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Help kids hold pencils correctly
I have a 6 year old and when he first started writing, we went round and round about how to hold the pencil. I would correct his grip and 10 seconds later it would be messed up again. It’s hard for little ones to hold a pencil correctly. Then we found the magic solution! Pencil […]
Free United States Map to Color and Label
Geography is a fun subject! Here is a United States map to color and label. Click the image above to open and print.
How to keep glue lids from clogging
It’s time for arts and crafts and you get it all ready, then everyone sits and waits while Mommy unclogs the glue bottles. No more! Use this trick of coating the lids in oil to cut down on clogs.
Make a “tissue” box to keep little hands busy
This is an awesome idea for keeping a little one busy while doing school with the older kids. Use an old tissue box and material squares and make some big fun! Read all about it at The Imagination Tree.
Make a cheap dry erase board
Dry erase boards are great for many uses as you’re homeschooling. At FiveJs.com, Joy tells us how to make cheap dry erase boards from melamine bought at the home improvement store! One commenter added a great tip – cover the edges of the melamine with colored duct tape, and for an “on hand” eraser, cut […]
Learning Spelling on the Cheap
Being a “minimalist” when it comes to curriculum, I was not really interested in buying some big spelling curriculum, as great as some of them are. I was really excited when I ran across the public domain Webster’s Speller online. You can not only use it for spelling, but phonics, handwriting and vocabulary as well. […]
Use time in the car for listening to audio books
During some seasons of life we can end up spending a lot of time in the car- more than we would like in most cases. Put that time to good use by listening to audiobooks such as Story of the World or the memory work audio CDs that come along with some curricula. If you’re doing Classical […]
Make your worksheets reusableW
If you have worksheets your child will use multiple times, or that multiple children will use, put them in page protectors. The kids can use dry erase markers and do the worksheets over and over. This is great for timed math drills.
Break up hard subjects into bite sized chunks
Many kids have at least one subject that they dislike. My son dreads math and we have had some big struggles with just getting through it every day. Recently I realized that part of the problem was that just looking at the two pages of the lesson, filled with math problems, was overwhelming to him. […]
Make-ahead lunches and snacks
If you have multiple children doing a variety of things during the day, it can be very frustrating to be deep into a subject with one child and have another child announce that they are hungry and ready for a snack. Stop these interruptions with make-ahead snacks and lunches. Why should parents of public school […]
