Thanksgiving will be here before we know it, so I wanted to create a huge list of Thanksgiving fun activities you can have in your homeschool. These activities can of course also be used by school kids who are on holiday that week. All of these activities and lesson plans are aimed at kids from…
Are you looking for the best homeschool mom gifts? If so I have your back. Homeschool moms work so hard, literally 24/7. They have no break while the kids go to school, they have no break when they go to work (ok some do, but 90% of homeschool moms either don’t work, or like me…
We all know these dreaded days when mom is sick and you have to take care of the kids! It’s even harder if you homeschool, you are not just a mom who can send the kids off to school. You are with them 24/7! But don’t worry I have you covered. In fact, the last…
We don’t normally do read alouds in our homeschool, mainly because Freddie has always enjoyed reading. However, I have recently discovered that we should be reading to our children until AT LEAST the age of 13! Oops! Hey, I never said I was perfect! As we are fairly new to America, I thought finding the…
Despite my lack of interest in Halloween, my son LOVES it, and apart from Christmas, it is his favorite holiday. So this year I thought I would try and embrace it too, and try and get together as many homeschool Halloween activities as I could find. This is one of my favorite things about homeschool,…
Ahoy there me maties, Talk Like A Pirate Day is coming up, on September 19th so I thought I would put together some fun activities for you to have fun with. As this year it is on a Sunday you can get the whole family involved! I have included over 37 activities for you to…
I don’t say this lightly, but teaching kids about money is one of the most important lessons we can teach our children. Before I became a homeschool mom I was a Finance Director at a large global engineering company, so money and budgeting is something we have always talked about with Freddie. However, life gets…
I don’t know about you, but I absolutely HATE public speaking, in fact, I will actively avoid it. Now as a homeschool mom this is fine, but when I was working as a Finance Director this was a problem. If only I had learned strategies earlier in life as to how to overcome this fear!…
As Christmas will be with us any minute (I have no idea where this year has gone already!) I wanted to put together a list of educational Christmas activities that we will be doing this December. In December we tend to put away the core curriculum we have been working on, and instead focus on…
Christmas is soon to be upon us, and I don’t know about you, but in December most of our homeschool days revolve around Christmas!! As such I have created these free Christmas writing prompts for you to have fun with. I have created 30 printable pages with the prompts as below, but I have also…
September 13th is just around the corner and I can’t wait to share with you some splendiferous Roald Dahl Day activities for you to enjoy in your homeschool. Roald Dahl got his own “Day” in 2006 and it is celebrated every year on his birthday, September 13th. Table of Contents 16 Interesting Facts About Roald…
We have been learning at home now for nearly 4 years, and of course, there are many pros and cons for homeschooling. We have homeschooled both in the UK and America, so we are very versed in both countries. Now before I start I need to say that homeschooling is not for everyone. Homeschooling is…
Multiplication charts are a really easy way to visualize the timetables. These free multiplication chart printables are beautiful and will look great either printed on the wall or even added to a ring binder for easy reference. If you are going through the pain of learning multiplications with your kids, I really feel you. It…
We are always looking for fun Halloween activities, and these FREE HALLOWEEN COLORING PAGES are just perfect. There are 10 spooky coloring pages for you to download for FREE. Including Zombies, Vampires, Pumpkins, and other spooky images. These will keep the kids busy for hours. We draw a lot in our homeschool as it definitely…
As we are now finally reading Harry Potter, I wanted to create a book vs movies report template to use in our homeschool. I couldn’t find what I was looking for online, so I thought I would share with you what we use. Freddie always writes a book report after every single book he reads….