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Fun Kids’ Books about Farms

September 28, 2015 by Selena Robinson 2 Comments

Spring and fall are perfect times to talk about farms with kids! In the spring, new baby farm animals are born and in the fall, farmers get out in the fields to harvest their crops. So farms are pretty busy all year round!

As one of our homeschool unit studies, we’ve done a farm unit study before. During the unit, we read plenty of farm books for kids. After all, what better way to introduce farms to kids than by reading about them?

Today I’m sharing some fun kids’ books about farms that we’ve found! I hope you find some great ones to read with your family as well!

If you love these books, don’t miss our free Farm Do-A-Dot Shape Mats! They’re awesome for introducing toddlers and preschoolers to shapes!

Fun Kids’ Books about Farms

1. On the Farm by David Elliott

2. Pete the Cat: Old McDonald Had a Farm by James Dean

3. Mrs. Wishy-Washy’s Farm by Joy Cowley

4. Around the Farm: Play A Sound by The World of Eric Carle

5. Before We Eat: From Farm to Table by Pat Brisson

6. World of Farming: Jobs on a Farm by Nancy Dickmann

7. Farming by Gail Gibbons

8. Down On the Farm by Merrily Kutner

9. Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown

10. Farm Vehicles: My First Sound Book by Annette Rusling

And here are 10 more to choose from!

1. Thump, Quack, Moo!: A Whacky Adventure by Doreen Cronin

2. Down by the Barn by Will Hillenbrand

3. The Farm Book (A Golden Super Shape Book) by Jan Pfloog

4. Farmyard Beat by Lindsey Craig

5. A Year at a Farm (Time Goes By) by Nicholas Harris

6. Lullaby Farm by Stephanie Shaw

7. Biscuit’s Day at the Farm by Alyssa Satin Capucilli

8. National Geographic Readers: Farm Animals (Level 1) by Joanne Mattern

9. Tractor Mac Arrives at the Farm by Billy Steers

10. The Berenstain Bears Down on the Farm by Jan and Stan Berenstain

For more farm-themed fun, check out some of our farm learning ideas!

And find more tips to make your kids into readers on my Reading for Kids board on Pinterest!

This post is part of The Massive Guide to Homeschool Reading Lists by iHomeschool Network! Click over to read tons of awesome booklists shared by my fellow homeschooling bloggers!

Teaching Analogies to Elementary Students

September 21, 2015 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

We’re adding more logic to our homeschooling lessons this year and one of the concepts we’re working on is analogies.

When I was in school, I started learning about analogies in about third grade (I think). It was usually presented as part of language class, but they’re really a study in logic. Go figure!

I recently got the chance to try two great resources from Prufrock Press that were a huge help in teaching analogies to elementary students! See how we implemented them below!

*Note: I received these resources in exchange for this review. All opinions are my own and I was not required to post a positive review.*

Since I wanted to cover analogies with two different grades (fifth and second), I used two different books:

I thought that I’d have to spend some time talking about what analogies were and how to solve them, but all of the instructions were right in the book! Easy-peasy!

Pooh, who’s in second grade, started with the first few exercises in Analogies for Beginners. He blew through the first couple, but then he started missing some of the similar attributes in the others.

I had him slow down and describe each shape. Generally, once he did so, he could easily spot the matching figure. “The big circle with the medium circle inside is like the big circle with the tiny circle inside as the big rectangle with the medium rectangle inside is like the….big circle with the tiny rectangle inside!” 🙂

Tigger, who’s in fifth grade, took a crack at Thinking Through Analogies. I had her read the introduction on her own to see if she’d understand how to do the exercises herself.

As you can see, these analogies are structured in a more advanced way (as they should be). They also work with words, rather than shapes. Since Tigger is a language lover, she liked them a lot.

What I really liked about this book is that in the beginning, the lessons introduce students to the particular concept they will be examining. That’s a huge help, because kids don’t have to sit there and figure out how the word pairs are related.

Once they understand the types of relationships that analogies use, they’ll be able to spot them on their own later in the book.

But what I loved about the exercises is that the vocabulary words were challenging enough to force Tigger to get out the dictionary. 🙂 It was logic, critical thinking, language arts, and research skills all in one!

I found both of these books to be a huge help in teaching analogies to elementary students! If you’d like to see more of the resources available from Prufrock Press, visit the company’s website to learn more!

Farm Shoebox Diorama Printable Pack

September 15, 2015 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

We started our dinosaur unit a few days ago, but we’ll be learning about farms soon too! So I put together a simple farm shoebox diorama printable pack that you can make with your kids in just a few minutes!

This activity is a super fun one for creating a farm unit study with young children. Kids can put together their own diorama while learning about common farm animals, equipment, and more!

Read on to see how to get your farm diorama printable pack free! And be sure to grab our free farm animal flashcards while you’re here!

On the Farm Shoebox Diorama Printable Pack

To use this printable pack, you’ll need: (Affiliate links provided here for convenience. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

Printer (with ink)
Printer paper
Child-safe scissors
Glue
Shoebox (By the way, if you don’t have a shoebox, you can paste these scenes onto construction paper instead.)

In this pack, you’ll find diorama frames featuring farm objects, including a tractor, a barn, a fenced background, a cow, and a hen with chicks. Plus, there’s a sun you can paste onto the background.

Be sure to cut out the stand-up frames and the smaller squares underneath the pictures as one piece. You’ll fold the smaller square under the top picture to create a 3-d image.

Take a look at this pack in action with our Farm Shoebox Diorama Craft!

Scroll down to get your free On the Farm Shoebox Diorama Printable Pack!

Be sure to check out these other farm learning ideas!

And get more ideas for hands-on crafts on my Simple Crafts for Kids Pinterest board!

To get your copy of our free On the Farm Shoebox Diorama Printable Pack, click the image or the link below to download it!

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Dinosaur Printable Pack

September 10, 2015 by Selena Robinson 1 Comment

Since my kids went to public school for a few months last year, this is actually our first day of homeschooling in ten months!

As you can imagine, it’s probably going to take us a while to get back into the “groove” of learning at home. Today should be interesting! 🙂

Our very first unit this year is dinosaurs. (My boys are already excited for it.) So I thought I’d share a new freebie today: A Dinosaur Printable Pack!

Dinosaur Printable Pack

Everyone knows about T-Rex, Stegosaurus, Pteranodon, and Velociraptor by now. (Thanks Jurassic Park!) But there are a host of other dinosaurs that aren’t talked about as often.

Paleontologists are finding new fossil types quite often these days, so there are a lot of other dinosaur species to study! This pack includes tracing sheets, coloring pages, and flashcards for eight lesser-known dinosaurs, including:

Apatosaurus
Baryonyx
Iguanodon
Maiasaura
Parasaurolophus
Saltasaurus
Spinosaurus
and Torosaurus!

Whew! Try saying those three times fast! By the way, DinoDictionary is an awesome resource for learning how to say these and other dinosaur species names.

Scroll down to get your copy of our free Dinosaur Fun Printable Pack!

Don’t miss these other animal learning ideas!

And see more fun printable resources for students on my Homeschool Printables Pinterest board!

To get a copy of our free Dinosaur Printable Pack, click the image or the link below to download it!

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Fifth Grade Creative Writing: Brave Writer Review

September 7, 2015 by Selena Robinson 2 Comments

Creative writing is one of the most difficult subjects I’ve ever had to teach in our homeschool. I was an English major in college and I love the writing process, but letting go of what English “should” sound and look like has been a real issue for me personally, so it’s hard for me to teach my kids to write freely.

So I was thrilled to get a chance to post a Brave Writer review after trying the program’s Faltering Ownership for fifth grade creative writing! In fact, I loved Brave Writer so much that it’s going to be our creative writing program for this homeschool year!

Check out our review to see how we used Brave Writer to make creative writing accessible and fun!

*Disclosure: I received access to this resource in exchange for this post. All opinions are my own and I was not required to post a positive review.*

The Faltering Ownership Philosophy

For fifth grade, we used “Faltering Ownership”, the Brave Writer program that’s geared toward 11-12 year olds. I was a little puzzled by the title until I read the introduction to the program, but it turns out that the title fits the program perfectly!

As Julie explains in the intro, middle school is the time when children begin to “take the wheel” of the writing process. It’s kind of like giving your child the keys to the car for the first time and riding in the passenger seat as they drive.

They make turns you’re not expecting and the loss of control can be unnerving for parents, but the experience is essential for kids so that they can take ownership, even if it’s faltering, over their own direction. And Julie applies that analogy to writing.

In middle grades, kids need to develop more confidence in their writing ability. As parents, we shift from teachers to consultants, giving our children direction but also instilling them with confidence to write what they feel. And that means letting them learn to look at language differently.

Once I read the introduction to the program, I had a new outlook on what it means to teach creative writing, even though I’ve already finished a degree in English! So Brave Writer taught me quite a lot as well. 🙂

Fifth Grade Creative Writing: Brave Writer Review

We jumped right in with the activities in month 1 – Word Collecting and Building.

One of the first monthly exercises in “Faltering Ownership” is to collect words and learn to use them as building blocks for writing prompts and expressions. Tigger started off by listening to television shows and conversations, as well as by reading signs, snippets of books that were lying nearby, and product labels in stores.

Once she filled several pages of paper with various words, she copied them onto trimmed pieces of index cards.

As you can see, we ended up with quite a lot. She really liked collecting those words.

When we had all of our index cards completed, it was time to group the words into piles. In Faltering Ownership, the instructions are quite liberal, so Tigger could group the words however she wanted: alphabetically, adjective/noun pairs, similar topics, or any other way she could think of.

We aimed for about six or seven words per pile.

Then she started matching them up to create two-word phrases. Faltering Ownership suggested pasting the words on household objects, so we started with our homeschooling space: the dining room.

Fifth Grade Creative Writing: Brave Writer Review - Look! We're Learning!

From the random word pairings, we got some great phrases, including “fuzzy television”,

“teetering library”,

…and “beautiful friendship”. Awww… 🙂

After creating another phrase “cheeky station”, Tigger wrote a short story:

A Land Where Objects Talk

“You should go to Weirdoland. Objects talk, flowers and trees dance, and MUCH MORE. For instance, one day the sun said, “I will shine.” The clouds said, “We will glide.” A grumpy train pulled in. “You’re the grumpiest object I’ve ever seen!”, laughed a cheeky station. “STOP!” snapped the grumpy train. (Psst…they’ve never gotten along.)”

Faltering Ownership recommended asking students how their perspective on language has changed after completing the word building activity. When I asked Tigger, she wrote down her answer:

“Before when I learned language, especially in school, I used to think that language was easy. Now I’m learning that sometimes you have to think about some things. And guess what? IT’S NOT BORING!”

She’s absolutely right. Creative writing is not boring, especially when you can learn to look at words differently and free your mind to use them in new ways.

How to Use Faltering Ownership

Faltering Ownership is designed to be used along with The Writer’s Jungle, the focal point of the Brave Writer curriculum. The Writer’s Jungle is a homeschooling creative writing course that is geared toward parents.

It’s a complete overview of language arts in general – from narration and freewriting to editing and publishing. If you’re unsure where to begin when you’re teaching creative writing, The Writer’s Jungle is basically a guided journey through teaching language arts to your kids.

Since Faltering Ownership is a year-long curriculum, there are exercises for an entire year of creative writing. Naturally, we began with Month 1: Wild Words, but the program continues for 9 months more, covering topics such as historical writing and composing reports. There are also two bonus activities, in case you teach year-round or just want to round out your program with more activities.

Faltering Ownership is based on three core segments: language arts, oral language, and writing projects. One of the things I’m truly enjoying about the program is its emphasis on appreciating language in general before beginning to write. So children can learn to use copywork, narration, and dictation (core components of the Charlotte Mason approach) as keys to examining literature. These are great stepping stones to building their own creativity for what they’ll write later.

Plus, the ebook is beautifully laid out, complete with pictures, diagrams, and prompts. All of the instructions are included for each activity, so you don’t have to be an expert on teaching English before you begin. I can’t tell you how much of a help that was, especially when you’re teaching kids with ADHD and you need to get a lesson done before their attention span goes out the window. 🙂

We can’t wait to use Brave Writer for our fifth grade creative writing program to see how much further we can stretch our writing muscles! If you’re interested in trying Faltering Ownership or another one of the Brave Writer programs, you can save 10 percent on your purchase with the code iHomeschoolDiscount. This code is valid through September 21, 2015 only.

To learn more about Brave Writer, visit the program’s website or keep up with Brave Writer on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, or Instagram!

Back to School Snack Station with Savings at Publix!

September 5, 2015 by Selena Robinson 3 Comments

We’re all in back to school mode this time of year, right? And that means hungry, hungry hippos. (Oops! I mean, kids. Hungry, hungry kids.) 🙂

My children are just famished during the school day. I think it must be all the mental effort they expend figuring out ways NOT to do their work.

So this year I decided to create a simple back to school snack station that they could use on their own during snack break. Thanks to some awesome savings at Publix, I stocked our station for a lot less than usual!

See how we stocked our snack station and get ideas for your own! Plus, you can download a Publix coupon and enter our giveaway to win $15 in PayPal cash to get some kid-friendly snacks for your family!

Disclosure: The information, products and Publix gift cards were provided by General Mills through Linqia.

Simple Back to School Snack Station

Sometimes I try to make homemade snacks for our children, but on some days I just run out of time to do it myself. So, picking up snacks I know my kids like can really be a time-saver.

Some of the simple snacks for kids I like to use include Fiber One chewy cookies, bananas, Quaker Chewy Granola Bars, and Chex Mix. (Seriously, those Fiber One cookies are incredible. It takes a LOT of self-control for me not to eat the whole box.)

So here’s how I make up the station:

I empty the Chex Mix into small resealable bags – usually three bags at a time, one for each of my older kids. Then I remove the granola bars and cookies from the box and place them in the basket, along with the bananas.

That’s it! That’s all I do! When it’s snack time, I set the basket on the table and the kids go at it.

Hey, hey! One at a time! 🙂

I will say that I don’t let my kids snack during school. We take breaks to have snacks, but when we’re schooling, we’re schooling.

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Simple Science Experiments: Colorful Celery

September 4, 2015 by Selena Robinson 1 Comment

Do your kids love to perform science experiments? A really easy one is to make colorful celery! If you’re looking for some simple science experiments, you can’t get much easier than this one!

I am slowly learning to appreciate science. For years, I shied away from it, because it seemed too technical and abstract. But when I was taking biology a couple of years ago in college, I had to do several experiments at home and document my results. That’s when I started appreciating the value of performing experiments for yourself. And my kids love them!

Check out how you can easily learn about plants by making colorful celery!

Simple Science Experiments: Colorful Celery

We got the idea for this experiment from the book 501 Science Experiments. This is definitely a book that will stay with our family for some years. We’ll never run out of science ideas with this one. 🙂

In fact, we’ve had this book for four or five years and I think we’ve done two of the experiments so far. That’s going to change during this school year, though.

All you need for this experiment is a few stalks of celery (with the ends trimmed), a measuring cup, two glasses, and some food coloring.

Fill each glass half full of water. Then add a good amount of red food coloring to one glass and blue food coloring to the other glass. (Really, you could use any colors you want, but I thought red and blue would show up best.)

Leave the glasses out at room temperature for at least 8 hours.

Come back and take a look! If you look closely, you can see that some of the spots inside the celery have taken on the color of the liquid in each glass.

But the best way to observe the results is to peel back the rounded part of the celery stalk. Just peel a tiny amount off, otherwise you’ll take off too much and miss where the liquid moved up the plant.

See? Just like other plants, celery carries water and nutrients up through the stalk in an attempt to bring food to the leaves at the top. Even when you cut the leaves off, the stalk can still transfer nutrients, including the colored liquid.

When you peel back the top layer, you can actually see how the coloring has traveled. Neat!

What simple science experiments do your kids like? Share them in the comments!

10 Spanish Books for Kids

September 2, 2015 by Selena Robinson 1 Comment

Will you and your kids be learning Spanish this school year? We’ve been studying español for a while and we’ve found that printable Spanish flashcards are a TON of help, especially for memorizing vocabulary.

But there are also some great kids’ books for learning Spanish that can make learning another language even easier! Check out our roundup for 10 Spanish books for kids!

10 Spanish Books for Kids

1. The Complete Book of Starter Spanish: PK-1

2. Easy Spanish Step-by-Step

3. The Everything Kids Learning Spanish Book: Exercises and Puzzles to Help You Learn español

4. My First English-Spanish Picture Dictionary

5. The Complete Book of Spanish: Grades 1-3

6. My First Bilingual Little Readers

7. Spanish: Grades 6-12 Middle/High School

8. 52 Weeks of Family Spanish by Eileen McAree

9. My Big Book of Spanish Words

10. See It and Say It in Spanish

Do you have any favorite Spanish books for kids to recommend? Share your suggestions in the comments!

For even more Spanish learning fun, check out some of our printable Spanish resources!

For more tips to make your kids into readers, check out my Reading for Kids board on Pinterest!

This post is part of The Massive Guide to Homeschool Reading Lists by iHomeschool Network! Click over to read tons of awesome booklists shared by my fellow homeschooling bloggers!

Our First Grade Reading List Homeschool Picks

August 28, 2015 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

Well, we’re down to our final reading list for the new school year and it’s time to show off our books for first grade! Roo is reading much more fluently than he was last year, but he’s still not really a leisure reader. He’ll read when I tell him to, but he’d rather play than anything else. Of course, he is six. 🙂

But I really want to encourage him to develop the habit of reading for fun, so I’ve selected stories he can read on his own and stories we’ll read together. Here are our first grade reading list homeschool picks for this year!

Our First Grade Reading List Homeschool Picks

Roo, like many young boys, loves construction, so I included a book with that theme. I also included a couple of books that are funny, since those hold his attention the best.

Several of the books below will be part of unit studies we’ll be completing as a family, so they’ll fit in nicely with some of our themes.

1. Pete the Cat: Construction Destruction

2. Ocean Babies

3. Harry the Dirty Dog

4. Ramona the Brave

5. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

6. The Pigeon Wants a Puppy

7. The Complete Tales of Peter Rabbit

8. Aesop’s Fables for Children

9. The House at Pooh Corner

10. The Story of Ruby Bridges

11. Where the Wild Things Are

12. Curious George: Snowy Day

And those are our first grade reading list homeschool picks! Do you have any “must-read” books for first grade? Share your suggestions in the comments!

To see our other book suggestions for this year, check out our Fifth Grade Reading List and our Second Grade Reading List!

For more tips to make your kids into readers, check out my Reading for Kids board on Pinterest!

This post is part of The Massive Guide to Homeschool Reading Lists by iHomeschool Network! Click over to read tons of awesome booklists shared by my fellow homeschooling bloggers!

Back to Preschool with Family Fun Friday!

August 27, 2015 by Selena Robinson 2 Comments

It’s Thursday and that means it’s time for Family Fun Friday! Last week’s party featured plenty of great posts for teaching preschoolers, so I thought I’d feature six of them in case any of you are heading “back to preschool” this month!

Today is also my last time co-hosting the Family Fun Friday linky, so if you want to keep linking up your posts, be sure to visit Monica Pruett at Happy and Blessed Home or Herchel Scruggs at Gym Craft Laundry if you want to join the party going forward.

I’ve enjoyed hosting for the past year and I’ve gotten to feature so many awesome homeschooling bloggers! I hope you’ll keep linking up!


Monica created Family Fun Friday and blogs at HappyandBlessedHome.com where she shares free preschool tools and printables, encouraging words for moms, and ideas for having fun together as a family. Follow: Blog / Facebook / Pinterest / Twitter /Google + / Bloglovin’/ Instagram. Monica will feature Family Fun Posts.

Selena is a homeschooling graduate and a veteran homeschooling mom to four super special kids. She blogs at Look! We’re Learning! about unit studies, foreign language, and homeschooling with ADHD. Follow: Blog / Facebook / Pinterest / Instagram / Twitter. Selena will be featuring homeschooling and kids’ crafts.


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4. Grab the super cute Back to School Counting Cards and Puzzles from Living Life and Learning to refresh preschool math skills!

5. Work on literacy by having preschoolers learn the alphabet with the letters in their names! Jodie from Growing Book by Book explains how!

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Simple Sensory Play with a Muffin Tin!

August 21, 2015 by Selena Robinson 1 Comment

Piglet is our last child and, I have to admit, I didn’t do many sensory activities with my other kids when they were her age. Until recently, I didn’t think sensory play was really important for kids.

Then we found out that Tigger has SPD, so we started integrating more sensory activities around the house. So, when I heard that Cathy James was releasing a new book that’s all about sensory activities for little ones, I was super excited to try it out! If you’re stumped for ideas, this book is full of simple sensory play ideas that take almost no time at all!

Disclosure: I received a copy of this book in exchange for this post. All opinions are my own and I was not required to post a positive review.

Simple Sensory Play with a Muffin Tin

For Piglet’s first official sensory play attempt, we decided to try the activity “Creative Concoctions” from Cathy’s new book Super Sensory Invitations to Play!

All you do is fill a muffin tin with whatever you have around the house. The goal is to include materials for as many senses as you can.

I took Cathy’s suggestion and used shaving cream, rice, water with food coloring, and dried beans. All of these were things I already had in our pantry. Win!

I will say that I had to be very clear with Piglet that she was not to eat ANYTHING. Otherwise, I’m sure she would have confused the shaving cream for whipped cream. 🙂

At first, I encouraged Piglet to feel the shaving cream. She didn’t exactly like the way it felt, though.

So I gave her a plastic spoon and she was far more comfortable.

I showed her how to add the colored water to the shaving cream. She loved doing it on her own!

Then she started adding rice and the dried beans.

After a while, we ended up with rainbow shaving cream!

Throughout the entire activity, she described what she did: “I mix it up.”, “I’m doing an activity.”, “I stir it.” I guess it ended up being a language activity too! 🙂

That looks like evidence that a tiny person enjoyed herself quite a bit.

All in all, she ended up sitting at our dining room table for nearly 30 minutes with this one activity! I couldn’t believe how much she enjoyed it and it was so simple! I am definitely an early childhood sensory play convert. 😉

If you want to see even more simple sensory ideas from the book Super Sensory Invitations to Play, click the image below to get a look at what’s inside!

This post is part of the Super Sensory Invitations to Play book tour! Stop by to visit the other blogs on the tour to see more wonderful sensory activities from the book!

Aug 2 :: Powerful Mothering

Aug 3 :: The Educators’ Spin On It

Aug 4 :: Simple Fun for Kids

Aug 6 :: Homegrown Friends

Aug 7 :: The Fairy and the Frog

Aug 8 :: Mum in The Made House

Aug 12 :: Mama Smiles

Aug 13 :: Thriving STEM

Aug 14 :: Mom Inspired Life

Aug 19 :: Kids Craft Room

Aug 20 :: Fun-A-Day

Aug 21 :: Look! We’re Learning!

Aug 23 :: Lemon Lime Adventures

Aug 26 :: Bambini Travel

Sept 1 :: Laughing Kids Learn

Sept 14 :: Best Toys for Toddlers

Sept 18 :: Fantastic Fun and Learning

Our Second Grade Reading List Homeschool Picks

August 19, 2015 by Selena Robinson 2 Comments

Last week we shared our choices for Tigger’s fifth grade homeschool reading list. Today, I’m sharing our second reading list homeschool picks for Pooh!

Pooh is at a point in his reading journey when he’s definitely ready to take on some chapter books on his own. However, I still prefer to read most of our books together, so that he will slow down and really absorb the story. Sometimes he tends to rush through a book and only pick out the parts that are instantly amusing to him.

So we’ll be covering these books in-depth this year. Take a look at our choices for second grade below!

Choosing a Reading List for Second Grade

First grade was really a stepping stone that helped Pooh become a more fluent reader. And because we took a short break to try public school, he got a chance to read for his class pretty often. I really think that’s helped him step outside the box and take on more challenging books.

So I wanted him to read some books with me this year and some on his own as well. He likes mysteries and funny stories and this list features plenty of both!

Our Second Grade Reading List Homeschool Picks

1. Ramona and Her Mother

2. Oliver Twist

3. Tales of a Fourth-Grade Nothing (Yes, I realize the title character is in fourth grade. But I think Pooh will relate very well to Fudge…lol.)

4. Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Soccer Scheme

5. The Mouse and the Motorcycle

6. The Boxcar Children

7. What’s Cooking, Jenny Archer?

8. The Wind in the Willows

9. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

10. Flat Stanley’s Worldwide Adventures: The Intrepid Canadian Expedition

11. Freckle Juice

12. Geronimo Stilton: The Race Across America

And those are our second grade reading list homeschool selections! Unit studies for these books will be coming soon!

Catch our other reading list selections for this school year below!

For more tips to make your kids into readers, check out my Reading for Kids board on Pinterest!

This post is part of The Massive Guide to Homeschool Reading Lists by iHomeschool Network! Click over to read tons of awesome booklists shared by my fellow homeschooling bloggers!

Do you have any books you think second-graders should read? Share them in the comments!

Amazing Hurricane Books for Kids

August 18, 2015 by Selena Robinson 2 Comments

It’s hurricane season! And we’ve been talking about hurricanes, tropical storms, and tropical depressions with the kids lately. We even got to review a Hurricane Lapbook a few weeks back.

As part of our hurricane studies, I put together a list of kids’ books about hurricanes that are awesome for introducing this topic to children and explaining it in an interesting way.

Check out our picks below! And if you want even more ways to learn about hurricanes, don’t miss our hurricane unit study!

Amazing Kids’ Books about Hurricanes

1. Eye of the Storm: A Book about Hurricanes by Rick Thomas

2. Hurricane by David Wiesner

3. Hurricanes by Seymour Simon

4. Hooper Finds a Family: A Hurricane Katrina Dog’s Survival Tale by Jane Paley

5. Tornadoes and Hurricanes! by Cy Armour

6. Hurricane! by Celia Godkin

7. Where Albatross Soar: A Beachside Story of Waves and Storms by Bryan Knowles

8. Read about Hurricanes by Sally Morgan

9. Hurricanes! (First Graphics Wild Earth) by Marcie Aboff

10. The Superstorm: Hurricane Sandy by Josh Gregory

11. Hurricanes: Earth’s Mightiest Storms by Patricia Lauber

12. Zane and the Hurricane: A Story of Katrina by Rodman Philbrick

13. Hurricanes by Gail Gibbons

14. Hurricanes Vs. Tornadoes Vs. Typhoons: Wind Systems of the World by Baby Professor

15. Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans by Don Brown

16. Hurricanes! (Hello Reader) by Lorraine J. Hopping

17. Hurricane Watch! (Let’s Read and Find Out Science 2) by Melissa Stewart

18. Storms by Seymour Simon

19. I Wonder Why Hurricanes Have Eyes (and other questions about natural disasters)

20. Hurricanes (Wild Weather) by Jim Mezzanotte

Do you have any go-to books about hurricanes that you’ve read with your kids? Share your picks in the comments!

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This post is part of The Massive Guide to Homeschool Reading Lists by iHomeschool Network! Click over to read tons of awesome booklists shared by my fellow homeschooling bloggers!

Back to Homeschool Art and Drawing Gift Basket Giveaway

August 17, 2015 by Selena Robinson 270 Comments

We’re celebrating back to homeschool time with a fun Art and Drawing Gift Basket Giveaway! Last year, we shared in the annual Back to Homeschool Gift Basket Giveaway hosted by iHomeschool Network and we had such a great time that we decided to participate again!

Read on to see what we’re giving away, how you can enter to win, and what our fellow bloggers are giving away this year!

This year, we decided to go with an art and drawing theme. Coloring books for adults are all the rage right now, so we’re offering quite a few coloring books with designs intricate enough to keep Mom and Dad entertained!

There are also a couple of drawing books by Ed Emberley and some advanced coloring books for kids!

This gift basket includes the following:

Note: All of the books will be shipped in a USPS box (minus the basket) to the winning entrant.

To enter to win all these awesome art and drawing books, use the Giveaway Tools widget below!

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To get a look at all of the awesome prizes that are available, visit the Back to Homeschool Gift Baskets linkup at iHomeschool Network!

Our Fifth Grade Reading List Homeschool Picks

August 14, 2015 by Selena Robinson 4 Comments

If you follow the Charlotte Mason method strictly, then you already know about what she called “twaddle”. Mason felt that kids should avoid books that had no educational or intellectual value. Instead, kids were to read “living books” – works that enlightened them and taught them new concepts.

Even though I love the CM method, I believe that there’s a place for “twaddle”. I’ve always been of the opinion that I want my kids to develop a love for reading. We can help them choose challenging selections later.

Eventually, however, it is definitely time to ease away from twaddle and into books that are designed to make kids think or dream. And that’s where we are with Tigger. So – here’s a look at our fifth grade reading list homeschool picks!

Choosing Our Reading List Picks

This year with Tigger, I wanted to encourage her to focus on some of the classics. She likes modern books like the Ramona series and “Smile” by Reina Telgemeier. And those are great books, but for her school reading list, she needs to be challenged.

During our public school experiment last year, Tigger got tested with the LEXILE reading system. Her score was within the 10th-grade range. However, she’s not quite ready for the advanced topics covered by high school books, so classics it is! I also added a few books featuring characters of color so she can have some figures to whom she relates.

I’ve only included 12 books on our “official” list, because I want her to finish one per month. We’ll be doing unit studies for each one (stay tuned!), so that will give us time to drop anchor and really explore each work.

Our Fifth Grade Reading List Homeschool Picks

1. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

2. Charlotte’s Web

3. Anne of Green Gables

4. The Blossoming Universe of Violet Diamond

9. Kidnapped

10. The Secret Garden

11. The Mighty Miss Malone

12. Where the Red Fern Grows

And those are our fifth grade reading list homeschool picks! To get a look at our other reading lists for this school year, visit the posts below!

Get even more of our homeschooling tips by following the board Homeschooling with Look! We’re Learning! on Pinterest!

What’s on your homeschool reading list this year? Share your picks in the comments!

This post is part of The Massive Guide to Homeschool Reading Lists by iHomeschool Network! Click over to read tons of awesome booklists shared by my fellow homeschooling bloggers!

Apple Array Practice for Second Grade

August 13, 2015 by Selena Robinson 9 Comments

One of Pooh’s objectives this year is to learn to work with arrays.

When I was in school, we weren’t using arrays. We were memorizing addition and multiplication facts back then.

Now, though, arrays are an important (and helpful) way to understand adding and multiplying.

So I put together a math product: Apple Arrays! – A fun, apple-themed way to have array practice for second grade!

By the way, be sure to check out our Apple Orchard Playdough Counting Mat for your toddlers and preschoolers!

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Apple Array Practice for Second Grade

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This product includes 16 worksheets that include both addition and multiplication for numbers 1-5.

If your students are still working on addition fluency, the first ten worksheets are all about adding numbers 1-5.

A full answer key is provided, so the kids can check their work.

This is a great activity for practicing addition facts.

But if your students are ready for a quick introduction to multiplication, the last six worksheets are perfect for showing them the relationship between adding and the times tables!

How to Use Apple Array Practice for Second Grade

I have to admit that when Pooh saw that there were multiplication problems on the sheet, his reaction was “TIMES TABLES????”

It was a dramatic moment, for sure.

But I used the first few pages to introduce him to using arrays with addition.

And then we talked about how addition with arrays is the same as multiplication.

This product focuses just on working with 5’s from 5+0 to 5+5+5, so you can use it to introduce times tables from 5×1 to 5×5.

The first set of pages contains apple arrays and written addition and multiplication problems.

Pooh and I looked at each row and column in the arrays to understand why we write those particular addition and multiplication equations to represent them.

Count out the number of apples in each row to find your first addend.

Then count the number of rows to find the second. Simple!

After he went through and solved the first set of problems, we used the second set of pages.

These pages have the apple arrays and addition/multiplication problems, but kids have to read the array correctly to fill in the addends/multiplicand/multiplier.

Which he did on his own!

He was so excited to grasp how to read arrays and relate them to multiplying that as soon as Jay came in the door, he said “Dad! I learned how to do times today!”

Another one of those homeschooling gifts I’m thrilled to share with them this year.

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Come along with the entire 2nd Grade Blogging Team for all of our Apple activities this week!

How to use an apple to explain basic fractions from Crafty Kids at Home

Apples Graphing Activity from Sallie Borrink Learning

Free Number Order Printable Apples from Life Over C’s

Preserve an apple from getting brown from Planet Smarty Pants

Apple Descriptions {adjectives} from School Time Snippets

Nouns and Verbs – Apple Theme from 123 Homeschool 4 Me

Black and White Apple Prints: A Lesson in Contrast from Creative Family Fun

Apple Toothpick Tower Challenge from Preschool Powol Packets

Nubian History for Kids

August 11, 2015 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

A few weeks ago, I got the chance to share a guest post over at To the Moon and Back about how we teach Nubian history for kids in our homeschool. So if you’re a history buff, read on to get a look at how we cover this subject with our children!

Today is also another edition of the Laugh and Learn linky! Check out our picks from last week’s party and read this week’s new parenting and homeschooling posts below!

Nubian History for Kids

As part of our 10 Days of African History series, we did an in-depth study of the ancient kingdom of Nubia. It’s interesting to me that there are so few children’s resources about Nubian history, but since I found lots of adult-oriented material, I just tweaked it for the kids. 🙂

To see more about how we covered Nubian history with our children, check out the guest post I wrote for The ABCs of Ancient History series at To the Moon and Back: “N is for Nubia“!

N is for Nubia – To the Moon and Back

And now it’s time for the linky!

Welcome to our 45th week of Laugh and Learn – Homeschool and Parenting Linkup!

Last week was our best linkup ever! Thanks for sharing 79 links with us.

Laugh and Learn – Homeschool and Parenting Linkup will be open by 6 am every Tuesday morning.

Each and every week all of the hosts pick one favorite post to be featured on the next week’s linkup. All of your links will be shared on five blogs.

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Tina

Tina lives abroad in Latin America with her husband and four children. Currently in Mexico, Tina is active in homeschool, travel, and her Bible ministry. She blogs about all of their adventures and more at Los Gringos Locos.
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Selena

Selena is a writer and a homeschooling mom to four kids, including three with ADHD/SPD. Selena and her husband, Jay, are committed to teaching their children at home and loving every minute of it! You can read about the family’s homeschooling experiences at Look! We’re Learning, written by Selena!
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Sarah

Sarah lives in Kentucky, USA, where she and her husband homeschool three children. Sarah writes for and about, families with special needs. She hopes to provide support and encouragement to all special needs parents in the homeschool community. Visit Sarah at Dedicated Homeschooler.
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Haley

Haley hopes to encourage stay at home moms. She wants to help moms learn how to make an extra income, to stretch a budget, to make crafts, and other useful information. Haley always has updates on the kids and funny things that happen. Visit Haley at Haley’s Vintage Finds & Deals.
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Lindsey

Lindsey is a passionate writer eager to touch the hearts and minds of homeschoolers and parents abroad. As a devoted mother to two, happy homeschooler, and scatterbrained housewife, she’s on a mission to find love and joy in “the simple life” and invites you to join her! Visit Lindsey at Nitty Gritty Homeschooling. Find Lindsey at her blog link above, and on the following social media networks:
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5 Ways to Make Geography Fun

August 8, 2015 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

This year, I’m determined to cover more geography with my kids. But the problem with studying geography is that it can be incredibly boring, even for the parents who teach it.

When I was in school, geography consisted of my teacher pointing at maps, telling us to read pages in our book, and then quizzing us on what we learned. Gag.

But the beautiful thing about homeschooling is that we can teach geography however we like! So, here are 5 ways to make geography fun that I plan to use in our homeschool this year!

If you like these ideas, don’t miss our list of hands-on geography activities you have to try!

5 Ways to Make Geography Fun

1. Go for a geography walk.

In Crystal Wagner’s “Geography Field Guide”, she recommends taking children outdoors and using nearby land features to illustrate larger ones. A local stream could represent rivers, a hill could represent mountains, and so on. That way, kids can “see” geography, instead of just reading about it.

Geography Field Guide, Crystal J. Wagner

2. Choose an area of the world for in-depth study.

Drop anchor in one part of the world and study it thoroughly with your kids. For example, the notebooking pack “Discover Europe” allows kids to get to know the entire European continent by examining the people, culture, and geography of each country.

3. Include hands-on activities.

Kris Bales’ book “Hands-On Learning” describes a ton of ways you can take geography learning off the page for your kids. Making papier-mache models, cookie dough maps, and learning centers are just some of the suggestions she gives that can make geography more fun for students.

4. Use notebooking.

Adelien Tandian’s “Geography Notebooking Pages” are perfect for helping kids organize what they learn. As you cover your lesson, you can have your children fill in the basic facts of each region. After completing an area of the world, children can use their notes to write a report or complete a diorama!

5. Make a part of the world into an ongoing series.

Taking another cue from Kris Bales’ book, we’ll be having Fifty State Fridays with our kids this year! I don’t want to give away how this is done (seriously, read her book), but when you make geography into a regular series, it’s much easier to get everyone excited for your upcoming lessons.

Do you have any ways to make geography fun for your kids? Share them in the comments!

Check out these other suggestions for teaching geography in your homeschool!

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This post is part of The Massive Homeschool Geography Guide from iHomeschool Network! Click over to read more geography posts from my fellow bloggers!

Back to Homeschool with Family Fun Friday!

August 6, 2015 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

Are you celebrating back to homeschool time this week? Lots of homeschoolers are! We’ve settled on our homeschooling curriculum and I am currently in the midst of a lesson planning marathon. 🙂

Naturally, the homeschooling tips shared during last week’s Family Fun Friday were right on time for me! Take a look at the features and then get even more homeschooling inspiration from this week’s posts!


Monica created Family Fun Friday and blogs at HappyandBlessedHome.com where she shares free preschool tools and printables, encouraging words for moms, and ideas for having fun together as a family. Follow: Blog / Facebook / Pinterest / Twitter /Google + / Bloglovin’/ Instagram. Monica will feature Family Fun Posts.

Selena is a homeschooling graduate and a veteran homeschooling mom to four super special kids. She blogs at Look! We’re Learning! about unit studies, foreign language, and homeschooling with ADHD. Follow: Blog / Facebook / Pinterest / Instagram / Twitter. Selena will be featuring homeschooling and kids’ crafts.


Herchel enjoys blogging about parenting, organizing, crafting, and having good old-fashioned kid fun her blog Scrggbug Corner. Follow: Blog / Facebook / Pinterest / Twitter /Google +. Herchel will feature organizing and family fun.

Here are my favorite posts for this week!

1. If you’re trying to use more online resources in your homeschool, you’ll love the 25 Free Educational Websites for Kids from Tidbits of Experience!

2. Get some inspiration for your preschool homeschool room with Growing Hands On Kids’ Montessori Inspired Tot School Space!

3. Embark On the Journey shares an adorable printable pack based on the classic children’s book The Little Red Lighthouse!

4. We’re planning to school year round this time, so I loved the ideas at Year Round Homeschooling on how to Make Year Round Homeschooling Fun!

5. Need help getting your homeschool supplies organized? Tina’s Dynamic Homeschool Plus shares tips to help you Get Organized for the New Homeschool Year!

6. Help your kids build literacy the Lego way with Growing Book by Book’s Lego Activities That Build Reading and Writing Skills!

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5 Awesome Homeschool Planning Resources for Busy Moms

August 4, 2015 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

If you’ve already gotten your homeschool planning done for this year, you are my hero. (Needless to say, I am nowhere NEAR finished.)

Even though I’m finished with my college experience, I find that I am still so, so busy! And I think most moms are. It can easily feel like we just do not have enough time in the day to plan our homeschool lessons, especially if we’re parenting more than one child.

So I’m excited to share 5 awesome homeschool planning resources for busy moms today!

Today is also another edition of the Laugh and Learn linky, so you can check out our features from last week and read the newest posts shared below!

5 Awesome Homeschool Planning Resources for the Busy Mom

Creating a Schedule That Works – Marlene Griffith

Need to get your life together in a hurry? Marlene explains how you can go from unscheduled to scheduled in just 12 days. Since homeschooling parents need a schedule that everyone can stick with, she also talks about starting with a clearly defined purpose. That way, you have an overall goal to keep in mind as you stick with your routine.

Blueprint Homeschooling – Amy Kneppers

Amy’s book is a really great way to outline your entire year in advance. Yes, I mean, your ENTIRE year. She includes exercises you can complete as you read to help you get a feel for the rhythm of your home and how homeschooling can fit naturally into the life you already lead.

Homeschool Planner – Jolanthe Erb

If you want to have one homeschool planner you can use year after year, Jolanthe’s planner is the one. This homeschool planner is composed of editable PDFs, so you can type in this year’s lessons and then print them when you’re finished. Next year, you can do it all over again!

Homeschool Planner 2015-16 – Patricia Espinoza

Do you want a pretty paper planner that makes you feel happy to plan lessons? (I do.) Patricia’s Homeschool Planner is so beautiful that looking at it just makes me feel better. You can print the pages you need, skip the ones you don’t, and get to planning your year peacefully.

Planning Your Best Homeschool Year – Kyle McVay

One of the issues with homeschool planning is that we can get so focused on covering the material or finishing our curriculum that we forget to consider our kids! Kyle’s book is excellent for helping parents consider their kids learning styles right from the beginning. There’s no point in planning a homeschool year your kids will hate, right?

And now, it’s linky time!

Welcome to our 44nd week of Laugh and Learn – Homeschool and Parenting Linkup!

Last week was our best linkup ever! Thanks for sharing 78 links with us.

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Our 2015-16 Year Round Homeschool Schedule

August 3, 2015 by Selena Robinson 8 Comments

This year we’re trying something that’s kind of new for us: an actual year round homeschool schedule.

We’ve always been year-round homeschoolers (sort of), because we don’t actually take a summer break. But this is the first year that I’ve actually sat down and planned to teach lessons the whole year.

If you’re interested in year-round homeschooling, take a look at our year-round homeschool schedule for 2015-16!

2015-16 Year Round Homeschool Schedule

The reason we’re embarking on a true year round schedule this time around is because I’m planning to become a full-time minister. Since I’ll be spending around 70 hours a month in our Bible ministry, I’ll be trying to do the bulk of my ministry during temperate months and NOT in the heat of summer…lol.

As a result, we’ll be doing the bulk of our homeschooling in the summer. And – in speaking to some other homeschoolers, I’m not the only one taking that approach. Summertime here is just too hot to do anything and most of the recreational facilities are packed with public schoolers during summer anyway, so…summer school it is!

One other note: I no longer use timed scheduling. I’ve done that in the past and it just does not work for our family. We do much better when we have a general rhythm to our day.

Here’s our year round homeschool schedule:

September – April:

Tuesday: Unit Study, ELA, Math, Science, P.E.

Thursday: Unit Study, ELA, Math, Geography, P.E.

Friday: Unit Study, ELA, STEM, Logic, P.E.

May – August:

Monday: Unit Study, ELA, Math, Science, P.E.

Tuesday: Unit Study, ELA, Math, History, P.E.

Thursday: Unit Study, ELA, Math, Foreign Language, P.E.

Friday: Unit Study, ELA, STEM, Art/Music, P.E.

And that’s it! Have any of you tried a year round homeschool schedule? What adjustments did you have to make along the way? Share your experiences in the comments!

This post is part of the 2015 “Not Back to School Blog Hop” from iHomeschool Network! Click on over to read how my fellow bloggers are getting ready to NOT go back to school this year!