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Gingerbread Man Printable Unit Fun filled Centers and Worksheets for your Preschool Gingerbread Man Printables. Kids will love these hands-on learning games and activities that work on counting, number formation and order, letter recognition, patterns and more.84 Pages of Fun Printables in this Set!!Get Your copy todayThis Gingerbread Man Printables set also includes 15 no-prep worksheets that reinforce scissor practice, tracing, letters, numbers, patterns and more. These are print and go printables that are great for last minute sub plans or extra practice.This unit includes:16 Hands-on, Interactive Math and Literacy Centers15 No-Prep Extra Practice WorksheetsMake lessons more memorable by adding Taste and Smell and all the senses! Here are some DELICIOUS ways to spice up learning.Prepare your printable goodies for your preschoolers!2. Whip up a batch of gingerbread cookies together.The Pioneer Woman to the rescue!3. Learn the history of gingerbread. Answer the question, “What’s a fairing?”4. Peek at the LARGEST gingerbread house.5. Ooh and Ahhh over the delicious creations of the National Gingerbread Competition!6. Make a gingerbread paper village! Your older kids will LOVE this craft.Download your fun craft7. Grab a few cookies and enjoy a traditional story together!Watch this Read Aloud Here
How to Make Math more fun for Your Kids Inside: 7 Math Picture Books For KidsAs I dreamed about my future as a little girl, I KNEW I was going to do a few things.Be an amazing wife and mom.Grow up to be a teacher.And dance. I was CONVINCED I’d be a ballerina.The only problem I didn’t factor in, was math.It turns out that being good at math and teaching math are two very different skill sets.How do you bring math to life for your kids?I stayed awake many nights trying to figure that out.It turns out the solution is also one of my favorite “do with kids” activities.Reading!7 Math Picture Books For KidsThe Girl With a Mind for Math: The Story of Raye MontagueAfter touring a German submarine in the early 1940s, young Raye set her sights on becoming an engineer. Little did she know sexism and racial inequality would challenge that dream every step of the way, even keeping her greatest career accomplishment a secret for decades. Do Not Open This Math Book: Addition + SubtractionFinally, a FUN book to read with kids that helps bridge the gap between what’s being taught in school and how today’s parents learned math back in the day. Giggle your way through entertaining lessons on addition and subtraction involving muffins, turkey sandwiches, kittens, googly eyes, and more!A Hundred Billion Trillion StarsDid you know that the earth is covered in three trillion trees? And that seven billion people weigh about the same as ten quadrillion ants? Our world is full of constantly changing numbers, from a hundred billion trillion stars in space to thirty-seven billion rabbits on Earth. Can you imagine that many of anything?Place ValueYou had better not monkey around when it comes to place value. The monkeys in this book can tell you why! Order of Operations Task CardsStudents work backwards from the answer and a set of four numbers.Using the information given, the student (or team) must add the appropriate symbols to solve their task.Fractions in Disguise: A Math AdventureCrack the case with George Cornelius Factor in this entertaining math adventure that introduces simplified and reduced fractions with equal parts intrigue and humor.When a valuable fraction goes missing, George Cornelius Factor (a.k.a. GCF) vows to track it down.I’m Trying to Love MathDo multiplication tables give you hives? Do you break out in a sweat when you see more than a few numbers hanging out together? Then I’m Trying to Love Math is for you! In her signature hilarious style, Bethany Barton introduces readers to the things (and people) that use math in amazing ways — like music, and spacecraft, and even baking cookies!Fall Worksheets: Math Mazes, Targets and moreThese Fun Math worksheets are all centered around 3rd Grade multiplication practice and mastery.9 No PREP 3rd Grade Math-Multiplication Activities Included in this pack:3rd Grade Math: Multiplication- Mazes solved with multiples3rd Grade Math- Sudoku puzzles3rd Grade Math: Multiplication-Candy Corn Multiplication FamiliesThe Grapes Of Math“This…clever math book uses rhyming couplets… riddles…visual clues to help the reader find new ways to group numbers for quick counting…A winning addition!FANTASTIC Math Manipulatives and GamesSo FUN!!Problem solving is so important!! https://abetterwaytohomeschool.com/best-subscription-boxes-for-kids.html More Math ProductsFun Math Worksheets for Middle School: Division (Thanksgiving)Fun Math Worksheets for Middle School: Division and Divisibility (Christmas)Classifying Numbers Bundle.Fun Math Worksheets for Middle School: Order of Operations14 Divisibility Games and Activities.Scattergories Game BUNDLE (Thanksgiving & Christmas Themed)Fun Math Worksheets for Middle School: Number of the DayMiddle School Math Worksheets: Budget Project
Jokes Make Math More fun! Really! Make them laugh and they’ll beg for more. Math with a Deck of Cards https://abetterwaytohomeschool.com/teach-math.html Homeschool Math: Grab your Roadmap to Success
Why is it “A Better Way to Homeschool”? Yes, our site is called “A Better Way to Homeschool”. But why? Homeschooling was frustrating for me the first few years. I was fumbling around trying to figure out how to teach my two oldest sons while nursing and training 1-3 babies. I had no idea what I was doing! Eventually, I was invited into a homeschooling group that happened to be comprised of 4 fabulous homeschool moms; 3 of them even being certified teachers. To me, this made them worth of study:). I watched them closely. What were they teaching their kids? How were they teaching? What can I glean from them? You know what I learned? If you ask 100 homeschoolers what is the best way to homeschool children, you will likely get 100 different answers! That’s right! My husband and I discovered that the best way to homeschool our boys was our way. A Better Way to Homeschool was born to inspire you to homeschool your children YOUR WAY. What makes your way A Better Way? You take your children’s strengths and weaknesses into consideration when choosing the kind of work you will require. You enjoy learning right along with your kids. No one knows your child like you do. Your child’s passions can be knit intricately into their school day. You can share your passions with your children and call it “school”. You get to decide what your school day looks like. You get to choose whether to use a shrink-wrapped curriculum or books form your local library to teach your children. You are free from the trap of measuring your 11 year old against the next 11 year old you meet. They are each unique. It is A Better Way, because it is your way. It is a journey, a process. If you are anything like me, your homeschooling will morph as your children and you settle into your routine. Homeschool is a living breathing thing. As your child grows and develops strong interests, your schooling bends toward them. Do not let yourself get trapped into a pre-packaged idea of what your child’s education should be. Sure, you need basic goals for them to achieve, but so much of their education will be captured alone the way. Relax. Enjoy your kids. Embrace the unexpected and capitalize on moments of intrigue and excitement. Did your boys bring home tadpoles from a friends house, like mine just did? Search YouTube and Discovery Channel to find videos that teach about the life cycle of Frogs and Toads Look for journaling pages that have lily pads on them for them to write down their observations. Teach them how to do research online to discover what those tadpoles need to eat to survive. Visit your local pet store and talk with the people working there to find out more about frogs. Go to the library and check out a few books about life cycles (butterflies, frogs, people, etc…). Teach Venn Diagrams and compare and contrast frogs to any other living creature. How are they the same, how are they different? Make a lapbook. Get a frog kit and observe how those frogs do compared to the wild variety. Let the kids make their own documentary. Ride tides of excitement like a surfer who caught the perfect wave! Embrace your better way to homeschool! I love hearing from my readers! How do you embrace homeschooling? Looking for amazing homeschooling resources? PRINT THIS FREE HOMESCHOOL MOM REMINDER. This post comes with a free printable reminder list to help keep your heart focused on the heart of homeschooling. I always have the hardest staying focused. This printable simplifies it! Here is a sneak preview… DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE PRINTABLE Download the checklist. You’ll get the printable, plus join 9,000+ homeschool moms who receive my weekly parenting tips and ideas! Print. Any paper will do the trick, but card stock would be ideal. Place it on your refrigerator as a helpful reminder.
Forget Healthy Super Bowl Snacks; Let’s Fix Half-Time Together Are you with me?You may be die hard football fans. Me? I choose who I wan to win based on weather and uniform colors. It’s very scientific.But I’ve always loved watching the Super Bowl. Fun Healthy SnacksDelicious not-healthy snacksHilarious and heart warming commercialsAmazing Half-time showsThis is not a “Don’t watch the Super Bowl Rant”, but there is a BIG problem and our kids can help!!What was once a wonderful family afternoon has morphed into a hide your kid’s eyes event during half-time.No matter where you stand, we all agree that the half-time shows are Anti-Family friendly.Let’s teach our kids how to attack hard things like this head on.Do something.Refuse to complain. Be the change.Write to everyone important you can think of who CAN make a change.Get your family and friends, schools and co-ops, churches and sports teams to join in too.Refuse to participate.This one means being willing to say no to things you love. Big changes may need a financial cost attached. With the Super Bowl, money will talk. If enough people refuse to watch or buy products from advertisers who endorse the anti-family half-time show… things will change.But I’m just a kid!You have time and energy that CAN make a difference! When you get mad or offended, come up with a solution and get your voice or idea in front of the correct people!Who is in charge? Decide to write.What’s their address?Email address?Facebook profile?Instagram?Get creative!Make a video and shareWrite an essay and submit it everywhereInterview many people and collect data. Are you the only one who sees the problem?Let’s teach our kids how to FIX things. Life Skills for Kids of All Ages PRINT THIS FREE HOMESCHOOL MOM REMINDER.This post comes with a free printable reminder list to help keep your heart focused on the heart of homeschooling. I always have the hardest staying focused. This printable simplifies it!Here is a sneak preview…DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE PRINTABLEDownload the checklist. You’ll get the printable, plus join 9,000+ homeschool moms who receive my weekly parenting tips and ideas!Print. Any paper will do the trick, but card stock would be ideal.Place it on your refrigerator as a helpful reminder.