Our favorite site for Geography and History

We have been using this site since 2009. Mr. Donn’s site, in my opinion is a wonderful site for immersing young children in History and Geography, two subjects that many homeschoolers like myself are interested in teaching.

At Mr. Donn's site, you'll find indexes on Ancient History, World History and American History including lesson plans and activities. There are stories, online handouts,

Free Worksheets, Games and more

Through the early years of our homeschooling I did not use workbooks or worksheets much because they did not appeal to my son “Godzilla boy.” He preferred a hand on approach through learning so we never used workbooks when he was a toddler and preschooler.

That changed in the last several years when we had our second son Turtle who loves workbooks and worksheets. He devours them and can’t get

Songs for Teaching

I used to post Websites of the week for a homeschooling forum that I moderated through the years. Since having a preschooler, I found myself revisiting them while finding new websites for resources, so I thought I'd share. Songs for Teaching is wonderful for teaching concepts such as directions, body parts, opposites, weather and seasons plus more!This site provides educational songs for just

Be out there

According to the National Wildlife Federation. today's kids spend only four to seven minutes outside per day. They log more than seven hours per day in front of electronic media.Make a difference in the health and well-being of our children--and feel the difference that it makes in you.Join the Be Out There™ movement and spend more time outdoors.Visit http://www.beoutthere.org/ to learn more!

Website of the week: Stickers and Charts

StickersandCharts.com is this site I found a few weeks ago when I was searching for ideas to make a weather chart for our calendar math area at home. You don't have to print the printables on sticker sheets. I printed mine on plain copy paper, cut them, and glued them to card stock (you can glue them to construction paper too).This site hassports stickers and chartsSmiley stickers and stamp

Wednesday's website of the week

I used to post Websites of the week for my a homeschooling forum I moderate through the years. Now, with my second son I find myself revisiting them so I thought I'd share. Here's this week's website of the week.If you have a children who enjoy science this site is for you!Steve Spangler Science brings science hands on to children. They do more than talk about science, they show with photos and