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Freebies / History: American History / Homeschool Den
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published January 16, 2022 · Last modified September 19, 2023
Who are these Famous Americans? Do your kids know who Benjamin Banneker, Dred Scott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton; Clara Barton or Scott Joplin were? (Mine weren’t sure!) You might want to grab this FREE Famous Americans Packet to help your kids learn more! This packet provides several options for learning about these 20+ Americans. They can research and write down what they learned, they can do some fill-in-the-blank worksheets or they...
Free Calendar Planning Pages / Free Homeschool Planner / Freebies / Homeschool Den / Homeschool: Planning and Preparation
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published January 1, 2022 · Last modified August 10, 2023
Are you looking for a free printable 2022-2023 Calendar that includes holidays, seasons, day light savings, etc.? Be sure to grab our free printable 2022-2023 calendar! Today I wanted to share our (latest) free calendar printable for the 2022-2023 school year. This free calendar printable covers 20 months (January 2022 through August 2023). I like having a calendar that includes the holidays, the change in seasons, and things like day...
Free Homeschool Planner / Freebies / Homeschool Den / Homeschool: Planning and Preparation
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published December 22, 2021 · Last modified June 30, 2022
FREE Printable Homeschool Planner! Today I have shared a new printable Homeschool Planner for the spring semester 2022. This planner is free to download! As many of you know, I have been creating my own planner for years. Sometimes I have used full-sized pages, sometimes I prefer a smaller booklet-style (1/2 page planner). Starting in January, I will be using a planner with full-size pages once again. This particular version...
20th Century History / Freebies / History: Civics, Government and Economics
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published February 8, 2021 · Last modified September 22, 2023
FREE Packet: Types of Governments, Types of Society, Current World Leaders Newly Updated in September 2023 In our history class, we have been slowly going over the Types of Government and some of the current world leaders. I’ve done a pretty big update and wanted to share this with you, if you are interested. This is the third time we’ve talked about terms like anarchy, monarchy, oligarchy, junta, parliamentary republic,...
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published December 7, 2020 · Last modified January 1, 2021
Christmas (or Plain!) Fraction Worksheets Free Printable Over the years, I have shared a lot of free holiday-themed math printables. Below I’ll link to some of those free addition/subtraction, multiplication/division holiday worksheets. Today, though, I’d like to provide you with some new fraction worksheets. This FREE Fraction Worksheet Packet includes Addition and subtraction of fractions with like denominators, Addition and subtraction where students have to find common denominators, Multiplication and...
Free Calendar Planning Pages / Freebies / Homeschool Den
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published November 29, 2020 · Last modified January 16, 2022
Are you looking for a free printable 2021-2022 Calendar that includes holidays, seasons, day light savings, etc.? Be sure to grab our free printable 2021-2022 calendar! Today I wanted to share our (latest) free calendar printable for 2021-2022. This free calendar printable covers 20 months (January 2021 through August 2022). Updated Calendar Available! The newest version is now available! The 2022-2023 School Year Calendar goes from Jan. 2022 through August...
This weekend, I made a few adjustments to my (free) Homeschool Planner and printed it out to get a handle on the next few weeks. I have shared this free December Homeschool Planner printable with you today! Just click on the link below. Click here for the: FREE December Homeschool PlannerI have a Spiral coil binding machine (affiliate link) that I use ALL the time for some of our homeschool...
Freebies / High School Math / Homeschool Den / Math - Algebra
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published October 21, 2020 · Last modified October 22, 2020
Free Algebra 2, Trig Printables (And a few hints about quadratic equations to help your kids out!) When the kids were little, we used to have cute posters on the walls… like the ABCs and stuff. We still have things on the wall, but the content has changed considerably now that my kids are older! I was showing my friend (on Zoom!) the material we have up behind the computer...
Freebies / Homeschool Den / Science: Earth Science Unit
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published September 3, 2020 · Last modified February 22, 2022
These free notebook pages review Earth’s 4 major systems (or spheres) and familiarize students with the scientists who study them. What are the major Earth Systems? the Atmosphere, Geosphere, Biosphere, Hydrosphere (and Cryosphere) You’ll find the download link for these free pages below!The Earth works as a set of interconnected systems; these four major Earth Systems are often referred to as spheres and include the atmosphere geosphere hydrosphere cryosphere biosphere...
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published August 28, 2020 · Last modified August 19, 2023
I often like to start out the year by providing some regular freebies for my readers. My hope is to share some freebies with you regularly on Fridays. Today I have a new math freebie for you. Plus, I have also included links to a half a dozen other freebies down below! These mixed math practice pages include some basic clock/time practice, reviewing the days of the week, months of...
Freebies / Homeschool Den / Math - Algebra / Math: Pre-Algebra
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published August 23, 2020
This free Exponent Rules Worksheet Packet goes over some of the exponent rules used in prealgebra, algebra and beyond. It includes free printable worksheets and an interactive notebook activity. This is a packet I first made for my son when he was in prealgebra. I have updated and added to this free set. This math packet includes some exponent rules charts (see the example answer chart to the right, students...
Free Homeschool Planner / Freebies
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published August 12, 2020 · Last modified September 23, 2022
Our newly updated FREE Booklet-Style Homeschool Planner is now available! At the beginning of each semester, I often change up our homeschool planner a bit. The past couple of years, I have been using a booklet style homeschool planner because it’s a bit easier to carry around (and keep track of). I print out the pages one-sided, fold them in half and use our Spiral coil binding machine to bind...
Freebies / Homeschool Den / Homeschool: Planning and Preparation / How to Start Homeschooling / Starting to Homeschool
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published July 16, 2020 · Last modified August 10, 2023
Tips for How to Start Homeschooling! I field a LOT of email from readers looking for advice on how to start homeschooling. I wanted to give some tips and pointers from someone who has been homeschooling for a very long time! 🙂 We have been homeschooling right from the start and my kids decided to continue homeschooling right through high school! Are you starting to homeschool or need fresh inspiration?...
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published April 22, 2020 · Last modified April 23, 2021
No doubt, this is a really unusual time. Most of the activities our family has relied on to add variety & spice to our homeschool life have ended for the year. And, it looks like summer camps & things like that won’t be an option either. We still have our homeschool routine, but I though my girls might enjoy it if we added in some different, fun activities. I came...
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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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Click on the image to check out our 100+page Rocks and Minerals Unit.
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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