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by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published August 1, 2018 · Last modified July 18, 2020
This post is both for first-time homeschoolers who are wondering where to start and for veterans who are looking for some inspiring teaching strategies to get the kids completely engaged day-to-day! Since I’ve gotten a number emails/messages asking where to begin I thought I would write a post to say You CAN Do This!! This post may also have some useful resources/activity ideas for those of you who have been...
Freebies / Kindergarten Math / Math General Posts / Math--Geometry
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published July 23, 2018 · Last modified September 15, 2018
Today I’m back with another Monday Math Freebie! This packet is all about geometry shapes! This Free Geometry Packet has worksheets and games for learning about all of the major geometric shapes including the triangle cube heptagon trapezoid oval hexagon cylinder octagon ray circle line right triangle rectangle pentagon parallelogram There are tracing pages, matching pages, fill in the blank worksheets. Students will have to count the number of sides...
Free Homeschool Planner / Homeschool Encouragement / Homeschool: Organizing and Cleaning / Homeschool: Planning and Preparation / Homeschool: Useful Resources (websites books etc)
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published July 14, 2018 · Last modified July 28, 2022
This is a checklist of things you can do now, to get ready for the new school year! Is part of your end-of-summer vision to feel prepared for back-to-school? This checklist will help you slowly and steadily get ready for the new school year! It is mid-summer, but lingering in the back of our minds is that school will be here before we know it. We want to take advantage...
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published July 8, 2018 · Last modified August 31, 2018
I started this summer series with addition/subtraction practice. Last week, I shared some easy skip counting pages (for 2s, 5s, and 10s). Today’s freebie is Mixed Math practice sheets for students who are doing addition/subtraction with carrying/borrowing, doing simple multiplication and division and have started to do multiplication (and carrying) in the hundreds. These cute pages are in a reptile theme. 🙂 Again, these are free to download, just click...
Kindergarten Math / Math--Multiplication
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published July 1, 2018 · Last modified July 3, 2018
It’s your Monday Math Freebie again! Today, I have several fun pages for practicing skip counting by 2s, 5s and 10s. These pages are free, just click on the link or picture below to grab the pdf! Math Freebie – Skip Counting, Multiplication, Division Practice Pages – Summer Theme To do the skip counting maze, students count from 2 to 22. They can move in any direction (up/down, forward/backwards, left/right,...
Ages 2-6: Clocks - Telling Time / Freebies / Kindergarten Math / Math General Posts / Math--Addition
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published June 25, 2018 · Last modified July 3, 2018
Monday Math Freebie! Many of us take much of the summer off, but keep just a little bit of math practice going for our kids. I thought I would create a new series to keep the momentum going! Today’s freebie has two pages of mixed math practice. These two pages touch on addition, subtraction, logic, fractions, and measuring. You can print it out in color or they are also provided...
Ages 2-6: Clocks - Telling Time / Kindergarten / Kindergarten Math / Math--Addition
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published June 24, 2018 · Last modified July 8, 2020
I have just added the a new set to the (growing) K-2 Math BUNDLE! The bundle currently contains 20 pdfs and is over 300+ pages. This new set covers a variety of math skills from addition and subtraction to counting & graphing, measuring, clocks, shapes and place value. There are more than 20 pages in this cute Mixed Math Practice Set. This new set is provided both in color and in...
I have just added a Factors & Sums Worksheet Packet to the (growing) Multiplication Bundle. These are provided in a spring theme and also plain (without clipart). These pages are best for students who know their multiplication tables well. I have made these as review for my youngest, but also as practice for my daughter who is in PreAlgebra. Here’s a sample: What are factors of 8 and have a...
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published March 21, 2018 · Last modified March 23, 2019
Homeschool Conference 2019 Thanks so much for stopping by to see me at the Homeschool Conference! And welcome, if you happened upon this page! I’m Liesl; you can read more about our family and how we got started on this homeschool adventure on our About Page and if you’re new to our blog be sure to start with this New to Our Blog? Start Here Page. Today, I’m sharing the...
St. Patrick’s Day is right around the corner! I have just added a half-dozen new St. Patrick’s Day-themed multiplication worksheets to the growing Seasonal Math Multiplication-Division Packet. This is a fun, growing packet of Seasonal Math multiplication and division activities! I plan to added new-themed activities throughout the coming year. 🙂 Here are the St. Patrick’s Day-themed pages that are included 2s, 5s, 10s practice 3s, 6s, 7s practice 4s,...
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published February 3, 2018 · Last modified February 2, 2020
I just added a new set of Valentine’s Day worksheets to the Multiplication Bundle (225 pages and growing!). Each worksheet has both multiplication and division practice and a skip counting maze. You’ll find pages to practice the multiplication and division facts 2s thru 9s. As you can see below, some of the pages focus just on one multiplication table: these cover the 2s through the 9s. There are also a...
Freebies / Holiday: Thanksgiving / Homeschool Den
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published October 15, 2017 · Last modified December 6, 2022
Today I thought I would share some of the free fall and Thanksgiving printables we have tucked away here on the blog. In this post you’ll find tons of resources for kids from ages 3 to 13! Over the years I’ve made various math worksheets, games and activities, language arts materials, a Spanish fall-themed freebie, and other things that might be useful. Click on the post links below if you...
History and World Cultures Units / Homeschool: Our Homeschool (what our day is like, curriculum choices, etc.) / Homeschool: Planning and Preparation / Homeschool: Random Thoughts / Homeschool: Useful Resources (websites books etc) / How to Start Homeschooling / Starting to Homeschool
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published June 11, 2017
Last week, I managed to get our Science Year in Review post done. I had hoped to get the history post done too, but life got away from me! It’s ready for my this week, though! So, here’s our HISTORY year in review! There are quite a number of freebies in addition to the more in-depth packets I made this year. 🙂 This year my kids were in Grades 8,...
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by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published June 4, 2017 · Last modified June 3, 2017
I love looking back at the year and everything we managed to accomplish! Sometimes in the short-run it can feel like we’re not getting much homeschooling done, but when I step back to look at the bigger picture, I’m amazed at what we managed to cover. This year my kids were in Grades 8, 6, and 3. We do our science activities together. Sometimes I focus a little more on...
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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.
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What science topics could I teach my 5-7 year old - Homeschool Science Curriculum
Click on the image above to see the Science Units we covered in our homeschool from elementary through middle school (and beyond!).
A list of the books we've used most in history, science, math, language arts, etc.
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This is one of our most popular units. It covers the Layers of the Earth, Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes, Volcanoes and More! It is included in the Earth Science Bundle (see the picture/link above).
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The Human Body Systems, Skeletal, Digestive, Circulatory, Muscular, Nervous, Endocrine Systems and More (with lots of hands-on activity ideas)! We usually study a different body system each year.
Click on the image to see our units on the States of matter, Properties of Matter, Electricity & Circuits, and the Chemistry Unit (Get to know the Periodic Table in a fun way!)
This is a free checklist I put together of the various science units I hope to cover in the elementary and middle school years.
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 and also covers geographic features and land forms.
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Dozens of posts about how to create a homeschool writing workshop.
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This is one of the best values we have... more than 20 PDFs with games, activities and worksheets to learn/practice the multiplication facts ($7.00).
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This is a fun, hands-on unit for early elementary students!
How the body is organized from cells to tissues... organs to body systems
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