Fall is nearly here! I love summer, but fall wins out as my favorite time of year. The leaves change colors, the weather gets cool, plus we get to start baking and knitting! For our free printable flashcards series this week, I thought we’d share some leaf identification flashcards! These are perfect for fall learning, but you canKeep Reading…
Summer is a wonderful time for learning about the night sky and the stars and planets that live there. If you’re teaching your children to speak Spanish, these Spanish solar system flashcards are excellent for reviewing the planets of the solar system and working on Spanish vocabulary! Since there’s an English set included, these are alsoKeep Reading…
Summer break is coming up and there’s nothing that keeps kids interested in learning like a great science experiment! But if an experiment requires a lot of supplies or if it takes a super long time to show results, it can be tough to keep the kids interested long enough to observe it all the wayKeep Reading…
Are you ready for a new 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 AboutKeep Reading…
Kids just love learning about insects! Maybe it’s because they’re so small. Or because they make grown adults (like myself) flee in terror. Either way, bugs are a super popular topic for learning in our family. If you have budding entomologists in your home, they’ll love these insect activities for kids! There are printables, hands-on experiments,Keep Reading…
I cannot tell you how much my boys love learning about animals. They get so excited when they get a chance to see animals up close or even just to read about them. A lot of it has to do with their fascination with the Wild Kratts, which is just fine with me! In particular, myKeep Reading…
My new middle schooler has always been interested in science. She loves examining nature and conducting basic experiments. One thing we had yet to introduce her to, though, was the microscope. When I took college biology last year, I had my very first experience with a light microscope and it was awesome. So I wasKeep Reading…
For our latest post in the Homeschool Unit Studies series, we’re talking planets with a lesson on teaching the solar system for kids! Many kids are fascinated with space. I know, when I was a kid, I wanted to be an astronaut. We’re from Florida originally and I really, really, really wanted to go toKeep Reading…
As a bookworm, I haven’t been much of an outdoor mom. But my kids absolutely love the outdoors! So I’ve been making an effort to get them outside more often. Which means I was psyched to join the A-Z of Outdoor Activities series! And for today’s entry (Letter E), I’m sharing 3 Tips for ExploringKeep Reading…
Bugs are super popular with kids, especially during the warm months when we start to see more ants, bees, and other creepy critters around more often. Personally, I’m not a fan. But my boys (in particular) think they’re super cool! So, I’ve worked up the nerve to start putting together a bug unit study. AndKeep Reading…
Happy spring everyone! I love this time of year! The warmer weather, the longer days, the brighter skies – it’s all great stuff! It’s just the BUGS that bother me. I really dislike bugs. When I was a child, I was deathly afraid of almost everything that had more than four legs. (Except potato bugs. They’re adorable.)Keep Reading…
Studying the human body is always a fun unit with kids. And one of the basic concepts is the five senses, right? But it turns out that every time I cover this unit, I learn something new. This time it was about how our taste buds work. Now I’m probably exposing myself as an ignoramus, butKeep Reading…
How many of you parents are extremely comfortable with teaching science? And I mean extremely comfortable. If you’re not, you’re not alone! I’m not much of a science buff myself. I got good grades in it as a kid, but I haven’t really ever been interested in it. (Except for astronomy. Astronomy is awesome.) SoKeep Reading…
We’re joining up with the 2nd Grade Blogging Team again this week to share a fun and easy way to learn about nocturnal animals: a Nocturnal and Diurnal Animals Sorting Activity! I remember learning about nocturnal animals when I was a kid, but we didn’t talk much about diurnal animals (at least not using theKeep Reading…
The air is getting cooler and we’ve started noticing flocks of birds flying in a “V” formation around our town. Even Piglet shouts “All those birds, Mama!” when she sees them. 🙂 So I thought our next set of printable flashcards should be a set of bird identification flashcards! Read on to get yours! IfKeep Reading…
Tigger is a huge science fan. HUGE. For me, though, science is so abstract that it can be difficult for me to get into teaching it in our homeschool. Thanks to a great kids’ book that I got the chance to review, though, I was able to teach my kids (even my toddler) about electronsKeep Reading…
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 unitKeep Reading…
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. ButKeep Reading…
It’s time for another one of our simple science experiments! This time, we’re learning about salinity and floating with a simple floating egg experiment. My boys are entering first and second grade, respectively. These are excellent ages to introduce science experiments – especially ones that are low-prep, inexpensive, and simple to do, right? Check outKeep Reading…
It’s time for another of our second-grade activities this week and today is all about states of matter for second graders. Superheroes are all the rage right now and Pooh is a huge fan of them as well. So, when it was time to talk about states of matter in science, I thought I’d addKeep Reading…
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 childrenKeep Reading…
