What kid wouldn't love a break from the regular schedule of homeschooling to enjoy a funschooling day full of candy heart lessons??? Mom, I promise that your day won't be wasted and you'll be able to check off just about every box in your lesson planner! Teaching with Candy Hearts Grab a big bag of candy hearts from the Valentine aisle at the grocery and you have just about everything you need for a full day of STEM candy heart lessons and more. K-3rd Grade Candy Heart Lessons My little guy was five when we completed these activities, but they are very appropriate for children through 2nd grade. Pictured Above: 1 Given a small a pile of hearts, Eli had to figure out how many ... Read More
Free Nature in Your Notebook Winter Printables
One of the best ways to perk up the school year during the winter is to get outside. Yes, you heard right - get outside! I know it's cold, but I also know what "going stir crazy" feels like and how {even cold weather} nature walks can rejuvenate the spirit. Not to mention, there's a world of nature waiting to be studied during the winter! Nature in Your Notebook To get you started in your nature explorations, I've created THREE fun notebooking pages that will guide you on walks from Valentine's Day through those first sweet signs of spring. To download them, simply click on the graphics. Lovely Winter Walk: Valentine's Day is just around the corner, so how about ... Read More
Candy Heart Lessons
What kid wouldn't love a break from the regular schedule of homeschooling to enjoy a funschooling day full of candy heart lessons??? Mom, I promise that your day won't be wasted and you'll be able to check off just about every box in your lesson planner! Teaching with Candy Hearts Grab a big bag of candy hearts from the Valentine aisle and the grocery and you have just about everything you need for a full day of STEM activities and more. K-3rd Grade Candy Heart Lessons My little guy was five when we completed these activities, but they are very appropriate for children through 2nd grade. Pictured Above: 1 Given a small a pile of hearts, Eli had to figure out how many each ... Read More
Nature In Your Notebook Printables
One of the best ways to perk up the school year during the winter is to get outside. Yes, you heard right - get outside! I know it's cold, but I also know what "going stir crazy" feels like and how {even cold weather} nature walks can rejuvenate the spirit. Not to mention, there's a world of nature waiting to be studied during the winter! Nature in Your Notebook To get you started in your nature explorations, I've created THREE fun notebooking pages that will guide you on walks from Valentine's Day through those first sweet signs of spring. To download them, simply click on the graphics. Lovely Winter Walk: Valentine's Day is just around the corner, so how about ... Read More
Candy Heart Valentine’s Day Math Printables
Do you and your children need a break from monotonous math lessons this winter? I have two FREE Valentine printables that should help! These elementary lessons use candy hearts to inspire some fun and yummy math learning. Candy Heart Valentine's Day Math Lessons Area and Perimeter with Candy Hearts The Measure of a Heart worksheet uses candy hearts to practice measuring perimeter and area. Perimeter is the measurement around an object and area is the measurement of an object's surface. To measure the perimeter of the hearts on the worksheet, place candy hearts around the edges of the hearts - the dark lines - and count how many candy hearts it takes to go all the way around. To ... Read More
Valentine Fun
Today is bittersweet for us. As you'll see below, the boys and I have been having lots of fun celebrating Valentine's Day. However, today is Mahayla's 13th birthday and she's sick. She and I were supposed to be going to CIY Believe together later this afternoon with the Jr. High youth group, too. Oh well, there will be plenty of time for celebrating birthdays and worshiping our Lord when she's better. I just hope I can convince her of that. On the happier side of our day, see what the boys have been up to... Caleb's Activities You can find the area/perimeter sheet and patterning sheet on this post. Another fun math activity was Pascal's Heart Triangle from ... Read More
A Lot of Valentine Fun
Hubby and I celebrated Valentine's Day on Saturday, so I decided to do a family Valentine's Day celebration on Friday. To get the excitement rolling, we ditched the math books and used little sweethearts to create graphs and find the mean, median and mode of candy that I gave them. We spent much of the afternoon preparing for a special dinner of - Heart Pizza Lemon-Strawberry Slushies and Heart-shaped Ice Cream Cookies We finished off the night by watching the Charlie Brown Valentine special from earlier in the week. I'm not a huge Charlie Brown fan, but the kids loved it! At church Sunday, the Jr. Church lessons focused on, of course, LOVE. Love the Lord your God with all ... Read More