Last year my preschool aged daughter completed her Grade 1 homeschooling year. Our chosen curriculum for math was Math Mammoth and IXL. Now that she’s moving on to the 2nd grade, I can look back at the previous year and analyze what worked and didn’t work. Here’s my IXL and grade 1 Math Mammoth review. IXL IXL was great. …
Melanie Thomas
A look back at the past homeschooling year allows for reflection on what worked and what should be changed. How we plan our homeschooling schedule this year is at the top of my list for what I will change for next year. At the beginning of last year I scheduled each days learning for the whole entire …
This months Poppins Book Nook theme is Composers. Introducing this subject to my daughter has been on my long list of to do’s for a while now, as there have been so many natural openings to do so. My daughter LOVES to dance! I mean probably daily she dresses herself up in a costume, sometimes …
Summer is here and it’s the perfect time of year for some outdoor learning. This summer my daughter and I have begun learning foraging. My 5 year old is naturally interested in learning to forage as she is always looking outdoors for things she can eat. Honestly, it’s my duty to learn this with her so she learns …
Our family lives in a forest, so we decided to do a forest and woods theme. Going along nicely with the theme, I chose the book A New Friend (The Adventures of Sophie Mouse). (affiliate link) My daughter received this book as a gift. The cover looks cute and adorable but I will be honest, I …
Let’s be honest, homechooling can be challenging for us parents of younger children. The younger a child is, the more time consuming it is for us and the more involved we have to be. So wouldn’t you agree that having independent learning activities in our bag of tricks is incredibly valuable for those times we …
Summer is nearly here, my favourite season as we get to be outside quite a bit. We love to take our learning outside and do some outdoor math activities. My daughter loves an outdoor game where she can have fun while doing both addition and subtraction. One game my daughter plays while doing her math …
Learning the number bonds to 19 is next in our number bonds worksheets math series. In this series of math printables, kids learn the number bonds from zero to twenty. They also learn most if not all of the math skills they need to be able to figure out the number bonds – that includes place value …
A few months back, my daughter and I visited a dairy farm. We learned quite a bit about dairy farming, how cows are milked, and we got to see so many adorable calves. Don’t you just want to reach through the screen and pet this cutie. Seeing the calves was both a highlight and also …