Science is the ultimate tool to get kids interested in learning (in my opinion). Science can cover so many subjects and it can be so much fun. When we get into a rut, it’s time to pull out some science. But I’ve noticed a trend (and I am totally guilty of this too) where we…
Kids naturally love learning but I’ve found, at least with the younger ages, nonfiction books can be a bit overwhelming. The information often doesn’t read like a normal book and kind of just has little blurbs randomly spread over the page. My kids don’t often pick up nonfiction books, and I think that has something…
The Olympics are coming up and, if you’re like me, you want your kids involved in the excitement and frenzy. Once every 4 years the summer Olympics takes over. I was never into it as a kid. I really didn’t care about gymnastics or skating or sports in general. My mom loved watching as…
Frog Emergent Reader: All About Frogs. Royal loves non-fiction writing, especially when it comes to animals. I knew he’d love a little book with a few facts about frogs. Even better, I knew I could throw in a bit of vocabulary. So I put this together with him in mind. Its got a lot…
For Earth Day I had this wonderful idea to show the boys how pollution effects plants and their growth. I thought we’d simulate a little experiment. The idea was simple – we would use 3 old milk cartons, put a bit of soil and some seeds in them. 1 would be a control. 1 would…
Human Body 3 Part Cards Free 3 Parts cards to practice identifying the parts of the human body. As I said last week, I have a very large human body unit planned for next year and I’m trying to get to get some materials ready now. I feel that 3 part cards are useful in…
I am planning a huge human body unit next year so I’m getting some materials ready before then. Might be a few more human body themed posts in the near future. I thought these would be a fun introduction to a few organs. What’s included: Brain Lungs Heart Stomach Intestines Go Here to Download Human…
My arctic animal pack continues to be one of my most popular packs (surpassed only by Elf on the Shelf). It is also one of my oldest packs. So I HAD to do an update to get some of my new pages in there. This is a K-2nd Update. 20 Pages of math and language…