Learning the Calendar: October
Topic: Practice Calendar Skills using the month of October Grade Level: First Grade, Second Grade Category: Learning the Calendar [download id=”215″ format=”1″]
Capitalization and Punctuation Check-Off
Topic: Determine if there are capitalization and punctuation errors in the sentences using the check-off grid. Correctly re-write the sentence at the bottom of the page. Grade Level: Second Grade Category: Language Arts [download id=”214″ format=”1″]
Shape Shadow Match Game
My 3-year-old preschooler loves any and all things to match: these cute fall match cards, plastic spoons (see the picture towards the bottom of the post), and even matching a set of coins. So of course she loved this new Shape Shadow Match Game I made for her this week. How to Use the Shape …
Printable Scripture Memorization Log through December 2012
I try to make it a priority for my children to memorize Scripture on a regular basis. Sometimes we get on a really good roll with memorizing Scripture, and other times it falls by the wayside. Like anything else, if I don’t have a plan my best ideas tend to fall apart. So in an …
Math Facts Worksheet: Is the Answer Correct?
Practicing math facts doesn’t have to be boring! Sure, worksheets have their time and place, but often fun games and printables can be used to solidify math facts in your child’s mind. In this unique printable, your child determines if the answer given for each equation is correct. He then glues the correct crayon beside …
Simple Addition with Word Problems Worksheet
We use many different hands-on methods for teaching addition facts in our homeschool. I occasionally, however, add an addition worksheet to our day just to drill those addition facts a little further. Simple Addition with Word Problems In this worksheet, your child practices simple addition using vertical equations. It also includes 2 simple word problems …
Making Plurals: Add -s or -es
Topic: The student practices forming the correct plural of nouns, using -s or -es. Grade Level: Late Kindergarten, First Grade Category: Spelling and Grammar [download id=”209″ format=”1″]
Copywork: God Bless America Lyrics
Over the next few weeks, I’m teaching my children several patriotic songs. It’s so important to me that my children know how privileged we are to live in freedom each day. I don’t dare take it for granted. With so much unrest in the Middle East this week, it seems all the more urgent to …
How I Plan Our Bible Curriculum Each Week
For the first 1 1/2 years of homeschooling, I flitted around from blog to blog looking for a Bible curriculum that would be a good fit for us. My oldest wasn’t reading well yet and liked to write even less. I had an extremely hard time finding Bible curriculum that moved past the surface description …
Subtraction Ladders: More Simple Subtraction Worksheet
Subtraction Ladders are a fun way to practice those difficult subtraction facts! Start by solving the equation at the top of the ladder and write your answer in the shaded box below it. Then use your answer to solve the next equation. Keep going until you get to the bottom of the ladder! Follow …
Pre-Primer Sight Word Practice: Big
I’m still working on my first ebook in a series of Dolch Sight Words printable packets. The first ebook will focus on the 40 Dolch Pre-Primer words – those first words that all early readers must learn. There will be different activities to reinforce the Pre-Primer words: cutting & pasting, writing, tracing, simple word finds, …