SuDoKu have slowly become an integral part of our lives. They are such a great way to practice logic skills and there are so many themes available that we can always find a reason to work on one. It’s my hope that my kids will graduate to 9×9 with numbers one day! It is…
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…
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….
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…
Practice place value with the fun pumpkin place value clip cards! Work on expanded form math with the adorable pumpkins! Place value and pumpkins!Fall is coming which means the return of Pumpkin Spice everything! I’ll admit, I’m a pumpkin spice lover. Although, I don’t love it on everything. But I am pretty excited about pumpkin…
Kids don’t always love to write but with fun writing prompts, it’s much easier. This Zoey and Sassafrass themed roll a creature is the perfect prompt!Royal (8) has fallen in love with Zoey and Sassafrass books. He flew through the first three (and then re-read them each) and now he’s anxiously awaiting the 4th book….
Sometimes even the most eager readers need more entertaining methods of learning to read. That’s Logi-Bear in a nutshell. He’s quickly learning but really needs more practice. However, a lot of reading practice is overwhelming to him so we rely on games. And naturally, online reading games are the major favorite. So Reading Eggs was…