Homeschooling Kindergarten Science with No Curriculum
Kindergarten is meant to be a time of play. Here are some simple ideas for teaching kindergarten science concepts to your little ones without a curriculum.
Why Building Number Sense in Our Homeschooled Children is Essential
Building number sense in our homeschooled children is incredibly important, but do you know why? Check out three of the many reasons why!
4 Practical Tips for Homeschooling Your Child with a Math Disability
Facing another day where your math lesson ended in frustration and tears? Here are 4 practical tips for homeschooling your child with a math disability.
4 Reasons Why Open-Ended Creativity Belongs in Your Homeschool
Open-ended creativity is filled with mistakes and mishaps and gives permission to get it wrong before you nail it, before you even know what it is.
How to Make a Multiplication Fact Flip Book
Learn how to make a multiplication fact flip book for fact practice or as a handy reference while your child is working to memorize the multiplication tables.
Ways that Learning Apps Can Help Support Your Homeschooling
We all want our kids to have less screen time. But you can harness their desire to use devices into learning adventures through learning apps that can support your homeschooling efforts.
5 Ways to Get Started With Coding For Homeschoolers
I, EEME Dad, make hands-on kits to teach kids robotics, electronics and coding. Here are my thoughts on how to teach kids coding. As an infant, we learned our first language by speaking as soon as possible. We slurred our words. We spoke the wrong phrases. But that’s...
5 Reasons to Love BIG FAT NOTEBOOKS
Besides all the fabulous learning reasons to Love BIG FAT NOTEBOOKS, another great reason is fun? These can help make learning (or review) more fun for our middle schoolers. Great for summer review, or for use in a homeschool setting, BIG FAT NOTEBOOKS are packed full of information and fun for middle schoolers.
Ways to Add Technology to Your Homeschool Instruction
Ways to engage with technology in your homeschool. Find out different strategies for incorporating technology into your homeschool instruction.
How to Find Homeschool Math Lessons in Nature
Stepping away from the mathematics textbook and looking at all the math connections there are in nature is an eye-opening experience. Looking for and finding math lessons in nature is an art and science that will really benefit your students.
5 Engaging Ways to Teach Basic Counting Skills
Rather than always reaching for a worksheet or workbook, try one of these 5 suggestions to teach basic counting skills in a fun, engaging, non-threatening manner!
3 Tips for Choosing Homeschool Extracurriculars
We have a harder time staying home to homeschool than we do finding opportunities to socialize. The real challenge is deciding what homeschool extracurriculars are our best “yes”. As a busy homeschool family, how do we decide what extracurriculars to get involved in?
4 Simple and Realistic Ways to Get Your Children Outdoors
Do you wish you children spent more time outside in nature? The benefits of outdoor play cannot be underestimated. Read on for 5 ways you can get your children outdoors.
Games, Apps, Services & More that Make Homeschool Learning Fun
Make learning fun with games, apps, services and more. We know that the more interested kids are in what they are doing the more likely they are to retain the information. So make learning fun with these resources.
How Minecraft Teaches Problem Solving
Minecraft may be fun and exciting, but it’s also a great tool for teaching kids about problem solving, creativity, and more!
Gift Kits for Homeschoolers that Keep Giving All Year Long
It's the time of year when you're thinking about what gifts to provide for your children and I'm sure as a homeschooling mom you are searching for ideas that are both fun, hands-on entertainment but also can be used for unexpected learning. Gift kits are a great way...
Technology in the Homeschool: 5 Uses that Breathe Life into Your Learning
Are you looking for ways to breathe some life into your homeschool? Ways to liven things up without adding in a lot of prep time for yourself? What if I told you that technology has you covered?
15 Awesome Autumn STEM Activities
Pumpkins, cooler weather, crunchy leaves…Autumn is such a fun and exciting time of the year. Now that the heat of Summer has subsided and you’re settling into a normal, daily homeschool routine, it’s the perfect time to add in something new. Hopefully this list of Autumn STEM activities will get you and your family excited!
Robotics in Your Homeschool
Mention robotics and my 40+ year old mind goes to Rosie The Robot, the Jetsons’s housekeeper. I used to love that cartoon. My young mind could just imagine the automated life of the future with robots doing all my chores. Fast forward to 2017. Where is Rosie? She hasn’t shown up in my house yet. While we might not be interacting with our robotic housekeeper on a daily basis, robots do play a huge part in our modern way of life.
5 Favorite Ways to Homeschool With LEGO®
I’m not sure we could successfully homeschool without LEGO® bricks. (I write this jokingly, but there is some element of truth to the statement.) LEGO® learning can take place across all subject areas, ages, and interest levels. LEGO® bricks will speak to a child when nothing else will, and sometimes they help make a break-through to understanding in a critical math or science concept.
25 Activities & Resources for Teens Interested in Engineering Careers
The word engineer is derived from the Latin words ingeniare (“to contrive, devise”) and ingenium (“cleverness”). Today, engineering is one of the fastest growing industries in the world. In anticipation of Engineers Week next month, I’m delighted to share with you 25 activities and resources to help you teach engineering concepts to teens.