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by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published October 5, 2017 · Last modified November 19, 2020
For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been sharing some of the Earth Science activities we’ve been doing in our science club. Today, I thought I would share some other resources that are buried here on the blog for those of you who want to continue on with Earth Science this year. a packet about the Earth’s atmosphere (Find out more about this 50+ page packet here.) Weather Packet Weather...
Ages 2-6: Preschool (Age 4) / Ages 2-6: Preschool and Toddler Activities / Ages 2-6: Preschool at Home / Freebies / Homeschool Den / Kindergarten / Kindergarten Math / Math--Addition
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published October 4, 2017 · Last modified September 30, 2018
When my kids were first learning to do double-digit addition, I found some Montessori math worksheets that worked extremely well for them. They could follow the color scheme and also there was plenty of room for them to write in the numbers. I wound up making numerous sets for them. I thought I would make a new set in a fall theme for those of you with kids just delving...
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published September 17, 2017 · Last modified January 17, 2019
Do your kids need practice counting coins? Enjoy these free coin-counting printables! Be sure to grab both money counting activity packets below. 🙂 First is a coin-counting paper chain activity! Kids will practice skip counting (by 5s, 10s or 25s) or will practice counting change. Cut out all the strips and mix them up. Your kids will need a stapler. There are skip counting with nickels, dimes or quarters. Have them...
Free Calendar Planning Pages / Freebies / Homeschool: Organizing and Cleaning / Homeschool: Planning and Preparation
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published August 18, 2017 · Last modified August 19, 2017
Hi everyone! As the school year begins again for many of us, we’re all trying to keep ourselves organized. I use google (online) calendar for many of our activities, but I still keep a traditional paper calendar as well in my homeschool planner. I wanted to share the updated printable calendar with you all. This is FREE to download and print out, just click to link or picture below! This...
Ages 2-6: Preschool (Age 4) / Ages 2-6: Preschool and Toddler Activities / Ages 2-6: Preschool at Home / Ages 2-6: Toddler/Preschool Activities / Freebies / Homeschool Den / Kindergarten
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published May 2, 2017 · Last modified May 9, 2017
30+ Preschool and Kindergarten Resources You Don’t Want to Miss! When my kids were younger, we did a wide range of activities. Along the way, I made a number of Montessori 3-Part cards and other resources for them. I wanted to highlight some of those printables for you today. Below, you’ll find more than 30+ printables. Many of them are free. 🙂 Enjoy! ~Liesl Free Montessori Sorting Activity: Living Nonliving...
Freebies / Kindergarten Math / Math General Posts / Math--Addition / Math--Multiplication
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published April 20, 2017
My kids *loved* playing games to help them learn their math facts. I made a fancy version of amath fact game we used to play. It’s free to download! This game takes less than 10 minutes to play (though perhaps more if your kids are like mine and beg to play again and again!!). To play this game, you need a die or a wooden cube with the numbers 1...
Freebies / Homeschool Den / Science / Science: Astronomy Unit
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published April 17, 2017 · Last modified February 21, 2022
Today we have a free set of worksheets you about the planets of our solar system. These will work for a wide range of ages – PreK to Grade 5 or so. Here what is included: Solar System Poster Inner – Outer Planets fill-in-the-blank page – Fun Clipart Remembering the Planets – Mnemonics Inner – Outer Planets fill-in-the-blank answer page Our Solar System – Fun Clipart – Tracing Page Solar...
Freebies / Kindergarten Math / Math General Posts / Math--Multiplication
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published March 29, 2017 · Last modified April 26, 2022
We have some fun spring butterfly skip counting practice sheets to share with you today! These skip counting worksheets are free to download! These colorful skip counting mazes cover the 2s, 3s, 4s, 5s and 10s. Before the kids tackle the mazes, have them fill out the missing numbers in the skip counting rows. Then move on to the maze. Have your student start with the number and skip count...
Freebies / Language Arts - Grammar Worksheets
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published March 29, 2017 · Last modified February 10, 2021
Today, I have a free homophone practice worksheet to share with you. I often make new worksheets when I notice particular problems crop up in the kids’ writing. Today’s sheet highlights these homophones: to/two/too it’s/its are/our flower/flour there/they’re/their for/four It is free to download here: Free Homophone Practice Worksheet I have another set that we pulled out from a very long time ago. 🙂 If anyone has slightly younger kids,...
Freebies / Homeschool Den / Homeschool Encouragement / Homeschool: Planning and Preparation / Homeschool: Random Thoughts / Homeschool: Useful Resources (websites books etc) / How to Start Homeschooling / Starting to Homeschool
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published March 17, 2017 · Last modified August 10, 2023
How to Create Your Own Homeschool Curriculum: Grade 4-5 Today I want to share this free 50+ page Resource Guide for Creating Your Own Homeschool Curriculum. It has been created to help answer some basic questions: What subjects should I teach my 4th or 5th grader? Where do I start? How do I know what to teach my kids? We are eclectic homeschoolers, which means that we use a wide...
Freebies / Homeschool Den / Spanish
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published March 14, 2017 · Last modified April 23, 2020
Today, I have teamed up with Sra. Morato once again to share a new set of free Spanish worksheets. Our topic this time: In the Garden! ¡En el jardín! You’ll find a link to download these free Spanish worksheets below. Let me turn it over to Sra. Morato! Hola Padres! I am honored to collaborate with Liesl once again. Spring is almost here and what a wonderful opportunity to learn...
Ages 2-6: Preschool (Age 4) / Ages 2-6: Preschool at Home / Freebies / Homeschool Den / Kindergarten / Kindergarten Math / Math: Preschool Math
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published March 12, 2017 · Last modified June 17, 2020
When my daughter was just going into kindergarten she loved math, but I had a hard time finding material that worked well for her, so I created various materials for her. Today, I’m going to share a 10-page Math Challenge Math Packet with you that may work for your 4 to 6-year old. What kinds of things are in the Math Challenge Packet? Counting (legs, candy, eyes, etc.!), graphing and...
Freebies / Holiday: St. Patrick's Day / Homeschool Den
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published March 5, 2017 · Last modified March 1, 2018
March 18th is St. Patrick’s Day. Are you looking for some fun worksheets and activities for St. Patrick’s Day? This post has links to more than a dozen free printables, worksheets and resources — from PreK through Grade 5 math! First I’m going to share some of the free St. Patrick’s Day math printables we have (number words, skip-counting, addition, multiplication, division, fractions, and more!). Then a bit lower down...
Freebies / Holiday: St. Patrick's Day / Homeschool Den / Math--Fractions
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published March 1, 2017
Earlier this semester, my daughter started to learn about fractions. I shared the free fraction packet she started with. She’s been doing some problems in her math book, but I thought she would enjoy playing a board game with equivalent fractions. With St. Patrick’s Day coming up, I made a game board in that theme. I also made a game board with spring birds, butterflies, and flowers (just to make...
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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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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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