Holidays · Math

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Nothing celebrates a love for measurement and math like measuring the area and perimeter of hearts in units of little candy Sweethearts. Unless, of course, we would have used Hershey kisses...I will have to remember that for next year...

Curriculum · English Language Arts

Dollar Tree Find

I have desired an alphabet strip for our classroom a couple of years now, and look what I finally found at Dollar Tree for $1! Now if I could only find one in cursive for my third grader.

Daily schedule · Physical Education

I found a new PE idea!

My first grader loves GoNoodle.com. She and her sisters are set up as separate "classes", according to their grade levels. I have not been not crazy about it, feel it is more of a time waster than an academically important use of technology, but I think that is about to change. I discovered they have short… Continue reading I found a new PE idea!

Curriculum · Daily schedule · English Language Arts · Holidays · Math · Science

School Day #137

Today is school day 137 of our first homeschool year. My pre-K daughter still has a little fever from the cold going through our house. My first grader is still coughing, but mainly over it. My poor second grader is coming down with it. And yet, we had school today. We had calendar time and… Continue reading School Day #137