Homeschool Resources

Ive been asked several times where I get my resources for teaching and so i figured instead of writing everyone Id just make a post here on my blog for you all to refer to as you want. I will post more as I find more resources but for now here is a pretty long list!


My first go to site and blog that I ready daily are 1+1+1=1 Here is her blog: http://1plus1plus1equals1.blogspot.com/ and her website with lots of printables and lapbooks: http://www.1plus1plus1equals1.com/index.html I like Lapbooks cause A and D get to help put them together as well as use the hands on approach of it all.


This blog is Awesome!! She puts up a letter a week and posts plenty of activities to incorporate in your week. She also posts seperate activites throughout the week! Her blog is filled with tons of GREAT info!
http://confessionsofahomeschooler.blogspot.com

This is where I get my weekly Letter craft that we do. I also use it as our theme for the week. I take the boys to the library to get the book for that week that they have posted at the bottom of the page
http://totallytots.homestead.com/NowIKnowMyABCs.html

I got our Shape Viewers from this site. The boys love to use them during our Circle Time.
http://lovemylifex4.blogspot.com/2010/01/shape-viewers.html

This site is filled with lots of great activities as well
http://lovemylifex4.blogspot.com

Each week I print our Letter of the week Search from here:
http://www.beginningreading.com/Alphabet%20Set%202.htm

I search here also for ideas to go along with our Theme of the week:
http://www.first-school.ws/themes.html

Great Cutting Practice Worksheets:
http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/cutting_skills_printables.htm


Great file Folder games:
http://filefolderfun.com/index.html


I absolutely LOVE this sites worksheets. A enjoys them as well.
http://www.education.com/activity/preschool/

Homeschool Creations has a great area of Printables as well:
http://homeschoolcreations.com/preschoolprintables.html

The sight words list we are using. I am doing 1 list at a time and once he knows them we will move on to the next list. They are in order of frequency of usage in books.
http://www.oklahomahomeschool.com/pdf%20documents/dolch.pdf


If you are having a hard time finding Worksheets for Letter practice or anything to help writing this site will allow you to make your own handwriting worksheets: http://www.writingwizard.longcountdown.com/handwriting_practice_worksheet_maker.html

We will be starting Writing Notebooks in the next few weeks, They will be more of the Drawing type but I will help put words on them for them. I got the idea from here:
http://www.hubbardscupboard.org/writing_notebooks.html

A great craft finding site:
http://www.kaboose.com/

Another great Blog that I read is The Activity Mom, I love how she uses everyday household items into her teaching:
http://activitymom.blogspot.com/

For D I use alot of ideas from Tot School so most of his schooling is hands on play:
Once we move he will start actually using Tot Trays more.
http://www.1plus1plus1equals1.com/ForTots.html

If I make a worksheet for anything I will be posting it on here so you will want to check back often for those.

I will be back in a few days with a post about how our day spans out. I will also have some lesson plan sheets then as well!!

Have a great day!