Elementary Learning

Lowercase Printing Sheets

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A couple of my kiddos have a tendency to write their letters bottom to top. One of them, who is dyslexic, also sometimes writes his letters right to left. In the long run, do I think it's really going to matter if they never outgrow these habits? Not really. I think they'll be fine. However, I think ...

Relative Size of Pluto Activity

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Over 7 years ago, one of the first homeschool posts I ever shared was this Relative Size of the Planets activity when my 7th grader was back in Kindergarten. (Seriously, where does time go?!) Back in the day, when I had one fewer child and a lot more free time, I did all the calculations so that I ...

First Grade Math Cards: Patterns & Sequences

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It's important to me that my kids understand math. However, I am not a proponent of the "drill and kill" teaching philosophy. Maybe it is effective, but personally, I think it's unnecessary. That's why I created my own math curriculum for my kids. You can find my full First Grade Minimalist Math ...

Nile River Delta Activity

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Especially with younger kids, hands-on activities help cement learning in our children's minds. I might have told my kids that the Nile River was in Egypt 10 times, and they still probably would forget. By making a model of the Nile River delta not only did the words "Nile" and "Egypt" become a ...

Papyrus and Hieroglyph Activity

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I love to make my kids' education experiential and hands-on whenever possible. Often, life gets so busy that my grand ideas don't actually happen as often as I would like. Over the course of the past year, given the shutdown pandemic-y status of the world, we were actually able to do a lot more ...

Ancient Mesopotamian Ziggurat Activity

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Making time to do hands-on history activities with my kids can be a challenge sometimes, but I think it is worth the effort. Kids seem to remember information so much better if they get to experience it in a hands-on way instead of just reading about it. As part of our ancient Mesopotamia studies ...

Customizing a Premium Theme

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Recently I have been working on starting a blog for my daughter so she can practice her writing and typing skills while working on her passion project. I thought I would use this opportunity to explain the steps needed to start a blog that could potentially one day make money. I'm hoping these ...

I’ve Setup My Blog! Now What?

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In my last couple posts, I've shown how to set up a blog from scratch for a child as well as how to setup an email address associated with that blog. If you've followed the instructions in those last two posts, you may be thinking, "I've setup my blog! Now what?" These next steps are not strictly ...

How to Setup HostGator Email

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I recently finished writing the post, How to Start a Blog for a Kid, and I've decided to keep going while I'm still motivated. When you have a blog, it is nice to have an email address associated with your blog, using your domain name. This is not at all required, but it keeps you from having to ...

How to Start a Blog for a Kid

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When my oldest was about 7, he wanted to start a blog about playing pool and I told him no. He will likely go to his grave still irritated about this refusal. At the time, I thought he was too young, and I didn't want him out on the internet. I still feel like caution and discretion need to be used ...