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I have just released the second installment of our new PDF packet: Homeschool Foundations: Establishing Routines that Work. This section section is about Organizing Your Homeschool Learning Spaces. In this section, you will think about your home and how you want it to feel and function. Scroll down below to read through some quick homeschool organization tips! When you have the time and energy, you will dive into some...
Homeschool Foundations: Establishing Routines that Work: Are you are looking for some general tips about creating routines, organizing and keeping on top of things during the year? This packet is designed to help you think about the strategies and routines to help your family life run smoothly. This packet is a work in progress and is currently FREE to download! For many families, the summer is an opportunity to take...
Free Middle School Math Worksheets Below you will find a free math worksheet PDF which covers mean, median, mode and range. This is a math topic we need to review once a year or so because my kids never remember the meanings! These free Mean, Median, Mode worksheets include both definitions and practice problems to review these terms: Mean: This is the average of a set of numbers. Add all...
Free Comma Rules Worksheets! This time of year, we spend time practicing grammar. I have so many grammar sets on the blog, I thought it was about time to start putting them together in a convenient spot. So, I have started creating a Grammar Practice BUNDLE. I will be adding in new PDFs from time to time to this Grammar Bundle. They are currently free (in random spots all over...
Homeschool Den / Science: Astronomy Unit
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published May 2, 2021 · Last modified May 9, 2021
The Astronomy Packet is Currently FREE! For the past couple of weeks, we have been doing an astronomy unit. Today I wanted to share a few of the resources we used for this unit including some new astronomy notebook pages I made for the kids. These include astronomy worksheets about the universe and galaxies & light time (light second, minute, hour, day and of course light year) the Space Race...
Homeschool Den / Science: Cell Unit / Science: Plant Unit
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published April 2, 2021 · Last modified March 23, 2023
Cell Unit Update! This Cells Unit covers cell theory, prokaryotic vs. eukaryotic cells, animal vs. plant cells, the organelles of the cell, and now goes into more detail about chloroplast anatomy, the layers of a leaf, photosynthesis, and more. We just finished a big unit on plant cells and photosynthesis, studying everything from the organelles of plant cells to details about chloroplasts and the process of photosynthesis (light-dependent and light-independent...
Homeschool Den / Science: Human Body Unit
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published March 21, 2021 · Last modified February 21, 2022
Endocrine System Worksheets and Notebook Pages Do you know the difference between endocrine and exocrine glands? You’ll learn that and more in this new 60-page Endocrine System Unit! Since I’ve piqued your interest… exocrine glands are those glands that have ducts and lead to the surface of the body… like sweat glands, tear glands (lacrimal glands), and mammary glands whereas endocrine glands secrete hormones into the bloodstream The Endocrine System...
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published March 7, 2021 · Last modified March 20, 2023
New Update to the Chemistry Packet! What’s in this unit? This 150+ page Chemistry Unit covers topics such as the periodic table (how it is organized), valence electrons, periods, groups and basic vocabulary such as ions and isotopes. Students are introduced to the structure of the periodic table, Bohr Diagrams, Lewis Diagrams and electron configuration in a fun, hands-on way! What ages is it for? My kids covered this material...
Science: Energy Unit / Science: Physics Unit
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published February 22, 2021
Learn all about Waves, the Electromagnetic Spectrum and Light with these new Notebook Pages and Worksheets! This new section of the Energy Packet goes into more detail about electromagnetic waves and the wave nature of light. In this section, we went over terms like wavelength, frequency and amplitude before talking about the 7 types of electromagnetic waves in the electromagnetic spectrum radio waves microwaves infrared radiation visible light ultraviolet radiation...
20th Century History / Freebies / History: Civics, Government and Economics
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published February 8, 2021 · Last modified September 23, 2022
FREE Packet: Types of Governments, Types of Society, Current World Leaders Newly Updated in Feb. 2021! 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,...
Science: Earth Science Unit / Science: Rocks and Minerals
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published January 24, 2021 · Last modified October 17, 2022
100+ page Rocks and Mineral Packet We studied Rocks and Minerals again this semester and I have just released a new Rocks and Minerals Packet. The Rocks and Minerals Unit is well over 100 pages! This Rocks and Minerals Unit includes worksheets, notebook activities, booklets on rocks & minerals and the rock cycle, hands-on activity ideas, a lapbook/interactive notebook activity on the three types of rocks. Below I will share...
Homeschool Den / Kindergarten / Science: Biomes; Animal Habitats / World Animals
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published January 11, 2021 · Last modified November 2, 2022
This new 35+ page Wolves Mini-Unit will help your kids learn all about wolves! The Wolves Packet includes a number different activities such as a notebook pages with tracing, research question booklet, an interactive notebook activity, and wolf writing pages. I also included a half-dozen activity pages if you have younger kids in your family. 🙂 Wolves Notebook Pages (Booklet Style) with Tracing The first activity is a booklet with...
20th Century History / Homeschool Den / WWII
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published December 31, 2020 · Last modified December 11, 2022
Our 150-page World War II unit covers many of the basic events from the post-WWI era through the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. The WWII Packet includes notebook pages, worksheets, timelines, interactive notebook pages and other activities. Here is Table of Contents for this WWII Unit: Timeline of 1920-1930s Events Post WWI Events – Notebook Pages and Teacher (Full Text) pages Rise of Hitler, Anti-Semitism, Inflation, anti-Jewish...
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published December 16, 2020 · Last modified February 22, 2021
This is a just quick post to let you know that I have added a dozen new pages to the Energy Unit. These include worksheets and activities on the different types of energy: mechanical, chemical, nuclear, electrical, radiant, sound, elastic, and gravitational energy. Our 100+page Energy Packet covers a range of topics from energy and force, kinetic and potential energy, the types and sources of energy, power grids, to fossil...
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This post has links to dozens of posts and resources both for new and veteran homeschoolers for everything from finding homeschool curriculum to general homeschool advice and encouragement.
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What science topics could I teach my 5-7 year old - Homeschool Science Curriculum
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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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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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