When I was young, I spent a period of time living with my grandmother who was an expert at having fun. She took me to see my first movie at a movie theater back when I was about 5 years old (we saw My Little Pony) and I was completely in love with the experience. The tickets, the popcorn, the dimmed ...
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Ancient Egyptian Cards
This site uses affiliate links. I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you!Ancient Egypt was one of the world's most powerful civilizations. Their prosperity lasted for thousands of years. These free, printable cards describe 12 of the most famous Ancient Egyptians. They can be combined with several of my other resources onAncient Historyfor learning about this important ...
Ancient Egypt Definition Cards
This site uses affiliate links. I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you!Egypt has such a rich and fascinating history. It's amazing to me how we can know so much about people that lived thousands (and thousands) of years ago. Throughout this school year, I'm planning to help my son learn about ancient history. What better place to start than with ancient Egypt? These ...
Dinosaur Cards and Lap Book
This site uses affiliate links. I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you!Every night I ask my kindergarten son, "What do you want to learn about tomorrow?" Nine times out of 10, he says dinosaurs. We've been reading lots of library books on dinosaurs, but I wanted to make his learning more hands-on. It took me awhile to put together these dinosaur cards and the ...
Land and Water Form Cards
This site uses affiliate links. I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you!I want to be helpful. I really do. If there is something I can make that would help your child learn more about a topic they are interested in or master a difficult concept, I'm happy to give it a shot (though I can't promise to be fast). Feel free to contact me. About a month ago, I asked some ...
Addition Strip Board
This site uses affiliate links. I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you!Who doesn't love the Montessori, hands-on, self-correcting style of learning? It seems like most kids learn best when they get to move pieces around with their hands to understand how things work rather than have someone verbally explain a concept to them. I created this addition strip board and the ...
Universe Cards
This site uses affiliate links. I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you!If you liked my solar system cards from a couple weeks ago, I'm hoping you'll like these free, printable, 3-part Montessori-style universe cards as well. Before too long, I plan to make some space exploration cards to go along with these sets, so be sure to sign up for my newsletter if you're ...
Blank World History Timeline
This site uses affiliate links. I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you!I first heard about the concept of a blank world history timeline in the book More Charlotte Mason Education. If one follows those guidelines, each child has their own "Book of Centuries" that they keep throughout their whole education (starting maybe around 4th grade). Each century of human history ...
Rhyming Wheels
This site uses affiliate links. I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you!I was inspired to make these rhyming wheels by a book from the 1970's called Teaching the Young Child by Susan Rounds. Her idea involved two paper plates and no flaps or pictures, but she didn't have the photo editing software that made making these easy. Basically, the way these work is that ...
Solar System Cards
This site uses affiliate links. I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you!Is there anyone who isn't fascinated by astronomy? My kids admittedly have a hard time wrapping their heads around the enormity of space and will ask questions like, "What's bigger...Jupiter or California?" However, they love talking about planets and learning whatever I'm willing to teach them. ...