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by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published November 23, 2014 · Last modified January 3, 2015
It’s the perfect time of year to make pumpkin muffins for breakfast! We’ve been making these for years. We love these muffins so much that by the time I got around to taking a picture, there were only two muffins left! These are pretty easy to make and my kids love them. It’s the season for pumpkins, so it’s the perfect time to share this recipe. You need a very,...
Holiday: Christmas Activities / Holiday: Thanksgiving / Homeschool: Organizing and Cleaning / Homeschool: Planning and Preparation
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published November 21, 2014 · Last modified November 22, 2015
One of the most stressful things for me is having day after day of unexpected (or unanticipated) “lost” homeschool days when nothing gets done. I think that what bothers me is not that I don’t expect them this time of year, but that I don’t think about it and acknowledge them in advance. Then I have this nagging feeling like I didn’t live up to some in-the-sky (my own!) expectations....
Language Arts - Grammar Worksheets / Language Arts: Spelling / Must Read
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published November 20, 2014 · Last modified March 5, 2023
This new printable reviews some of the /er/ sound words. I made this to help DD with the different er sounds such as er, ear, ir, or, ur and our. As many of you know, we have used (and loved) All About Spelling (affiliate link) for years! We stepped away from our beloved spelling program, All About Spelling, for a few months. This fall my older two have been using...
Holiday: Thanksgiving / Homeschool Den
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published November 19, 2014 · Last modified November 7, 2016
Last week my daughter did several skip counting mazes and she asked for more. I whipped a few new sheets together for her… the turkey has to find his lost hat (and not wind up as dinner!). You can move in any direction including diagonally. If you are interested you can download them and use them with your kids as well! Enjoy! Thanksgiving Skip Counting Practice 2s 3s 5s If...
Homeschool Den / Must Read / Science / Science Experiments / Science: Earth Science Unit / Science: Natural Disasters Unit and Activities
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published November 18, 2014 · Last modified March 21, 2021
We just love hands-on activities! We’ve been studying Earth Science this fall. This post shares some pictures of some of the Earth Science activities we added into our unit. Back several weeks ago, we explained how we started this unit… with an overview of our solar system, then a closer look at Earth’s geologic timeline talking about the age of the Earth (4.6 billion years) and the appearance of various...
Free Calendar Planning Pages / Homeschool Den
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published November 15, 2014
I feel like I’m losing the battle of juggling things in my head! I needed a new set of printable calendars again to keep things like our menu plan and my computer work. I keep just 4 months worth stabled together as a packet on my desk. I also added in a couple of blank sheets as planning/note pages. I made and printed mine out last weekend and have my...
Homeschool Den / Math General Posts / Math-Money
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published November 14, 2014 · Last modified November 12, 2015
Jenn over at Finally in First made a fabulous game a few years ago called the Pet Shop Coin Game. We used the cards and the spinner I shared last week to play some games that my girls just loved! First, we each chose two pets to we wanted to “buy.” We took turns spinning the spinner and collecting coins. We added them up as we went, making sure we...
Homeschool Den / Language Arts - Grammar Worksheets / Language Arts: Writing
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published November 13, 2014 · Last modified January 18, 2017
In a blog post a few weeks ago, I talked about why we use the writing workshop and how it works. But this year, I also added in Journal Prompt Writing as part of their checklist of things to do. Here’s why. ED started writing with us right from the start (even before she officially started kindergarten.) She enjoys writing, but her “stories” are always about a cat (or dog...
Ages 2-6: Fall Theme / Holiday: Thanksgiving / Homeschool Den
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published November 11, 2014 · Last modified March 10, 2016
I’m always SO grateful for the educators who share their materials for free! I thought I would update a post from last year to include some new materials from around the web. This tot activity caught my eye — it’s very cute and is free over at Totschooling. Cute Turkey Math Game: The matching activity above reminded me of a game I played with all three of the kids when...
Kindergarten Math / Math General Posts / Math--Multiplication
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published November 10, 2014 · Last modified October 12, 2022
My daughter is working on skip counting. She enjoys doing these quick mazes and I thought I’d share them with you. Some of them have characters on them, but I also included a few plain ones at the end so you can use them any time of the year. With these pages, you can go in any direction – up, down, left, right and diagonally. Fall Skip Counting Pages for...
Homeschool Den / Homeschool: Month in Review
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published November 9, 2014 · Last modified January 3, 2015
Our month of posts, October 2014: I thought it might be helpful to have a list of posts you may have missed. 1. Learning about the Solar System (Hands-On Kit the Kids Loved) 2. Earth Science: Timeline of Earth Activity 3. Free German Worksheet Packet on Animals 4. States of Matter: Solid, Liquid, Gas — Learning Activities 5. Free Fall Themed Activity Packs for 3-6 Year Olds 6. Earth Science: Layers...
Oops–I stand corrected. Someone said that “The ‘get notifications’ pertains to when someone responds to a post, and you respond to that post – you’ll get notified up at the top of the page. In order to get posts from the page to show in your feed you have to make sure you are “following” it.” 🙂 ~Liesl —————– As many of you may know, Facebook has changed the way...
History: Native American Indians Unit / Homeschool Den
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published November 7, 2014 · Last modified May 16, 2016
I got a little behind posting because it took so long to share our experiences visiting with Pocahontas’s Great-Great-Great (12th Great) Granddaughter. In the meantime, we’ve done another entire portion of our Native American unit. We learned about the Seminole Indians, their culture and removal (for many of them) from Florida. And, we also learned about the culture and tragic history of the Cherokee people. We started the unit with a...
Homeschool Den / Kindergarten Math / Math General Posts
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published November 6, 2014 · Last modified April 15, 2015
ED has been working on coins this fall. She’s doing pretty well and I thought I’d combine her growing coin-counting abilities with her love of Minecraft. In fact, this past weekend she did her very first sewing project on her own using the sewing machine — the creeper which is in the photo below! Just print out the printable below on cardstock and place a paper clip on top....
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