These free printable counting money activity worksheets are great for practicing counting coins and creating amounts of money using different coin combinations. Counting money is one skill that requires hands-on activities. Holding the coins in their hands helps students learn so much faster and more thoroughly than just seeing the images on a worksheet or …
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Preschool math can be so much fun. They are learning to count, sort, identify numbers, and so much more! The look of excitement on a child’s face when they count correctly to a new “high” is just priceless. But, at least for my kids, sometimes the never ending request for “new” things can be exhausting. …
Today, I’d like to share one of my favorite reluctant writer activities – my free, printable Draw and Write Story Template. Being a reluctant writer is very common in the early elementary grades. Writing is a hard skill! It takes memorization, patience, fine motor skills, grammar knowledge, the list just goes on. So, it’s understandable …
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Are you thinking of homeschooling and don’t know where to start? Maybe you are already homeschooling and you’re feeling like you have no direction. Afraid you’re going to miss something important in your child’s education? I used to feel that way, too! A classical homeschool schedule can fix all of those worries! Beginning the homeschooling …
Playing board games is a great way to spend some quality time as a family, but let’s be honest, sometimes the games themselves can be a real disappointment! Nothing makes me cringe more than when my kids ask “Mom, will you play Mousetrap with me”? Games are also a great toy alternative for Christmas and …
Lapbooks are a great interactive teaching resource that you can do at home with your children. The best part about lapbooks is they can be adapted to fit any subject or grade level. So, if you are teaching different ages, you can easily teach the same subject and just vary the difficulty of the lapbook …
Before becoming a mother, I taught high school math. So, I never taught very many “learning the ABCs” kind of activities. My how life changes! Now that I stay home with the pumpkins and my oldest just turned 5, we do ABC activities for all the time. I love looking for and coming up with …
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Do you have a child that is SO active they don’t want to sit still for anything? That’s my middle pumpkin. My oldest has had a very long attention span for sitting (reading, watching, learning, etc.) from a very young age, but my MP, not so much. So, when we started talking about letters it …
