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Tips for keeping little ones busy
If you have little ones, you know it can be difficult to keep them occupied while you’re trying to be productive with the older kids’ schoolwork. Here’s a great post from Life as Mom about being intentional with that time when you need the littles to be occupied.
Fun spelling games to play in the car
You have to be in the car anyway – may as well put the time to good use. Here’s a great suggestion from FiveJ’s to play spelling games in the car to pass the time.
Common Nouns vs. Proper Nouns Worksheets
Needing a little extra practice on common nouns vs. proper nouns? Here are a couple of worksheets in which the kids must identify each and circle the letter(s) that should be capitalized in the proper nouns. Click the images to open and print.
A Day in the Life of a Homeschooler: Jennifer
Ages of children: 5 kids, ranging in age from 3 to 12 Number of years homeschooling: 5 years I like to tell newbies to hang in there and not give up, because our first year was really difficult. Sure, we feel like old timers now, but it wasn’t always so easy. Curricula: Our main curriculum is Time4Learning.com, […]
Preparing for College: Homeschool Transcripts
While the path homeschoolers follow through high school may be very similar or radically different than their public school counterparts, all applicants are in much the same boat when it comes to college admissions. The big challenge, of course, is how to impress an admissions officer enough to receive an acceptance letter from the student’s […]
Math Wheel for Practicing Addition/Subtraction Fact Triangles 1-10
Practicing math using triangular number families is very effective, but at our house, flash cards seem to get strewn around everywhere and I thought it would be great to have it all in one place. So, I created this number wheel, which shows each number family as you turn the top circle. With this wheel […]
A Day in the Life of a Homeschooler: Marla
Ages of children: One 11 year old girl Number of years homeschooling: 2 Curricula: We have an eclectic curriculum style but I love Charlotte Mason’s teachings and we incorporate picture study, nature study, composer study, dictation/copy work, and written/oral narration from really great literature, new and old. We love Story of the World for a […]
Biblical Character Development Resources
There are some great Bible based character development sites on the internet, so if you’re looking for something like this to integrate into your daily routine with the kids, check these out: Kids of Integrity – awesome site from Focus on the Family Character Journal – lots of resources organized by character quality Character qualities – with […]
Multi-Tasking Subjects
In an effort to be sure we’re doing right for our children, sometimes we can end up piling on the subjects and have a difficult time finishing everything. One great way to accomplish more is to combine subjects and make tasks do double duty. It’s easiest to do this with language arts. In the elementary […]
Save money with used curriculum
If you’re new to homeschooling, you might not be aware of the many sources for purchasing used curriculum. Homeschool Roundup has a post covering various places to get used curriculum that’s worth checking out.
