Pizza Hut offers a wonderful reading incentive program for grades K-6.  Homeschool families need to register individually for the materials.  Students receive a FREE personal pan pizza coupon when they achieve monthly reading goals that are set by parents.  The website also offers other resources to encourage reading.  Click here to enroll your family in [...]

Math curriculum choices are always the most difficult for me.  I want to make sure I am giving my students the best possible opportunity to have good experiences with math.  In addition, math curriculum is probably the most expensive part of any homeschool budget.  So, this is one product I will not purchase without touching [...]

As we move from preschool and kindergarten,  I believe it is important to start laying the foundation of writing, and First Language Lessons provides a wonderful transition as parents move into 1st grade studies.  Here is a brief explanation from the author’s website: “This one book is all you need to teach grammar for first [...]

Help your child learn with games, software and educational activities from Owl & Mouse Educational Software.   Early reading software—phonics software, alphabet games, and Dolch sight words in a fairy tale story.  All of it FREE!  Free online USA maps, world maps, map of Europe, map puzzles of the US, Europe, Africa, Asia, and many more.  [...]

As we look at the needs of most PreK-K students, we have discussed Handwriting and Reading, and today we are going to focus on math skills.  As with all the activities/curriculum I have introduced, I must emphasize again that you should take each subject slowly and consistently.  At this age, there is no reason to [...]

Starfall offers a FREE online phonics course for teaching letters and reading.  The site is very interactive and offers fun graphics and games to incorporate what is being taught.  Perfect for supplementing your reading program, or you can use it as your curriculum.

Each Tuesday I am sharing resources that I recommend for PreK-K, and last week I discussed a Handwriting curriculum.  In the Three R’s (reading, writing, and arithmetic), one goal is to get your child on the right track as far as reading goes. I have personally used Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy [...]

Handwriting Without Tears is a wonderful introduction to handwriting and to the “school” table as well!  Whenever a mom of a 4 or 5 year old asks me what they should do to get their child on the right start for education, this is one of the first things I recommend. The workbooks and hands-on [...]

Bible Story Printables offers a wonderful resource for Bible curriculum and supplements for your homeschool studies.   The site offers games, coloring, crafts, and minibooks for study of Scripture.

Click here to download a FREE lapbook study for spring! “This mini lapbooking study will give your elementary students a wonderful overview of the spring season. Take a look and learn: How the earth’s tilt affects our seasons; Why the northern and southern hemisphere will never have the same season at the same time; How [...]