Montessori Math: Four Operations (Addition) with Free Printable
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Montessori Math: Four Operations (Addition) with Free Printable

Montessori can be a daunting method to many homeschooling moms, especially because there is a misconception that all of the materials need to be purchased and the cost can really add up. But in reality, The Montessori Method couldn’t be easier to do at home nowadays. In this post, I will show you a sample…

Tutorial for Math Manipulatives: How to Make Magnetic Pom Poms
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Tutorial for Math Manipulatives: How to Make Magnetic Pom Poms

I fell in love with using magnetic pom poms in school when my youngest was three. If you search anywhere online, then you are bound to find them being used in some manner as math manipulatives or just fun play tools for young children. As my youngest became older, a whopping seven years old, the…

Winter Educational Activities
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Winter Educational Activities

What child isn’t fascinated with snow? At the first sight of snow falling, my kids’ excitement goes through the roof and they start making plans to head out to make snow angels, snowballs, and snow forts. I’ll admit, I’m not a fan of bundling up all the kids (and then un-bundling them when they have…

Ben Franklin’s Birthday Science Experiment
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Ben Franklin’s Birthday Science Experiment

Although Ben Franklin’s kite experiment resulted in the invention of the lightning rod which helps keep lighting from destroying our homes, that is not an experiment we want our children to try because it can be fatal. But the notion that there are negative and positive forces all around us can tell our students to…