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Printable Thanksgiving Placemat with Bible Verse

November 13, 2017 By Valerie Mcclintick Leave a Comment

This free printable Thanksgiving Placemat is perfect for your children this holiday. Featuring adorable animals and fall decorations this printable placemat reads, “Give Thanks,” and includes the bible verse, “O give thanks unto the Lord; for his is good. His mercy endureth for ever.”

This is a special sample freebie taken from our Thanksgiving Bible Activity pack, which includes a variety of low-prep activities, games, and printables for K-5 students.

Giving Thanks: Thanksgiving Bible Activity Pack

35+ Pages Suggested Age K-5 $5.00

This Thanksgiving activity pack reminds children that God calls us to have a thankful heart. Christ-centered activities point students in the right direction as they learn key scripture and ways to GIVE BACK to their community in this Bible-based, Christian Activity Pack. Includes 35 pages of multi-age activities, games, worksheets, songs, crafts and more. Designed to be low-prep and hands-on to keep little hearts and minds engaged.

Local Homeschool Field Trip Guide

October 30, 2017 By Valerie Mcclintick 1 Comment

Yesterday we shared a list of 100 Fun-Filled Homeschool Field Trips you don’t want to miss!

Today, we are sharing a simple, editable planning template you can use to create a guide for your local homeschool group.

Let’s face it…keeping your children busy learning can be a difficult task. This guide will easily become your go-to resources for those days when you just need to get out of the house for some on-site learning.

We’ve organized this planning guide into six sections with tips and local recommendations.

Fine Arts
Local Government & Business
Museums
Parks & Recreation
Outdoor Activities
Group Tours

Each form includes an editable space for you to add in the contact information for your own local resources. Once edited you can save a copy and share your guide with other local homeschooling families. Best of all you can continue to edit and change the guide as local resources change….you’ll always have a handy resource at your fingertips!

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Thanksgiving Math & Literacy, Art, Science & More….

October 26, 2017 By Valerie Mcclintick Leave a Comment

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 planning super easy this November.

SMART: Science, Math, Art, Reading & Take Home activities for Thanksgiving! This helpful set is filled with a week’s worth of fun, educational math games, hands-on activities, science experiments, art projects, early readers, writing prompts and a Bible memory verse. Everything you need to add a little holiday fun to your kindergarten classroom this year!

Thanksgiving Science: This set includes five simple science experiments and challenges. Each thematic activity guides students through a fun, hands-on science exploration with very little prep-work. Students work their way through the scientific method using the step-by-step science journals. Each experiment includes a follow-up activity for added learning.

Thanksgiving Math: Each day students will play a fun game or activity then follow up their learning with a lesson sheet to show mastery. Games focus on learning to frame numbers to ten, basic addition, counting to 100, and counting by 10’s.

Thanksgiving ART: We include five stunning autumn art projects that are perfect for Thanksgiving. Each project comes with a full photo tutorial, printable templates and easy to follow materials list. Students work with oil pastels, paint, textures, blending and more.

Thanksgiving Reading (and Writing): This set includes three early readers covering social studies and history. Each story includes a carefully controlled word list and incorporates key vocabulary for extended learning. Students are provided narrative and comparison writing prompts that are not only simple to follow, but would make wonderful educational keepsakes.

Take Home/Review Work: T is for Take Home Review Sheets. These sheets can be used as review work in the homeschool classroom or as homework in a standard classroom. Each page features reading, writing, vocabulary, and scripture memorization activities. Character thinking points are available instead of Bible memory for those using this resource in a public school setting.

Shape Mats: Drive & Trace Activity Pages

April 18, 2017 By Valerie Mcclintick Leave a Comment

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 of the Week program so you can easily integrate this into a fun center time activity.

Drive and Trace Mats should be used with small toy vehicles for children to drive around the shape. We recommend laminating them for durability. Students can then trace the shapes with a dry erase marker or a finger.

Print Drive and Trace Mats Free from our Sister Site: PreschoolMom.com

Looking for more? Try our new Shape of the Week Program today!

Free Homeschool Planner

August 7, 2016 By Valerie Mcclintick 2 Comments

It’s August and that means Homeschool Planning! Over the years I’ve created a variety of Free Homeschool Planners, Goal Tracking Worksheets, and Curriculum Guides so I thought I’d share them here easily in one post!

Free Homeschool Calendar/Plans/Goals Worksheets

Free Independent Weekly Student Planner

Free Homeschool Budget Tracker

(5 Simple Ways to Stick to a Homeschool Budget)

6 Simple Steps to Homeschool Readiness

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Valentine’s Day Preschool Game

February 11, 2016 By Valerie Mcclintick Leave a Comment

It’s Valentine’s Day Week!

I hope you already have a ton of fun hands on activities planned for your children, but here is one more you can add to your teacher toolbox.

Love Match Math Game is a a free file folder game you can use for learning number bonds.

Children find the correct heart to make a love match for each animal.

There is a Make 10 number chart and a follow up worksheet for children to show what they know.

This Valentine’s Game is available free on our sister site Preschool Mom.

Find More Valentine’s Day Preschool Printables Here

Christian Easter Activity Pack

January 31, 2016 By Valerie Mcclintick 5 Comments

We had such a huge response to our Christmas Activity Pack last year, that I thought it would be a good idea to put together a similar resource for Easter!

I know many of you are already planning your Easter lessons, so I wanted to get this out in January to give you plenty of time to put these resources to work for you.

And since it’s the 31st I can pat myself on the back for that goal met…. ha!

You can download our Easter Activity Pack from our Teachers Pay Teachers eStore

Want to peek inside?

This pack is filled with 80 pages of multi-level games, activities and resources to take all the work out of your Easter Sunday School Lesson planning.

Three Different Easter Bible Games:

Seven Easter Arts and Craft Activities:

(Five shown below)

Easter Story Wheel & Easter Story Resurrection Eggs:

Easter Cross Geometric Art Project for Kids:

Easter Story Eggs for Art Projects

(Wreaths, Storybooks, Easter Baskets….etc)

Easter Crowns for Take Home:

There are TONS of coloring pages and Worksheets:

Full Size Easter Egg Coloring Pages

Three Levels of Easter Mazes for Kids

Easter Crosswords, Word Scramble and Word Search

(these make great take home items!)

Easter Copywork

Print, Cursive and Blank available with NIV

You can download our Easter Activity Pack from our Teachers Pay Teachers eStore

Nativity Finger Puppets

December 17, 2015 By Valerie Mcclintick 2 Comments

If you are looking for some hands on fun this Christmas, try out these adorable Nativity Finger Puppets!

I’ve created these puppets to be just the right size for your preschool classroom, simply print on carstock, Laminate and then punch out the finger holes. (Do be careful to keep the edges smooth….try using a hole puncher instead of scissors)

This would make a great set of puppets you can use in your pretend play center. If you’re short on time I supposed you could just glue a craft stick to the backs of them as well, but children really do LOVE to make the characters walk around on the tables….they just look adorable don’t they?

Print Nativity Finger Puppets Free from Christian Preschool Printables

Find More Free Christmas Printables Here

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Apple Nomenclature Printables

September 27, 2015 By Valerie Mcclintick Leave a Comment

I know so many of you are teaching your Autumn themes right now so these apple printables should fit in nicely with your units.

I made two different versions of these printables, one is black and white, and the other features each respective part colored in.

There are many ways to use these

Cut apart the picture from the name to make a matching game
Provide children with blank versions to color in
Staple together with a red construction paper cover to make a minibook

Print our Free parts of an apple nomenclature cards on our sister site here.

Counting to 100 Printables

August 18, 2015 By Valerie Mcclintick 1 Comment

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 25’s as well as a full size hundreds board. Combine this with our Write to 100 Pack for a handy unit to start off your school year. You might even add this to your Daily Folder for quick impromptu review with your child.

Homeschool Writing Journal

June 18, 2015 By Valerie Mcclintick Leave a Comment

Today I’ve spent some time updating our Free Daily Writing Journals for Kids!

These are simple DIY journals that you can make with any standard children’s notebook.

You could even adapt these to use within a binder instead.

I designed these to be super simple and require minimal resources so you can really use these as your foundation and then add in any online programs or hands on manipulitives you have on hand. This is not required, but it would liven up the daily structure a bit for children.

Come grab these printables and read the tutorial for setting up your notebooks here.

Looking for a simple, no-prep writing program for kids? Click Here

Free Homeschool Science Printables

June 17, 2015 By Valerie Mcclintick 2 Comments

With the release of our latest eBook, I thought it might be helpful to post a round up of some of our most popular Homeschool Science Printables and resources!

Free Science Printables & Resources:

Free Scientific Method Printables
Free Periodic Table of Elements Chart
Free Anatomy Crafts
Free Science Clipart & Worksheets (Anatomy, Botany, Zoology, Astronomy, & Geology)
Preschool & Kindergarten Science Games
First Grade Science Learning Centers
Free Printable Life Cycle Sequencing Sets

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Periodic Table of the Elements Activity Pack

Sample Pages & Photos of Games & Resources

This activity pack includes the following resources:

Reproducible Charts:

Full Color Periodic Table Chart (8.5 x 11)
B&W Periodic Table Chart (8.5 x 11)
A3 Size Color Periodic Table Chart (11 x 17)
A3 Size BW Periodic Table Chart (11 x 17)

Printable Cards and Games:

Element Letter Tiles
Element Fact Cards
Element Boggle Gameboard
8 different Element Bingo Cards
8 Element Bingo Cards with Symbols Only

Worksheets:

Fill in the Blank Symbols Worksheet
Fill in the Name /Atomic Mass/Number Worksheet
Blank Periodic Table in Color
Blank Periodic Table in B&W
Symbol Stumper Worksheet

Periodic Table Printables

June 13, 2015 By Valerie Mcclintick 1 Comment

If you’ve been following me on facebook you know I’ve been working on this project for past couple of weeks. It’s taken HOURS upon HOURS but I’m finally ready to share this printable with you!

I created this Periodic Table Chart because I wanted something colorful and EASY to read after printing. For some reason everything I printed out online either came out blurry or the letters were too small for my old eyes to read….even with glasses.

So this chart is print friendly and FREE for a limited time!

Periodic Table of the Elements Activity Pack

I was so inspired by how this turned out, I went ahead and created a handful of games and resources that could be used alongside this colorful chart.

Here’s a sneak peek inside:

I’ve included a handful of reproducible charts:

Full Color Periodic Table Chart (8.5 x 11)
B&W Periodic Table Chart (8.5 x 11)
A3 Size Color Periodic Table Chart (11 x 17)
A3 Size BW Periodic Table Chart (11 x 17)

There are a few worksheets and Fill in Charts:

Fill in the Blank Symbols Worksheet
Fill in the Name /Atomic Mass/Number Worksheet
Blank Periodic Table in Color
Blank Periodic Table in B&W
Symbol Stumper Worksheet

And of course I made a variety of Cards and Games:

Element Letter Tiles
Element Fact Cards
Element Boggle Gameboard
8 different Element Bingo Cards
8 Element Bingo Cards with Symbols Only

One of my most favorite parts of this activity pack are the Element Tiles……all 118 of them!

They are just under 1″ square and can coordinate with the Bingo and Boggle games shown above but they can also be used to encourage students to make words:

Or you could creatively cut them into cute bookmarks

Or children could use them to reassemble the periodic table, or…….play I have who has…..or……

The possibilities are really endless with these once you start thinking creatively!

You can purchase Periodic Table of the Elements Activity Pack in our eStore for only $5.

I’ve priced it this low because I too have a homeschool budget and I know how hard it can be to squeeze eveything into it :)

In fact, most of the items in our eStore are $5 and under for this reason!

If you use our chart in your homeschool or classroom please let us know below! We love to hear from our visitors and how our resources are being put to use.

First Grade Mini Office

May 22, 2015 By Valerie Mcclintick 3 Comments

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 to offer this as a First Grade Expansion Pack and it’s full of helpful resources you can use with your students

So 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 teacher to work with other students and encouraging children to find answers to their own questions. The benefit of making a mini office is also in the size and the minimal supply list. All you’ll need is a couple of file folders, scissors, glue, and your printable pages.

Print Your Free First Grade Expansion Pack Here

(It’s near the bottom as I’ve got assembly instructions and other expansions available there as well)

What’s Included in this Expansion Pack:

Math:

Telling Time (clock with moveable hour and minute hands, 5 minute intervals around)
Place Value Blocks (written word, number form and place value up to 1000)
Shape Symmetry (visual depiction of a line of symmetry)
Skip Counting (numbers 2-12, up to 12 numbers. First Grade Use: 2, 5, 10, and maybe 3)
Rounding Numbers (Visual Rounding Clown to help children round and estimate)

Language:

Writer’s Glove (The 5 W’s: Who, What, Where, When, and Why for writing sentences)

Geography:

USA State Map & Compass (State Names as well as Directional Compass for daily practice)

Social:

My Address/My Phone (Use as Reference and Practice)

My son won’t be starting his First Grade year until this September, so I might add a few more updates to this pack by then. Be sure you are subscribed to our newsletter if you’d like updates on available resources!

Find More Mini Office Printables Here

Recycle File Folder Game

April 12, 2015 By Valerie Mcclintick Leave a Comment

Who doesn’t love to sort the recycling?

Okay….let me rephrase that.

Children LOVE to sort things!

This is a fantastic game for children who love to sort.

And Win.

Because this game can be played with up to 3 players (if you want more players just print more gameboards and cards).

Best of all this game is Print, Punch & Play meaning you can assemble it quickly and easily without any papercuts!

You can print this game free from File Folder Fun.

Find More Free Earth Day Printables Here

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Solar System Coloring Pages

March 24, 2015 By Valerie Mcclintick Leave a Comment

Learning about our solar system can be great fun!

One of our favorite Summer activities is Meteor watching during the Perseid showers in August.

We stay up late into the wee hours watching as amazing streaks of color flash across the sky.

It’s considered one of our yearly Family traditions and it’s a fantastic way to get the kids interested in Astronomy!

(This year it will be making it’s appearance on August 13th)

“Perseiden Meteor (2009)” by Andreas Möller. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 de via Wikimedia Commons –

When my children were younger, we learned the names of the planets by singing a song.

And while it wasn’t a Rap song, it was still just as effective at teaching them the correct order.

My youngest two children are now ready to learn about the planets so I’ve been busy drawing and creating simple resources we can use.

Solar System Cut & Paste

Solar System Coloring Page

Both pages and some additional Planet Notebooking Pages are available at HomeschoolClipart.com

You can even grab the clipart and customize your own resources.

Art meets science with Kidz Labs solar system models. Assemble, paint and learn
Kit includes planets, stencils, squeeze glow paint pen, rods, string, a fact-filled wall chart and 10 sets of Kidz Quiz questions
Instructions included
No batteries required
Turn the kids onto the notion of leaving a smaller carbon footprint
8 Planets – Pluto not included
Click Here

Writing to 100 Worksheets

March 13, 2015 By Valerie Mcclintick Leave a Comment

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 house, there are so many opportunities in REAL LIFE to practice counting to 100, but the actual writing to 100 is something new for my Kindergartner.

He’s been working super hard this year with his Mini Office, so I wanted this set to sort of emulate the same chart he’s been using to learn his numbers.

I included quite a few different printable worksheets in this pack:

Tracing to 100
Fill in the Blank
Counting by 2
Counting by 5
Counting by 10

Because children need so much practice, I recommend sliding these into a page protector or laminating these and using a dry erase marker

Print our Writing to 100 Worksheet Pack free at File Folder Fun

Find More Kindergarten Math Games Here

Find First Grade Math Games Here

Sight Word File Folder Game

February 17, 2015 By Valerie Mcclintick 3 Comments

My kindergartner has been making so much progress with his reading! We’ve worked our way through many word families and it’s time to start getting serious about sight words. I decided to make him a simple game he can play to slowly build up his sight word reading skills in a fun way. This game features 54 different sight words from the Dolch 220 PrePrimer list and is a fantastic starting point for young children learning to read.

To play, children roll a die and move their guy, reading the word they land on as they go. There are detours, crosswalks, and other traffic related hazards along the way to the Candy Shop, making this a fun game that builds a bit on sportsmanship as well.

Sight Word Gameboard

Scholastic First Little Readers

25 book set

We personally own and cherish these little books. I must have spent an hour in the bookstore examining all the different early reader book sets they had to offer and this series was the one that stuck out the most. Both my preschool and kindergarten aged boys love this set, we own set A, B, and C and they offer my kiddos a chance to experience success at reading which is worth it’s weight in gold. Most pages of these full-color storybooks feature just one line of simple, repetitive text to help children learn to read with ease and confidence. Click Here for Sample Pages

Find More Free Sight Word Resources Here:

Sight Word Worksheets

Sight Word Bingo

Fishing for SightWords

Word Family Printables

Legend of the Candy Cane Printables

February 8, 2015 By Valerie Mcclintick Leave a Comment

The Legend of the Candy Cane is such an amazing resource book around Christmas! I love books and tangible objects that can point children to God and serve as a reminder of his everlasting love for them. If you haven’t yet picked up a copy of this popular book, I highly recommend it, there is a Kindle version as well making is simple to add this book to your holiday collection. J is for Jesus is another sweet holiday story for children that uses the candy cane to represent the gospel message.

This year I created some adorable coloring pages that can be used alongside your Candy Cane Christmas unit. There are two different versions, one for boys and one for girls. Children can folor the stripes of the candy canes to complete the “Jesus loves me” message. You could easily glue these to red construction paper and laminate for placemats.

Download Here: Candy Cane Coloring Pages

Don’t miss these Candy Cane Devotion Minibooks!

Each booklet is folded from a single sheet of paper, and when paired with a small candy cane they make a wonderful take home gift for visiting children this Holiday season.

Find More Christmas Printables Here

Japan Paper Fan Craft

Another fun way to make Japanese Paper Fans! You can use our premade fans to color or paint abeautiful picture….or use our printable fan
template and let children design their own! This is a fantastic group activity as each project turns out wonderfully unique.

Materials:

Printable Fan Template
Jumbo Popsicle Sticks or Wooden Fan Sticks
Watercolor Paints
Glue, Scissors….ect.

Suggested Resources for a Unit Study:

Art Project Tutorial:

Print Fan Template

We have three printable fan templates for children to decide from, or you can give them a blank template and they can design their own.

View Resource

Step 1

Color in your picture. We used Colored Pencils because this fan is very detailed.

Step 2

Use the watercolors to paint in the background.

Step 3

ou don't have to fill in the entire makes a pretty effect too!

Step 4

Turn your fan over and glue a popsicle stick to the back as shown.

Step 5

For extra strength, you can add two more sticks to make a "Y" shape. Using hot glue is a quick way to get these finished, but should only be used by teacher or older students.

All Done!

Once the glue is dry your fan is ready to be used. These make fun classroom decorations and generally children want to color MORE than one so be sure to have multiple copies on hand to send home with them.