I can tell we are doing something right with math. We discussed spending extra time on special skills (like music and art) but my kids requested to work on more math. Their reasoning? Math is fun! I’m glad they finally realized how amazing math can be but now the pressure is on to continue making…
Play a fun pirate rounding game to practice those rounding skills! We are doing our best to make math fun around here and games have been a huge hit! I love making printable games because we can hyper-focus on one skill and then discard of it when we’re done. Welcome to Pirate Week on Royal…
I only recently realized how useful skip counting is when it comes to multiplication. We didn’t learn repeated addition as kids and I never made the connection between skip counting as multiplication. But if kids can memorize skip counting, they can definitely multiply! Each skill goes hand in hand. And I think a child that…
We are always up for a round of silly sentences. You never know what kind of sentence you will get which makes it all the more fun. This pirate series even includes the Poop Deck (which is sure to elicit laughs, at least in my family). It’s always nice to have an activity we can…
I have been working diligently on a literature-based, hands-on secular history curriculum. At its core are great books that we can enjoy as a family. It has taken me so much time to find these books and I want to make sure everyone can easily find great lists of books. **If there is a book…
For kids who aren’t naturally math lovers, getting them to tolerate math is generally the goal. But what if we could get our kids to love math? You know what kids do love though? Getting mail. So what if you combined math with getting mail? I think it would be a wild success! Especially if…
Arrr mateys. If yer lookin for pirate math, I’ve got ye covered! I’m trying to practice for Talk Like a Pirate Day (September 19th). When I was younger and in school I had a friend who would write notes back and forth with me. One year we spent a month exchanging notes in pirate talk….
Teach your kids to set up a proper science experiment with the Water Testing Kits. Easy to set up experiments that produce fast and easy results.Science was my worst subject growing up. It didn’t come easily to me so I didn’t enjoy it. Then sometime after college, I realized that sometimes the hardest parts of…
Learning about climate change and teaching climate change to your kids doesn’t have to be hard. This hands on course spells it all out.We all want scientifically literate children, right? We want children who know whats up in the science community and who don’t fall prey to the scientific inaccuracies that seem prevalent these days….
How do you involve teaching kindness with your everyday homeschool schedule? It isn’t always easy to model kindness but these elves make it more simple. Last year I chose a word of the year to focus on for myself. I wanted a word I could refer back to anytime I felt like I was losing…
These punctuation small books and posters are great for kids who need a gentle reminder on what marks to use! Plus they are fun and colorful.Punctuation is not my best friend. And my kids aren’t super into punctuation either. But I know punctuation is important and that they will have to learn it eventually. So…
Come check out our homeschool room on a budget and perhaps get some inspiration for your own room! Homeschool rooms don’t have to be expensive!Last year I posted about homeschooling in a small space. But earlier this year we moved and we incredibly lucky in the new rental we found. It has this amazing upstairs…