Top 10 Favorite Homeschool Websites

Every Tuesday, for the next ten weeks, I will be participating in a special Ten in Ten blog hop. For a list of the other ladies participating click on the image above. **************************************************************************************

I’m so excited to participate in my first blog hop with IHomeschool Network! Here are my top 10 favorite websites for homeschooling. Keep in mind that this was our first {official} year homeschooling and my boys are pre-k and kindergarten/first grade levels.

1. Homeschool Share:

Bubba fell in love with lapbooks this year and homeschool share is my go to place for lapbooks. They have a ton of great lapbooks already to go. All you have to do is choose the one you want and print it out.

2.  1+1+1=1:

Carissa’s site is so full of information and free ideas. If you are looking for something to do with your little one then this is definitely the place you need to check out. She also hosts the Tot School link up each week {another source of ideas from other bloggers}.

3.  Confessions of a Homeschooler (COAH):

I have been using Erica’s Letter of the Week lessons with Chubba this year and LOVE LOVE LOVE them. She also has some wonderful stuff for PreK4, geography, character development and artists.

4.  Homeschool Creations:

Jolanthe has a ton of preschool printables on her site. The BFIAR packs that you’ve seen here on this site have all come from her site. She also hosts the Preschool Corner link up.

5.  Mama Jenn:

Bubba has really enjoyed the copywork sheets that Jenn made to go along with MFW Kindergarten. She also has more printables for MFW 1st grade that we’ll be getting into in a few weeks.

6.  Totally Tots:

I loved this site way before I started contributing to it. There are tons of fun and fresh ideas for activities with your children as well as encouragement for your journey through parenting.

7.  The Homeschool Lounge:

This is a fantastic community of homeschooling ladies of all kinds. Any questions, fears or concerns I’ve ever had about anything I’ve found answers there. If you aren’t a member of this group you should definitely check it out. I moderate the Homeschooling Preschool group and I’d love to see you over there!

8.  Heart of the Matter:

I know, I write for this one too, but I won’t be a part of something that I didn’t love. HOTM is a great place for encouragement as well from people that are in the trenches and on the same journey as you are. There’s such a wealth of information and knowledge on the site, definitely take some time to read some posts if you’ve never checked it out!

9. Starfall:

Starfall is a wonderful website that focus on learning to read. The site is easy for my boys to navigate {both started on the site when they were 2.5}. There are four different levels based on where your child’s abilities. Each level is full of fun games, songs and stories all geared towards developing strong reading skills!

10. Notebooking Fairy:

Love this site as well. Bubba did such a great job on his lapbooks that I was very interested in the idea of notebooking. Jimmie’s site is full of all that you’d ever need to know about getting started and integrating this method into your homeschool. She even was kind enough to write a book about it to walk you through step by step.

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Do you have a top ten list of homeschooling websites?? Head over to Many Little Blessings and link up!

Boys + Legos= Lego Mania!

I’m sure I’ve shared this before but I LOVE our local library! We have been involved with the library since before Chubba was conceived! They always have great, free and air conditioned programs for all ages. This week we headed over for Lego Mania! A large room full of legos. My boys were in heaven!

They spent the hour constructing this lego city {with hurricane proof walls!}

 

Moments to Remember was developed as a simple way to look back on our week as homeschoolers and find photos that encompass the memories we want to remember. The week may have been tough, there may have been more bumps than smiles, but in the end these are the moments that keep us going, the ones we need to remember.

MFW K: Quail and Yellow

This is the last post for My Father’s World Kindergarten for Bubba. We had so much fun with this curriculum and cannot wait to get started on the 1st grade lessons in a few months. Here’s a few shots from the final two weeks of lessons:

Quail

To switch things up {and for a sensory break} we did the word list outside. I wrote the words in the driveway with chalk and Bubba hopped over to them {and on them} as I called them out

I have been so amazed at how well he’s reading. Blows my mind sometimes.

Yellow

 

That’s it for now.  I won’t have anymore Kindergarten posts until Chubba is there in a few years .  For the rest of the year and through the summer we’ll continue working on phonics, handwriting and some math/science/art along the way.

 

This post is linked to Homeschool Highlights in MFW at Discover Their Gifts

LOTW: Q for Quilt

**Chubba is 42 months old**

Reader Survey!

X for Xylophone

**Chubba is 42 months old**

It’s been a while since I did a Tot School post so I’m going to spend the next weeks trying to catch everyone up on what Chubba has been up to.

Magnet Sheet

Patterns

Size Sorting

Color by number

Cut / Paste Xylophone

Dot Page

Puzzle

Happy Birthday to Me

I haven’t really done much for my birthday since I turned 20.  Last year I went out for appetizers with a few friends and it was fun.  Usually my birthday goes by just like any other day.  My boys ALWAYS sing “Happy Birthday” to me after jumping on my head first thing in the morning.

Yesterday started off the same. But I did get a pleasant surprise when my mom took the boys to the store:

Cupcakes!

A Headband for my hair!

Big sponge for the bath and mentos {I always have a roll of these in my purse}

Bath stuff

Bubba gave me his chance because he knew I didn’t have any money

And these beautiful flowers

I just love my boys, they really made my day!

 

 

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