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Here are some comments people have shared about our blog and our packets: About our blog and resources… Liesl, Your website has been such a blessing to me. I always go to your site first to see if you have something I can use. I appreciate your generosity and love your resources. ~Amy Lynn Dear Liesl, My name is Anna and I am a new homeschooling momma of 3 children....
I like having a clean and tidy house… or rather, I dream of having a clean and tidy house, but I have always found that to be a challenge. My friends will lovingly tell me that the house has a normal “lived in” look. But, to be honest, it’s been a struggle over the years… Just check out this picture of our dining room table… not exactly tidy, is it?...
Civil Rights Movement Worksheets and Activities We have a number of Civil Rights Movement resources that are currently free! Some of the Civil Rights Movement pdfs include worksheets and activities about the Key Events of the Civil Rights Period, events leading up to the Civil Rights Movement, Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Plus, explore some challenging terms like Rights, Privileges, Equality, Fairness, Groups, Discrimination, Bias, Prejudice, Stereotypes and more....
The German Worksheet Packet on die Familie has been updated and is now over 40+ pages! This packet will help kids to learn the basic German vocabulary about the family. There are matching worksheets, translation from German to English and English to German, der/die/das worksheets, and worksheets on plurals. Plus, there are matching cards (picture to German) and a bingo game with 6 bingo cards. German Worksheets for Kids: I...
Free Mid-Year Homeschool Assessment Packet About this time of year, I get itchy. I know that the holidays are coming up and we will take a well-deserved break! Right around the holidays, I also take the time to think about how things are going. Today, I wanted to share this Free Homeschool Assessment Packet with you (I updated and expanded it a bit this year.). This packet has several pages...
Hey everyone, It’s a Sunday evening. It’s been an exhausting, though very fun family weekend. But of course, as you can see from the title of this blog post, it’s been soured just a bit. I got an email that is clearly a troll trying to make me feel bad and/or threaten me (well, or the website in general)…– accusing me of stealing (content I’m supposing?)… May as well just...
If you were in my living room right now… I would offer you a cup of coffee (partly because I’m tired from driving ED early in the mornings to her soccer games this weekend) and I’d have some cookies baking in the oven. That sounds overly domestic of me, but the truth is we had signed up to bring cookies yesterday and I ran out of time to bake the...
We have a new packet to share with you on the Ancient Greek gods and goddesses! This new unit includes the major Olympian gods and touches on some of the famous mythology of Ancient Greece. This has been a really fun unit. The Ancient Greek Gods and Goddesses Packet includes many different activities from notebook pages to interactive notebook pages, matching cards and an Ancient Greek Gods and Goddesses board...
In this post, I want to highlight some fun rainforest resources and printables that would really add to any rainforest unit! Earlier this summer, I came across these beautiful rainforest animal masks and wanted to be sure to mention them to those of you with younger kids – preK and early elementary! And, for those with kids ages 7-10 or so, you might want to check out our Rainforest Packet....
Life in Our Homeschool This was our first week back and it didn’t go quite as planned (though, when does homeschooling ever go exactly as we think it will?!) At the end of last week and into the weekend, I was quite sick. My older two were away for the holiday weekend with some friends. When Monday rolled around, ED was excited to start back. We jumped back into homeschooling...
Hey everyone!! Just warning you right up front, this post has become part confessional, part apology, part explanation of our website!! I have been humbled by how many new readers we have these days. For just one Mom sharing the work she’s making for her kids and the hands-on activities we’ve done along the way, it’s really been an inspiring journey. I just love what I do… and have been...
This post is both for first-time homeschoolers who are wondering where to start and for veterans who are looking for some inspiring teaching strategies to get the kids completely engaged day-to-day! Since I’ve gotten a number emails/messages asking where to begin I thought I would write a post to say You CAN Do This!! This post may also have some useful resources/activity ideas for those of you who have been...
Summer is the perfect time to do some astronomy with the kids, right?! This summer, Mars will become brighter and brighter in the predawn sky. In late July 2018, around the time Earth sweeps between Mars and the sun, Mars will outshine Jupiter by some 1.8 times. Mars will appear brightest from July 27 to July 30. It will appear 1/3 of the way up from the horizon to straight...
I started this summer series with addition/subtraction practice. Last week, I shared some easy skip counting pages (for 2s, 5s, and 10s). Today’s freebie is Mixed Math practice sheets for students who are doing addition/subtraction with carrying/borrowing, doing simple multiplication and division and have started to do multiplication (and carrying) in the hundreds. These cute pages are in a reptile theme. 🙂 Again, these are free to download, just click...
