Grade By Grade Learning Objective Links

Worried about not teaching the right things? Check out these links for various references about what to teach and when. (Most links are Pre-K through 5th Grade)

You can use these to incorporate lesson ideas for your child(ren) to individualize each child’s learning experience.

Grade by Grade Learning Objectives

HSDLA What Should I Be Teaching?

HSDLA Homeschool Laws In Your State

Grade by Grade Learning Guide via Planet12Sun.com

PBS Kids Grade by Grade Learning Guide

I use these as a guide so I can be sure not to miss anything important while teaching my kiddos.

Happy Homeschooling

 

 

Global Forgiveness Day

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Global Forgiveness Day is a day to forgive and be forgiven. It is celebrated on August 27th. Click here to learn more about this holiday.

Below are some of the activities I found to celebrate this day:

(Use at your own discretion.)

Also check out:

Homeschool: August on Pinterest

Forgiveness for kids on YouTube

 

Love and Respect! A Kids Book About Love and Happiness: Help Your Child Understand Love and Friendship, Faith, Joy and Forgiveness in This Book on Love for Children (Faith Alive)Blotch: A Tale of Forgiveness and Grace

DIY Giant Tic-Tac-Toe Game

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My kids love to play Tic-Tac-Toe and they love to be outside so this combines both of their loves into one great game.  It’s really simple to make also. I really like the fact that most of the items can be found at the dollar store too!

DIY Giant Tic-Tac-Toe Game

Materials Needed:

  • Shower curtain or liner
  • Permanent marker
  • duct tape, you will need three different colors
  • a few old cereal boxes
  • dried beans
  • ruler or measuring tape

**Note: You can omit the boxes, beans, and two colors of duct tape if you happen to have 2 sets of bean bags (four of each color)

Directions:

  1. Cut a 5 ft x 5 ft or 4 ft x 4 ft square out of the shower curtain liner. Lay it flat and draw lines to divide it into 9 equal sections with the marker. Use one color of duct to cover the lines.
  2. If you don’t have bean bags you will need to make some really simple ones. Cut the cardboard into twenty 7 inch x 7 inch squares.
  3. Place two pieces of cardboard together and use one color of duct tape (different from the liner grid) to seal three sides. Fill the ‘bag’ with beans and seal the remaining edge. Cover any visible cardboard with duct tape. Repeat to make a total of 5 bean bags for this color. (You can mark these with x’s, if you want.)
  4. Repeat Step 3 with the remaining squares, beans, and colored tape. (Mark with o’s, if desired.)
  5. Grab a friend and start playing by standing a bit away from the ‘board’. Take turns tossing the bags and try to make a row of the same color/symbol. The row can go across, up or down, and/or diagonal.
  6. Have fun!

 

If you have a sidewalk or concrete you could also draw the board with chalk and use chalk/bean bags to play.

Not a DIYer? No fear you can buy something similar from Amazon:

 

Toysmith Giant Tic-Tac-Toe Game                                 Cardinal Toss Across Game

New School Year, New ABCmouse: ABC Mouse Upgrades!

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A few days ago I posted about why I (temporarily) quit homeschooling my kiddos. Things have been more than a little crazy here and we are still working on getting the house, and our lives, back in order. Progress has been slow but steady and I look forward to getting back into the whole ‘school routine’ shortly.

2025-2026 Homeschool Curriculum: Montessori Integration

One of the many programs that we use in our school routine, and almost every day in between, is ABC Mouse. I’m sure that you’ve seen numerous commercials on TV about the program and while I once thought that this was only something that ‘rich’ people could afford I was wrong.

The price is actually quite affordable and often times you can find special deals like the one you can get when you click this referral link below. They also send out deals via email for previous/current customers.

CLICK HERE FOR A SPECIAL DEAL ON ABC MOUSE!

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Benefits Are Priceless

I couldn’t see the benefits that the program had to offer because I was looking for something FREE. Yes, there are plenty of FREE programs but nothing quite compares to ABC Mouse and my kids love it. My special needs children need a lot of extra attention and sometimes they just ‘don’t get it’ when I try to explain things. When they use ABC Mouse it helps to fill in those gaps of misunderstandings and often they bring me their tablets to show me something that they’ve mastered and the look on their face is PRICELESS.

Homeschool Resources

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Need Science Lesson Help? Grab Your Free Mystery Science Trial Today!

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Free science resource, sign up quickly!

Last year I found this new science resource for homeschoolers, Mystery Science, and we’ve been hooked! They’re offering a free limited trial to 1,580 people this week.

My kids and I have loved using this program and with fun lessons like ‘Could A Volcano Pop Up In Your Backyard?’ and ‘Why Do Frogs Say Ribbit?’ they are always excited for Science Lessons. The lessons are so easy to use and they have so many printables and assessments for you to use as well. These come in so handy when Mommy Brain kicks in and I just can’t get my thoughts together enough to decide what’s for dinner much less plan a science lesson!

You should sign up quickly, they have less than 1,400 free spots remaining (the full membership costs $69 per year).

Click here for your FREE TRIAL!

If you have already used a FREE TRIAL and would like to enroll with a homeschool membership they have a special sale going on through August 31st!

Back-to-School Sale happening NOW!

I am excited to announce that Mystery Science 2018-19 Homeschool Memberships will go on sale from August 15th through August 31st, 2018.

Save $20 on your Homeschool Membership!

What does a Homeschool Membership include?

  • Unlock all Mysteries in every unit through June 30th, 2019.
  • Access new Mysteries released throughout the year.
  • Access to the ‘Mystery Doug’ mini-lessons archive.

Give it a try and let me know what you think!


 

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