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by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published March 10, 2013 · Last modified March 1, 2017
I made these game boards for ED. It’s a race to 50 (or a race to 100). Print out one game board for each player. The players take turns rolling the die (use a 20-sided die in the race to 100) and covering the squares on their game board with tokens. The first to cover their entire game board wins the game. You can download these free: St Patricks Day...
Ages 2-6: Preschool (Age 4) / Ages 2-6: Preschool and Toddler Activities / Holiday: St. Patrick's Day / Language Arts: Reading / Must Read
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published March 9, 2013 · Last modified February 17, 2016
This activity was a huge hit with ED this past week. I chose some words from ED’s phonics readers and wrote them out on some shamrocks and taped them on popcycle sticks. I covered an empty cereal box with construction paper and wrote the words out on the box as well and used a knife to create a slit for the Popsicle sticks. I sat with ED each time she...
Homeschool Den / Must Read / Science / Science: Rocks and Minerals
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published March 8, 2013 · Last modified February 7, 2021
Another day we read about sedimentary rocks in our books and filled in a bit of information in the boxes on the sedimentary rock page, Three Types of Rocks Packet. I brought out our rock collection. We had several different types of sedimentary rocks and the kids had to determine whether they were sandstone, limestone or shale by feeling the rock and grains. We also filled in the next parts of...
With the storm that rolled across the US the past day or two, I wonder how many yards are decorated with snowmen, snow forts and snow angels?!! The kids spent lots of time sledding down our steep hill: The entire family pitched in to make this huge snow fort (it looks more like a snow volcano, doesn’t it?!!): And here are the snowman and snowpets under construction! It sure was...
Did you have a secret clubhouse? I remember mine… it was up at the top of a tall tree in our front yard. I was around 11 or 12 and I even built a wooden hinged box to place up in the top of the tree to hold my treasures. Yesterday the girls woke me up with breakfast in bed (water, bread and a banana!) and then asked me to...
Homeschool Den / Science / Science: Earth Science Unit / Science: Rocks and Minerals
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published March 5, 2013 · Last modified February 7, 2021
This past week, we spent a lot of time delving into the three different types of rocks. The first day we looked closely at some of the different igneous rocks. We started by reading about igneous rocks from a couple of books and filling in the boxes on our chart. (More about that free packet at this post about the Three Types of Rocks.) We then pulled out a rock...
Freebies / Holiday: St. Patrick's Day / Math General Posts / Math--Multiplication / Must Read
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published March 4, 2013 · Last modified February 17, 2016
I think DD’s going to love this one! She’s working hard to memorize her multiplication facts and I put together different types of practice pages for the next couple of weeks. There are 8 pages. As always, it is free to download. St Patricks Day Multiplication Pack Other Free St. Patrick’s Day Materials: St. Patrick’s Day Number Word Activities St. Patrick’s Day Addition Game Boards St. Patrick’s Day...
Freebies / Homeschool Den / Math General Posts / Math--Multiplication
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published March 3, 2013 · Last modified April 6, 2016
Last week DD played many, many rounds of Fast Track. This is an idea I got years ago from Peggy Kaye’s wonderful book, Games for Math: Playful Ways to Help Your Child Learn Math, From Kindergarten to Third Grade (affiliate link). We used the little Pokemon-themed flashcards I made for her a month or so ago… she’s working hard on those multiplication facts! This is a homemade board with several...
Freebies / Homeschool Den / Math General Posts / Math-Money / Must Read
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published March 2, 2013
Did you know that tweens in the U.S. spend about $15 billion of their own money each year? Wow! Hubby and I felt we’ve really not done a very good job on teaching the kids about money, saving and finances. We definitely want the kids to have more responsibility and practice with money while they are young… saving for trips (to have spending money) and spending their money wisely. This week,...
Freebies / Homeschool Den / Language Arts - Grammar Worksheets / Language Arts: Spelling / Language Arts: Writing
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published March 1, 2013 · Last modified April 6, 2016
I made this practice sheet for the kids to practice choosing between its and it’s or they’re, their and there. If anyone else can use this, it’s free to download: Grammar Practice: its-it’s they’re-their-there We’ve been covering quite a number of different grammar points lately (homophones, commas, apostrophes, underlining and so forth). You can browse through all our (free) grammar worksheets by clicking on the categories button in...
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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.
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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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How the body is organized from cells to tissues... organs to body systems
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