This article may contain affiliate links. As we have tried to navigate homeschool this first year, I have found that my son is not a worksheet kid. He will rush through it to get it done and it won’t stick. And he will complain about it the whole time. This has forced me to get…

This post contains affiliate links. The growth in technology available is insane. We try to limit screens and tablets for my kids at their current ages, but I frequently think about how I want to introduce my kids to what technology has to offer. Many valuable skills can be learned just by understanding basic computer…

For the first semester of Kindergarten we have been working on recognizing the alphabet. So far we have been using All About Reading curriculum to do this along with random review days. Language Arts has been my son’s least favorite subject to do each day. I don’t really blame the curriculum as I feel there…

My kids and I were at our county’s 4-H fair when I ran into the Braintree Academy booth. I had been on the fence about homeschooling all year. My husband and I frequently talked about if we would be sending our oldest child to Kindergarten in the fall. We both felt like kids that age…

As part of our Kindergarten curriculum, we have a section on community helpers. However, there wasn’t a lot of guidance given as to how to teach this. I decided to put together my own lesson plan on it! And honestly, I wish I could put together all of the lesson plans that we do rather…

If your kids are anything like mine, snacks and playtime are the magic combo that make learning way more fun. That’s why I love this little game I call Stock the Pond — it turns counting practice into something tasty, silly, and hands-on. Here’s how it works: print the free printable. Each pond has a…

I am a believer that learning is supposed to be fun. I think there is a time and place for worksheets, but with young kids in kindergarten, I think that most of the time is supposed to be play. So I have been trying to gamify our learning. My kids LOVE games and I love…

As an Amazon Affiliate I earn commission on links in this post. My kids almost always beat me downstairs for breakfast in the morning. It’s not that I don’t want to get up early in the morning. I would love to be up and have already exercised, showered, ready for the day, and breakfast on…

My son is starting Kindergarten this year. We are homeschooling and using a program called Braintree. We are required to submit learning goals and reports throughout the year in order to qualify for the funding we receive to homeschool. This week we have been trying to pinpoint where my son is at in regards to…

This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Each day I try to do a learning activity with my kids, and during the summer time I try to do an interest-based activity. So a couple weeks ago, my 3 and 5 year old were both wanting to learn about…

My kids really enjoyed the first 26 alphabet coloring pages that we did together, but they weren’t as deep educationally for my 5 year old as I would have liked. So I tinkered with them and created this game. On each page, there are pictures of common objects that your child will recognize. As they…

Who doesn’t love free things? I was looking all over for pages like these on Google and Etsy and there are TONS. If you are willing to pay. But not me! I would rather pay $15 a month and sink 4 hours into making these on Canva instead of paying $4 to buy them off…