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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...
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...
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by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published November 6, 2016 · Last modified August 10, 2023
How to Create Your Own Homeschool Curriculum: K, Gr. 1 This FREE 50-page Homeschool Resource has been created to help answer some basic questions: What subjects should I teach my Kindergartner/1st Grader? Where do I start? How do I know what to teach my kids? Every child is different, but I wanted to offer a starting point. Hopefully you’ll find some ideas and printables that will work with your kids!...
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by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published September 22, 2016 · Last modified September 21, 2023
Multiplication & Division Worksheet Packet in an Ancient Egypt theme! Last year, my daughter learned all of her multiplication facts but I knew she would need a lot of review this fall. I asked her over the summer what theme she wanted her latest packet to be and she chose Ancient Egypt. No, we’re not studying Ancient Egypt at the moment, but she loved the clipart! So, that’s what I...
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by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published July 11, 2016 · Last modified July 7, 2020
For many of us it is mid-summer. Homeschooling seems far away still, though we know it’s lurking around the corner. We don’t want to be caught completely unprepared, right? Here are some things that we can do now to make the transition easier when we return: 1) Turn in your Notice of Intent (if your state requires one) – Get this done and turned in so you don’t have to...
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...
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by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published March 9, 2016 · Last modified March 1, 2018
My daughter really loves having cute, fun math worksheets to work through. This is a packet I made for her at the beginning of the year (she is in 2nd grade this year). She has finished it up and it was about time to share it on the blog! This packet is well over 50 pages! The Pet Pack has about 35 pages of addition and subtraction worksheets. The first...
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published November 30, 2015 · Last modified July 7, 2021
Multiplication Facts for the 4s and 9s (and more!)! 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 too quickly for her. She needed quite a bit of repetition and wanted bright, colorful worksheets. I wound up making my own sets of practice pages...
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published August 3, 2015 · Last modified January 27, 2019
I have a Multiplication by 3s File Folder Game to share with you today! It’s free to download! ED will be working a lot this year on basic multiplication facts. She’ll be starting the year with the 2s, 3s, 5s, and 10s. It’s always better when it’s fun and colorful, so I made her this file folder game for practicing skip counting and multiplication by 3s. How do you use...
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...
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published September 8, 2014 · Last modified September 9, 2023
Last week ED I printed out the daily calendar page I made for her last fall. She filled one out each morning as she needs some review on some of the spellings on the days of the week and we needed to review how to read a thermometer. I printed it out on the back of her daily checklist (You can grab our free homeschool planner with these daily checklists...
Ages 2-6: Fairy Tale Unit / Homeschool Den
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published June 6, 2014 · Last modified May 14, 2015
Today I’m sharing activities we did a few years ago to go along with The Emperor’s New Clothes. The kids would have been 6 1/2, 4 1/2 and 2. Emperor’s New Clothes Craft: Shopping for the Emperor’s New Clothes This activity was a big hit! I cut out a felt emperor, shirts, pants, shoes, a robe, and a crown. Each had a set price (see the sheet below). Then I gave...
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by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published May 23, 2014 · Last modified January 24, 2019
In this post I’d like to share a dozen activities that we did with the kids to help foster early reading skills. These are activities we did with CVC words and basic sight words to make the learning process fun and engaging!! 🙂 The first step in learning to read is to make sure your child knows their letter sounds. We shared lots of ideas about that in our Preschool...
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by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published May 14, 2014 · Last modified February 21, 2016
Here are some alphabet activity ideas you can do with your little one: At first we played these activities just for letter identification, but as the kids learned their letters we would play these games and identify the sound/s they make. Above all, be enthusiastic and have FUN with the kids!! Jump on Letters:We did this activity with everything from contact paper in the kitchen to letters written in chalk on...
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