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by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published February 22, 2013 · Last modified March 12, 2015
The kids are doing some work on homophones (words that sound the same, but are spelled differently) right now. I made up a worksheet set for them and will share them below for anyone else who might be interested: Download the Free worksheets on Homophones here.
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by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published February 8, 2013 · Last modified March 16, 2016
Once again the kids did a quick review sheet to go over capitalization rules. I wrote out a paragraph about the author of The Hobbit and the kids had to find all the letters that should have been capitalized. I also went over some of the rules of capitalization and had the kids give examples (of a city, state, the name of a lake, and so forth). Although I don’t show...
Homeschool Den / Language Arts: Writing / Must Read
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published February 4, 2013
Today in their writing notebooks, the kids had to practice writing something with a dialogue. It didn’t matter what they wrote as long as it had people talking. DD’s entry made me laugh pretty hard and with her permission I thought I’d share it here. Mom said, “Do your math DD.” DD said, “No, I’m playing.” Mom said, “You better do your math!” Seventeen hours later Mom said, “Bed time DD.”...
Ages 2-6: Preschool (Age 4) / Homeschool Den / Language Arts: Reading / Must Read
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published January 19, 2013 · Last modified March 16, 2016
We read a lot of books here at the Homeschool Den. I thought I would highlight some of our current favorites. The girls have actually been reading a lot of the same books. I’ve been reading to the girls together at night and more often than not, DD climbs into my lap in front of the wood stove in the mornings when I’m reading to ED! The girls are 4...
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by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published January 17, 2013 · Last modified January 3, 2020
I made this spelling review sheet for the /er/ sound. We use All About Spelling Program (affiliate link) (which we love, love, love!) and this goes along with several of the lessons from books 2 and 3. Spelling has never come naturally to LD in particular, so he needs a bit more review from time to time. Feel free to download this for your child/students! Spelling: sound /er/ — er...
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by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published December 18, 2012 · Last modified March 16, 2016
I introduced irregular verbs and nouns to the kids last week, but it was clear they could use a bit more practice. Here’s another sheet I made for them. We actually did these last week, but with all the Christmas math posts I never got a chance to share these. More Irregular Verb Practice and Plural Noun Worksheets Here is the link to the previous worksheets I made on irregular verbs...
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by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published December 5, 2012 · Last modified March 16, 2016
There’s nothing fancy about these sheets, but I wanted to be sure the kids knew how to change some of the irregular nouns and verbs. If you’d like to download these for your child or students feel free. Irregular Verbs and Plural Nouns Practice Sheets Other free grammar worksheets you can download: More Irregular Verb and Plural Noun Practice Sheets Grammar Practice Sheets: Plurals, Endings, Past Tense Verbs Their, They’re,...
Freebies / Homeschool Den / Language Arts: Spelling / Must Read
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published December 1, 2012
Here are a bunch of pages I made for the kids for reviewing some of the spelling rules they’ve learned. I’ll share these with anyone who might be interested. We use All About Spelling. I also gave examples of answers at the back of the pack (not shown below). This small pack covers the following rules: Long A words Long E words Silent E rules Vowel Teams (ou, ow, oi, oy,...
Freebies / Homeschool Den / Language Arts: Spelling / Must Read
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published November 8, 2012 · Last modified January 3, 2020
Today I’m sharing the Long E Spelling Sort I made for the kids over the weekend. I made two sets–one the Pokemon themed set here and a bird set for those not crazy about Pokemon. Last week the older kids went over the Long A spelling words (it was new for DD, but I had LD review them as well). This list includes not only words like made or sail but...
Ages 2-6: Fall Theme / Freebies / Homeschool Den / Language Arts - Grammar Worksheets / Must Read
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published November 1, 2012 · Last modified December 28, 2014
After a couple weeks working on spelling, we’re now back to working on grammar for a week or two. We use the Write Source Skills Books as our spine. (They’re about $7.95 each.) This week LD needed a bit of review on all the rules for commas and I made up a number of review sheets for him. After printing out the pages, you need to cut the rules and sentences...
Ages 2-6: Preschool (Age 4) / Ages 2-6: Preschool and Toddler Activities / Freebies / Homeschool Den / Language Arts: Reading / Math General Posts / Math: Preschool Math / Must Read
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published October 25, 2012 · Last modified January 1, 2015
I thought it was about time to write a post about how my preschooler spends her day. Free, Unstructured Play First of all, she spends a lot of time playing both indoors and out. Play helps kids learn to control their emotions and behavior. Play allows kids to be creative. It helps them learn discipline, resist impulses and develop resiliency. During make-believe play children engage in ‘private speech.’ They talk to...
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by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published October 5, 2012
Plato: Knowledge that is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind. This past summer we chose not to participate in our library’s reading program. At one point, we were chatting with a librarian and she asked if the kids were doing the library’s summer reading program. She was shocked when I told her we weren’t participating this year. “May I ask why?” she wanted to know. I had a...
Freebies / Homeschool Den / Language Arts - Grammar Worksheets / Language Arts: Writing / Must Read
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published October 2, 2012 · Last modified May 12, 2016
We tend to switch back and forth between our spelling program and our grammar work. This past week we worked on grammar and I made a few more sheets that paralleled the topics that were covered in our Write Source Skills Book (here’s a link to Grade 2 and Grade 4). If you’re interested you can download the worksheets I made for the kids. They cover the use of apostrophes, quotation...
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by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published October 1, 2012 · Last modified January 16, 2019
Sometimes homeschooling is wonderful packed with endless projects and terrific successes. I like blogging about all that. But sometimes life just isn’t like that. This past week was really challenging. We were just coming back from a trip. Who doesn’t struggle to get caught up with life after being on the road? Plus more or less as soon as we got back, Hubby left for a business trip. So while...
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