We’re in uncharted territory on unstable ground right now, and I’m trying to build us a lovely homeschool home — yet here’s a wilderness and wild beasts both native and scary scratching at the door. What I’m saying is I have been battling an autoimmune disease balancing meds that help but make me weak and…
Whether you’re looking for visual processing exercises in disguise or quick, take-along math work for a busy day out, look no further than Extreme Dot to Dot. Need some incognito handwriting help? Quiet-time math worksheets? Place value practice? Extreme Dot to Dot helps with that too! I received the Woodland edition of the Extreme Dot…
Ah multiplication facts. You either learn them easily or you don’t. I think that was a defining moment for me in elementary school; that was when I realized I hated math. My parents worked with me for hours — even bribed me — to get me to memorize them. When I kept blanking on my…
Have you seen the flood of wonderful videos on Youtube the last month coming from Montessori educators needing to teach from home? Even if you have a presentation down pat, it’s still incredibly helpful to see how others present work. Even with a uniform method like Montessori, every guide brings a little bit of his…
Get ’em while they’re hot. My US currency three part card printable is available for free through the rest of January! I also made some easy mixed operation equations for solving problems with money. They’re free right now too. Download them both at our [severely neglected] Teachers Pay Teachers shop: US Currency Three Part Cards…
Rocked the past two weeks like a homeschool ninja.
Second week of homeschooling is in the books. I’m not sure how that happened so fast. We’ve been focusing on our Great Lessons work (we are doing one per week the first five weeks, you can read more about them here). I figure our first five weeks back are kinda a jumpstart and transition period after…
I made some task cards for my kids to practice addition word problems. Word problems are new to us this year, so there are simple ones and some more advanced four-digit dynamic addition cards. Twelve in all with simple Autumn clip art. I even added a mandatory pumpkin spice one. Click the link above to…
Welcome to hopefully my first of many installments of our week in review. For an online portfolio blog I realize I do an awful job of actually documenting what we do when. My hope is to hold myself accountable each Friday to write more about what we worked on that week. I also want to…
Epic to me aways! Because I finally finished! I literally cried when I stepped back and saw it was done. Of course I’m 7 months pregnant so everything sets me off crying, but that’s beside the point! I hope this unedited, super-unprofessional video series is informative, helpful and amusing! Real life 100% yall. I know…
