One of the first skills a Grade 1 student learns in a French school is the French alphabet. Below you’ll find a no prep lesson plan to help your child learn the alphabet in French. This will be especially helpful for the English speaking or FSL (French Second Language) homeschooling parent who would like their child …
Kindergarten
If you’re looking for educational toys for 6 year olds, I’ve got you covered. Whether your kids love science, building things, arts & crafts, robots, coding, math or puzzles, here are some great toys for kids to learn while they play. Science Toys For Kids… Beginner Electronic Discovery Kit Kids will get to create working electronic circuits, learning …
The theme of this months Poppins Book Nook is “Countries Around The World”. The children’s book I choose is one of my favourites: “The Day The Crayons Came Home”. In the story, a little boy named Duncan get’s a strange stack of postcards in the mail from some of his crayons that he forgot about …
Hour of Code During the week of December 4-10, 2017 tens of millions of students around the world will be participating in a global movement known as “Hour of Code”. The goal of this hour of code is quite simply to expose as many kids as possible to the world of coding. Of course learning …
There are so many great resources available for homeschooling parents to teach art history to even the younger school aged children. I have a 5-year-old so finding resources that make art history fun to learn and appropriate for her age is my endeavour. I’m sharing the best videos, books, and activities I have found that will …
Here are over 20 books kids that love “Frozen” are sure to enjoy. Starting with the book that started it all. The story that the movie “Frozen” was inspired by, the fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen: #1 – The Snow Queen Frozen Books for Toddlers #2 – Anna Loves Elsa #3 – Olaf Welcomes …
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 …
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 …