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These printable friendship notes are a sweet way for kids to let their friends know they care!

Best Friends! Printable Friendship Cards for Kids

June 25, 2020 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

If your kids miss hanging out with their friends, they’re not alone.

Mine have been miserable most of the summer, because they’ve been stuck in the house.

We try to schedule video chats and phone calls, but it’s just not the same.

Would you like to help your kids or your students send a special something to their friends? These printable friendship notes are a nice way to help them keep in touch!

Fun Best Friend Notes for Kids

These sweet friendship notecards are so cute for little ones to color and send to their friends. They can send them in the mail or drop them in a front door – just to let a friend know they’re still special.

Keep reading to get your set – free! Plus, pick up our free Ice Cream Summer Reading Kit to keep students reading over the break!

These printable friendship notes are a sweet way for kids to let their friends know they care!

Best Friends! Printable Friendship Notes for Kids

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Printable Friendship Notes for Kids

This set includes two versions of friendship cards: one set features cats and another features dogs.

Best Friends Printable Notes for Kids

The directions are simple: Kids can cut out each shape and color them in.

There’s also space for them to add their own message, as well as a version without a title for them to create their own.

Sweet Friendship Notes for Kids

Finally, they’re both available as line art versions for kids to color in as they choose.

Best Friend Notes for Kids

After they’re done adding their own touches, kids can simply put their friendship cards in an envelope and start sending them out.

They’re sure to make someone’s day!

Scroll down to get your copy of these printable Best Friends cards!

Take a look at some of these other fun kids’ printables!

These fun dinosaur word matching puzzles are so fun for early literacy practice!
Use these printable solar system coloring pages for a fun astronomy activity for early learners!
Learn about what sharks eat to live in this fun shark food chain file folder game!

To get your copy of these printable friendship cards, click the image or the link below to download them to your computer!

Printable Best Friend Notes for Kids

>>> Printable Best Friends Notecards <<<

These printable short vowel flashcards make it simple to practice phonics with kids!

Free Printable Flashcards: Short Vowel Flashcards

February 1, 2018 by Selena Robinson 2 Comments

We’re back with another set of free printable flashcards! This time, we’re talking about short vowel sounds.

Personally, I didn’t learn to read with phonics and neither did our oldest daughter.

Our oldest boy, though, really needed help with phonic sounds, so we focused on long and short vowel sounds pretty early.

I thought I’d make a set of short vowel flashcards to share with my lovely readers today!

These are really simple to use and what makes them even better is that they’re FREE!

Phonics Skills with Printable Short Vowel Flashcards

Read on to see how to get your set!

And if you like these, don’t miss these long vowel flashcards as well!

These printable short vowel flashcards make it simple to practice phonics with kids!

Free Printable Flashcards: Short Vowel Flashcards

To use these flashcards, you’ll need the following: (Affiliate links are provided here for convenience. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

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Printable Short Vowel Flashcards

Like our long vowel flashcards, these short vowel flashcards include words that help kids practice recognizing and differentiating short vowel sounds.

Printable Short Vowel Flashcards for Kids

In this flashcard pack, you’ll find cards for the following short vowel words:

  • Alligator
  • Egg
  • Igloo
  • Octopus
  • Umbrella
Practicing Phonics with Printable Short Vowel Flashcards

The pack includes a set of cards with the pictures and words, a set with only the pictures, a set with only the words, and a set of each with pictures and vowels only.

Working with Printable Short Vowel Flashcards for Kids

Kids can practice matching up the long vowel cards with the word cards.

Or use the picture cards to quiz them on their short vowel sounds!

Printable Short Vowel Flashcards for Kids to Use
Scroll down to get your copy of our free printable flashcards: short vowel flashcards!

More Resources for Teaching Short Vowel Sounds:

Looking for more short vowel resources? Try these!

  • Gran on a Fan: Silly Short Vowels by Kevin Bolger
  • Educational Insights Stick-To-It Phonics Short Vowels Game
  • Circus Vowels: The Long and the Short of It by Jodi L. McMaster

Don’t miss some of our other reading flashcards!

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These free winter printables for kids feature plenty of fun learning ideas for the winter season!

50+ Free Winter Printables for Kids!

January 15, 2018 by Selena Robinson 4 Comments

Free Polar Animal Notebooking Pages - Look! We're Learning!
Free Snowflake Counting 1-10 Flashcards - Look! We're Learning!
Free Arctic Animal Flash Cards - Look! We're Learning!
Free Snowflake Math Factor Printables - Look! We're Learning!
50 Free Winter Printables - Look! We're Learning!
Free Winter Printables for Kids - Look! We're Learning!
Keep learning all winter long with these fun and free winter printables for kids!

If you liked our 50 free fall printables list earlier this year, you’ll love this roundup of over 50 free winter printables for kids! These are perfect for homeschoolers or parents who want to help their kids keep learning during winter break!

In this list, you’ll find worksheets, coloring pages, word searches, drawing exercises, notebooking pages, and free printable flashcards featuring winter themes, scenes, and animals. If you have any free winter printables for kids you’d like to recommend, feel free to share them in the comments!

And be sure to see our other winter activities, including snowman crafts for kids and our list of 50 winter books for kids to read!

These free winter printables for kids feature plenty of fun learning ideas for the winter season!

50+ Free Winter Printables for Kids:

1. Snowflake Counting Flashcards – Look! We’re Learning!

2. Winter Printable Pack – Gift of Curiosity

3. Winter ABC Printable Pack – 3 Dinosaurs

4. Winter PreK Pack – This Reading Mama

5. Snowman Packs – Royal Baloo

6. Printable Winter Word Search – Real Life at Home

7. Hibernating Winter Animals Printable – 3 Boys and a Dog

8. Winter Pack – 3 Dinosaurs

9. Winter Math and Language Pack – A Little Pinch of Perfect

10. Color the Snowman Buttons – Gift of Curiosity

11. Printable Winter Picture Book List – Library Adventure

12. Free Polar Animal Notebooking Pages – Look! We’re Learning!

Winter Playdough Mats for Kids

13. Winter Spelling Activity Game – The Measured Mom

14. Free Winter Memory Game – Powerful Mothering

15. Winter and Summer Clothing Sort – From ABCs to ACTs

16. Hibernation Toss and Sort Printable Game – Enchanted Homeschooling Mom

17. Winter Math Board Game – Inspiration Laboratories

18. Printable Winter Social Story – And Next Comes L

19. Winter Alphabet and Number Cards – The Kindergarten Connection

20. Penguin Printable Coloring Pages – Kids Creative Chaos

21. Printable Snowflake Matching Game – No Time for Flashcards

22. Winter I Spy Game – Pleasantest Thing

23. Winter Reading Charts – 3 Dinosaurs

24. Winter Word Recognition Printable – Mama Miss

25. Roll a Snowman Printable – Wise Owl Factory

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These printable snowflake counting flashcards are a perfect way to learn to count to ten this winter!

Free Printable Flashcards: Snowflake Counting Flashcards

December 21, 2017 by Selena Robinson 1 Comment

Have you been missing our free printable flashcards? They’re back! Today, I’m sharing a new set of counting flashcards with a fun snowflake theme!

I really love the sight of falling snowflakes. Probably because we hardly ever see them down here in Georgia. The few times we’ve had snow, we’ve all gathered around to watch the flakes float gently in front of the window. It’s amazing.

Printable Counting to Ten Flashcards

For preschoolers, learning to count is a huge skill to master, especially by the time they enter kindergarten. These snowflake counting flashcards can help! Read on to see how to get yours free!

If you like these, don’t miss our free snowflake math factor printables or our All About Snowflakes Printable Unit Study!

These printable snowflake counting flashcards are a perfect way to learn to count to ten this winter!

Free Snowflake Counting Flashcards

To use these cards, you’ll need the following: (Affiliate links are provided here for convenience. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

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  • Laminator (to make it easier to reuse the cards later)

Printable Snowflake Counting Flashcards

These counting flashcards feature cards for the numbers 1-10 showing both numerals and pictures.

Snowflake Counting Flashcards for Kids

Winter Playdough Mats for Kids

There is one set of cards with the number and the matching amount of snowflakes and then another set of cards with just the snowflakes.

Printable Snowflake-Themed Counting Flashcards

They’re super easy to use for teaching numbers and reviewing counting concepts later on.

Printable Snowflake-Themed Counting Flashcards for Kids

Be sure to let the kids practice counting each snowflake so they can learn to identify the quantities on their own!

Printable Snowflake Counting Flashcards for Kids

Scroll down to grab your set of our snowflake counting flashcards – free!

Don’t miss these other winter learning ideas!

Learn about the science and art of snow with this printable snowflake unit study for kids!

These free winter printables for preschoolers are a wonderful way to get your younger learners involved in a winter unit!

These easy snowman crafts for kids are perfect for exploring winter this year!

Grab these free printable snowflake counting flashcards for a fun winter math activity!

To get your free snowflake counting flashcards, sign up for our newsletter! You’ll get these printable flashcards, plus lots of other freebies – just for subscribing!

And see more ideas for learning about winter on my Winter Activities for Kids Pinterest board!

These printable English and Spanish season flashcards are great for learning about the seasons in both languages!

Free Printable Flashcards: English and Spanish Season Flashcards

December 12, 2017 by Selena Robinson 3 Comments

We’re smack dab in the middle of winter and, to be honest, I really miss spring (seasonal allergies and all). So I thought it was a great time to introduce our kids to the Spanish words for the seasons. It’s as close to spring as I’m going to get for the next two months…lol.

To learn how to say the seasons of the year in Spanish, we put together a set of free printable flashcards: English and Spanish season flashcards! These are perfect for learning how to talk about seasons of the year in English and Spanish, so they’re good for early learners, ESL learners, kids who are learning Spanish, and more!

English to Spanish Season Flashcards for Kids

Read on to see how to get your copy – Free! If you love these, don’t miss our A to Z Español Spanish Alphabet Super Pack!

These printable English and Spanish season flashcards are great for learning about the seasons in both languages!

Free English and Spanish Season Flashcards

To use these flashcards, you’ll need the following: (Affiliate links provided here for convenience. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

  • Printer (with ink)
  • Printer paper
  • Scissors
  • Laminator

Printable English and Spanish Season Flashcards

These flashcards include all four seasons of the year in both English and Spanish. And a pronunciation guide is included!

English and Spanish Season Flashcards

That means you can use them to teach the seasons to your preschooler, to play a matching game with your toddler, or to teach Spanish season words to learners of any age!

English and Spanish Printable Season Flashcards for Kids

One set features English season words, another set features Spanish season words, and a third set features the pictures only for reviewing and quizzes.

Season Flashcards in English and Spanish

Scroll down to get your free English and Spanish season flashcards!

If you’re interested in learning even more Spanish vocabulary, don’t miss these printables!

Use these printable Spanish feelings flashcards to learn basic emotions in both English and Spanish!

Teach your kids how to say and recognize the alphabet in Spanish with this printable Spanish learning kit for kids!

Learn how to pronounce Arctic animal names in Spanish with these Spanish winter animal flashcards!

And get more ideas for learning a foreign language with the kids on my Foreign Language for Homeschoolers Pinterest board!

These free English and Spanish season flashcards are great for new Spanish language learners, preschoolers, and afterschoolers!

To get your set of English and Spanish season flashcards, sign up for our email newsletter! You’ll get these flashcards, plus lots of other exclusive learning printables in our special subscribers library!

10 Free Printable Flashcards for Toddlers

November 12, 2015 by Selena Robinson 9 Comments

We’ve been sharing loads of free printable flashcards on the blog for the past year. Today I thought I’d round up the flashcards that are best for our tiniest learners – toddlers!

Piglet started tot school this fall, so she learns right along with our older kids when we have our homeschool lessons. During tot school, we try to focus on the absolute basics: counting, letters, numbers, shapes, colors, and some animals.

So if you’re teaching your toddlers the same concepts, here are 10 free printable flashcards for toddlers that are available right here on the blog!

10 Free Printable Flashcards for Toddlers - Look! We're Learning!

10 Free Printable Flashcards for Toddlers

While I’m recommending these flashcards for toddlers, they can really be used for any age at all. Some preschoolers may need to focus on strengthening number and letter recognition, while some grade schoolers may enjoy using the animal flashcards as part of a unit study. Feel free to use them however you see fit for your kids!

Printable Farm Animal Flashcards - Look! We're Learning!

Farm Animal Flashcards

Printable Sorting Flashcards

Sorting by Color Flashcards

Free Printable Flashcards: Alphabet Animals - Look! We're Learning!

Animal Alphabet Flashcards

Free Printable Pet Flashcards

Pet Flashcards

Free Snowflake Counting 1-10 Flashcards - Look! We're Learning!

Snowflake Counting Flashcards

Free Spanish Number Flashcards 1-10 - Look! We're Learning!

Spanish Number Flashcards 1-10

Free ASL Number Flashcards - Look! We're Learning!

ASL Number Flashcards

Free Printable Flashcards: Sign Language Alphabet

Sign Language Alphabet Flashcards

Free Printable Flashcards: Colors - Look! We're Learning!

Color Flashcards

Free Printable Flashcards: Shapes - Look! We're Learning!

Shape Flashcards

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!

Art and Drawing Gift Basket Giveaway

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!

Art and Drawing Gift Basket Giveaway

This gift basket includes the following:

  • The Big Purple Drawing Book by Ed Emberley
  • GeoDesigns
  • Aboriginal Mosaics Coloring Book
  • Ed Emberley’s Complete FunPrint Drawing Book
  • Linear Modern Patterns Coloring Book
  • PrismDesigns
  • DesignScapes
  • Animals Color Counts Color by Number

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!

iHomeschool Network Gift Baskets 2015

Free Printable Flashcards: Sorting Flashcards

July 28, 2015 by Selena Robinson 1 Comment

Continuing with our free printable flashcards series, we’re introducing our newest set today: Free Printable Sorting Flashcards! 

These cards are great for young ones who are just beginning to recognize differences and similarities in objects.

Printable Sorting Flashcards

Free Printable Sorting Flashcards

These cards feature four simple objects in four basic colors: blue, red, orange, and green. Kids can then sort them out according to color.

The set includes blank flashcard pages with hints as to which colors belong on which page.

You could cut the object cards out and then let the kids describe what they are, what they look like, what color they are, and which ones belong together according to color.

If your little ones are still working on color recognition, don’t forget to pick up our free color flashcards as well!

To get your set of our Free Printable Sorting Flashcards, click the image or the link below to visit our have them sent directly to your inbox!

You’ll also get our weekly newsletter this Sunday!

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>>> Sorting by Color Flashcards <<<

Music Fun Subscriber Freebie

July 24, 2015 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

Hi everyone! I’ve got a new subscriber freebie today! 🙂

We love music in our family. And this year, I am determined to help my kids learn to play an instrument. Exactly which instrument is still undecided. They change their minds on that fairly often…lol.

But we’re definitely incorporating more music education this year, so I made a new printable pack that’s all about music! And, for a limited time, it’s free for our newsletter subscribers!

Music Fun Printable Pack

Music Fun Printable Pack

This printable pack includes flashcards for 12 different musical instruments (classic and modern), plus 12 unlabeled cards for memory practice. There are also coloring pages featuring different instruments and instrument identification pages with handwriting practice!

We’ll be using the pack along with listening activities for each instrument and videos that show how they are played. Maybe someone will finally pick one instrument and stick with it…lol.

This Music Fun printable pack is available absolutely free for our email subscribers through the month of August! Just sign up using the form below and claim your freebie! If you’re already receiving our newsletter, you’ll receive a copy in this week’s edition. 😉

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Free Homeschooling Resources for the Summer!

June 3, 2015 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

Disclosure: iHomeschool Network is compensating me to share this free, no strings attached offer with you.

Some homeschoolers take a traditional school year approach to learning and have a summer break each year. Others, like me, school year-round, but use a more casual education style in the summer. So I was thrilled to find out that some of the most popular homeschooling websites were offering free homeschooling resources for summer learning!

Read on to check out some of the free homeschooling resources for the summer available here and from several other curriculum providers!

Free Homeschooling Resources for Summer Learning

Free Homeschooling Printables for the Summer

If you’d like to use homeschooling printables over the summer, don’t miss these FREE resources available right here! Click any image to grab your copy! 🙂
Summer Sight Word Flashcards       Butterfly Identification Cards      Ice Cream Printable Pack

Busy Bee Scissor Skill Printables       Free Printable English and Spanish Season Flashcards - Look! We're Learning!      Free Printable Flashcards: Counting Ocean Animals - Look! We're Learning!

Grab even more here!

50 Free Summer Printables

Free Homeschooling Websites for the Summer

You can even use several homeschooling websites absolutely FREE over the summer, thanks to the Homeschool Buyers’ Co-op! Read on for details!

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Free Early Learning Printables with Family Fun Friday!

March 19, 2015 by Selena Robinson 3 Comments

It’s Thursday and it’s time for another edition of Family Fun Friday! Last week, several bloggers shared some great free early learning printables that I wanted to feature this week!

If you have preschoolers or kindergarteners, you can use printables to teach all kinds of basic concepts, including letters, counting, simple addition, and science. These printables include all four concepts and are great for homeschool, preschool, or after-school work!

Free Early Learning Printables

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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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Britta was a military kid and is a military wife, now living in the high desert of Arizona and far, far from her New Orleans family. She happily homeschools and writes about the intersection of God’s Word and her world at Britta Lafont ~ Everyday Holiness. This year Britta wants to find that sweet spot between getting more done and enjoying the process. Britta will feature Delicious Recipes. Follow: Facebook / Twitter / Pinterest / Instagram.
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Free Early Learning Printables

Here are my favorite posts for this week!

1. Alecia at Learning 2 Walk shares an complete preschool printable worksheet pack that’s all about spring!

2. Tree Valley Academy is continuing their number study series with a free printable number study about the number ten!

3. Cassie at 3 Dinosaurs features a free printable activity to help kids learn uppercase and lowercase letters!

4. From ABCs to ACTs has a super cute bumblebee-themed missing number printable!

5. Monique at Living Life and Learning shared some fun dinosaur simple math worksheets!

6. Annette from In All You Do has an adorable Very Hungry Caterpillar emergent reader printable for early readers!

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Bloggers are invited to share their best family-friendly and mom-inspiring posts in the link-up below.

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Family Fun Friday is a growing link-up with over 200 bloggers sharing their posts each week. Each host shares her favorites from the week before, increasing your chances of being featured. Co-hosts will also be pinning their favorites to a community Family Fun Pinterest Board. This link party opens up at around 4 pm EST on Thursdays.

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Free Construction Coloring Pages

November 25, 2014 by Selena Robinson 2 Comments

Do you have any little ones who love all things construction? They’ll love these free construction coloring pages!

I whipped these up exclusively for Frugal Homeschool Family – a wonderful site dedicated to making homeschooling affordable for all. 🙂 By the way, today’s another edition of the Laugh and Learn linkup! Don’t miss our favorite posts from last week below!

Free Construction Coloring Pages - Look! We're Learning!

We’ve got two big construction fans in our family, so I put together a coloring pack that they’d love! This pack features several construction-themed pictures, including earth movers and construction workers. And it’s totally free! 🙂

Stop by Frugal Homeschool Family to get your free Construction Coloring Pack today! And don’t forget to grab our free construction themed contraction flashcards too!

Free Construction Coloring Pack – Frugal Homeschool Family

 

And now….it’s time for another edition of the Laugh and Learn linky! 🙂

 

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Welcome to our ninth week of Laugh and Learn – Homeschool and Parenting Linkup. Join us in the fun and help us spread the word! Laugh and Learn – Homeschool and Parenting Linkup will be open by 6 am every Tuesday morning. My co-hosts and I will be picking our four favorite posts and featuring them on the following weeks linkup. Be sure to link your best content and maybe we will pick you! When you link your post with us it will be featured on four blogs.

Last week we had three blogs but as of today we have a new co-host! Please check out Sarah’s blog below.

We have also hit an all time high of 60 links! Whoo hoo! Please keep on linking and help us grow 🙂

As of last week we added something new to our #laughlearnlinkup. We are pinning our favorites to a special Pinterest board for homeschooling and parenting posts. Check the board out here: #LaughLearnLinkup {Featured Favorites}. It’s just added exposure for your awesome content!

Your Fabulous Hosts 😉

Tina Ernspiker
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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.

Find Tina at her blog link above, and on the following social media networks:
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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!

Find Selena at her blog link above, and on the following social media networks:
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is a single mom homeschooling two daughters. Michelle currently writes at The Heart of Michelle where you’ll find articles about anything from homeschooling to special needs, opinion pieces to fandom posts.

Find Michelle at her blog link above, and on the following social media networks:
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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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Our Favorite Posts for the Week of November 24th:

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Thanks to everyone who submitted a post. Please check out the posts above by clicking on the image, if you have a minute for some good reading. Thank you Sarah, Laura, and Liz for your great homeschool and parenting posts!

Now, let’s see your best posts for this week so we can share them as next week’s favorites!

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Amazon Kindle Unlimited Books Program

July 18, 2014 by Selena Robinson 4 Comments

This post contains affiliate links, which help to support this site. Thank you!

Big news today! Amazon.com has announced the new Amazon Kindle Unlimited books program! With this monthly subscription, you can get access to more than 600,000 books a month for the low price of $10 per month!

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Get a jump on the new school year with this list of free homeschool planners for parents!

10 Free Homeschool Planners for the New School Year

July 16, 2014 by Selena Robinson 48 Comments

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We’re quickly approaching back to school time – for public schoolers and homeschoolers.

If you’re a homeschooling family, you are probably in the middle of homeschool planning.

You know, the time of year when you’re up to your neck in curriculum plans, binders, and various storybooks you’ve collected through the years.

Lots of homeschoolers are now using digital lesson planners and they love them.

But, if you prefer pen and paper, I’ve got a list of 10 free homeschool planners that can help you get a jump on the new school year.

10 Free Homeschool Planners for Parents

And who doesn’t need a little help in that area?

Read on to see the full list. You might find a few that can work for your family!

Are you drowning in homeschooling books? Need a little help narrowing down your choices for this homeschool year?

Take a look at what you can do if you have too much curriculum at home!

Get a jump on the new school year with this list of free homeschool planners for parents!

10 Free Homeschool Planners for the New School Year

Back to school time is one of my favorite times of year.

I love all of the energy around planning the new school year. In fact, I’ve loved it since I was a kid getting ready for school myself.

And I still get excited about new books, new plans, and new curriculum.

But, whether you’re a curriculum and planning junkie like me or if you’re more of a laid-back homeschooler, these free homeschool planners can help.

Take a look at the list below to find one or two you might like!

Would you rather go the DIY route? This tutorial from Homeschooling Down Under is awesome for making your own homeschool planner!

10 Free Homeschool Planners for the New School Year

This list of printable free homeschool planners is excellent for getting your school year in order!

Use these to plan lessons, organize curriculum, and more!

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Printable Kids Homeschool Day Planner

Want to help your kids begin planning their own school days? This printable planner they can color is a fun way to get started!

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Donna Young's Home School Weekly Lesson Planners

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Donna Young is a homeschool planner's paradise. There are loads of printable forms here to get your entire year structured.

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Free Homeschool Planning Pages

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These printables are so helpful for getting a look at what you want to accomplish this school year!

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Free Homeschool Forms to Help You Get Organized

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Are you overwhelmed at the idea of planning your school year? These forms can help you get an idea of how to record grades, attendance, and more!

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7 Step Free Homeschool Planner 

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Use the lesson plans in this planner to outline your daily lessons for the entire school year!

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Weekly Learning Themes with Free Planner Downloads

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Teaching little learners? Here is a list of learning themes you can use each week with a printable planner!

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Two Fantastic Homeschool Planner Downloads (Plus Transcripts!)

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If you're teaching older kids, you'll love these printable homeschool transcripts you can use!

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Free Printable Homeschool Planner

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This colorful printable homeschool planner is perfect for your homeschool binder!

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FREE Homeschool Planner Weekly Checklist

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If you prefer a minimalist approach to lesson planning, this grid planning checklist is perfect.

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Weekly Assignment Sheet for Students

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Help your older kids keep up with their weekly assignments with this printable tracker!

Printable Coloring Kids Homeschool Day Planner

Want to help kids start planning their own homeschool days?

This printable coloring homeschool day planner for kids is a great start!

Printable Homeschool Day Planner for Kids

It comes with a color and line art version for kids to fill in on their own. They can even color the line art version too!

To get your set of these homeschool planning pages free, click the image or the link below to have them sent directly to your inbox!

You’ll also get our weekly newsletter this Sunday night!

Click here to get your free printable!

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25+ Free Summer Themed Printables and a Cash Giveaway!

June 20, 2014 by Selena Robinson 18 Comments

25 Free Summer Themed Printables: Look! We're Learning! Today is a super special day, because we’re joining up with fellow bloggers from the Kid Blogger Network to offer a cash giveaway! We’re all featuring great roundups on our blogs today and ours is a roundup of 25+ free summer themed printables! Plus, three of our readers will have a chance to win $500 in their Paypal accounts!

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Printable Miles Davis Mini-Unit @ Look! We're Learning!

Miles Davis Biography Mini-Unit

February 28, 2014 by Selena Robinson 1 Comment

Good morning y’all! We made it through yet another week! 🙂 It’s the end of the month, so it’s time for another entry in the Living History series! This month we’ve been learning about Miles Davis.

Miles Davis had a comfortable upbringing, but a very troubled life. Ironically, his experiences seemed to help him grow and change as a musician, which is what led to his extremely long jazz career. He also made some terrible choices, eventually managing to rebuild his life with the help of his family and his love for music. He is most certainly not a role model, but his perseverance in the face of serious problems offers a great lesson for kids.

We’ve put together a free Miles Davis Biography Mini-Unit that you’re welcome to use with your family! In this pack, you’ll find:

  • A kid-friendly biography of Miles Davis
  • Review questions to help kids remember what they learned
  • A Miles Davis crossword puzzle
  • And copywork based on an interview with the jazz great!

To download your copy of the Miles Davis Biography Mini-Unit, click the image or link below!

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Free Spanish Opposite Word Flashcards - Look! We're Learning!

Free Printable Flashcards: Spanish Opposites Flashcards

February 19, 2014 by Selena Robinson 2 Comments

¡Buenos días! I hope you’re all enjoying your week so far! As I’ve mentioned before, I’m back in school myself and one of my majors is Foreign Language, so I’ve been learning Spanish for the past few months.

The whole family has been interested in learning Spanish as well, so I thought I’d whip up a batch of free printable flashcards featuring Spanish opposite words! That way, the kids can build on their budding Spanish vocabulary.

Free Spanish Opposite Word Flashcards - Look! We're Learning!

What’s In the Free Printable Flashcards: Spanish Opposites Flashcards Set?

In this pack, you’ll find vocabulario de español for several opposite words, including:

  • big and small
  • old and young
  • happy and sad
  • day and night
  • plus a pronunciation key to help kids say the words correctly!

You can even use the English opposite cards to help toddlers and preschoolers learn basic opposite words. 🙂

To grab your free copy of Los Opuestos (The Opposites) flash cards, visit our Store!

Spanish Opposite Word Flashcards: Look! We're Learning!

More Resources for Learning Spanish

Songs and Books to Teach Kids Spanish:

Encourage your kids to learn even more Spanish with these great Spanish kids’ books and songs!

  1. My Big Book of Spanish Words by Rebecca Emberley
  2. Songs in Spanish for Children by Elena Paz Travesi
  3. The Complete Book of Spanish: Grades 1-3 by American Education Publishing
  4. The Everything Kids’ Learning Spanish Book by Cecilia I. Sojo

More Printable Spanish Flashcards:

Learn even more español with even more of our free flashcards!

  1. Free Spanish Days of the Week Flashcards
  2. Free Spanish Family Flashcards
  3. Free Spanish Food Word Flashcards
  4. Free Spanish Number Flashcards 1-10

Nat King Cole Biography Mini-Unit

November 28, 2013 by Selena Robinson 1 Comment

Nat King Cole Biography Mini-Unit: Look! We're Learning!

Hey everyone! It’s November and we’re sharing our latest Living History series mini-unit! This month we learned about the life and legacy of Nat King Cole. We put together a biography mini-unit about Nat King Cole’s career, along with a few exercises, and shared it with the kids.

We learned quite a bit about Nat’s life this month. For example, we learned that he learned to play the piano by ear and that he didn’t begin professional piano lessons until his pre-teen years. We were also interested to learn about Nat’s experiences with racism and how he refused to let those events make him angry or bitter.

Nat King Cole Biography Mini-Unit: Look! We're Learning!

After we completed the unit, we watched “An Evening with Nat King Cole”. All of us ended up singing his songs the rest of the day.

To use this unit with your family, feel free to download it by clicking the link below! And be sure to stop by next week to see who we’re learning about during the month of December!

Nat King Cole Biography Mini-Unit: Look! We're Learning!

Nat King Cole Biography Mini-Unit

The Living History Series: Dizzy Gillespie Biography Mini-Unit

October 29, 2013 by Selena Robinson 6 Comments

Hi everyone! This month’s Living History series figure was Dizzy Gillespie and today we’re sharing a free biography mini-unit about this jazz great!

Dizzy Gillespie Biography Mini-Unit: Look! We're Learning!

Naturally, our kids didn’t have a clue who he was, so they got a chance to learn about Dizzy’s early life, career, and accomplishments. (Sidenote: We used to call Pooh Dizzy when he was a baby because of his cheeks. As you can see, he’s still got them!)

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How to Afford Homeschooling: Finding Free Homeschool Resources

March 20, 2013 by Selena Robinson 18 Comments

Hi everyone! Welcome to the second post in our series “How to Afford Homeschooling”! Last week, we talked about why families need to have an open discussion about finances. This week, I wanted to share some of the free homeschool resources that help us teach our kids on a budget.

I was homeschooled myself from sixth grade onward. My mom used two very traditional curriculum providers: Calvert School (Grades 6-8) and American School (Grades 9-12). I got a good quality education during those years, but the cost of those programs was pretty high and they’ve only gotten more expensive since then.

Now that we have the Internet, though, there are more free resources for homeschoolers than ever before! If you’re new to homeschooling, you might be surprised to find out that you can literally put together an entire K-12 curriculum for free. Here are some of the great resources we’ve either used or plan to use to compile our children’s curriculum:

  • Donna Young – I have used nearly all of the printable homeschool planning forms on Donna Young’s website at one point or another. There are plenty of great bound homeschool planners you can buy, but this site has most, if not all, of the same planning sheets for absolutely free. She also features a few planning pages that allow for more than one child at a time, which is a big help to families that are teaching several kids at once (like us!).
  • Scholastic – Scholastic has a great library of resources for teachers that includes printables, activities, craft ideas, lesson plans, and videos. Nearly all of the material is free to use and you can sort it all by age or grade.
  • Khan Academy – Khan Academy is a completely free video portal with tutorials about Math, Science, and Economics, among others. This site is geared toward middle and high school students, which means I’ll be hitting up these tutorials to remind myself how to solve for X in a couple of years.
  • CK-12 – Most of the resources at CK-12 are for grades six and up, but some are for PreK through elementary ages. I really like this site because you have the option to either view entire textbooks online or download them in PDF format. Free teacher guides are also available for download. Textbooks cover subjects such as Algebra, Chemistry, and Statistics.
  • Houghton Mifflin EduPlace – EduPlace is provided by the textbook company Houghton Mifflin. It’s actually designed to complement the material in the company’s textbooks, but the online content is so thorough that you could use it without having the textbooks at all. EduPlace has resources and lesson plans for grades PreK through 8 in subjects such as Math, Language Arts, and Social Studies.
  • Ambleside Online – AO is a complete, free Charlotte Mason curriculum designed for grades K through 12. We’re eclectic homeschoolers, but we implement many Charlotte Mason methods. What I really like about Ambleside Online is that you can pick and choose the aspects of it that you want and just skip the parts you don’t. Everything is laid out in a week-by-week lesson plan, which makes it a breeze to plan each grade. Almost all of the books on the reading list are also available for free and AO provides links to most of them directly on the site.
  • Core Knowledge – Better known as the company behind the “What Your __ Grader Needs to Know” series, Core Knowledge also offers a downloadable sequence for grades K through 8. This is a huge help when you’re planning your school year, since you can just take a look at the sequence to see which topics you’ll need to cover each year. (Make sure that you check your state’s list of educational objectives as well.)
  • Easy Peasy All-in-One Homeschool – We featured this site as one of the Websites We Love last week, but it deserves another shoutout here. Hundreds of online resources arranged in daily lessons for grades K through 8 in one place!

Do you have any free homeschool resources that you use to build your curriculum? Let us know in the comments! And come back next week for the next part in our series “Making Friends with Your Local Library”.

Keep on learning!

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Grab a Free Comprehensive Unit Study Planner from New Bee Homeschooler!

January 10, 2013 by Selena Robinson 2 Comments

I love unit studies. They are like little versions of complete curricula for those of us who are too independent (or stubborn) to buy a boxed curriculum set. When you do a unit study, you can easily wrap Grammar, Writing, History, Science, Art, and Reading into one topic. And you get to do them all according to your child’s interests!

For example, if you want to do a unit study on bees, you can read books about bees (reading), look up information about how bees live and work (science), make a craft featuring a bee theme (art), have your child write a report on what they learned about bees (grammar and writing), and read about how mankind has used honey over the years (history). Now that’s all-in-one learning! (Just don’t forget about math!)

The only drawback with unit studies, though, is the amount of TIME it takes to plan one. The kids get to enjoy the finished product, but we the parents have the time-consuming job of finding all of these resources and getting them organized before we begin the unit. Enter New Bee Homeschoolers’ Free Comprehensive Unit Study Planner! I got a chance to preview this planner and it. is. incredible. All of the planning pages you could possibly need to put together a complete unit study and it looks good to boot!

Today and tomorrow only, New Bee Homeschooler is offering this planner as an absolutely free download! You won’t have to pay a thing for it! But this offer is only valid through tomorrow night – January 11. Make sure you head over there and grab it before it’s gone!

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