If you've ever struggled with planning and implementing effective, engaging social studies lessons in your kindergarten classroom, then please read on. This post is for you! Maybe your district supplies you with a big-box curriculum that
Science in the Elementary and Middle School Years – Free Homeschool Checklist – K to 8 When I’m planning our units for the upcoming year, I think a lot about the science topics should we cover in our homeschool by the time they finish 8th grade. I have a general checklist of topics that I go consider… and try to fill in the gaps as we go (and as the kids’ interests...
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Make practicing counting, shapes, alphabet letters, what comes next, and more fun with these super cute, FREE Apple Worksheets for Preschoolers!
Looking for fun Dinosaur Preschool Theme Activities? You will love this set of Preschool Dinosaur Centers and No-Prep Worksheets.
Are you homeschooling second grade? This homeschooling-by-grade level series has been a trip down memory lane for my entire family. It honestly seems like just yesterday that I had little one…
Simple Maze Printables To Stimulate Little Minds Welcome to the wonderful world of simple maze printables and activities. Get your little one started early! Mazes are great for developing those little minds. It keeps kids mentally stimulated while they are having fun. Below are some simple maze printables. They are mildly challenging for little ones. Each maze is unique, with fun illustrations to keep your little one engaged. To print, click on the link below any maze you like. All our printables are for personal use. Print as many as you like. Feel free to come back often to get
Artist Andy Warhol was an interesting individual and his works reflect his personal quirks! Learn more about him with some fun Warhol projects for kids.
Welcome to the Chakras for Children Series! I’m thrilled to have you join the Chakras for Children series 🙂 Below you will find everything you need for this exciting series. This is a fun way for children to learn
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-Addition skills is a huge and inportant subject.These worksheets are a great way to help your students master math addition.Picture is provided to help students solve addition number sentences. -Include answer key in back -Grade Levels k - 1st, Homeschool ------------------------------------- Here's what you will get : -1 PDF File ------------------------------------- Include in the PDF File : -10 worksheets + 10 answer sheets -Answer key in back -Print Size 8.5x11" (US Letter) -This is a digital download. No physical product will be shipped
Lila has been VERY interested in learning to play the piano lately — and although I play myself, I had absolutely no idea how to teach someone else to play! Luckily, I saw Deniz’s Keyn…
(Click on any photo to be taken to the resource) You are going to LOVE this unit. It’s easy to implement, it’s comprehensive, #representation, and your students are going to walk away with a great foundation of important social studies skills. We lay the foundation in literally every other academic area, social studies shouldn’t be […]
How do you choose a homeschool curriculum for the year? I get so excited about choosing new resources! There’s a lot to love. It can be tough to know which curriculum to choose. It’s easy to get excited about all the cool new resources and forget to think about what works best for Emily. I’ve...
Pencil Names - Name Building Practice Printable comes with eight editable pages, containing two pencils. Each pencil has pieces for two letter names up to nine letter names. Getting Pencil Names - Name Building Practice Printable
Check out over 14 resources that should add to your 8th-grade homeschool curriculum. Includes resources for math, English, history, and even Spanish.
This is the last post in our FREE Math Printables Series!My daughters were both struggling with learning their math facts, and flash cards were too "booooriiing", so I decided to make it fun and do speed drills with them. I wasn't sure how this would go over, but when I showed them what we were doing and told them that they would get a prize for completing a series of them, they were ecstatic. Now they are asking me to do math drills every day and they are improving their speed and memorization faster than I ever expected! When I went on the search for some good math drills I found some great printables to share with you!
Take a journey with Milo and learn valuable lessons as you work through the Phantom Tollbooth activities to create a lapbook.
Looking for homeschool record keeping ideas? Here’s 5 simple ways to organize your homeschool records that are easy to do.
Hello Everyone! One wonderful perk about the 15 hour drive home? I was able to put the finishing touches on my Landforms unit. This unit is coming up in our curriculum, so I'm glad I had time to organize and put everything together. This mini unit includes almost 70 pages of learning centered around exploration of landforms. There are some social studies activities (of course), some ELA (abc order, vocabulary, antonyms, written expression), some math, and a couple of craft connections. I hope you can use even a small part of this. Here are a few pics of the unit. Landforms book inspired by AIMS curric. Unit includes patterns! mystery picture includes clues with mixed math practice If you are interested, please click here for your free unit! Well, spring break is almost over. I have missed my kids so much!! Can't wait to see them! But that's going to have to wait one extra day as I have jury duty tomorrow. Thank goodness for a wonderful substitute teacher who just so happens to be a dear friend. My kids are in good hands!! Next up? Natural resources and geometry units! Stay tuned!! As always, thanks for taking time to take a peek! I appreciate each and every one of you!! Take care! Joyfully! Nancy
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These name worksheets are perfect for your all about me theme because they give kids a chance to share all about their name.
One of the best ways to get through your weather unit is to use weather journals for students! It provides real world application to what you are learning.
2nd Grade Homeschool Curriculum Choices--what worked for us and what did not! Insight and tips for homeschooling math, reading, history, science, & more!
This is the 5th post in our Eric Carle Book Series!Here are some FREE Printables, Activities and Ideas to go along with another favorite book:What Did Little Cloud Become? Dot to Dot PageLittle Cloud Trace and ColorLittle Cloud Emergent ReaderThe Little Cloud Customizable Printable WorksheetWeather Ideas and Cloud Book IdeaPuffy Paint Cloud Art IdeaCloud Art and Writing Activity PrintableWhen I Look at the Clouds I See...Little Cloud Teacher Literature GuideLittle Cloud Book Companion Pack Freebie
In upper grade classrooms, students spend a great deal of time responding to the texts they read. Over the years I have found that no matter what grade level I teach, students have a difficult time writing thorough and meaningful reading responses. At the start of every year my students need quite a bit of guidance when writing their responses. One of the best ways that I have found to teach students to write meaningful responses is by providing them with sentence frames. I like to encourage students to follow three simple steps when writing reading responses, each with sentence frames and prompts to use: Step 1: What did you read? While reading... In chapter __ of... On page __ of... During today's reading of... Step 2: What happened in the text? Tell what a character said. Tell what a character did. Tell what a character thought, felt, or learned. Describe the setting. Describe an important event that occurred. Explain a problem that was encountered. Step 3: What did you think? This made me think... This made me realize... Based on this, I can infer... Based on this, I can predict... This reminded me of... I can relate to this because... I could visualize... I now understand... This three-step process encourages students to not only tell what happened in a text, but also reflect on what they thought or felt about what they read. Here is a sample response using these steps: I have included a FREE handout for you to share with your students to help guide them in writing thorough and meaningful reading responses. Click HERE download this FREEBIE. If you are looking for more resources for reading response, check out my Reading Response Journals for literature and non-fiction texts. These resources include anchor charts for different reading strategies and skills, as well as more specific sentence frames for the different skills. Click on the pics to learn more. Writing thoughtful reading responses is not always easy, but with a bit of guidance from using sentence frames and prompts, it will soon become second nature for students!!
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32 Paddington Bear Lesson Plans and Craft Activities for books and movies
