None of us want our child to struggle with math facts. We hope that skills like subtraction will come easily to them, or plan to drill at h...

My dad would always take is out to the flag pole on all the national holidays like Memorial Day or Independence Day. He let u...

We're enjoying spring break with a little camp out in the yard tonight. Next week it's back to school though, so I have a ...

These DIY ornaments turn out so pretty that children might like to do them at home for fun or as gifts. However, you could easily use them...

The dishes were piled high, creating a mess that matched the rest of the house, and I needed to eat the lunch I had missed with the rest of...

As my first fall in the classroom drew to a close, it dawned on me that I wasn't going to make it through my curriculum.  With...

Are your kids starting school soon?  Mine already started this week!  If you are like me, the start of the school year is a bit of a let d...

One of my goals for the rest of this school year is to do more fun projects with my kids.  Participating in the V irtual Book Club fo...

  We were living on an island up in Washington a couple years ago, when my sister gave my son a copy of   Animal Habitats by Judy Press . ...

This activity addresses several different skills.   For kindergarten purposes, it most directly addresses the Common Core objectiv...

Skip counting serves as a basis for multiplication. Make math concrete with this fun activity. Within the next two m...

This week, we're working on decomposing numbers into their pairs.  For example, three and seven make ten.  Our materials are pre...

"Mom, I hate this!" Writing is a chore for my child, and I've always been worried that his hate of writing might bleed over ...