Archive for the ‘Elementary’ Category

Here’s something for the littler ones!  It’s never too early to give them a head start.  Even though you may already be homeschooling here’s a great free gift to start the year off right.   To help you out, Kid’s Activity Calendar is giving away a pretty nice kit of activities around the letter ‘A’. This pack includes

• Fun alphabet snacks that start with the letter A
• Letter A coloring sheets
• Letter A search worksheets
• Letter A trace sheets
• Letter A flash cards and
• Game of out of the week idea around the letter A

You can download them for free from this page.

Here are some great free resources for homeschoolers that I found throughout the internet.  Just click on the links and it will take you to the site for more information on the free resource.  I hope you enjoy!

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Wright On Time Utah by Lisa M. Cottrell-Bentley

About The Book

Announcing the second book in a series about an RV living homeschooling family. Each month brings the Wright family to a new state with a new educational theme to explore and play with. They prove that learning can happen all the time, anywhere, and that being with family is fun! Meet Aidan Wright, age 7: Boisterous and joking all the time, this sporty boy knows how to have fun! Meet Nadia Wright, age 11: Curious and fiery, this intellectual girl can always find out answers to even the most difficult questions. Meet their parents, Harrison and Stephanie: Ready to take their kids on adventures of a lifetime. Meet Prince Pumpkin III, turtle extraordinaire: This 50 year old little guy is holding on tight, as the family RV and mysterious device take him on an adventure no turtle has ever gone on before. Explore a dinosaur dig with the Wrights as they roadschool in Utah. What will Aidan and Nadia discover about the mysterious device they found in Arizona? This series is Wright on Time. Read the rest of this entry »

I found out about this great website on Facebook.  I think it’s a great site for anyone with kids, but I can definitely see the wonderful opportunities for homeschoolers.   This is not just a “pen pal” type of social networking site for kids, it’s also a charity program that kids can get involved in and win some cool prizes.  Here’s what the site says:

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I just found this great free resource!  It’s a guide for homeschoolers on how to choose the right penmanship to teach our children and how to go about doing it.  I know how hard it can be to figure out how to teach cursive.  There are so many different types of penmanship styles, it gets a little confusing!  Luckily, this will answer some of those questions and make things a little easier for you.

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