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History: American History / History: Civics, Government and Economics / Homeschool Den
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published March 7, 2017 · Last modified September 22, 2023
We have a new packet to share with you that touches on some of the different forms of government, societies, and some of our current world leaders. These notebook pages are my kids’ first introduction to some of the terms and complicated concepts about world governments, government systems, and politics. I wanted to explore some of the different forms of government… those that are ruled just by one person, a...
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 / 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....
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published December 12, 2016 · Last modified December 11, 2016
This holiday season has been full. There have been a lot of wonderful things, but also two great losses for our family. Right before Thanksgiving, my husband’s uncle passed away. And last week, my aunt passed away. Both were quite unexpected. I personally have shed a lot of tears in the past week. It was my Mom’s sister who passed. I think it was hard for me because my own...
Freebies / Holiday: Christmas Activities / Spanish
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published December 8, 2016 · Last modified December 5, 2021
It’s the holiday season and today we have some Christmas word cards and worksheets for those of you who are helping your kids to learn Spanish! This year, I teamed up with Sra. Morato from Homeschool Spanish Curriciulum to create a series of free Spanish worksheets for you. This is the 5th post in this series. Sra. Morato teaches Spanish classes online. She is a native Spanish speaker and has...
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published November 10, 2016 · Last modified October 10, 2020
Are you teaching your kids Spanish? You’ll want to grab this free Spanish worksheet to help your kids learn about the body – el cuerpo! Scroll down to download the Free Spanish Worksheet: the body – el cuerpo Free Spanish Worksheet She has also provided us with some interactive online activities that you can do write here to learn the parts of the body – el cuerpo – including online flashcards,...
Freebies / Homeschool Den / Spanish
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published October 20, 2016 · Last modified October 10, 2020
El Otoño es divertido! Dear Parents! I am so excited to be part of Liesl’s Fall project! What a wonderful way to learn the colors and fall related words. She and I worked together to create another free Spanish printable for you. With these activities, you can help your students learn some fall-related words and practice their colors in Spanish. As you know, Liesl and I believe learning should be...
Today I want to share some of the new features we have on the blog. Everyone needs some homeschool encouragement from time to time, right? Over the weekend I put together a new page called Avoid Homeschool Overwhelm (though it includes so much more than that!!). It starts off with 10+ Tips for Homeschooling Without Feeling Overwhelmed…. Things like… Don’t compare your reality to your thoughts, plans, and aspirations before...
Freebies / Homeschool Den / Spanish
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published October 6, 2016 · Last modified April 24, 2020
Tarjetas para clasificar las frutas y los vegetales Once again I’ve teamed up with Sra. Morato from Homeschool Spanish Curricululm and we have another free Spanish printable for you. This week our free printable is on fruits and vegetables! These are great for beginning language learners for basic vocabulary building and conversation practice. Let me turn the post straight over to Sra. Morato! Hola parents! I want to congratulate you...
Homeschool Den / Homeschool: Our Homeschool (what our day is like, curriculum choices, etc.) / Homeschool: Planning and Preparation / Starting to Homeschool
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published October 3, 2016
Over the weekend I wrote a post about what I might do if I were starting all over again with toddlers and preschoolers in-tow (Homeschooling Multiple Ages). In today’s post, I wanted to share what our routine looks like these days. I have two kids in middle school (ie. grades 6 and 8) and one in grade 3. Our homeschool is considerably more structured than it used to be. When...
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published September 13, 2016 · Last modified March 21, 2018
We have so many writing and language arts resources on the blog, I thought it was time to create a tab so our resources are a bit easier to find. Almost all of our grammar pages are currently free!! We have posts in these language arts categories: Writing Workshop – How and Why we started using a homeschool writing workshop. Mini-Lessons about Writing Comma Rules and Practice Pages Other Free...
Happy Labor Day! This is a post you definitely don’t want to miss. It has links to dozens of freebies in science, history, language arts, math, PreK, German and Spanish!! Today is a holiday that honors the hard work of men and women across America. This blog has been my labor of love for more than seven years! It started as a way for me to document our homeschool journey...
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published September 1, 2016 · Last modified April 24, 2020
It is a new school year! Start learning about the calendar in Spanish! These three video lessons will teach you about the: • Days of the week • Months • How to talk about the weather Hola! I am Sra. Morato, a homeschool mom of three and Spanish certified teacher. I am so excited Liesl has given me the platform to share with you all some of my Spanish lessons....
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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
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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Click on the image to see our Animal Bundle - including the Animal Unit, Life Cycles, the Rainforest, Winter (Polar Animals) & Hibernation, Chameleons, Wolves, Cicadas and more!
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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