My boys aren’t in love with math. That’s a big of an understatement, they really don’t like math. So we try to avoid worksheet-type math as much as possible, in favor of games, manipulatives, and stories. Here are a few ways you can practice math using printables! Graphing!One of my favorite printable math games is…
Are my kids the only ones in this generation who don’t know Frankenstein? Someone please tell me I’m not alone… Maybe they’re just not quite old enough or something. I’m not sure, but these kids are acting like they have no clue who Frankenstein is and that’s just crazy talk to me. Of course,…
For day 2 of my 31 days of Homeschool Printables I bring you cutting strip art! Last week I put out these cutting strip printables to download. I couldn’t wait to use them with Royal, but I wanted to wait until we could buy some colored paper. We finally had a chance to print…
Royal is working on counting, 1:1 correspondence, recognizing numbers, etc etc. We’ve used clip cards in the past with a bit of a different style. I wanted to recreate them a bit so they would be more versatile. With these cards we can put them in order 1-10, we can match the numbers on the…
Cutting practice has been a hot topic around here lately. Logi-Bear is desperate to learn to cut,but Royal is the one that is really at the cutting age. I try to do most of our cutting practice incognito…in the form of crafts! But sometimes you just need a bit more, right? I made these strips…
It’s time for the August Virtual Book Club for Kids and the author this month is Donald Crews! I knew we’d be doing Freight Train this month – after all, Logi-Bear is crazy about trains. Crazy might not even describe his love for trains. I love how Crews shows motion in the book. …
For the summer we have been working through Easy Peasy with Royal, but I’m adding in a few hands on activities to go with the letters. It’s fun for me, fun for him…win-win! For B week we decided to have a pseudo-row of Blueberries for Sal. We love this book so reading it everyday, multiple…
When the Virtual Book Club did Kevin Henkes books I absolutely fell in love with all of them, but Birds stuck out most. First of all, Royal just adored the book. And I loved it, too! Whenever we spot it at the library we pick it up and keep it for a few weeks. I…
I apologize for the long delay in getting this out. I had intended on continuing through the summer – but multiple unexpected events led to the delay. A few people have asked if I will be finishing the alphabet, and the answer is YES! I’m halfway through now and not planning on stopping anytime soon…
In preparation for D week, Royal and I picked out some related books about dragons, dinosaurs, ducks, etc. One book we found was Not Your Typical Dragon. This book is adorable!! It’s about a poor little dragon who cannot breath fire. Instead out comes whipped cream, band-aids, marshmallows, teddy bears, and more. Once I heard…
Royal and Logi-Bear are working on 1:1 correspondence, counting, numbers, etc. I wanted to create and fun and coloring way for them to practice all of those! I collected a few toilet paper rolls and pom poms. I only did 1-5 so far, mostly because the toilet paper rolls were getting too short. I cut…
Nearly all of my kids have loved trucks and the like at one point or another (although with Baloo it was always trains and just trains). We have never lived near farmland so tractors are these amazing, kind of mysterious trucks. And they’re similar to construction trucks which are just adored here. I had to…