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Are your students learning to write their names? This Q-tip activity helps children learn the letters in their name and also helps develop fine motor skills. The free printable is editable, so teachers, homeschoolers, and parents can easily make the Q-tip names! To do this activity, you’ll just need the following: Q-tips washable paint card stock paper scissors glue construction paper (optional) free printable (found at the bottom of this email) There are two ways to use this printable. The first version is the easier one because it requires fewer tech skills! Version 1 Print the alphabet cards. You will...

Mark Your Calendar: Join me, Colleen Kessler, and Pam Barnhill live next Monday, Oct 17 at 4:30pm ET as we share about “Our Biggest Homeschool Regrets!” Learn from our mistakes and our combined 35 years of homeschooling experience so you can avoid making the same ones! Watch live via my Facebook page on Monday or join via this Zoom link (note that there’s a limit to the number of participants who can join on Zoom, so make sure you’re there early to save your seat) Weekend homeschool links: On Reading Traumatic Stories Humility & Courage Take this free Stress Busting...

I like when projects can hit several different subject areas. In this instance we’re going to hit History and writing with this Oregon Trail dice game, and bonus it’s a game! Kids always love to learn more when it’s a game! So this is going to hit a history lesson, some gameschooling, and a writing lesson (I need to make a landing page for that). (there are affiliate links in here) Oregon Trail Dice game supplies Oregon Trail Dice game, dice, pencil (I buy giant stacks of them at the beginning of the school year) Setting up to play the...

Raising Arrows Large Family Homeschool Life – Week 40 of 2022 Lots of Autumn activities and outdoorsy fun for our family this week! Read all of the Large Family Homeschool Life! MONDAY This morning, I made my usual breakfast (eggs, hash browns, spinach, and one slice of bacon crumbled over the top) and made a big pot of oatmeal for the kids. It is chilly this morning, but will be over 80° this afternoon. At 10am, I called the kids to the living room to sing a few hymns and read our Bible story from Hurlbut’s Story of the Bible. From...

.wp-block-image img {max-width: 100%;} img {height: auto;} CLASSIC STITCHY ORNAMENTS is a post from Confessions of a Homeschooler. If you’ve enjoyed this post, be sure to follow Erica on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and Pinterest! Also be sure to stop by her Community to join the discussion or her Store to see her latest items! It’s time for the 12 Days of Stitchy Ornaments! Last year we did a fun stitch-a-long, and so I thought it would be fun to do another one this year! This year’s ornaments are totally different from the 2021 Stitchy Ornaments, so make sure to check...