Posted in Daily log, freebies, Links, math, science on May 5th, 2013 2 Comments »
We made it through another birthday week here. Jack turned 10, Victoria turned 15, and Alex turned 6. I made a lot of cakes and cupcakes. Here’s a quick round-up of ten fun ways we played and learned during birthday week…. Victoria chose books for birthday presents, and picked out an awesome assortment at Barnes [...]
Posted in freebies, math, testing on Mar 22nd, 2013 No Comments »
Curious what level your kids are up to in math? K12 has all of its math placement tests online here. You can print them out for free without registering or jumping through any hoops. The tests go from kindergarten through 5th grade in two semesters per year, and then four semesters of pre-algebra, which is [...]
Posted in freebies, Lapbooks on Mar 20th, 2013 No Comments »
Here’s a nice freebie from Homeschool Helper Online. The 9-page file includes some foldables, mini books and questions to test kids’ knowledge (plus answers on a separate page). I’m hoping to do this with Jack later in the week and add some fun stuff of our own to it. See my lapbooking tab on the [...]
Posted in freebies, Teens and high school on Feb 24th, 2013 1 Comment »
Here’s a Kindle book that’s free right now on Amazon for planning those high school years…
Posted in freebies, Funnies, Links, plans for the day, science, Teens and high school on Oct 25th, 2012 No Comments »
Happy Thursday! We woke today to find some of that pretty white stuff all over. I’m not sure I’m ready for winter but at least it waited until after September. On the agenda today: Have Victoria take her online CAT. Do algebra with Victoria. Start poetry lessons with Anna. Have the boys do math on [...]
Posted in freebies, Links on Apr 22nd, 2012 1 Comment »
Have you been to Teachers Pay Teachers yet? They have some great freebies and some great lesson plans, printables and more for low cost too. Here’s a couple of the current freebies that I especially loved. Hunger Games creative writing unit Facebook timeline template Also, I’ve been pinning oodles of cool homeschool pages on Pinterest [...]
Posted in freebies on Jul 10th, 2011 No Comments »
I’m not sure how long these will be free, but there’s an interesting assortment of nonfiction books that are currently free on Amazon. Click here to check them out! Be sure it’s listed as free before you download!
Posted in Attachment Parenting, Book Recommendations, Children's health, College and College Prep, cooking/home ec, cool sites, Daily log, freebies, Frugal living, Gardening, geography, Green, In the news, Links, Montessori, nature, nutrition, personal, recipes, science, social studies, support, Teens and high school on Jun 5th, 2011 1 Comment »
Here’s a round-up of stuff I’ve been meaning to share… Fairy Tales, Folktales, Fables, and Folklore This great web site contains hundreds of stories from mythologies around the world. From Finnish folk tales to Anderson fairy tales to parables of Buddhism, there’s something for everyone. This would be great to combine with studies of countries [...]
Posted in cooking/home ec, freebies, Frugal living, history on May 27th, 2011 2 Comments »
Well here’s a fun and interesting “little” freebie. The American Frugal Housewife was offered by the Homeschool Freebie of the Day and still seems to be available. Download the PDF file and take a look at this 109 page manual that teaches homemaking, cooking, how to raise daughters (now there’s some talk-generating reading!), lectures about [...]
Posted in Book Recommendations, freebies, math, pictures, writing on May 24th, 2011 No Comments »
We’ve been so busy! Here’s 10 words and phrases to describe life here lately: Gardens Old friends Test prep Hiking Math discoveries Cleaning Photography Laughter Playing outside Reading And 10 pics… And a few links… 25 Free math sites for games, challenges, worksheets and more 25 Free writing sites for prompts, exercises, lesson plans and [...]
