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150+ Page Chemistry Packet! I am excited to share our new chemistry unit with you! (It has been recently updated and now is around 150 pages!!) As you know, we love hands-on activities and I want to show you some of the fun ways we explored the periodic table and touched on topics like valence electrons, Bohr Diagrams, Lewis Diagrams (electron dot diagrams), ions, isotopes, and more! Some of the...
In this post, I wanted to highlight some of the amazing science experiments that we did when my kids were younger and share several free resources we have here on the blog. These are some of the activities that really impressed my kids when they were younger!! I usually tried to weave the science experiments into topics we were learning… in this case some basics about chemistry. When the kids...
Have you ever been rendered immobile by the thought of everything that needs to be done? Overwhelmed with a list of things that you need to do for the day, let alone thinking about the week or month ahead? I think we all are from time to time… the trick is to keep chipping away at things little by little, one step at a time! Have you ever stayed with...
How do I get started homeschooling my middle schooler? How do I know what to teach my 6th, 7th or 8th grader? This free 30+ page Homeschool Curriculum Resource Guide provides some insight into how our family is navigating the middle school years. There are some basic checklists in each of the subjects from language arts and math to science, history and foreign languages. This guide includes some of the...
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...
Angiosperms – Flowering Plants Notebook Pages and Worksheets It’s spring, so it’s the perfect time to spend some time learning about flowers, seeds, and fruit. This new botany unit explores the parts of a flower, the parts of a seed, seed and fruit development, and the plant life cycle in general. Today I’m going to highlight some worksheets and notebook pages that are included in this new Botany Packet. There...
Animals find shelter in a wide variety of places from hives and holes to warrens and lodges! These animal homes and shelters worksheets help students learn about the homes of these 10 animals: fox, beaver, hermit crab, sea turtle, raccoons, bats, blue jay, bees, eastern tent caterpillars, and rabbits. These pages have been added to the 100+ page Animal Packet! These worksheets on animal homes and shelters includes color or...
We had a really long, really lovely spring break. One of the really fun things was visiting a zoo where we could all feed the kangaroo, camel and other animals. That brought us fond memories of living in the Outback. Down below I will share some old photos of the kids from our days in Australia (we lived their for 12 years and the kids were all born there)… but...
We have been using this fairy tale stationery in our Writing Workshop to practice creating stories with dialogues. Specifically, the kids are focusing on using quotation marks and commas properly. This packet has writing pages for these fairy tales: Cinderella, The Three Little Pigs, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk, Goldilocks, and Frankenstein. Mini-Lesson: Before we began writing, we talked about the many variations and stylistic differences among...
Free I Love Reading Bookmarks! Do your kids ♥ to read?! Today I have a fun, free printable for you. Download and print out these cute bookmarks for your happy readers! Enjoy! ~Liesl I Love Reading Bookmarks – Freebie If you are a first-time visitor to our website, you might want to check out some of resource pages. At the top of the blog (if you’re on a laptop/desktop) you’ll...
New 30-page Nutrition Worksheets and Activities Recently, we finished up a unit on nutrition. I created various notebook pages and activities about fiber and vitamins, which are now included in the Digestive System Packet. You can purchase it with the Add to Cart button below or see the Human Body BUNDLE page for more details. We talked about fiber and why it is so important in our diet. We talked...
Here is our Free Egg-Speriment Packet! Egg-Experiment-Packet-Hands-On-Science Free Easter Multiplication Worksheets: Free Easter Games: Word Family Game for -at -it -ot words and Egg Races Math Race Game There are lots of free Springtime and Easter Units out on the web with activities for tots, PreK, K and beyond. I thought I would highlight a few freebies I have come across: 3 Dinosaurs has a Free Easter Pack Easter Pre-K...
I have just added the next seasonal set to the (growing) K-2 Math Bundle! The bundle currently contains 20 pdfs and is over 300+ pages. This latest packet includes jelly bean addition and subtraction activities. Kids will sort the addition and subtraction jelly beans into the correct jelly bean jar. Then, they can use those cards to play the jelly bean game. Be the first person to land on one...
I just spent two wonderful, full-on days at a homeschool conference in Virginia. I had such an amazing time speaking and getting to meet lots of people who visited my booth! Remember, the link to the conference page is here: homeschoolden.com/conference with tips on how to navigate all the resources on the website and links to the free homeschool planner, curriculum resource guides and various resource pages. I know there’s...
