It is hard to believe, but the Hill House is wrapping up our 12th year of homeschooling. Mamas, I know it is cliche, but it goes by so quickly. Have you ever heard the saying “The days are long but the years are short?” Yes. I can verify that this is true. I have five …
Friday, May 13, 2022 Bullet Point Post
Hello Friends! I’m back with another Bullet Point Post as these are easy for me to keep up. This week has felt long as there have been many interruptions to our typical school days. I find that if I am out of the house for any reason at all (orthodontist appointments, running to the store at …
Handwriting Worksheets for Kids: Pre-Primer Dolch Words!
My almost 6-year-old and 2nd grader had a great time practicing their handwriting with the copywork color packet! It was a fun change of pace for them. Not only did they practice writing and recognizing color words, they were reminded about sentence structure, capitalization, and punctuation. Also, my second grader had some practice with nouns, …
Handwriting Worksheets for Kids: Color Words!
My girls are so excited about these handwriting worksheets! They are the new favorites around the Hill House. While we use a formal handwriting curriculum (which we love!), I very often put aside the formalities for a change of pace. I find that if I change things up often, my kiddos seem more engaged and …
Noun Sorting Activity
This Noun Sorting activity is similar to the Noun and Verb Sorting Activity. Since my son isn’t the biggest fan of writing, this is a great cut and paste activity for him! This cut and paste activity focuses on classifying types of nouns. A noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, or …
Parts of Speech: Noun and Verb Sorting Activity
This Noun and Verb Sorting Activity is a fun way to practice parts of speech! This cut and paste-style activity is a welcome change of pace from regular grammar worksheets. We use this activity to reinforce correct identification of nouns and verbs. My son isn’t a fan of writing, so this is a good alternative …
Friday, May 6, 2022 Bullet Point Post
Hello Friends! Happy Friday! Here’s a glance at what our homeschool Friday was like, Bullet Point-style: Schooled the whole day. Whew. Fridays are usually long for us, sadly. Planned my weekend – this is a busier weekend for me. I have very little margin in my life, so when the occasional “extra” is thrown in there …
Plants Writing Booklet with Picture Dictionary
If you’ve been a reader at Mama’s Learning Corner for awhile, you know that my children love mini-books. I’m not sure what it is about the smaller format that makes writing so appealing, but it certainly works! And if I’m being honest, I enjoy the smaller format, too, when practicing writing with my younger ones! …
Long Vowel Sorting Activity
My girls each needed quite a bit of phonics practice when they were early readers. In fact, two of my girls needed explicit phonics instruction and practice all the way through 4th grade. I found that phonics lessons in the early years need to be short, plentiful, and most of all consistent. I, however, encountered …
Words Ending in -ED Phonics Sorting Activity
In my 12+ years of homeschooling, I have found that you can’t practice phonics, grammar, Latin, or math facts too often. Add some extra phonics practice to your child’s lessons this week with the phonics sorting activity! ETA April 2022: Note that this post was originally published in May 2013. I have updated it with …
Beginning and Ending Digraph Writing Practice Worksheets
Phonics is a subject that cannot be repeated enough in the early grades. Phonics forms the basis of figuring out how words are put together and why they are formed in the way they are. I have a variety of phonics activities for my young readers – hands-on activities, traditional worksheets, our spelling tiles, and more. …
