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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...
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published November 14, 2020 · Last modified September 29, 2023
Be sure to check out our Scientific Classification and Taxonomy Unit!. I have added in some new material and this Animal Classification Unit is now over 100 pages! Taxonomy is the branch of science concerned with classification of organisms into Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus & Species. With these activities, my kids have become pretty knowledgeable about many of these groups and they especially loved the labs! This...
Homeschool Den / Science: Energy Unit / Science: Physics Unit
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published November 2, 2020 · Last modified February 22, 2021
This 100+page Energy Unit covers a range of topics from energy and force, kinetic and potential energy, the types and sources of energy, power grids, to fossil fuels, the carbon cycle and more! You’ll find the link to purchase this packet down below or in Our Store. I am SO excited to share this with you! This is a unit that I’ve been working on for well over a year!...
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...
Homeschool Den / Science: Ocean Unit
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published October 19, 2020 · Last modified July 25, 2021
Salinity and Water Temperatures Influence the Oceans’ Currents We just love hands-on activities! They are what make our units come alive! In this portion of our Ocean Unit, we did a number of experiments to show how salinity and water temperatures influence the oceans’ currents. Salinity Our first experiment was on salinity. In this experiment we talked about how salt changes the density of water. One jar had no salt...
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published October 13, 2020 · Last modified September 23, 2023
I have just added a new Rainforest Booklet and Notebook Pages to our Rainforest Unit. The Rainforest Packet is now over 75 pages! First, let me show you some of the new pages. Then, I’ll include the explanation of what else is included after that. You will find the link to purchase this unit down below or at our Big Animal BUNDLE page. Note: If you purchased this unit already,...
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published October 10, 2020 · Last modified October 21, 2020
Todo sobre la comida – All About Food Desayuno – Almuerzo – Cena This new Spanish Worksheet Set is all about food. There are 4 pdfs in Spanish Bundle 6 that include common words you would use while preparing and making meals: breakfast, lunch & dinner. These include dishes, food items and various verbs you would use while preparing food from chopping and cooking to wiping the table and sweeping...
I have just added a new German Worksheet Packet to German BUNDLE 2 covering Herbst- und Halloween-Wörter. I thought my kids might enjoy learning/reviewing some seasonal vocabulary in German covering Herbst and Halloween. While they are doing a lot of reading & grammar practice for German, we still do a lot of vocabulary-building work as well. 🙂 Herbstwörter: This Herbst and Halloween German Worksheet Packet covers some common words associated...
Homeschool Den / Language Arts - Grammar Spelling Reading Writing Categories / Language Arts: Books: Children's Literature / Language Arts: Spelling / Language Arts: Writing
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published October 5, 2020 · Last modified February 10, 2021
Earlier this week, I had a wonderful back-and-forth email conversation with a reader about literature and language arts in our homeschool. She had questions about the literature book/s we were using when my kids were in grades 2, 5 and 7. I thought I would share a lot of that conversation with you today. It highlights some of the language arts books/texts/resources we have used over the years. Plus, I’ve...
Homeschool Den / Math--Multiplication
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published October 2, 2020 · Last modified August 15, 2021
11s Multiplication and Division Worksheet Packet This fun 11s Multiplication – Division & Skip Counting Worksheet Packet will help your kids learn to multiply and divide by 11. The 11s Packet include skip-counting mazes and activities, multiplication by 11s problems, and several division by 11s worksheets. I have just added the 11s Multiplication and Division Worksheet Packet to the HUGE Multiplication/Division BUNDLE (which includes more than 20 pdfs and covers...
Homeschool Den / Science: Earth Science Unit / Science: Ocean Unit
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published September 28, 2020 · Last modified February 22, 2022
In this post, I thought I’d share some of the activities my daughter did as she learned about latitude & longitude, the Prime Meridian and other geography terms. My daughter is doing a unit on oceans and we’re talking about ocean navigation at the moment. I wanted to be sure to slip in this information about latitude, longitude, the prime meridian and so forth (even though we covered it in...
Ages 2-6: Clocks - Telling Time / Math General Posts
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published September 25, 2020 · Last modified April 23, 2021
When my kids were younger, we used a clock matching activity regularly to make sure the kids got the hang of being able to read an analog clock. Today I have shared a new printable with you! Clocks – Telling Time Activities This is included in our K-2 Math BUNDLE: It is one of the best Bundles we have available… with more than 20 PDFs at just $5.50. 🙂 I’ve...
Homeschool Den / Science: Ocean Unit
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published September 16, 2020 · Last modified May 1, 2023
Coral Reef Worksheets & Activities These new Corals and Coral Reef worksheets, notebook pages and the lapbook/interactive notebook activity have been added to our 100+page Ocean Unit. In this part of our ocean unit, my daughter learned all about coral and coral reefs: What is coral? What do corals eat? (And what is the relationship between the algae, zooxanthellae, and corals.) How does a coral colony begin? (coral reproduction) What...
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published September 11, 2020 · Last modified November 2, 2022
Learn all about chameleons! This 15-page packet helps kids learn all about chameleons. It includes a chameleon booklet (which you need to print out one-sided, fold in half and bind along the left side) and a chameleon lapbook/interactive notebook activity. It answers questions such as Where do chameleons live? Why do chameleons change colors? What do chameleons eat? What do chameleons look like? How many eggs does a female chameleon...
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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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