Do you ever wish someone would just plan out your entire homeschool year for you....then maybe bundle it all up and email it to your inbox on Monday morning? Yeah....me too. Well, I don't have an entire YEAR of curriculum to send you, but I do have something that will make your homeschool...
Thanksgiving is right around the corner and you might be looking for fun ways to get your students learning this holiday season! I know my kiddos sure enjoy a little FUN during the holidays and with our brand new Thanksgiving SMART Pack you can still include educational content
As a homeschooling mother of four, I know all about the daily math struggles. I am currently using THREE different math programs in my classroom because each curriculum lends itself to a particular child and grade level. Of course, this is one of the many benefits of homeschooling....picking and...
With the release of our newest product, "Shape of the Week," we've been busy learning all about shapes. This new set is geared towards Tots and Preschoolers and includes lots of hands-on fun! Best of all it's FREE and the shapes coordinate perfectly with our Shape...
If you have children working on their addition and subtraction skills, teaching them about fact families can go a long way! The idea of fact families is that numbers can be grouped and reordered to create different equations. This is a great way for children to visually see that...
Multiplication facts have been one of the HUGE chores of homeschooling. No matter how many times my children have these facts memorized, they always seem to regress backwards and forget random pairs of facts. We often review multiplication facts over the Summer (in fact, this Summer we're trying...
Okay....let's face it. Some children do not like to write. I know because I have a child who would rather eat fried worms then write a sentence on his paper. It's true. Over the years I've had to find creative ways to encourage him to get his letters down on the...
Valentine's Day is just a couple of weeks away, and we've got some adorable Love Bug activities you can use with your students this year! Children love to play with Valentine's Day candy, so take advantage of this and sneak in a little hands on...
Hot off the press are three new Second Grade Math games for your students! These games have been cleverly designed to keep your children engaged and having fun while learning. The Rounding Clown Game Children draw tickets and record ticket sales.....but the rounding clown wants them...
With the first day of school upon us, it's a great time to work on counting to 100! I've just created this super adorable set of counting cards and charts for working on key counting skills. This set includes counting cards to 100 by 1's, 5's, 10's, and...
Today I have a fantastic expansion set to add to our Mini Office Printables! Our Mini office has been an amazing resource for my son's Preschool and Kindergarten years, and I wanted to make sure I added in a few First Grade items for his upcoming year. I decided...
Learning about place value is tons of fun with this NEW free file folder game from File Folder Fun. This is a multiplayer game that includes high quality place value cards for children to race to 3000! Children in grades K-5 can play this game with a little...
My boys are crazy about Monsters. I'm not sure why but they love creepy, goopy, slimy looking creatures, but they do. Monsters can be cute too though right? My four year old drew these silly Monster Brothers and I thought they were absolutely adorable. (Side Note: Scan your children's artwork into your computer to...
Making ten games are always a great way to build key math skills for your Kindergarten and First Grade kiddos. Children can easily memorize which numbers can be joined together to make 10, and it's a skill that will be important through out their entire lives! Ten...
I don't know what it is about the number 100 but my boys are constantly trying to get there. They want to do 100 jumps on the trampoline, build a tower 100 blocks high, and I'm convinced they try to ask me "WHY?" at least 100 times a day. In our...
These printable nets can be helpful for teaching young students geometry and geometric concepts. Plus they are sorta fun to make! These printable nets are available free on our sister site FileFolderFun.com Here is a quick peek at how to assemble and use 3D...
This week we're featuring a FREE Mini Office for our newsletter subscribers!What is a Mini Office? A Mini Office is basically a custom built learning resource for your student. The goal of a mini-office is to serve as a self led reference chart for children, freeing up time for...
DIY Math Tools for Homeschool These tools can be used in your Homeschool or Classroom setting as an alternative to purchasing premade educational materials. Not only will you save money, but you'll be able to customize your classroom to fit the needs of your children! Base 10 Bean Sticks Math Facts Learning Folder DIY...
