Elementary Math Bar Graph Activity
I have found that one of the best ways to get Aidan engaged in math is to put away the worksheets and do something that relates to real life. He is learning about bar graphs in math right now, and so...
View ArticleHow Big was Goliath?
Today’s advent tree reading was about David and Goliath. (Well, when I say “today,” I mean the one we did today, which was the reading for December 11th. But if we do two tomorrow, we’ll be caught up!)...
View ArticleWriting Letters in Sugar
Here’s an easy idea for practicing writing the alphabet – writing in sugar! Sometimes it helps to get more of the senses involved when working on writing. We got this out for letter “S” because it’s...
View ArticleAlphabet Running Game
We’ve been stuck inside the house a lot lately because of the flu and bad weather! We decided to burn off a little steam by adding running to an alphabet game! I lined up a few alphabet cards on the...
View ArticleFavorite Chapter Books for Boys, Part 1
Jordan and I both enjoy reading, and we have been pleased that all of our boys love books as well! I decided to post some of our favorite books, and I thought I would start with chapter books. We...
View ArticleFavorite Chapter Books for Boys, Part 2
We have so many favorite books that it was impossible to fit them all in one post! Here are some more of our favorite chapter books for boys, and here is part 1 if you missed it. All links are Amazon...
View ArticleTeach Your Child to Read without a Curriculum
I am currently in the process of teaching my second child to read using mostly materials around the house, and I thought I would blog our ideas! When Aidan was learning to read, we did not have money...
View Article“Label the House” Letter Sounds Game
This morning, Gresham was immediately on board when I handed him a stack of post-it notes and a pencil and told him that we were going to do preschool with those! I asked him to go around the house and...
View ArticleFavorite Picture Books, Part 2
Last month I shared some of our favorite picture books, and I have some more to add to the list! If you missed the first post on picture books for boys, you can find it here. My oldest son reminded me...
View ArticleEmergent Reader Activity: Discriminating Between Words
I am currently teaching my 4 1/2 year old to read at home without a curriculum. We started with word families (you can read more about our “method” here), and now Gresham is reading many three letter...
View ArticleScrabble Spelling
This is my first year with two kids officially in homeschooling! Although, I really have to plan like I’m homeschooling all three, because it’s unrealistic for the 2 year old to entertain himself all...
View ArticlePreschool/Kindergarten Active Math Game
One thing that I have learned with sons is that if you want them on board with an activity, just add in throwing, running, shooting, or knocking something down, and they’ll be right there with you!...
View ArticleCounting Scavenger Hunt
We’re on a roll lately with preschool/kindergarten math games! Here’s another one we created this week. It’s really simple – just a list of things to count around the house! Add a clipboard, and...
View ArticleHot Wheels Math
Gresham was thrilled when I announced that we were going to do math with hot wheels cars! This activity was similar to our counting scavenger hunt, but covered the skill of sorting as well as...
View ArticleScience and Math Activity: Measuring the Length of Sea Animals
This year in science, Aidan and I are studying Apologia’s Exploring Creation with Swimming Creatures of the Fifth Day. We love Apologia science! So far, we have learned about whales, seals and...
View ArticleMath Activities: Comparisons
Our computer is back! Hooray! Not much time for writing at the moment, but I wanted to post a couple of quick math ideas for the kindergarten/first grade crowd. Gresham and I worked on comparisons...
View ArticleMore Favorite Chapter Books for Boys
A year ago, I posted about our favorite chapter books for boys in two parts. (You can find those posts here and here.) Now that Aidan is a year older and has read many more books, I thought I’d post...
View ArticleEaster Egg Word Match-up Game
Here’s an idea for a quick and easy game for kids who are learning to read! I cut out Easter egg shapes from construction paper, and then cut them in half to look like broken eggs. I wrote parts of...
View ArticlePretend Store Game for Multiple Age Levels
Now that I’m homeschooling two boys and also have a baby and an almost 3-year-old, it has become obvious that I will not be able to survive without multi-tasking! There just isn’t enough time to teach...
View ArticleOur Homeschool Curriculum Choices: First Grade
The other day, I shared what is on our shelves for Aidan’s fourth grade year. Today I’ll share what we’re planning for Gresham this year. Gresham will be 6 in October, so he would be in kindergarten...
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