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Oregon Trail Lapbook and Notebook Pages

Oregon Trail Packet 20+ pages! For the past few weeks, the girls have been doing a unit on the Oregon Trail. They’ve learned why people moved West, when and where pioneers started, how long the journey West took,  what was needed to travel along the Oregon Trail, dangers the pioneers encountered and other basic information about traveling on the Oregon Trail.  They spent about 10 days learning about the Donner...

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Free Coin Counting, Money Activities!

Do your kids need practice counting coins?  Enjoy these free coin-counting printables! Be sure to grab both money counting activity packets below. 🙂 First is a coin-counting paper chain activity! Kids will practice skip counting (by 5s, 10s or 25s) or will practice counting change. Cut out all the strips and mix them up. Your kids will need a stapler. There are skip counting with nickels, dimes or quarters. Have them...

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Homeschool Rhythms and Routines

We’ve been in school for a couple of weeks now and creating good routines has been on my mind a lot.  I think we all want to harness the energy and excitement we feel these first few weeks of school and keep that going all throughout the year, right?! Coming up with a homeschool routine that works well for your family can be really challenging.  Some homeschoolers have a fairly...

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Free Literature Study Guides for Well-known Novels

Today, I wanted to mention a free resource that might be of interest.  The Glencoe Literature Library page has free study guides for a huge selection of well-known novels such as Update: UNFORTUNATELY THESE GUIDES DON’T SEEM TO BE AVAILABLE ANYMORE! Across Five Aprils The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Animal Farm The Canterbury Tales Frankenstein Jane Eyre Shiloh Where the Red Fern Grows and many more!  Visit the Glencoe Literature Library...

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Division Practice – Equivalent Fractions Worksheets

As we start back into school, I made a new set of division and equivalent fraction worksheets for my girls.  This packet is 15 pages (the kids do one page as review each day along with their math book and other activities). It is currently FREE to download! It includes equivalent fractions because I have the kids think about those as multiplication problems (factoring out the answers).  Below is an...

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Dragon Math Packet – Addition Games & Worksheets

My kids have always loved playing games to practice their math and learn their math facts. They would beg to play “just one more round” when it was a math board game!  Today I have a really cute set of math printables for practicing those tricky addition facts! The 50-page Dragon Math Packet is for ages 4-6. This set has 13 different math board games. These include doubling games and...

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Back to School Week!

This week we are starting back into homeschooling.  We’ll be starting slowly with a number of projects and activiteis.  I thought I’d share some of things our family is starting out with. 🙂 My kids have loved the math puzzles and challenges.  Our favorite book has been Mathematical Circle Diaries, Year 1: Complete Curriculum for Grades 5 to 7 (affiliate link).  These were a bit hard for my youngest daughter...

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Earth Science Worksheets & Lapbook Pages Added to the Earth Science Packet

This is just a real quick post to let you all know that I have updated and added to the Earth Science Packet. It’s now well over 150 pages! The link to purchase this Earth Science Unit is down below or in Our Store. Don’t forget to check out the Earth Science BUNDLE options as well! My girls will be doing a bit on Earth Science again this year.  I...

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Eclipse 2017 in Tennessee

Like so many in the U.S. we got caught up in the eclipse excitement today! We spent the day looking up from sunrise to sunset and everything in between! You’re going to laugh when you see the camera filter I used for this series of photos!  Hey, but it worked!! Our family headed to Tennessee to enjoy the eclipse with my sister and her family.  A trip all the more amazing...

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Free Printable Calendar 2017-2018 School Year

Hi everyone! As the school year begins again for many of us, we’re all trying to keep ourselves organized.  I use google (online) calendar for many of our activities, but I still keep a traditional paper calendar as well in my homeschool planner.  I wanted to share the updated printable calendar with you all.  This is FREE to download and print out, just click to link or picture below! This...

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Back to Homeschool Challenge!

The Back to Homeschool Challenge: Daily missions to make sure we’re on track for an awesome year! Can you believe that the summer is winding down?! I hope you’ve had a restful, adventurous summer (for those of you in the Northern Hemisphere!). Are you getting ready for the new Homeschool Year?  The Back to Homeschool Challenge gives us 10 days of small daily tasks to make sure we’re ready for...

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Free Homeschool Planner and Discovery Journal

I am excited to share our new Homeschool Planner and Discovery Journal!  This unique homeschool planning packet is currently FREE to download! It is nearly 100 pages! Not only does this packet include daily and weekly planning pages, checklists and record keeping pages, but it also includes various homeschool journaling pages… think gratitude journal meets homeschool goal setting! What is unique about this planner? We all want to be the...

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Free Summer Astronomy Packet (Solar Eclipse Aug 2017!)

Today I want to share a free summer Astronomy Packet with you. This one highlights the amazing events coming in August 2017… the complete Solar Eclipse that will occur across a huge portion of the United States later this summer as well as other more common summer astronomy activities such as watching the Perseid Meteor Showers, looking for constellations, observing the phases of the moon and more! It highlights well...

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Excellence in Reading Program – Certificate & T-Shirt

Someone in a group I’m in mentioned the Excellence in Reading Program run by Mensa for Kids.  You don’t have to be a member of Mensa to participate. 🙂  I really love their free printable reading lists (for K-3, 4-6, 7-8 and 9-12). There is a wonderful collection of books there. I’ll link to those below. Here is what the Excellence in Reading Program is about (from their website): To...