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Career Exploration for Kids with TruSpark

Career Exploration for Kids with TruSpark

by Melissa Droegemueller | Jan 20, 2022 | Homeschooling (Tweens and Teens)

Are you looking for career exploration resources for your teens and tweens? The TruSpark Curriculum and Assessment might be just what you need! During my childhood years, I was asked over and over, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” For a short time during my...
18 Favorite Children’s Books from 2021

18 Favorite Children’s Books from 2021

by Melissa Droegemueller | Dec 22, 2021 | Great Books

I had such a good time sharing my favorite books of 2020, that I decided to do it again this year! I read about 100 titles this year (give or take a couple), and these are my favorite 2021 children’s books. Each of the books listed in this post received a 5-star...
Top 12 Educational Toys for Young Kids

Top 12 Educational Toys for Young Kids

by Melissa Droegemueller | Oct 28, 2021 | Learning At Home

Do your kids like toys? I bet they do! (Honestly, I love them, too.) In our family, we do a lot of learning through play, and we have quite a few educational toys around the house. Every year, I like to see which books and educational toys are most popular here on the...
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Early math AND fine motor skills? Yes, please! Ga Early math AND fine motor skills? Yes, please! Gather red and blue UNO cards (0-9) and practice putting them in order, matching, making groups of 10, and counting out the same number of pom poms (one-to-one correspondence). You can also make simple two-player games -- ideas are included in the video here: https://youtu.be/dm-LnhAcYk0 #homeschoolpreschool #preschoolathome #earlylearning101 #littlelearners #totschool #toddlerfun #toddlerlearning #preschoolplay #preschoolfun #earlyyearsideas #preschoollearning #preschoollife #preKathome #playbasedpreschool #toddleractivities #preschoolactivities #preKactivities #kidsactivities #homeschoolingideas #learningthroughplay #playbasedlearning #playtolearn #playislearning #openendedplay #playingislearning #playmatters #learnandplay #wherelearningmeetsplay #learningisfun #letkidsplay
At the beginning of 2022, I shared my word of the At the beginning of 2022, I shared my word of the year with all of you: RESET. Big change is scary (and often hard for me to commit to), but a bunch of tiny changes add up. As we transition from the end of the school year to summer, it's time for a reset around our home. I have books and papers scattered around the house, and the random piles are starting to make me anxious. Instead of diving into the project impulsively -- and undoubtedly making a bigger mess -- I've decided to do a 31-day reset. Each day, I'll tidy one spot in the house: bookshelves, desks, doom boxes, and random piles in every room of the house. Want to join me? #learningathome #learnathome #homeschoollife #homeschoolersofinstagram #365homeschool #homeschoolblog #homeschoolfamily #thisishomeschool #homeschoollookslikethis #homeschoolingmom #homeschoolmoms #homeschooling #intentionalmotherhood #thisismotherhood #motherhoodjourney #parenting #momlife #parentingwin #momentsinmotherhood #parentinggoals #raisingkids #sahmlife #workathomemoms #wahmlife #mompreneurlife
My favorite thing about unit studies is that they My favorite thing about unit studies is that they can go any number of ways -- a #beachunitstudy can focus on animals that live in the habitat, the difference between saltwater and freshwater beaches, lessons on ecology and pollution, etc. We can read fiction books and non-fiction books, play with sand on the beach or at home, and talk about why protection from the sun is so important. Even if we repeat a unit study topic from year to year, it can be something completely new every time! (See our favorite beach books here: https://rollingprairiereaders.com/beach-books/) #learningathome #learnathome #homeschoollife #homeschoolersofinstagram #365homeschool #homeschoolblog #homeschoolfamily #thisishomeschool #homeschoollookslikethis #homeschoolingmom #homeschoolmoms #homeschooling #childledlearning #followthechild #littlebookworms #readeveryday #readingisfun #picturebookoftheday #readingwithkids #picturebookstagram #readaloud #readaloudfamily #readtome #readersofinstagram #whatwearereading #kidsbooks #kidlit #homeschoolpreschool #preschoolathome
Math struggles. Yuck! Every year, about this time Math struggles. Yuck! Every year, about this time, a certain textbook gets flung across the room out of frustration. It's the end of the school year, and our brains are all ready for a break. But it seems like the math lessons just keep getting harder and harder. That confidence that we started the year with? Gone. Will it return? Hopefully, when we start the new school year. Thankfully, we've been through this before. The end-of-year math slump is not new to me or to my precious kiddo. This year, I even remembered it was going to happen BEFORE the daily tears and meltdowns started. Instead of fighting to get through a lesson a day, we slow down to the pace that's right for us. We make it through fewer problems, yes -- but I know she's understanding the material instead of rushing through just to say it's done. We learned quite a few years ago that we can't take a break from math over the summer. Even if we just do five problems a day during the break, it means we won't have to work so hard to catch up in the fall. That means we don't HAVE TO finish the math book before the last day of school. We just have to keep moving forward. Together. (Want to read more about making math less stressful at home? https://rollingprairiereaders.com/learning-math/) #learningathome #learnathome #homeschoollife #homeschoolersofinstagram #365homeschool #homeschoolblog #homeschoolfamily #thisishomeschool #homeschoollookslikethis #homeschoolingmom #homeschoolmoms #homeschooling #raisinghappykids #parentingwin #momentsinmotherhood #parentinggoals #raisingkids #learntheirway
🌬️ Windy video -- sorry! 🌬️ Last week o 🌬️ Windy video -- sorry! 🌬️ Last week on our road trip, we found a quiet (but windy!) cove where dolphins were hanging out. This was a dream come true for our teenager, who LOVES dolphins. This is one of the advantages of being a geocaching family -- I was looking at caches in the area and saw one titled, 'Dolphin Watching!' Free parking, public beach, no one around us, and this view...doesn't get much better. 🙂 #familyadventures #geocaching #dolphinwatching #simplechildhood #enchantedchildhood #parenting #momlife #slowdownmotherhood #joyfulmamas #kidsforreal #momsofinstagram #happyfamily #raisinghappykids #parentingwin #momentsinmotherhood
It has been an incredibly wet, windy, and cold spr It has been an incredibly wet, windy, and cold spring -- our trees are still bare in our front yard! But I woke up this morning to sunshine and happy birds singing outside. ☀️ So, we are going to change up our plan and enjoy this special gift!
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