When I was young, I remember learning how to recite the alphabet in order with the ABC song. Actually, I think every child born before 1985 or so learned it that way. I thought I could teach my kids the alphabet in the same way. And they did learn to recite the song. But, whenKeep Reading…
Does anyone have kids who love to draw? My kids love to sketch and color and draw anything they can. Unfortunately, my artistic skills are somewhat…lacking. I didn’t draw much as a kid and, now that I’m an adult, I have what I call “artistic cowardice”. You know, that feeling when you think your drawingKeep Reading…
Are you ready for a printable unit that is out of this world? We love sharing printable units with you guys! So far, we’ve shared several, including All About Snowflakes, All About Flowers, All About Beaches, and All About Leaves. This time, though, we’re heading up into the universe to learn All About the SolarKeep Reading…
I’ve never actually sat down and written a list of my favorite things. If I did, though, I think donuts would be near the top. Down here in the South, Krispy Kreme reigns supreme as the best place to get doughnuts. While I’m a stickler for the unadulterated goodness of glazed, my kids love frostedKeep Reading…
I just love popsicles. Love them. And if you have to teach a new skill to a child, it’s never a bad idea to add a popsicle or two. Or ten. So when it was time to teach our kids about how to make basic AABB and ABAB math patterns, I thought it would beKeep Reading…
Summer is here! It’s been a very long wait. Very, very, very long. Really felt like last winter was the longest in history. We try to keep our kids learning and reading over the summer, but even that can get a little boring if we’re not careful. So, I thought they’d have a little moreKeep Reading…
When was the last time you recited the order of the planets of the solar system? It’s been a while, right? So when we started working on learning the solar system with Pooh recently, I had to do a little…ahem…refreshing myself on the topic. In the last few years, scientists have decided that Pluto noKeep Reading…
Summertime is my very favorite time of year. I think I have that in common with most school kids. My kids always enjoyed summer break, too. Even though we’ve been homeschoolers for many years, we’ve always taken a break over the summer and this year will be no different. Still, though, I never wanted myKeep Reading…
Hi everyone! I’m thrilled to share a new set of free printable flashcards with you (finally!). We’ve been talking about spring for the past few weeks, but summer is around the corner and that means butterflies! I’m not the biggest fan of bugs in general, but butterflies hold a special place in my heart. They’reKeep Reading…
Summer’s on its way! And it’s a great time to start thinking about summer learning plans, especially if you follow a traditional year and take the summer off. Unfortunately, over the summer kids can start to slack off a bit and forget what they learned during the previous year. But that doesn’t have to beKeep Reading…
Butterflies are flying all over our neighborhood these days. And it’s no wonder. We’re right in the middle of spring and, down here, that means the typical six months of summer is on the way. Which means we’ll be seeing butterflies in the yard for weeks to come! So I thought we’d try a fun,Keep Reading…
Summer is on the way! And I, for one, am thrilled. Summer is my very favorite season. My very favorite. I don’t care that it’s super hot down here in Georgia. I don’t care that the mosquitoes are out in full force. The sun shines all day and (almost) all evening and that makes meKeep 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…
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…
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…
