Printable Alphabet Flashcards
I have just added these adorable alphabet flashcards to the library of free printables! If you want to laminate your flashcards, I have this laminator and love it. I also bought a huge box of generic pouches that was so much cheaper and they work just fine! To get the printable alphabet flashcards, simply subscribe […]
Continue readingLimited Time Freebie: Homeschool Curriculum Planner
It’s the time of year when I start determining my curriculum choices for the next school year. I don’t know about you, but it usually takes me forever to sort through all my options and narrow down my choices. I can easily fill up half of a spiral notebook with scribbled notes about curriculum, […]
Continue readingHelp Your Child Develop Thinking Skills with Laser Maze Jr.
One thing I have been wanting to spend more time on in our homeschool is helping the kids to work on thinking skills. I have one child in particular who will give up as soon as they have to think too hard about something. I needed to figure out how to stretch this child’s “thinking […]
Continue reading3 Mistakes Homeschooling Parents Make When Teaching Handwriting
Handwriting is an essential part of what our children need to learn. They’ll be writing every single day of their lives, and it’s up to us to help them develop handwriting skills to make this essential life skill easier for them! Many times I have seen homeschooled children struggle with handwriting. I have seen a […]
Continue reading7 Reasons We’re Using a Video Class for Homeschool Bible
When I posted my list of curriculum choices at the beginning of this school year, I noted that we would be doing a streaming video class from BJU Press Distance Learning for Bible class. Now I want to give you my reasons for choosing to go this route and how a video curriculum benefits our […]
Continue readingFree Valentine’s Day Printable Pack
Today I have a fun printable pack for the little ones! My kids always enjoy doing extra work when it is as exciting as these Valentine’s Day Cupcake worksheets! To grab your pack, I just need your email address. Enter it below, and you can download the printables in the link provided. (If you […]
Continue readingHow to Teach Art at Home like a Pro: Even if You Can’t Draw a Straight Line
By Jim Pence, See the Light chalk artist “I want to include art in my homeschool curriculum, but how can I teach my children to draw if I don’t know how myself?” Art is one of those subjects that is difficult for most of us to teach. We know art is important in […]
Continue readingDecluttering Your Homeschool
I’ve been working on decluttering each area of my house one by one (I’m working my way through this book, if you want some step-by-step hand-holding.) Guess what? Even though we’re right in the middle of the school year, I’m finding that our homeschool curriculum needed a little cleaning out too. Homeschoolers most likely have many […]
Continue readingOur Multi-Grade Homeschool Health Curriculum
I posted our multi-grade homeschool curriculum choices a couple months ago. I wanted to combine all of my children for as many subjects as possible so that I could streamline our homeschooling time. At the time, one subject I did not have was health and wellness. When I was asked to do a sponsored review […]
Continue reading10 Ways to Make Homeschool Exciting
“Are you ready for school to start back?” is a common question I ask kids at the end of the summer. Most of the kids I know are homeschooled, but I get quite the variety of responses to that question. Some are absolutely dreading it, but I’ve noticed that most of the time the […]
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