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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 …
Yay! It’s time for the Color By Number Worksheets! This set of May Color by Number worksheets is just right for those of us that love spring and All Things Flowers and Mother’s Day. Maybe it’s because my girls are such color by number fans, but these are definitely my favorite printables to make. This …
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! …
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 …
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 …
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. …
Christ the Lord is risen today, Alleluia! Sons of men and angels say: Alleluia! Raise your joys and triumphs high, Alleluia! Sing, ye heav’ns, and earth, reply: Alleluia! Lives again our glorious King, Alleluia! Where, O death, is now thy sting? Alleluia! Dying once He all doth save, Alleluia! Where thy victory, O grave? Alleluia! …
My oldest daughter is currently in the 9th grade in our homeschool. My oldest son is in the 11th grade this year, however, he attended a small private school his 9th grade year. He was homeschooled Kindergarten through 6th, and came back home his 10th grade year. Because my oldest child’s 7th-9th grade years were …
This set of Christian Easter Listening Pages have always been a popular post here at Mama’s Learning Corner. Many years ago, Amy from Raising Arrows and I published a series of Sermon Listening Pages for children that were able to read and those who were not quite reading. If you aren’t familiar with Sermon Listening …
When your children are young and still in elementary school, it is fairly easy to find themed worksheets and activities. One of my favorite ways to spice up our school days was to find phonics or math worksheets and activities that were based on the current holiday or season. If you enjoy homeschooling this way …
My oldest girl (2nd grade) still loves cut and paste worksheets, whether it’s ABC order or her All About Reading activity. She loves them all! She will be thrilled when she gets to do these Christian Easter ABC order worksheets over the next couple of weeks! ABC Order is a skill that needs to be …
