Kindergarten → Royal Baloo

Dinosaur Handwriting Booklets for Learning to Write

ByErin October 9, 2016January 4, 2020

Handwriting isn’t really a big focus for us in homeschooling but I do want my kids to be able to write legibly. I have horrible handwriting and always have. In fact, my first bad grade was handwriting in 3rd grade. I cried…a lot. Some people have good handwriting and some people don’t. So my goal…

Dinosaur Place Value and Other Math Fun

ByErin October 8, 2016January 4, 2020

There is something magical when kids learn that numbers move in patterns and they really only need to know 0-9. Showing kids the pattern of 10s unlocks a new world of math but it’s kind of confusing. Or really confusing. We recently tried to show Logi-Bear how 9 to 10 is just like 19 to…

Kindergarten | Language Arts | Logi-Bear | Preschool

Learn ABCs with Letter Zz Dot Marker Printables

ByErin October 6, 2016October 8, 2016

Reaching the end of a big project like this is so bitter sweet! I almost put off this post for another week just to hold on a bit longer…But I am so pleased with this set and I’ve had such great feedback on it. I’m so happy it’s out and everyone can learn their ABCs…

Spooky Halloween SuDoKu Free Printable for Kids

ByErin October 6, 2016January 4, 2020

Halloween signals the beginning of the holiday season and my kids, at least, are eager to get knee deep into holiday things. Luckily, I’ve had the Halloween printables this week to satisfy their holiday excitement! They’ve already changed their mind about their Halloween costumes about 4 times each. Baloo has decided to save a bunch…

Halloween Vowel Team Easy Reader for oo

ByErin October 5, 2016October 20, 2020

For my 5-year-old, being a non-reader is one of his biggest frustrations (following when I tell him to get off video games). He feels left out because the rest of us can read and he cannot. I like to leave little notes lying around with words that he can read . (Cat, t-rex, his name,…

Doubles Addition Game – Frankenstein Addition Practice

ByErin October 4, 2016January 4, 2020

You want them to memorize their addition facts and they want to play. Just imagine if there was a way to do both. Ah but there is! Making addition fact practice a game can entice them to play and learn longer! We’ve done our fair share of addition games (St. Patricks Day Make 10, Finding Dory,…

Vampire CVC Matching Free Printable

ByErin October 2, 2016January 5, 2020

I’ve never been big on mythological things until I started reading books like Harry Potter and Twilight (yes, I read and loved Twilight. Although, The Host by Stephenie Meyer is far far better). Anyway, after getting into some of these alternate realities I started enjoying reading about the myths and how they started. Vampire’s in…

Spooky Spider Counting Mats for Math Practice

ByErin October 1, 2016October 16, 2023

Spiders creep me out. I don’t like them and would just assume never ever see them. However, they do eat mosquitoes for which I am eternally grateful. It’s a conflicting relationship. But the boys are still into creep crawly stuff so I oblige. We actually went to a bug festival a few weekends ago which…

LEGO Number Line Addition Practice

ByErin September 28, 2016January 5, 2020

I’m always searching for ideas to get my kids interested in practicing math. To be honest, 99% of the time that’s a computer game. I’ll take what I can get though! Since starting the LEGO math challenge, we are getting a lot more practice offline too. Phew! So don’t miss the rest of our LEGO Math…

Pumpkin Place Value Free Printable for Math

ByErin September 24, 2016January 5, 2020

Logi-Bear is just delving into the concept of place value and I’m finding that extra practice with it is very very helpful. He has accepted that when you are counting and hit a 9, you move up to the next 10. But I’m not convinced he understands why. We’re working with LEGO Place Value a…

Pokemon Movement Cards – Get the Wiggles Out

ByErin September 23, 2016June 8, 2023

Some mornings I can tell we need to get a bit of The Wiggles out. Incidentally, my kids no longer like they song (which is a bummer because I loved it). So I needed a quick and easy way to get them moving a bit before we get started. Of course, I remembered my construction…

Comparing Numbers with LEGO – LEGO Math

ByErin September 20, 2016January 5, 2020

Logi-Bear is so desperate to catch up to his brothers in school work that he is trying to sneak-learn multiplication. I’m not even kidding. He tries to eavesdrop on our multiplication lessons. He insisted on playing the HoliMaths Multiplication game with us. But he still needs the basics and I’m having to find ways to…