Earlier this week we unboxed our very first Spike Prime. Now we are starting to become familiar with the major components included in our kit. Namely, the Spike Prime hub, motors, and sensors. Next time, I will share how to download the Spike Prime app on desktop and transfer your very first program ...
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Getting Started With Spike Prime: The Unboxing
This site uses affiliate links. I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you!About 6 years ago, I bought a LEGO Mindstorms EV3 (LEGO's robot kit before the Spike Prime). My kids and I worked together to build a robot using the instructions in the box. We learned how to drive it around like a remote control car. Then it sat in a closet on a shelf where it still sits to this ...
Treasure Hunt Math
This site uses affiliate links. I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you!Last week I shared one of my kids' hands-down favorite ways to review math concepts, Game Show Math. This post on our Treasure Hunt Math game is our other favorite way to practice. We have been doing treasure hunts in our home since my kids were teeny tiny. Here are two posts from 2014! My oldest ...
Game Show Math
This site uses affiliate links. I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you!I have been wanting to share this fun way of practicing math for years! As many of you know, we have been using my Minimalist Math curriculum (available free here) all through elementary school. This curriculum removes all the repetition of a traditional curriculum while still covering all the same ...
Julieta and the Diamond Enigma
This site uses affiliate links. I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you!This was such a fun book with a lot of cultural references that are fun to explore. Everyone from my 6-year-old up to my 13-year-old and I enjoyed it, which is a rare occurrence nowadays. A mystery, a spunky heroine, excitement, suspense...I have no problem unequivocally recommending this book to ...
Uppercase Printing Sheets
This site uses affiliate links. I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you!A few months back (where does time go???), I shared some lowercase printing sheets I made for my dyslexic kiddo. I finally got around to finishing the uppercase sheets! This summer, I'm planning to make him some cursive sheets, so sign up for my email list if you want to be notified! Maybe they ...
Science is WEIRD Review
This site uses affiliate links. I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you!From the very first time my kids sat down to watch a recorded lesson of Science is WEIRD, our entire family was hooked. At the time, I wasn't sure what to expect from a class that marketed itself as "hyperactive." I wasn't really planning to watch it with my kids. I'm a grown-up. I have things to ...
Wonword
This site uses affiliate links. I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you!I wasn't sure how practical this language arts game was going to be for my family of six since three of my four kids are below the recommended age range on the box. However, I shouldn't have worried. We all love this game! We had so much fun playing and the kids learned a ton. The vocabulary is ...
Digital Dotted Notebook
This site uses affiliate links. I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you!For the past few years, I have been trying to go paperless. I converted my paper planner to a digital planner. I started using my phone to make digital versions of documents to save in Evernote. Everything from water bills to my kids' drawings. One of the big remaining sources of paper in my life is ...
Echo Mountain
This site uses affiliate links. I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you!It has been a long time since I have read a young adult novel that I found as impactful and moving as Echo Mountain. This is the story of 12-year-old Ellie whose family moves to the mountains of Maine to survive the wilderness on their own during the Great Depression. There is a loyal and clever ...