Combat the Summer Slide with Printable Summer Camps
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Combat the Summer Slide with Printable Summer Camps

ByErin

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
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Harry Potter Astronomy with Constellations and Jupiter’s Moons

ByErin

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
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Harry Potter Arithmancy – Math and Logic Fun

ByErin

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
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Moon Activities for Hands on Space Science

ByErin

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)

ByErin

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

ByErin

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…

Buggy Shape Cards Math and Handwriting
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Buggy Shape Cards Math and Handwriting

ByErin

Practice handwriting, shapes and math, and fine motor skills with this gun shape game. Roll the dice, trace the shape cards, and have fun!Logi-Bear has been asking me for something to work on handwriting skills (yes, seriously!) and I’ve been a bit perplexed as to what to add.  He’s not asking for worksheets so I…

Learning to Read with Buggy CVC Short U Word Sort
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Learning to Read with Buggy CVC Short U Word Sort

ByErin

Practice reading with the fun buggy CVC short u word sort! Bugs are the name of the game with this fun reading practice and CVC words.We have been working on a lot of fun reading games for Logi-Bear to practice his reading fluency.  He is so excited to be a reader that I don’t even…

Bee Themed Double E Word Slider Reading Fun
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Bee Themed Double E Word Slider Reading Fun

ByErin

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…

Fun Buggy math with Buggy Make 10 Addition
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Fun Buggy math with Buggy Make 10 Addition

ByErin

it’s springtime and time for all the bugs to come out! Your kids can practice their ten facts with this fun buggy make 10 themed page!I don’t like bugs.  As a kid I loved to pick up worms and other little gross things but these days, that’s a big nope. I do however enjoy observing…

Online Reading Game for Struggling Readers – Nessy Learning
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Online Reading Game for Struggling Readers – Nessy Learning

ByErin

Having a struggling reader who is desperate to read is a challenge.  They work so hard but don’t find the success they should. I’m always looking for ways to encourage Logi-Bear to practice reading.  He falls into the struggling reader category.  While we don’t have a specific diagnosis, reading does not come easily to him….

Scrabble Hack for Spelling Practice
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Scrabble Hack for Spelling Practice

ByErin

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….