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History: Middle Ages / Homeschool Den
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published April 24, 2015 · Last modified March 23, 2022
Middle Ages Projects and Books for Kids! As with a lot of our homeschool curriculum, we’re patching together our Middle Ages Unit. I thought I’d share some of the books, projects, and resources we’ve been using recently as we continue through our studies of the Middle Ages. Yesterday, we got to such an exciting part of our current Middle Ages novel, that we couldn’t stop! We read aloud for nearly...
Holiday: Easter / Math General Posts / Math--Multiplication
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published March 31, 2015 · Last modified March 26, 2018
My daughter continues to work on the beginnings of multiplication and is practicing skip counting daily. I made these Easter skip counting worksheets for her (she has only worked on 2s thru 6s at this point). These Easter skip counting pages are free to download! 🙂 By the way, I suggest that you print two mazes per page to save on paper. Free Easter Skip Counting Pages 2s thru 6s We...
History: Middle Ages / Homeschool Den
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published March 6, 2015 · Last modified March 5, 2015
The last week or so we have learned a lot about King Arthur and Charlemagne. Last week, I shared our monasteries worksheets. This week we finished reading a fabulous book about King Arthur. I’ve read a lot of King Arthur stories/books over the years, but this one was absolutely perfect for our homeschool… with rich exciting tales that the kids and I all loved! I mentioned it last week, but it’s...
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published February 20, 2015 · Last modified May 10, 2015
Middle Ages Unit: Worksheets on the Medieval Church & the Development of Monasteries This week we talked about Christianity in the early Middle Ages in our homeschool. We read about how the Church was organized and how monasteries began. The history book we are using [primarily Early Times : The Story of the Middle Ages (affiliate link) by Suzanne Strauss Art] went into detail about a couple of the historical figures that went...
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published February 17, 2015 · Last modified August 31, 2020
Preschool at Home: Engaging Activities for Little Learners ages 3-6 or so When my kids were little, we were very active. We were much more likely to be found jumping and feeling, searching and exploring than sitting quietly doing worksheets. I tried to bring in a wide variety of activities to keep the looking forward to “doing school!” Theme Tables: We often did themed weeks… which helped me rotate in...
Arts and Crafts / History: Middle Ages / Homeschool Den
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published February 17, 2015 · Last modified September 13, 2018
Last week, we combined our study of the Vikings with a new art project — woodburning! We have just started a new unit on the Middle Ages. Last week, we focused on northern Europe and the Vikings/Norsemen. We started by learning the location of the Scandinavian countries. We talked about the “barbarian” invasions of the Roman Empire and read that section in our history book. The spine for our...
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published January 26, 2015 · Last modified March 30, 2024
We are so glad you are here at the Homeschool Den! We have been homeschooling for years now, so we have a lot of resources tucked away here at our blog. In fact, let me send you to one of our latest freebies – the FREE Winter-Spring 2024 Homeschool Planner and you’ll find our Free 2024-2025 School Year Calendar Printable here. Would you like to check out some of our...
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published January 17, 2015 · Last modified December 27, 2018
Welcome! If you are on this page, then you are considering homeschooling as an option for your child/children or have already started! I’m so excited for you! Our family has been homeschooling basically from the start. We found that homeschooling works extremely well for our family. We love all the hands-on projects we can do and I love how I can tailor each of the kids’ education to exactly what they...
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published January 15, 2015 · Last modified March 1, 2024
Our most popular science packets include Earth Science Unit, a Study of Cells, Biology Unit, Chemistry Unit, Digestive System Unit, States of Matter, Simple Machines, Human Body Systems, Skeletal System Unit, Ocean Unit, Physical and Chemical States of Matter, Electricity and Circuits Unit, Layers of the Atmosphere, Magnets & the Magnetosphere, and more. Our science units are mostly under $15.00 and range in length from 20 to well over 150...
Homeschool Den / Math General Posts / Math--Multiplication / Must Read
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published December 27, 2014 · Last modified April 2, 2020
This is a fun way to learn to skip count by 6s! I’ve shared a number of the skip counting mazes, but this clapping game did a lot more for helping ED to remember the 6s. Earlier this fall, I mentioned that ED has been learning to skip count by 4s, 6s and 7s. We made our song into a clapping game too and the girls really had fun with...
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published December 17, 2014 · Last modified December 5, 2021
I made some Christmas skip counting mazes for my daughter and printed them out for her math notebook. She loved them! You’ll find skip counting pages for the 2s through the 7s. You can move in any direction including diagonally. If you are interested you can download them and use them with your kids as well! Kids will practice skip counting by 2s, 3s, 4s, 5s, 6s or 7s....
Kindergarten Math / Math General Posts / Math--Multiplication
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published November 10, 2014 · Last modified October 12, 2022
My daughter is working on skip counting. She enjoys doing these quick mazes and I thought I’d share them with you. Some of them have characters on them, but I also included a few plain ones at the end so you can use them any time of the year. With these pages, you can go in any direction – up, down, left, right and diagonally. Fall Skip Counting Pages for...
Freebies / Holiday: Halloween / Homeschool Den / Math--Division / Math--Fractions / Math--Multiplication
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published October 28, 2014 · Last modified November 2, 2022
Fun Halloween Freebies (with links to free Halloween printables for younger kids too)! I have made the kids lots and lots of fun math worksheets over the years! Below you’ll find free Halloween PDFs for multiplication and division and for fraction practice. They are free to download if you can use them. Plus, I’ve added in a dozen other Halloween and Fall Freebies you might find helpful… from addition and...
Homeschool Den / Homeschool: Planning and Preparation / How to Start Homeschooling / Science / Starting to Homeschool
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published September 22, 2014 · Last modified January 1, 2015
A week or so ago, a reader asked me if I had any other tips about homeschool planning. She had read the posts I had put together on short term and long term goals and planning, but wondered if I had any other thoughts. She wondered how I make sure we keep tabs on the resources and books and planning things out in general. I spent a lot of the...
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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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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.
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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 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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