Winter Learning Fun
Free Printable Weather Tree for February
Free Printable January Weather Tree!
Free Printable Bird Guide
Review: A Year of Forest School
Facts, activity pages and more to celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr.
50 Fabulously fun ways for kids to practice their handwriting
Cold weather science: Make a cloud on the ground!
Sing physics and chemistry carols with the kids! (Updated with more songs)
Better homeschool resolutions
Weather trees to maple syrup candy: Science and nature fun for January
Print out a FREE weather station for the kids!
Free bird sighting log sheets!
The science of frozen bubbles and how to make them in cold climates or warm
Math Fun
Starting out
Easy homeschooling on the road
Sensory Integration tricks to help kids focus — from pre-K through high school
Better homeschool resolutions
Lesson number one of homeschooling
Should you homeschool through the summer?
What is lapbooking and why is it so great for homeschooling?
50 fun household materials to use for poetry, spelling and more
Homeschool 101: What is The Iowa Test of Basic Skills?
Homeschool 101: What is the California Achievement Test?
100 Ways homeschooled kids get socialization
What homeschoolers can learn from Swedish preschools
Fun ways for homeschoolers to celebrate the first day of school
What homeschoolers can learn from Finland’s math success
Homeschool 101: What about socialization?
Designing your own lapbooks
50 Ways homeschoolers can get physical education
Homeschooling as a working parent
Homeschooling your active child
Ten incredibly fun ways to teach history in your homeschool
20 Ways to put more joy in your homeschooling day
50 Fabulous electives for homeschooled high schoolers
WatchKnowLearn offers thousands of free educational videos for kids
How to help your child love to write
Five lessons to take from Charlotte Mason for your homeschool
10 Reasons nature study should be a priority in your homeschool
Five lessons to take from unschooling for your homeschool
Homeschool 101: What is deschooling?
Five lessons to take from Montessori for your homeschool
New to homeschooling? What you need to buy right now
Nature Studies
Free Printable Weather Tree for April
Here’s a fun way for kids to track the weather and sneak in some math! Have them color a weather tree this month, with each color representing a different kind of weather. I make up a weather tree for each issue of Wild Kids Magazine, a free monthly nature magazine for kids and their grown […]
Free Printable Bird Guide
Here’s a wonderful freebie for your nature studies. The Cornell Institute of Ornithology offers its 12 page BirdSleuth Explorer’s Guidebook absolutely free to download and print. The full color booklet includes lots of great stuff for identifying birds, including some fun activities and worksheets to fill out. Pages include: Wake up your ears What’s a […]
March Nature Studies: 10 Wonderful Ways to Learn with Nature in March
Looking for some fun ways to work nature studies into your homeschooling this month? Here are all kinds of wonderful ways to use nature to work science, math, writing, art and more into your learning. Whether you live out in the country or are stuck inside an apartment this month, there are still ideas to […]
Should you homeschool through the summer?
One of the great things about homeschooling is that you can do it in the ways that fit your family’s needs. You can choose how to homeschool, what to use and when to do it. That said, what’s the best way to approach the summer months? There are many good reasons to continue homeschooling through […]
Seed pod birdfeeders to weather wagers: Science and nature ideas for November
It’s a brand new month, and there are lots of new opportunities for science and nature study with the kids. Here are five fun ways to incorporate these subjects in your homeschooling this month. Make seed pod and pine cone bird feeders. We’ve all seen the pine cone and peanut butter type of bird feeder […]
EarthCache provides fantastic science adventures for nature sites all over
Looking for a fun way to teach earth sciences, navigation, map skills and more? EarthCache combines all of these with field trips in your area (and around the world) to create educational adventures for the whole family. EarthCache was created by the Geological Society of America. They explain: How is an EarthCache different from a […]
5 Fun Ways to Enjoy Nature Studies in June
June is such a beautiful month that it’s nearly immoral to spend too much of it inside! Here are some fun ways to take the learning outside this month and have a great time doing it. Grow some gladiolas. Glads are wonderful flowers for children. They’re easy to grow, colorful, inexpensive, and don’t take much […]
Learn and craft about fireflies!
Fireflies offer the perfect blend of science, nature, fun and magic. This is the perfect time of year to study them, too, and do some firefly crafts with the kids. Here are all sorts of ways to study these fascinating little insects and have some fun. Firefly.org is the perfect spot to start your firefly […]
Print out free animal track ID cards!
Here’s a wonderful resource for your nature studies. Hobby Farms is offering free, colorful animal track ID cards that you can print out to use for all sorts of educational fun. The sixteen cards include: Deer Mountain Lion Wolf Wild Turkey Skunk Beaver Bobcat Squirrel Fox Opossum Mole Mouse Raccoon Rabbit Coyote Bear The cards […]
Summer science: Tell the temperature with crickets!
Here’s a great way to combine nature studies, science and math in a really fun way — use crickets to tell the temperature! My husband has been teaching our kids to tell the temperature by counting cricket chirps for years. It sounds like a bit of blarney, but it actually works and scientists have been […]
Free curricula in every subject for your preschooler (it’s not what you think)
I’ve been sharing free curricula for every subject and each grade in this column, and several parents have asked me to share free curricula for preschoolers. I’ve put off doing a preschool list yet for two reasons: If you’re new to homeschooling your kids, it’s more important to find resources for older kids than it […]
50 Things to look at under a microscope
So you have a microscope (or are giving one to the kids for Christmas) and you’re stuck on what to do next? Here are 50 easy-to-find things to view under a microscope. All of these can be viewed with a basic microscope without high powered lenses (or even a pocket scope), though they’ll often […]
