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Homeschool Den / Math--Division / Math--Multiplication
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published April 25, 2017 · Last modified January 19, 2019
Over the past year, I have made lots of fun math packets for my daughter to learn her multiplication and division facts. My daughter is polishing up all of her multiplication and division facts at the moment. I made this new practice packet for her to review her multiplication and division facts – 2s through 9s. Our latest multiplication/division packet has 25 pages of worksheets. I usually let my daughter...
Active Math Games / Holiday: Easter / Homeschool Den / Math--Multiplication
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published April 2, 2017
Active Easter Multiplication Games for 3s, 4s, 6s, 7s, 8s, 9s We absolutely love active math games. With the weather getting nicer, I thought I’d put together some fun games for the girls to practice their multiplication math facts. I made a set of multiplication cards for the 3s, 4s, 6s, 7s, 8s, and 9s multiplication tables. The answers are on the QR code reader. Here are some of the...
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 / 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...
Ancient World History / History: China Unit / History: Geography Activities
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published January 9, 2017 · Last modified September 5, 2022
Free China Geography and Landmark Packet As many of you know, last semester we read the Story of the World, vol. 1 (affiliate link). Initially, I was just reading it with my youngest, but my older two wound up listening in too. 🙂 When we came to the first chapters on Ancient China, I wanted to go over some basic facts about China including the geography, government and some of...
Homeschool Den / Homeschool: Planning and Preparation / Homeschool: Useful Resources (websites books etc) / How to Start Homeschooling / Starting to Homeschool
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published November 21, 2016 · Last modified August 10, 2023
How to Create Your Own Homeschool Curriculum: Gr. 2-3 One of the things I hear a lot about our blog is that there is so much to take in, it can be overwhelming. That is especially true if you are a new homeschooler, just starting out. I’ve dragged my feet about creating a resource like this is because so much of what we covered is not “grade” or “age” specific....
Holiday: Thanksgiving / Math--Multiplication
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published November 16, 2016 · Last modified October 12, 2022
Today, I have a few fall-themed multiplication pages to share with you. My daughter has learned all of her multiplication facts, but still needs regular practice. (She’s 8.) I would like to share the worksheets I made for her with you today. Each worksheet has multiplication, a couple of double-digit multiplication problems, and a few long division problems (with no remainders). Hopefully someone can use them. 🙂 Enjoy! FREE Multiplication and...
Freebies / Holiday: Thanksgiving / Homeschool Den / Kindergarten Math / Math--Multiplication
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published November 8, 2016 · Last modified January 1, 2024
This post has lots of free Fall and Thanksgiving math printables including these free skip counting worksheets. The skip counting mazes review the 2s 3s 5s and 10s. In the maze, kids have to find the numbers 2 through 22, 3 through 33, 5 through 55 and 10 through 110. To find the skip counting row, move in any direction up, down, left, right, diagonal! Download the FREE Skip Counting...
How to Start Homeschooling / Starting to Homeschool
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published October 1, 2016 · Last modified September 25, 2017
Reader Email (abridged): I have five kids from 8 years old down to a 1-year old. I would like homeschool, but I don’t know where to begin. Do you have any advice for me? This post is for a dear reader who has a very full house with five kids – from an 8-year-old she’s considering homeschooling, down to a 1-year-old! This amazing Mom deserves a medal!! She was wondering...
When we were planning our trip out West, I purchased a book of some of America’s best geological sites. I read about the Crater of Diamonds state park and the kids were beside themselves at the thought of being able to search for *real* diamonds!! This state park is the world’s eighth largest diamond-bearing volcanic crater. We camped in the state park and tried our hand at diamond mining! Many...
Kindergarten Math / Math General Posts / Math--Multiplication
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published May 18, 2016 · Last modified July 3, 2018
Multiplication and Division Bundle – 250+ pages of Worksheets, Games & Activities (15 pdfs and growing!) When my youngest was 8, she took on the big math task of learning all of her multiplication tables. As my daughter moved into learning her multiplication facts I looked around for the kind of multiplication practice that would help her. The math book she was using went through the math facts a bit...
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published April 14, 2016 · Last modified September 19, 2023
This is a free printable map of the European countries and their flags. We are talking about the countries of Europe at the moment and I thought the flags would be a fun way for the kids to review what they’ve learned so far. I’ve included a couple of different blank maps of Europe. You can print the maps in either portrait or landscape. Both are available in this PDF....
I made a new set of mixed math worksheets for ED. These include multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction problems. She is just starting double-digit multiplication so there are a few of those on each page as well (but only with a few problems at the bottom of each page as she catches on to the idea of carrying). There are 7 pages. These are free to download. Hope someone else...
Homeschool Den / Math--Multiplication
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published February 4, 2016 · Last modified July 7, 2021
ED is working on the 8s multiplication facts. I’ve found that the other multiplication packets I made have worked really, really well for her. This lizard-themed worksheet packet wound up being 37 pages. 🙂 There’s a FREE multiplication and division (for the 8s) game board for you later in the post. 🙂 Skip Counting Song for the 8s In our family the kids sang the 8s to the tune of...
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