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Homeschool Den / Homeschool: Our Homeschool (what our day is like, curriculum choices, etc.)
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published February 10, 2017 · Last modified July 25, 2021
Our Homeschool Week It has been quite a while since I wrote about the flow of our homeschool day. I really like writing these posts because it gives a glimpse of our messy, busy, wonderful homeschool life! Plus, I love looking back and seeing how things have changed. I’ll link to some of our previous posts from other years down below at the bottom of the post. (I still feel...
Freebies / Holiday: Valentine's Day / Homeschool Den / Kindergarten Math / Math General Posts
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published February 8, 2017 · Last modified February 6, 2022
Today, I have a set of Valentine’s skip counting mazes to share with you. My kids loved these types of math activities! In these sheets the kids have to skip count by 2s above and below the mazes. Then, they have to skip count as many times as they can in the number grid. Answer pages are included. These skip counting worksheets are free to download: Valentines Day Skip Counting...
Freebies / Homeschool Den / Spanish
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published February 7, 2017 · Last modified January 28, 2024
Hola Parents! Feliz Día de San Valentín (Happy Valentine’s Day!) Once more, Liesl and I are coming together to help you teach Spanish to your homeschooler! Growing up in Guatemala I remember how I used to celebrate Valentine’s Day with my friends. It was a day to celebrate “friendship” we also called it “El Día de la Amistad” (The Day of Friendship). Have fun learning the words and making them...
Homeschool Den / Language Arts: Books: Children's Literature / Language Arts: Reading
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published February 5, 2017 · Last modified July 1, 2020
Today I thought I would share some of the literature that is on our reading list for grades 7 to 9. These are well-known classics. We’re pretty flexible in that I won’t make them finish a book they “hate.” Life’s too short and their are too many amazing books! Let me add that our list changes as the kids’ interest change and as we cover different things in our homeschool....
Homeschool Den / Science: Earth Science Unit
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published February 1, 2017 · Last modified May 16, 2023
Every few years, we have learned about Earth Science. Each time we cover this material, we’ve added in new hands-on activities to help the kids understand some of the Earth’s processes. Today, I thought I’d share some of the photos from the first time we studied Earth Science since they’re buried here on the blog. We talked about the layers of the Earth and did a cute hands-on activity with...
Freebies / Homeschool Den / Math--Fractions
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published January 30, 2017 · Last modified March 1, 2017
Free Equivalent Fractions Packet! (Hearts-Theme or Plain) My daughter is just starting to learn about equivalent fractions… learning that 1 is the same as 2/2, 3/3, etc. Today I want to share the fractions packet that I first used with my son years ago! ED has done the basics with fractions (shading in fractions and adding fractions with the same denominator), but she is just diving into creating equivalent fractions...
Ages 2-6: Preschool (Age 4) / Ages 2-6: Preschool at Home / Holidays / Homeschool Den / Kindergarten / Science: Whale Unit / Winter Unit
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published January 24, 2017 · Last modified February 22, 2024
The past few weeks, my daughter has been doing a big Winter Unit. The first part is about 60 pages and covers topics such as Earth’s axis, the months and seasons, the Arctic vs. Antarctica, and goes in depth about various polar animals. The second part, pages 63 to 78, includes some PreK activities. This is a really fun winter unit with lots of hands-on activities, lapbook/interactive notebook pieces, various worksheets...
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published January 19, 2017 · Last modified March 8, 2024
Hi Everyone, This is just a real quick note to let you know that I have updated the Science Unit Homeschool Checklist post. These are the science units I hope to cover in elementary and middle school. I know I’ve had a lot of new visitors to the blog and wanted to point this resource out. Also, someone dropped me a note to ask if I’ve finished the Curriculum Resource...
Homeschool Den / Language Arts: Spelling
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published January 17, 2017 · Last modified March 6, 2023
Long-e Spellings: e, ee, ea, e-e, ie, ei, y and ey Spelling Word Sort Activities and Games Our family has used All About Spelling (affiliate link) for many years. It lays out various spelling rules in a really clear, easy to follow manner. I’ve found that the kids also enjoy doing activities and games to help reinforce what they have learned. (Find out more about why we love the AAS program...
History: Ancient Greece Unit / Homeschool Den
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published January 16, 2017 · Last modified September 5, 2022
Today, I’m going to share a few worksheets and cards about Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. These are free to download! These cover highlights such as: Homer Troy the Parthenon The story or Romulus and Remus the Colosseum Julius Caesar Last semester, we read the Story of the World, vol. 1 (affiliate link), which is all about the ancient world. As I said before, ED loved this book! (And her...
History: Ancient Egypt / Homeschool Den
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published January 6, 2017 · Last modified September 29, 2023
We love hands-on projects and ED had fun at the end of last semester learning about Ancient Egypt. I thought I would share the cool project she made (mostly on her own!). My youngest and I read through the Story of the World, vol. 1 (affiliate link) about the ancient world. ED loved the way this book is written. (She is 8.) At the time, my older two were doing...
History: American History / Homeschool Den
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published January 4, 2017 · Last modified January 5, 2017
Today I have a free packet for you that reviews our US Presidents. At times in our homeschool, we take the opportunity to review the 45 U.S. Presidents. We do that by singing a song that lists them in order. 🙂 We then spend time highlighting 6 or 8 of them and talking about the major events that happened during their presidency. Then we’ll learn a bit more about...
Homeschool Den / Language Arts: Writing
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published January 3, 2017 · Last modified September 21, 2019
“Mom, I don’t know what to write!” Have you ever heard that in your homeschool? Today I have five ways you can help kids when they are feeling stuck with their writing. At the end of this post, you can download our 35+ page writing resource packet. It is currently FREE to download! Writing Tips: Writing Resource Packet We’ve been using a writing workshop for a couple of years now. ...
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published December 28, 2016 · Last modified February 9, 2020
In this German unit, the kids learned how to talk about daily routines, activities, hobbies and chores. We covered topics such as: Was machst du den ganzen Tag? (Daily routines, activities, chores) das Haus Wortschatz (items around the house) Was machst du in deiner Freizeit? (Hobbies) And, there are a couple pages about conjugating verbs in the present tense. Daily Routine: We started this unit with vocabulary relating to one’s...
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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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We have used AAS for 6 years! AAS is an affiliate link.
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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