Second and Third Grade → Royal Baloo

Fun Reading Practice with Beach Silly Sentences

ByErin June 13, 2017January 4, 2020

Put together some silly sentences and practice reading at the same time. These sentences are sure to entertain for fun reading!The silly sentences that I’ve made in the past are some of my kids favorite printables. Even Baloo, at 10, will jump in to make some sentences. That’s a big endorsement (in my opinion!). They…

Fun Beach Money Games for U.S. Coins

ByErin June 12, 2017January 4, 2020

Learn all about coins and money with these fun beach money games! Count coins, compare amounts, and pretend to buy the beach items.Summer is here and that means it’s time for the beach! Unfortunately, we don’t have a beach nearby. So we are spending time pretending to be at the beach. These beach money cards…

Combat the Summer Slide with Printable Summer Camps

ByErin June 10, 2017January 4, 2020

Make it the best summer ever and also keeping it educational! Work on math, reading, writing, cursive skills, and more with this free printable summer camp.Combating the summer slide can be a tough prospect. We’ve decided to school year round but even that isn’t perfect. In fact, we’ve been so busy already this summer that…

Harry Potter Astronomy with Constellations and Jupiter’s Moons

ByErin June 7, 2017January 4, 2020

Enjoy the stars a bit more with Harry Potter Astronomy. Learn about relevant constellations, Jupiter’s Moons, and star gazing!One of the few subjects in Harry Potter that nearly directly translates to the muggle world is astronomy. They didn’t study it quite like we do and it seems that astronomy was much more important in the…

Harry Potter Arithmancy – Math and Logic Fun

ByErin June 5, 2017April 21, 2020

Did anyone else ever notice that Harry never had to do math? Hermione chose to take arithmancy because…well why not? But no math was compulsory. No wonder my kids think Hogwarts is such an awesome school. But I wanted to get some math involved in our HP school so, sorry kids. But at least it’s…

Moon Activities for Hands on Space Science

ByErin May 19, 2017September 14, 2023

With the big eclipse coming up in a few months, we decided it was time to delve into a bit of astronomy. Truth is, my kids have always been interested in space. I think most kids have at one point or another. I mean, it’s huge and mysterious. Plus, aliens. We decided to start close…

Simple Ways to Teach Kids About Anxiety (even if they aren’t anxious)

ByErin May 19, 2017December 29, 2023

Have you ever had the experience where you know you’re different but you’re not sure exactly how or why?Maybe as a kid you thought you were an alien adopted by an earth family?Or you just knew something wasn’t quite right? As adults, we have enough knowledge to know when something isn’t right. We can tell…

Bringing Homeschool History to Life – Simple and Fun

ByErin May 9, 2017January 4, 2020

Bring homeschool history to life with Dover Publications books on American Presidents, States, Government, Constitution, and more. Great info, great books. We have many reasons for choosing to homeschool but one of the top is that we want learning to be fun. Learning should be fun – nearly always! It is exciting to learn. But…

Worm Fractions for Comparison and Beginning Fractions

ByErin May 5, 2017January 4, 2020

Learn about fractions and comparing fractions with the hands on worm fractions. It’s a great way to visualize how fractions work and why!I used to be the kid that loved to hold worms. Not so much anymore. It’s weird how adulthood can affect a person! But playing with worm clip art, not so bad. Especially…

Bee Themed Double E Word Slider Reading Fun

ByErin May 2, 2017January 4, 2020

This bee themed double e word slider is perfect for reading practice with those tricky double e words! Make the words and record them on the double e sheet!Working on some of these skills for learning to read can be sort of complicated. I don’t really remember learning to read – it just comes naturally…

Scrabble Hack for Spelling Practice

ByErin April 17, 2017January 4, 2020

Need a fun way to practice spelling? This Scrabble spelling hack is great for fun spelling practice with all ages (and multiple kids)!It appears to be my life goal to find learning activities that include all of my children and their many different levels of learning. I attempt to combine addition and multiplication, for example….

Garden Roll a Silly Sentence

ByErin April 13, 2017January 4, 2020

Roll a silly garden sentence and work on reading and writing skills. It’s more fun to laugh while learning and these silly sentences will get them laughing.We are still going strong with gardening “week”. I’ve been trying to plan the garden (with assistance) so I hope we can go get materials for our garden soon! …