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We are excited to get started on this first day of spring with simple ways to study nature and a fresh set of homeschool nature study ideas. It hardly seems possible that we are at the beginning of another spring season but here we go! We look forward to another season of encouraging nature study. Have fun and get outdoors with your children! First Day of Spring: Simple Ways to Study Nature in Your Homeschool Inside Preparation Work1. If you have not read pages 23-24 (How to Use This Book) in the Handbook of Nature Study, please read it now....

Listen Now 503: The Great 50 Item Closet Cleanout  Kathi is here with the clutter-free OG and queen of the fresh start, Tonya Kubo, to introduce the next Clutter Free Challenge – The Great 50 Item Closet Clean-Out. Have you been looking for ways to declutter your closet, make it more functional, find your style and have more space to enjoy the clothes you love? On March 16, Kathi will be joined by style expert Kim Nowlin live in the Clutter Free Academy Facebook Group at 11:00am (PT) to help you figure out how to make the most of this...

Raising Arrows Finding Our Way Back Home How do we wade through all the homeschooling information out there and finally find our way back to what is right for our family. To read the entire Homeschool Information Overload series, START HERE. This series on Homeschool Information Overload is an outcropping of my own homeschooling journey.  I’ve been that mom stressed by all the information, questioning every curriculum choice, changing curriculum several times a year, wondering if I’d ever get it right.   I was so tired, so worn out, so sick of it all.   What I really wanted was...

You will love this list of picture books that teach fractions, ratios, percentages, and decimals! These topics can be tough for children to grasp…until you bring them to life through picture books. You’ve heard me say it a million times, but picture books can go a long way in helping children understand tough topics. Math is abstract. That means it isn’t something that our children can easily grasp if they have no prior knowledge or some frame of reference to start with. Picture books (and hands-on activities) are great for doing just that. This post contains affiliate links. Even if...

Help young children work on their fine motor skills while learning to form shapes with these free printable Shape Worksheets. These shapes worksheets for kindergarten help students learn 14 shapes including: square. trapezoid, circle, pentagon, triangle, heart, octagon, star, crescent, diamond, parallelogram, rectangle, oval, and hexagon.  Toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, and first graders will have fun tracing […] The post FREE Printable Tracing Shapes Worksheets for Kindergarten appeared first on 123 Homeschool 4 Me.