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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...
Botany Unit / Homeschool Den / Science: Garden Science / Science: Plant Unit
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published April 22, 2018 · Last modified January 1, 2024
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...
Homeschool Den / Science: Animal Characteristics / Science: Biomes; Animal Habitats
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published April 21, 2018 · Last modified November 2, 2022
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...
Free Homeschool Planner / Homeschool Den / Homeschool: Organizing and Cleaning / Homeschool: Planning and Preparation / Trips We've Taken / Where We Used to Live (Australia posts)
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published April 15, 2018
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...
Homeschool Den / Language Arts: Writing
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published April 11, 2018 · Last modified January 14, 2019
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...
Homeschool Den / Science: Digestive System
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published March 27, 2018 · Last modified February 21, 2022
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...
Holiday: Easter / Homeschool Den
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published March 26, 2018 · Last modified March 6, 2024
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...
Homeschool: Random Thoughts / Homeschool: Useful Resources (websites books etc)
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published March 25, 2018
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...
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published March 21, 2018 · Last modified March 20, 2018
Today I wanted to share some free math resources we have on the blog — and also an Algebra resource that is working really well for my oldest. I’ll start with the free PreAlgebra resources. We have some free exponents interactive notebook pieces that I made for LD when he was in PreAlgebra. It’s free to download. Free PreAlgebra Exponents Worksheet with Interactive Notebook Pieces Here is a set of...
Ages 2-6: Preschool at Home / Kindergarten / Montessori (general info) / Science: Animal Characteristics / Science: Biomes; Animal Habitats / Science: Vertebrates - Invertebrates
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published March 18, 2018 · Last modified April 7, 2020
50+ page Life Cycle Unit with Worksheets and Activities This 50+ page Life Cycles Packet helps kids become familiar with the different stages in the life cycles of the chicken, sea turtle, frog, mosquito, butterfly, dragonfly, bee, mouse, and ladybug. The Life Cycle Unit includes life cycle wheels, cut-and-paste activities, ordering activities, writing pages and a life cycle board game!Spring is almost here and you may be gearing up to...
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,...
I just have to rave about the amazing morning we had! I have a very good friend who is a distant relative (12x Great Granddaughter) of Pocahontas. She is a member of the Powhatan tribe… and has quite a number of artifacts that have come down her family line that date back 400 years or so! I organized an event to have her speak to some of the homeschoolers in...
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How the body is organized from cells to tissues... organs to body systems
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