Homeschooling with A.D.H.D. Parenting with L.O.V.E.
My kids love, absolutely love playing with slime. Judging by the most popular YouTube videos for kids, they’re not alone. Making slime is one of the most popular activities for kids these days. There are so many great slime recipes to try. But, since we’re slowly coming into summer (yay!), I thought it would beKeep Reading…
Phonics are kind of a controversial topic in education these days. Some kids learn to read without ever practicing phonics, but some benefit by learning to master common phonics skills. Personally, I’m for whatever helps a child learn to read. Some of my kids took to reading right away. Others learned beginning sounds, digraphs, andKeep Reading…
Little Miss has been racing her way through all of her preschool lessons. She absolutely cannot wait for kindergarten this fall. Remember when you were young enough to actually be excited about doing harder work like the “big kids”? Yeah, I don’t either. Anyway, she’s mastered her letters, numbers, shapes, and counting, so we’ve beenKeep Reading…
I remember the first time Piglet showed that she was starting to notice differences in sizes. She said “Wow! Mommy! Your hand is much more huger than mine!” *giggle* Since she has older siblings, she seemed to become aware of the differences between bigger and smaller pretty quickly. After all, she wasn’t able to doKeep Reading…
Learning about the community is a big part of preschool education. Remember when you were in nursery school and you learned about “community helpers”? It’s also a key part of learning a foreign language. After all, you live in your community, so learning how to talk about it in your new language can really boostKeep Reading…
Science is one of those homeschool subjects that I always end up putting off. When I first started homeschooling, I would push it towards the end of the day when we’d finished all of our other subjects. Science takes a while, because you have to gather up your supplies, set up any experiments, conduct themKeep Reading…
We’ve been working to help our kids memorize addition facts for the past few weeks, so I thought I’d make a new set of free printable flashcards: addition flashcards 0-10! But the thing about addition facts is that they’re pretty boring, right? Naturally, I had to add a little fun to these cards. What’s more funKeep Reading…
Now that we’re winding down first grade with Roo (yay!), I’ve been looking through the math objectives to make sure we touch on as many topics as possible. One of the major math concepts we still had to discuss was: measurement. For Roo, though, life begins and ends with movement. So I wanted to makeKeep Reading…
¡Hola, amigos! ¿Estan listos aprender más español? We’re continuing with our study of Spanish as a family. And, of course, there’s no better topic to start with than “the family” itself! So, I’m sharing printable Spanish family words worksheets that are wonderful for introducing this topic to kids in both English and Spanish. If you’reKeep Reading…
Typing is one of those skills that was expected to die out. After all, no one uses typewriters anymore, right? But now that so many kids, including mine, use computers at an early age, typing is actually more important than ever. The faster and more accurately a child types, the more capable he or sheKeep Reading…
Money is one of those math topics that kids generally love to learn about. They all want money, so they usually don’t mind learning how to count it. At least mine didn’t. Since Pooh is in second grade, learning to work with money is one of our main objectives for math this school year. SoKeep Reading…
It’s been a while since I shared some sign language printables with you guys, but no more! Last week, I shared our set of printable Spanish flashcards: Spanish Weather Flashcards. Today I’m sharing a new sign language resource: Weather ASL Coloring Pages: ASL Weather Fingerspelling Worksheets! These are fun for practicing sign language fingerspelling, butKeep Reading…
Charlotte’s Web is one of the books that I automatically associate with childhood. I listened to it read aloud in elementary school (third grade, I think) and I read it myself so many times I lost count. When our six-year-old and I started reading it as part of our BookShark Level 1 curriculum, she discoveredKeep Reading…
The term “standardized testing” is enough to strike fear into the hearts of most school kids. This process can often mean whether they pass a grade or remain behind their classmates during the next year. For homeschoolers, though, standardized testing can create other concerns, especially because so many of us have students who are workingKeep Reading…
After what felt like the longest winter ever, we’re finally starting to see birds return to our neighborhood. In our part of the country, we see lots of robins, cardinals, and occasionally blue jays, all of which have their unique color patterns. That gave me an idea for a fun bird color matching activity for kids!Keep Reading…
The first day of spring is approaching! Woohoo! We’ve been enjoying making free printable flashcards for our readers over the past few months. Since Roo has been working on sight words lately, I thought I’d make some spring sight words flashcards and I’m sharing them with you all today! Learning to read sight words isKeep Reading…
Do you feel that? That’s spring in the air! I’m not a fan of winter and, every year, I count down the days until I can hear baby birds chirping outside. To help the kids get excited for spring too, I thought I’d share a super cute set of Spring A to Z Alphabet Flashcards!Keep Reading…
If I want my boys to learn anything at all, I just have to find a way to include basketball. They are big fans of the sport and they love everything B-ball related. So when I was ready for them to practice multiplication facts, I thought “What better way to get them interested than toKeep Reading…
Over the last month, we’ve featured free printable flashcards for learning shapes, colors, and alphabet animals. Today I’m sharing a set of free ASL number flashcards for learning how to sign the numbers 0-9 in sign language! I’ve been using American Sign Language since I was a child. In fact, my husband, I, and ourKeep Reading…
Learning to count is one of the most important skills for early learners. After all, until you learn to count, you won’t be able to tell that your sibling got more cookies than you. Which, if you ask any three-year-old, is one of the world’s greatest injustices. We loved using manipulatives and printables to helpKeep Reading…
I hope you’ve been enjoying our Printable Spanish Flashcards series! Today I’m sharing a new set of flashcards: Spanish Color Flashcards! I don’t know why it took me so long to make these. After all, learning to identify colors is one of the most important concepts for toddlers and preschoolers. Chalk it up to mommyKeep Reading…
