Unicorn Arty Planner – Homeschool Planners for Creative Planning
It’s that time of year – back to school planning time. Who am I kidding, it’s always school planning time if you enjoy planning. Am I the only one who enjoys laying out extensive plans and then doesn’t feel like putting them into action? I hope I am alone in that, but I feel like…
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Talk to Your Kids About Depression
Depression is an ugly killer, a ruiner of lives, and a sad reality for millions of people. Depression affects 5% of the entire world population at any given time. As much as we try to ignore it or push it under the rug, depression is prevalent in our society. We are talking big steps in…
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Secular Homeschool Curriculum List for Language Arts
I feel like I’ve spent years ferreting out the best homeschooling curricula and the quest is never-ending. The search for great curriculum that is 100% secular in nature is a hard one for sure. And some subjects, like language arts, are especially difficult. Many religious curricula use religious stories or parables in reading assignments or…
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Ancient Egypt Escape Room Style Activity
If your goal is to find a fun activity to review some Ancient Egypt vocabulary, facts, or the like, then I have the activity for you. Escape rooms are becoming a big deal and many people are successfully incorporating them into educational situations. I knew that this would be something my kids would love. It’s different…
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Train Sight Word Game – Great Reading Practice
Sight words have not been a focus of ours and I can tell that some of my kids struggle with the rule breaker words. So we needed a fun way to practice reading the sight words! And what better way than a train themed sight word game! Train Sight Word Game With sight words, it’s…
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Play The Royal Game of Ur – a History Game from Mesopotamia
It’s not hard to make history come alive by adding in activities, crafts, projects, and of course, history games! History is much better when it feels like play and not work. So I had to make a version of the Mesopotamian game that we call The Royal Game of Ur. What better way to connect…
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How to Fit Spanish Lessons Into a Busy Homeschool Schedule
Learning a foreign language has always been on my list of things to do. I’ve wanted to be bilingual since I can’t remember. I’ve always thought we would Homeschooling Spanish or Latin or some language. But there is a big difference between wanting to learn something and taking the time to actually learn it. I…
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How to Teach Young Kids to Code with Toys
Coding is the most important job of the future. I’ve seen this headline (and similar) many times over the past years. Coding is a skill that now bridges many different fields and career paths, from IT to art careers. Basically, coding is a worthwhile venture. Now pair that with kids who love all things technological and…
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101 Reasons That Video Games Can Be Educational
I grew up playing video games. Super Mario. Mario Kart. Sonic. They were entertaining and fun. As I got older I played Sim Cities and The Sims, Civ IV, Rainbow Six 3, and many other games. My husband and I connected through playing video games. A lot of video games. It was what we did together. I…
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Minecraft Multiplication Code Breaker with Minecraft Puns
It’s time for more Minecraft multiplication printables! We all want our kids to enjoy schoolwork, right? But sometimes it’s not 100% possible. We all will be faced with something in life that we don’t really want to do but it ultimately good for us. Like practicing math facts. So I just do my best to…
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7 Ways to Incorporate a Timeline Into Your American History Lessons
As a child, history wasn’t a strong topic for me. I remember the transition from social studies to history and the frustration at having to memorize meaningless events and dates. I never managed to care in which year Washington was born. I have never benefited from memorizing the exact day a war began or a…
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Minecraft No Prep Multiplication Pack for Fun Math Practice
Minecraft is absolutely the best educational motivator in our house. So I’m always ready to include a bit more Minecraft in our lessons. It’s only natural that we’d eventually get to more Minecraft multiplication since the Minecraft Multiplication Game went over so well! Minecraft No Prep Pack This pack in no prep, which is my…
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