Fun Word Games that Teach

There is a website called Learning Games For Kids. It has free games that kids can play. Each game allows kids to practice a specific concept that has to do with words, spelling, or language. These games can be easily added into your lesson plans, as a fun way to practice a new concept. Learning Games for Kids has games that teach math, health, art and music, geography concepts, science games, and more. They have some excellent word games. There are games designed to let your child practice alphabetizing, spelling, understanding contractions, understanding homophones, and even some poetry concepts! This … Continue reading →

Edventures Online

This is one of the best kept secrets of the kid-friendly website world. It is a subscription service, but I have to say I think for what you get it is well worth it. We are enjoying our free trial right now but when it is over, this will definitely be added to our curriculum. What It Is The best way to describe Edventures is that it is an online, project based learning resource. Essentially, for one account, you can sign up to ten children to use the website. (I really like this aspect because many subscription based websites charge … Continue reading →

Homeschooling Resource Review: Dover Publishing

I am always looking for things to supplement my already full curriculum. It’s not that I need more things. . .it’s that I find that often my kids are so curious that they want to study something in depth. . .well, and then I need more things! One resource that I’ve always used is Dover Publishing. My love affair with Dover started when I was trying to inspire my daughter to embrace the intricacies of Ancient history. Okay. . .really, I was just trying to inspire anything, having to do with anything in Ancient History. (Does that happen to you? … Continue reading →

More Monopoly as a Learning Tool (Here and Now Version)

Tristi Pinkston recently wrote about how she used Monopoly as a Learning Tool while homeschooling. My son purchased Monopoly Here and Now for a family Christmas Gift, and today we sat down and played it… for 6 hours. We did not watch the television, or listen to music, we just sat and played and laughed and competed heavily. Just as Tristi and her family learned a great deal of lessons while playing, we did as well. The cool thing about the Here and Now version of Monopoly is that a few zeros were added to the monetary denominations and the … Continue reading →

Ways to Keep Learning Fun

In my earlier homeschooling years, I was adamant about keeping learning fun. In order to make the children want to learn I purchased learning games that seemed a lot more like playing than learning. I felt they were burned out from having negative experiences in school, so while I wanted them to continue learning, I also wanted them to have lots of fun. Here are some titles that you might want to look at: Leapfrog makes numerous items that are fun to play with and great for learning. Starting with crib toys through to Little Leap Pads, you will develop … Continue reading →