Smart Stocking Stuffers: 50 Educational Gifts Kids Will Love This Christmas
Looking for educational Christmas gift ideas for kids? Discover our top categories, from STEM toys and creative art kits to math games and language learning tools. Find perfect presents that inspire curiosity, build skills, and make learning fun this holiday season.
Whiteboard Alternatives for Your Homeschool
Discover budget-friendly alternatives to traditional whiteboards for your homeschool room! From mess-free LCD tablets to DIY dry-erase options, explore creative solutions that won't damage your walls or break the bank.
Math with Confidence Curriculum Review
Looking for a math curriculum that is both fun and easy to use? Math with Confidence has been a hit in our home with its playful lessons and open-and-go format. I'll share what I love, how it's set up, and tips for making the most of it.
Kindergarten Curriculum Overview
Looking for curriculum for kindergarten? Let me give you a few ideas with the resources I used for my oldest child in Kindergarten.
YouTube Videos to Help You Homeschool Confidently
From challenging traditional schooling to embracing outdoor learning, each episode in this list offers practical insights and inspiration for homeschooling parents or wannabes. These seven videos from The Spillover with Alex Clark provide hours of fascinating encouragement to help you homeschool your kids confidently.
Games for Family Road Trips
Gear up for family road trips with these entertaining games requiring only paper and pencil. From spotting countryside sights to colorful car hunts, keep kids engaged without screens. Use the lists provided for FREE, or print out the game pack for hassle-free fun on the go. Don't forget to grab your 20% discount!
10+ YouTube Channels for Homeschool Moms
There are YouTube channels for all styles of homeschoolers out there. Classical, Charlotte Mason, Unschooler, Eclectic, Traditional? You name it, you’ll find someone who jives with your style. Some channels focus on curriculum or resources, others have more of a day-in-the-life style, and often the channels have some combination of all the above.
How to Prep Math with Confidence - So It’s REALLY Open-and-Go
Learn how I prepare and organize the Math with Confidence curriculum for my homeschool room. Using a 3-ring binder and a photo storage box, I gather almost everything I will need for the math curriculum before we even start the year so that it is TRULY Open and Go!
12 More FREE Canva Fonts for Teachers
Twelve MORE FREE Canva Fonts for Teachers and Tutors (and homeschooling parents). If you want easy to read fonts that create great worksheets or flyers for students, check out this post and the previous post.
Tips for Teaching All About Reading
After using All About Reading (AAR) for several years, I have picked up a few tips that I hope might help someone else just starting out….Check the front of each workbook…Prep the student workbook…Make the fluency review fun…
Is All About Reading “Enough”?
I am a huge fan of the All About Reading (AAR) series from All About Learning Press.…Many parents online mention that AAR is not a complete Language Arts curriculum. And, I agree. It is predominantly a PHONICS curriculum -- and in my opinion, an excellent one. But, in order to round out our kids' education, most parents want to include a few other components to this…here are my recommendations...
I Was Interviewed On a Podcast!
If you are looking for a podcast to help fill some hours of washing dishes, doing laundry, while encouraging you in your homeschool endeavors, check out this fantastic resource. Bex has so many episode interviews full of amazing resources, suggestions, and research.
How to Set Up All About Reading So You Can Use It Again
How I set it up to REUSE all the materials with each kid…I pre-assemble the activities in a large 3-ring binder before we ever start the next level - The student book that comes with each level has lots of hands-on manipulative games to reinforce the concepts being taught throughout the book. I hate collecting and assembling lesson pieces on a daily (or even weekly) basis. I would much rather have a huge “project” where I gather everything for the whole year at once, spend several hours, and get it all done. Then when we are in the middle of a busy homeschool day, I can just grab it and start teaching.
All About Reading Curriculum Review
All About Reading, the brain-child of Marie Rippel came about as she struggled to help her dyslexic son learn to read. Hers is a phonics-centered (Orton-Gillingham based) curriculum for early elementary students. All About Reading (AAR) includes four levels as well as a Pre-Reading curriculum. At the time of this writing, I am part-way through level three with my oldest and feel like I can finally say IT WORKS with some authority. Check out the All About Learning Press website here.
The Three R’s Book Review
In Dr. Ruth Beechick’s book, “The Three R’s,” she lays out a very gentle, or “natural” learning method. It has helped me to continue breaking from the mold of the classroom teacher I was used to into a more flexible and child-centered approach for my homeschooling.
Five Great Reads for Homeschooling Parents
Looking for some books to help you as you plan curriculum and homeschool your children? Check out these 5 great reads for your homeschool parent library!
25 Items I Can’t Homeschool Without
Here is a list of 25 (or more!) supplies that I find incredibly helpful in my homeschool classroom. Setting up for a new school year can be overwhelming. So, check out this list of items to have on hand for your home education space!
Create FREE Tracing Worksheets
How to create tracing worksheets for FREE using Canva. Simply create a free Canva.com account, choose paper size (US Letter), and choose font (Canva Student Font Dotte). Then, type away, download and print!
FREE Homeschool Lesson Planner Google Sheets Template
Access our FREE homeschool lesson planner template in Google Sheets. Copy to your files and then adjust for yourself and your family.