Educational Resources for Teachers and Homeschool Families
So, what exactly is sand art? It's a fascinating form of art where you use sand to create designs or images on a surface, transforming a simple medium into a powerful method of expression! Sound like something full of FAMILY FUN?! Think of it like painting, but with grains of sand serving as an artistic… Continue reading Creative Sand Art for Family Fun
Giving your child the BEST chance to succeed - Key's to Unlock Success! As parents and teachers, we want to give our children the very best education possible. We want them to succeed. We spend hours (sometimes years) searching for the perfect curriculum and often spend a lot of money on what we believe will… Continue reading Unlocking Your Child’s Success: Beyond the Curriculum
Fall is upon us and it's time to get your students writing some great Fall themed poems! If you are looking for ways to inspire your writers, here are some resources for you. Pumpkin Poetry – Fall Creative Writing Haiku Poetry | Fall Pumpkin Poetry... This resource, Pumpkin Poetry, has been created to spark your students’… Continue reading Inspire Fall Poetry: Creative Writing for Students
Time and time again, I hear parents saying… “My child isn’t retaining the information she is reading/learning.” “HELP! I don’t know how to help my child. He does his work but can’t remember what he is learning!“ Have you ever said or felt in a similar way? Perhaps you have a child who might remember… Continue reading Help!! My Child is not Retaining Information!
In part 1 of this series, I stated a pretty obvious fact...That children must be able to recognize individual letters as the first part of learning to read. However, you also learned that while teaching children letter names, you can (and should) introduce them to the sound each letter makes. Here, in part 2, I'll… Continue reading Learning to Read: A “How To” Progression from Letters to CVC Words (Part 2)
Reading is a crucial skill that begins by mastering the alphabet. However, as students progress, they encounter another milestone in their journey - the transition from recognizing individual letters to seamlessly blending consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words. This is an essential step that helps them decode and read more complex words. In this series, I will share… Continue reading Learning to Read: A “How To” Progression from Letters to CVC Words (Part 1)
In today's world, so much of our writing is done on a keyboard and the same is increasingly true with students. Because of this fact, many ask..."Should I teach handwriting?" Simply stated, the answer is YES! Why is handwriting important? The skill of handwriting is important because.... 1. The brain engages differently when we write… Continue reading Why Teach Handwriting + Great Copy Work and Cursive Resources!
Is this you? So often I have read comments on other sites and social media that read something like this... "I bought this program (curriculum) but it's not a good fit for my child" or this... "I just received the curriculum I purchased and it doesn't cover everything I thought it did!" Can you related… Continue reading Stop Wasting Money on Curriculum that Doesn’t Fit.
Idaho State Bird Project Mountain Bluebird Studying the state of Idaho? Perhaps doing a unit on Ornithology? This project based unit is designed to help students study and record information about Idaho’s state bird – the Mountain Bluebird! To learn more, see details below or you can preview a similar product here. This similar product… Continue reading Idaho State Bird Project – Mountain Bluebird
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