Moon Activities for Hands on Space Science
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Moon Activities for Hands on Space Science

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

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
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Bringing Homeschool History to Life – Simple and Fun

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…

Scrabble Hack for Spelling Practice
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Scrabble Hack for Spelling Practice

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
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Garden Roll a Silly Sentence

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! …

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Why Online Homeschool Math Courses are the Solution

Have you ever given your child advice only for them to ignore it.  Then a few days later their friends tell them the same exact thing and suddenly the advice is brilliant? Sometimes teaching your kids can be the same way.  I especially hear this advice in regards to learning an instrument – hire it…

Flower Fractions Code Breaker for Equivalent Fractions Practice
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Flower Fractions Code Breaker for Equivalent Fractions Practice

Equivalent fractions in a fun activity? Yes indeed! This flower fractions code breaker is sure to be a hit and also provide great practice with fractions. I remember the first time I encountered fractions in school.  It was also the first time I had no clue what was going on.  I had always been strong…

Learn New Spring Vocabulary with Fun Tear Offs
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Learn New Spring Vocabulary with Fun Tear Offs

Learn spring vocabulary with a fun spring vocabulary tear off page and matching booklet! Learning new words is always fun and so are tear offs!I’ve never been big on learning vocabulary words.  Actually, I take that back.  I was the girl who tried to read the dictionary as a child.  But I quickly learned that…

Exciting Hands on Unit Study for Earth Day
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Exciting Hands on Unit Study for Earth Day

Learning to take care of our Earth is an important lesson for everyone, but especially kids.  Our kids are our future and will be responsible for our Earth.  Teaching them how to care for the Earth is just one part of the solution.  Teaching them why we should take care of the Earth is just…

BitsBox Learning to Code for Kids
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BitsBox Learning to Code for Kids

Royal (7), ever the middle child, wants to try everything. He wants to play violin, drums, piano, ukulele, guitar, and probably every other instrument in existence.  He wants to take karate, gymnastics, dance, art classes, cooking classes, etc. And he really wants to steal Baloo’s BitsBox and learn to code himself.  I have two theories…

Pi Day Fun Math Game for All Ages
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Pi Day Fun Math Game for All Ages

Pi Day is approaching.  Not Pie day…Pi Day.  Although, if you want to celebrate Pi day with Pie, I don’t think anyone is going to stop you.  I suggest a good apple pie, in fact. Anyway, Pi Day is March 14th.  Why?  Because March 14 is 3/14 which is oddly similar to 3.14, which are…

Presidents Day No Prep Printable Unit Study for Elementary
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Presidents Day No Prep Printable Unit Study for Elementary

This no prep printable presidents day unit study will make planning for presidents day so much easier for you! Math, reading, and other activities included!Presidents Day is one of those holidays that’s not really a holiday, in my opinion.  I call it a not-holiday.  It’s a nice reminder to learn a bit about presidents and…