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Homeschool Math Favorites

by Dannelle

Are you planning to teach Homeschool? These are the favorites for the Math curriculum if you are thinking about how you could possibly get started. These top books are the best way to start making your lesson plans. Check out our Homeschool Math Favorites. Horizons Math 2 - Workbooks 1 & 2 Horizons 2nd Grade Math Student Book 1 contains fun, entertaining lessons that include: counting and writing numbers by 1s to 100-999; using tally marks; recognizing ordinal numbers to 100, less than, greater than, or equal to; adding and subtraction up to four-digit numbers; and understanding inches, centimeters, linear and English weight equivalents. This full-color student workbook contains lessons 180 and perforated pages for easy removal. Horizons 2nd Grade Math Student Book 2 contains easy-to-teach, fun-to-learn lessons that cover: counting money; reviewing geometric shapes and colors; working simple word problems; understanding Fahrenheit temperature; recognizing area, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Math Tagged With: homeschool, math

How To Homeschool With Little Ones At Home

by Dannelle

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Homeschooling is not easy. Let me say that again (homeschooling is not easy). This is especially true if you have older children at home you would like to homeschool, but you have smaller children as well. It is possible to be a good mom to your younger children, while allowing your other children to thrive academically. How To Homeschool With Little Ones At Home Go with the Flow Sometimes this approach does not work. You go with the flow, but the kids aren’t really having it. If you are helping an older child with school and a younger child needs your help, try stopping just for a moment. Often times the younger child just wants your attention. Give it to them for the time being and then move back to schooling. Explain to the older child that you are sorry for the interruptions, but the younger ones need you too. Open communication is key to help everyone in the house from becoming frustrated. Self Taught The great thing about homeschooling is that you do not have … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Balance, Educational Tagged With: homeschool

50 Ideas of Summer Fun For Kids

by Dannelle

Summer is approaching and for those of us with kiddos, with them being out of school in the Summer time, we need things to help entertain them! Kids get bored easy, so constantly doing things in the Summer time can get very expensive. It's always really nice when you can come up with things to do that are very cheap or even free to do. These things are nice if you have multiple children or maybe you're going to be babysitting this Summer! Great to do and to have a lot of fun along with bonding with the kiddos! Here are 50 ideas of Summer Fun For Kids.   Summer Fun For Kids: Other posts you may find helpful if you liked Summer Fun For Kids: How to Help Your Talented and Gifted Child Seven Ways To Teach Your Teenager About Credit Talking to Tweens About Suicide 6 Benefits of Having Kids In Sports Talking to Tweens About Bullying 7 Ways To Help Your Kids Transition To High School … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Balance, Educational Tagged With: balance, parenting

10 Free and Fabulous Field Trips for Kids and Homeschoolers

by Dannelle

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If you are a homeschooling mom looking for some fun, fabulous, and free field trips for kids to take your child to or you are looking for some enrichment activities to do on the weekends or over the summer I have compiled a list of 10 activities that you can find right in your own neighborhood or at least very close by. For little more than the cost of gas you can have an educational and entertaining field trip. 10 Free and Fabulous Field Trips for Kids and Homeschoolers A few tips before you head out: Field Trips for Kids Post Office Our local post office will schedule tours ahead of time and will show you the various areas like mail drops, conveyor belts and trucks.  Drop a letter off to Grandma or a friend while you are there. Library Take a tour of the library to show your child the various sections of a library; fiction, non fiction, reference, children's, circulation desk, book return. You can probably even schedule a tour just before or just after … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Educational Tagged With: homeschool

Small Business Saturday: Best Crystal Growing Kit

by Dannelle

You know how I love things to make little brains grow -- almost everything can be turned into a learning opportunity! Here is a fun thing for the kids -- the Best Crystal Growing Kit! It's a Mom and Pop operation -- they even have FREE shipping! The kit is as you see in the picture -- for $14.99 Best Crystal Growing Kit From their website: 1.Why Crystal Growing Kits? Whether you are a budding scientist or cool crafter these kits provide an educational and fun way to explore crystal growing. Crystal Growing Kits.com was developed by a homeschooler and two parents to make science fun! 2.Who can use the kit? Anyone. As long as you can boil water, you can grow your own crystals! (Adult supervision is required when using boiling water) 3.What do I need to supply for my crystal growing kit? Just boiling water and imagination! Your crystal growing kit contains everything else. 4.Do I have to make a snowflake? No. Your crystals will grow in any shape you make with your magic crystal … [Read more...]

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