Fun with Math Ideas for Homeschool – Great in Workboxes

Your Child may enjoy a break from the monotony with these Domino Math & Dice Math games.  Download any of the following free worksheets for use with dominoes or dice worksheets to make a fun game for you children to learn to count.  

With a few stickers, you can convert the + to x you can make a multiplication and two dots over the - to make a division for the ones you like that don't have the multiplication or division option to the file.

Laminate the sheets for re-use and give the child a dry erase marker to use the worksheets over and over.

 

Domino Math Worksheets:

• http://www.4shared.com/file/128267744/8b4586c3/DominoMath.html  <-- Addition and Subtraction pages (one each on the pdf)
• http://www.first-school.ws/t/numbers/worksheets/domino-addition.htm
• http://www.makinglearningfun.com/Activities/MathIdeas/MathDomino/MathDomino-Addition.gif
• http://www.makinglearningfun.com/Activities/MathIdeas/MathDomino/MathDomino-Subtraction.gif
• http://www.makinglearningfun.com/Activities/MathIdeas/MathDomino/MathDomino-Multipl.gif
• http://www.homeschoolwithindexcards.com/Notebooking_Forms/DiceMath.pdf (addition)

Dice Math Worksheets: 

• http://www.4shared.com/file/128245446/b7c4c25d/DiceAddSubCards.html  <-- Addition and Subtraction pages (one each on the pdf)

If you need dominoes...  printable ones:
http://www.first-school.ws/t/numbers/game/dominoes-1.htm
http://www.first-school.ws/t/numbers/game/dominoes-2.htm
http://www.first-school.ws/t/numbers/game/dominoes-3.htm

 

a few freebies for homeschoolers and homemakers alike

For the homeschoolers:

• Smooth and Easy Days (free ebook) for the Charlotte Mason homeschoolers
• plus a ton more freebies here for homeschoolers: Heart of Wisdom
• choose from a variety of free File Folder Games here: File Folder Fun  My children love file folder games so I’m always looking for new ones to print and make up for them. We have a milk crate full already! 

For the homemakers:

• Free Ebook: Thriving on Less – Simplifying in a Tough Economy
• from Penny Raine comes this inspirational 101 WAYS TO SAVE MONEY – study guide – Hurry as this one won’t be available long!
• Free CopyCat Recipe ebook
• Free ebook: 25 Sewing Crafts from Bloggers featuring 65 pages of sewing patterns

Attention Homeschoolers! Enter to Win a Rosetta Stone product of your choice!

 

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Hurry, registration for the trip ends February 15, 2010.

For your chance to win a Rosetta Stone language product, please visit Heart of the Matter. Entries are being accepted until February 1st. 

 

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Home Management Binder

I have been using a home management binder for quite a few years now but I am always looking for new pages to use for it and new ways to tweak it to make it work even better for me.

Household chore charts and more come in handy to help you keep your home clean as well as organized.

Here are some freebie charts for you as well as your children:

• printable household chores checklist
• printable household chore list
• Free download pages from BusyBodyBook
• The Master Household Chore List
• Tipz Time - Free Printable Chore Charts
• www.Chartjungle.com
• Justmommies Home Organization Plan
• Chore Buster - Orgaize your household chores - for Free!

and two more that are not free but are popular.

• Managers of their Chores <--- this is the same company that has Manager of their Homes  (I want these two books from them but will keep watching for them at the used bookstore or the annual used curriculum sale in our area)

• Motivated Moms

Household Notebooks are great to keep you organized with the charts, a quick address book and more in one convenient place.

Here are some free ones to get your started:

• Donna Young's - Household Planners <--- one of my faves for homeschool planners too
• Housework Form: Household Cleaning List, Directory, Greeting Cards
• Chore Chart: Household Cleaning List, Directory, Greeting Cards
• Grocery list: Household Planners For the KitchenHousehold Notebook: Planner for an Organized Home
• The Organized Home free printable forms library has free forms for the household notebook and MORE <—I use many of these forms in my home management binder.
• Free Printable Forms For Home Management Binder
• Welcome to Keeping The Home - many links on the left side to print pages and learn more.
• Get With The Plan: Pretty Printable Planner from Brenda Arnall
• Control Journal Pages (aka Household Notebook) - Control Journal Pages @ Designedly, Kristi
• Individual Pages : With the Fruit of Her Hands, Household notebooks made beautiful

Examples with photos of Household Notebooks / Control Journals:

• With the Fruit of Her Hands Household Notebook
• Pieces From Me: My Home Management Binder
• Elizabeth's Family Home Companion
• Kim's Home Management Journal
• Home Management Journal - The Basics
• Home Management Journal - Housekeeping
• Home Management Journal - Cleaning Forms and Lists

and also Free Printable Calendars. These are great for using when making a menu plan up for putting the blank calendars into your household notebook (see this thread: Chores Charts, Household Notebooks & More to get your motivated to Keep Organized ) to keep track of birthdays, anniversaries, etc.

 

If I get more free calendars than I can use though, I will use one of those instead of printing them out.

Up until a week again, I was using the momAgenda Kitchen Folio that I put my calendar pages in to write my menu plans on for the month. I also have a pantry list in there of what I have on hand (which needs to be updated again.)  I had used that Folio so much that some of the pages had torn out of it and some where just about to come out so I bit the bullet and went ahead and disassembled the Folio and now all the menu plans and pantry inventory list is in my Home Management Binder once again.

Peppermint Syrup

Sharing a recipe Cousin Maggie sent me...

Peppermint Syrup

1 cup of sugar
1 cup of water
4 crushed peppermint sticks

Using a candy thermometer, boil until the mixture reaches 100c* or 225f*.  Syrup stage!

Keep the syrup on med-low until all the candy is dissolved then increase to medium heat. If you have a pot with a pour spout, use it then it's easier to pour into your storage container such as a recycled jelly jar.

If you do not like peppermint, any crushed candy with flavoring will work!

It’s perfect to drizzle on ice cream!