient Greece Unit
- History: China Unit
- History: Civics, Government and Economics
- History: Civil Rights Movement
- History: Geography Activities
- History: Geologic Timeline (Montessori)
- History: India Unit
- History: Japan Unit
- History: Middle Ages
- History: Native American Indians Unit
- History: Rensaissance and Reformation
- History: Slavery and the Civil War
- History: This is the United States-Unit Study (grade 1)
- History: World Religions
- Holiday: Christmas Activities
- Holiday: Earth Day
- Holiday: Easter
- Holiday: Father's Day
- Holiday: Halloween
- Holiday: Labor Day
- Holiday: Memorial Day
- Holiday: Mother's Day
- Holiday: New Years
- Holiday: Olympics
- Holiday: St. Patrick's Day
- Holiday: Thanksgiving
- Holiday: Valentine's Day
- Holidays
- Homeschool Den
- Homeschool Encouragement
- Homeschool High School
- Homeschool Mastermind Group
- Homeschool: Interviews with other Homeschoolers
- Homeschool: Month in Review
- Homeschool: Organizing and Cleaning
- Homeschool: Our Homeschool (what our day is like, curriculum choices, etc.)
- Homeschool: Planning and Preparation
- Homeschool: Random Thoughts
- Homeschool: Useful Resources (websites books etc)
- Homeschooling in the News
- How to Start Homeschooling
- Kindergarten
- Kindergarten Math
- Language Arts – Grammar Spelling Reading Writing Categories
- Language Arts – Grammar Worksheets
- Language Arts: Books: Children's Literature
- Language Arts: Reading
- Language Arts: Spelling
- Language Arts: Writing
- Lapbooks
- Magyar
- Math – Algebra
- Math – Percents Fractions and Decimals
- Math General Posts
- Math–Addition
- Math–Division
- Math–Fractions
- Math–Geometry
- Math–Multiplication
- Math-Money
- Math-Roman Numerals
- Math: Pre-Algebra
- Math: Preschool Math
- Mom Stories
- Montessori (general info)
- Movies
- Music
- Must Read
- Nature
- Outdoor Fun
- Outdoor: Fossils
- Preparing for College
- Recipes
- Running
- Science
- Science Experiments
- Science Units
- Science: Animal Characteristics
- Science: Astronomy Unit
- Science: Biology Unit
- Science: Biomes; Animal Habitats
- Science: Cell Unit
- Science: Chemistry Unit
- Science: Digestive System
- Science: Dinosaurs Unit
- Science: Earth Science Unit
- Science: Electricity and Circuits Unit
- Science: Energy Unit
- Science: Food Chains
- Science: Garden Science
- Science: Hibernation
- Science: Human Body Unit
- Science: Magnets
- Science: Natural Disasters Unit and Activities
- Science: Ocean Unit
- Science: Physics Unit
- Science: Plant Unit
- Science: Rain Forests
- Science: Rocks and Minerals
- Science: Simple Machines Unit
- Science: States of Matter Unit
- Science: Taxonomy Scientific Classification
- Science: The 5 Senses
- Science: Vertebrates – Invertebrates
- Science: Water Unit
- Science: Weather Unit
- Science: Whale Unit
- Sign Language
- Spanish
- sports
- Starting to Homeschool
- Story of the World
- Summer Activities
- Technology
- Trips We've Taken
- U.S. Presidents
- Uncategorized
- Videos
- Where We Used to Live (Australia posts)
- Winter Unit
- Workboxes
- World Animals
- World War I
- WWII


Packets Available:
Earth Science Packet, 150 pgs

Layers of the Earth, Tectonic Plates, Mountain Making, Earthquakes, Volcanoes and more!
Cells Unit (100+ pages)

100+ Page Cells Packet: Organelles, Plant vs. Animal Cells, How Proteins are Made, Cells of the Body and more. My kids were ages 7, 9 and 11 when we first did this unit. Then it was updated when we did it again when they were 10, 13, 15.
World Facts Packet

Do your kids know the 4 largest countries? Which countries have the most people? The longest river? This packet covers basic world and U.S. facts.
Animal Unit, 75+ pgs

Animal Classification, Vertebrates-Invertebrates, Animal Characteristics, Animal Homes and Shelters, Animal Tracks, Domestic vs. Wild Animals, and More..
Biology Unit

This packet covers biomes and habitats, feeding relationships, biological interactions and more!
Human Body Systems Worksheet Packet

How the body is organized from cells to tissues... organs to body systems