My Princess and I still have 17 days left of Kindergarten homeschool. We will get it done this summer, I swear! But, this week we are on vacation in San Diego. I didn't haul all our curriculum down here but I do have my laptop. So to supplement math during our summer vacation I am thankful to have 10monkeys.com Math World on the laptop. What do you do to keep the summer slide from occurring with your children? About Math World 10monkeys.com Math World is an entertaining math learning … [Read more...]
Supplementing Homeschool Science
Our family really loves The Young Scientists Club and the products they offer. It makes supplementing homeschool science so much more fun with our daughter when we have products from TYSC. Each year this great club offers amazing new science experiment kits for kids interested in science, technology, engineering and math - known collectively as S.T.E.M. This summer, the Young Scientists Club took home an impressive eight honors - including two Product of the Year nods—from Oppenheim Toy … [Read more...]
Printable Summer Reading Checklist for Kids
This summer my Princess will still be finishing up Kindergarten homeschool. We have decided instead of giving her 2-3 months off in the Summer, we'll homeschool year round. In August we'll give her (and me) two weeks off before we start 1st grade. A Harvard Family Research Project in 2011 shows the importance of year round learning for kids. What do you think of year-round learning? I want her to keep learning through the summer and one way for us to do that is to have a Summer Reading List. … [Read more...]
Homeschool Kindergarten: Telling Time
This quarter in Kindergarten homeschool, my Princess is learning how to tell time. She loves it. We've learned about the short hand and long hand as well as the hours (1-12). We've proceeded to learn about 30 minutes after and 15 minutes after the hour. She LOVES it. In fact, math is her favorite subject right now. She taught herself how to count by 5s all on her own from 5-100. So now that she can count by 5s, telling time has become much simpler for her. Here is a round up of great … [Read more...]
100 Days of School
We celebrated 100 Days of School last month in Homeschool Kindergarten! I am sure we were about 20 days behind public school but that's the great thing about Homeschool. We can do it year round and we'll be fine! I wanted to share some great pics from our school day. We found some amazing things to do online for our 100 Days of School party. Printables abound online, don't they. The internet really is a homeschool mommy's best friend! We found counting activities, coloring activities and … [Read more...]
Homeschool Kindergarten: Science is Fun!
This semester in Homeschool Kindergarten we are having Science twice a week. My Princess LOVES it. We've completed six lessons so far. She's learned about God's Plan for our lives and the Five Senses. She loves investigating and figuring things out. In fact, one of her favorite DVDs to watch at home is The Magic School Bus. I mentioned before that reading and writing were not her favorite classes, science and math is. In fact, I honestly believe that students who excel in S.T.E.M. subjects - … [Read more...]
Books Make the Best Gifts Don’t They?
This Easter are you giving your kids books in their basket? Books make the best gifts, don't they? My daughter is not fond of reading yet. We are just learning in Homeschool Kindergarten and she is doing great. But I have to make her read. Though she loves being read to, she hasn't fallen in love with reading. I really hope she does. I have always loved reading. What age did your kids learn to love reading? Disney Frozen has a few awesome books available for purchase that I think would make … [Read more...]
