Home Schooling

Looking for a way to practice spelling skills and keep the kiddos occupied?  You might want to try playing this fun game called Scraggle with them!  It is a low cost, fun, and easy way to build their

When you make learning a fun game, kids are more likely to jump in!  This is a fun math game using flash cards (you can use store bought or make your own), and a pair of dice.  Work on number recognition

Homeschooling doesn't have to break the bank to be effective.  Even dollar stores can provide learning materials.  These cute little plastic frogs were purchased at the dollar store and can be used

While looking for a resource that would allow me to create my own crossword puzzles, I stumbled across this site hosted by Discovery Education. The logo looks similar to the Discovery Channel but I'm

Here is an inexpensive way to practice reading word families.  All you need to do is pick up a few paint sample cards the next time you are at the store and Viola! Instant learning fun.  Perfect for the

Here is a fun game for reviewing multiplication facts with a fun winter/Christmas theme.  Includes free printable to play the game!  The only thing you need to supply is a pair of dice, some crayons

Bibliomania offers free online literature and study guides.  Some of the classic works included are:  Anna Karenina, Black Beauty, Great Expectations, Little Women,  Robinson Crusoe, Sense and Sensibility

When I decided to home school my kids, I found myself returning again and again to the A to Z Home's Cool website. It is packed with useful information, whether you are a beginner or an experienced home schooler

I used to homeschool my daughter. The first few months of home schooling, I was an island. I nearly lost my mind. It was then that I realized the importance of homeschooling support groups.  If you are new

When I was growing up, home schooling wasn't that popular. There were some families that home schooled their kids, but for the most part, homeschooling was limited to the ultra-conservative. Today, in my

Here you will find printables that you can download.  Printables assist with social-emotional development, recognizing a job well done, acknowledging progress and effort, anger management, telling the truth

Recently I discovered some great (new?) books for my preschool age son.  It is the dinosaur series by Jane Yolen and Mark Teague.  The books basically show the kids how to behave in certain situations

In order to keep my 2 kids and my niece and nephew busy for a full week this past summer, I decided to put together a "Dinosaur Camp".  All four kids were under the age of 4 and I knew that I had

I found this website by accident. My 9 y/o son has been struggling with regrouping in multi - step multiplication and I wanted to find a website with printable worksheets. I wanted to find something that was free

This is a great printable worksheet website to use for homeschooling or extra learning at home. It has over 5,000 free printable worksheets and pages covering a wide variety of subjects. There are tons of subjects

"Parents are a child's first and most important teacher."  I've said this countless times to  parents throughout my teaching career.  It is true; who taught him to walk, talk, eat

eFantasmic.com offers literature based curriculum using library books that covers many subjects and topics.  It is created "by homeschoolers for homeschoolers" and, as a former teacher, I think the

Homeschoolingboys.com is a wonderful Yahoo Group that I've participated in for some time.  If you are homeschooling or considering it and you have one or more boys, I recommend joining this group. 

As a homeschooling mom of an active preschool age boy (as well as an active 9 1/2 month old boy), I thought it would be best to approach his education in an unschooling manner.  I quickly learned, however

When my daughter had to come up with a simple machine project idea for school we turned to this helpful site (worth the sign up fee for mom and dad as we had no clue where to start!).  Now we just go online

 Did you know that space smells like burnt almond cookies?  This is one of the observations from an astonaut in their Astomaut Journals! Wow...this site is super cool.  Have you ever wondered