5 Simple Steps to Teach Shakespeare to your Children

Your kids can learn Shakespeare (and you can too!). Use these 5 simple steps to learn and love Shakespeare in your homeschool!When I first envisioned homeschooling I pictured everyone sitting around a table discussing what interests we had explored, facts that were fascinating, and delving into great literature.  I pictured having kids with an adult…

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Division Code Breakers for Valentines Day Math Fun

 Division practice has never been more fun! These Valentines Day Division Code Breakers are sure to be a math hit for great math practice! I think Valentine’s Day is too lovely for my kids.  They’re wonderfully sentimental but something about the hearts seems to set them off.  So I love being able to toughen up…

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Subtraction Fun with Valentines Day Clip Cards

Subtraction practice doesn’t have to be boring. Using themed clip cards like the Valentines Subtraction Clip Cards – to make it more interesting. I love activities that combine hands on activities, learning, and also fine motor skills.  Clip cards do all three and the kids love them. It is day two of the Valentine’s Printable show…

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Skip Counting by 2s Fun for Valentines Day

 Skip counting is much more fun with a puzzle! And these valentines day skip counting puzzles are tons of fun. Great practice for skip counting by 2s!   I love this time of year because love is the name of the game!  I mean, what better theme could there be?  And it seems like we…

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Introducing Culture Through Living Books

Culture is an inescapable part of our world.  Even if we never experience another culture first hand, we are entrenched in our own culture.  It’s hard to imagine what another culture may be like from the comfort of our own home, but that may very well be the only way we get to experience another…

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Hands On Space Addition Mats

Make math hands on and fun with space addition mats. Counting, addition, ten frames, and all the great ways to practice addition!A good space theme seems to be highly motivating to my kids!  Any bit of space in a project and they are in.  I think it may be in part because they can stall…

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Winter Addition Mats for Hands on Addition

 Hands on addition helps kinesthetic learners practice their math in effective ways! These winter addition mats are great for hands on learners! We bought one of those little tubs of fake snow and my kids honestly think we will be able to build a snowman with it.  I hate to bring it out and disappoint…

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Winter Addition Code Breaker with Winter Riddles

The Winter Multiplication Code Breaker was such a huge hit, and I had so many requests for an addition version, I decided I had better hop to it and get it done.  The hardest part was finding new riddles!  But indeed, these are not the same as the multiplication version!  Get ready for all new…

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Space Counting Mats for Hands on Counting and Addition

 Make learning to count exciting with Space Counting Mats! Practice counting to 10 or simple addition with the free printable mats. Space is a fascinating place.  Full of awe and wonder.  I think it’s one of the first themes a lot of kids attach on to.  Not only can they clearly see into it every…

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Learn to Read Silent E with a Space Easy Reader

Learn to read and practice silent e words with a space easy reader! The Great Space Race is a fun way to practice reading silent e words. Easy reader books motivate my kids to read and such a great level.  I couldn’t resist making a space themed one! This is the last day of Space week! …

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Space CVC Game for Out of This World Reading Fun

Learn to read in space! Or maybe just on Earth but pretending to be an astronaut. Learn to read with a fun space CVC game for short u words. We had a reading breakthrough a few days ago.  One of those moments where he couldn’t do it and then he could.  Seriously, it was 5…

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Space Fact Family Mats for Hands on Addition

Space fact families combine addition and subtraction with space fun. Learning with space fact family mats is feels less like learning and more like fun. Whenever we do big themed weeks like this Space week, it seems to bring out some really strange and random questions.  But I love these questions because they tend to…

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