Previously, I shared our picks for 3rd grade curriculum, and today, I wanted to share our choices for 1st grade. HomeEd Expert’s recommendations were a tremendous help but I also had some curriculum tucked away from when Lira was in 1st grade. About my 1st grader ~ If Franc were in publish school, he would [...]
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Our 3rd Grade Homeschool Curriculum Choices 2012-2013
I love this time of year! I have prayed over our curriculum choices, made it past the purchases, and the boxes have arrived! I can hardly wait to dive into the new books. There is just something about those fresh pages… new subjects… It is like Christmas. I relied heavily on the HomeEd Expert’s recommendations [...]
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Teaching Your Child to Multiply on Their Fingers
If the multiplication worksheets and fact cards with visual cues have not helped… If using the graphics organizers and cups have not helped… If you are still struggling with a way to teach your child how to multiply, teach them to use their fingers. A video is embeded. Please click through to view. Linked with love [...]
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Teaching Your Child to Multiply (More Printables)
Just a note to say that I have extended the Multiplication Worksheets and Fact Cards with Visual Cues to include factors of 11x and 12x but I have also been thinking of another way to help children learn to multiply. One suggestion made in the book Visual Supports for People with Autism: A Guide for [...]
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Free Multiplication Worksheets & Fact Cards {with Visual Cues}
Recently, I have been reading Visual Supports for People with Autism: A Guide for Parents and Professionals (Topics in Autism) and knew that I would need help teaching Lira how to multiply. I needed a way for her to visualize the multiplication problems, not just so she would get the correct product but so that [...]
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Science with Curious George Silly Squares
Looking for an easy science project? Dunecraft has an amazing assortment of science products that your kids will love. (No, this is not a sponsored post. I just happened to get a few kits from Totsy, loved them, and wanted to share them with you.) I needed something to help explain non-vascular plants to the [...]
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Teaching Time Related to the Day (Free Printables)
Lira can tell time really well. However, recently we were talking about what time of day it is when particular events happen and she looked at me like a deer in headlights. While I am not sure if this is an Autism thing or a 2nd grader thing, I wanted to improve this weakness. So, [...]
Ideas for Making Math Fun
Math can be boring. Admit it. The same facts over and over again. So, spice math up and make it more fun with these ideas: Play cards. A great website found by one of our Facebook friends, Mrs. Gold’s Class, has a list of math games you can play with a deck of cards and/or [...]
Educational Gift Ideas
If you are looking at the calendar and watching Christmas creep closer while wondering what to purchase for the child in your life, please consider these ideas for products we own and love. For your mathmetician ~ If it is time for a board game, Qwirkle is always a first choice because it combines everything: [...]
Pumpkins! Unit Study ~ Day Two
The sniffles are settling in. Bill was very sick over the weekend and I think he might have brought a bug home from the high school. Still, Day Two of our Pumpkins Unit Study was fun. Glue Line Pumpkins The glue line paintings were so much fun. They probably would have been prettier with regular, [...]
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