I Spy Christmas Coloring Pages - Pool Noodles & Pixie Dust

I Spy Christmas Coloring Pages

Here are my latest I Spy coloring pages and they feature a fun holiday theme! These I Spy Christmas coloring pages are a great way to add some fun to your holiday homeschooling or classroom. We love to color around here and do it for all sorts of reasons, like learning, as a stress management […]

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These free spring vocabulary words cards make a quick and easy writing center. Pool Noodles & Pixie Dust

Spring Vocabulary Word Cards

This week I set up a quick writing center with my new spring vocabulary word cards. We’ve already been adding spring themed learning into our homeschool. We’ve been storytelling with our butterfly finger puppets and doing math with our butterfly counting jar. But, I knew I needed to add some spring vocabulary ideas because my […]

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Clap, count, and color shamrock syllables pages for St. Patrick's Day! Plus cut-apart pages for a fun shamrock syllable center.

Shamrock Syllables Activity Pack

My daughter is learning to read this year. So, we’ve been focusing in on things like phonics, rhyming, and having fun with syllables. And, I put together a fun (and free!) shamrock syllables pack just in time for St. Patrick’s Day.     Shamrock Syllables Learning to count syllables is a pre-reading skill that children […]

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Free Printable Mardi Gras Mask Craft for Kids - Pool Noodles and Pixie Dust

Printable Mardi Gras Mask Craft

Get crafty during Mardi Gras this year with a printable Mardi Gras mask craft! Since we’re roadschoolers, I love when our learning happens around geography. And, specifically the cultures and traditions in those places we’re exploring. So, for Mardi Gras this year I wanted to incorporate some hands-on crafting around a New Orleans tradition. Printable […]

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Have fun with math this February with Valentine's Day Sudoku! These picture puzzles are designed to help kids learn the strategies involved in doing sudoku and of course to have fun! Set of 4 colored puzzles and set of 4 black and white puzzles.

Valentine’s Day Sudoku Puzzles

What if math time included some fun games this winter? Back in December, I made a set of Christmas themed Sudoku Puzzles and my daughter loved them so much that I made her a set of Valentine’s Day Sudoku Puzzles to use in our homeschool this February. We love using puzzles and games to learn about […]

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Groundhog Day Activities - What is Groundhog Day? Plus links to groundhog facts, a book list, and printable mazes, handwriting, vocabulary, coloring, and recording predictions.

Groundhog Day Activities

Groundhog Day is a fun holiday to celebrate with kids. And, not just because it includes that cute furry animal;) It also has tons of science connections for teaching, like investigating shadows and animals that hibernate in the winter. Below you’ll find info on this holiday, links to learn some groundhog facts, a book list, […]

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Christmas Elves Writing Prompts FREE Printables - Pool Noodles & Pixie Dust

Christmas Elves Writing Prompts

Add some fun writing prompts to your homeschool this December with Christmas Elves Writing Prompts! What would life be like as one of Santa’s elves? Let your kiddo think and write about it with these fun prompts featuring Christmas elves.     Christmas Elves Writing Prompts Creative writing is where our kiddos get to imagine […]

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Christmas Sudoku Puzzles

Strengthen math skills and practice problem solving this December with these fun Christmas Sudoku puzzles! Sudoku is one of our favorite ways to play with numbers. The combination of problem-solving and logic that these puzzles teach makes it a great educational resource. I love Sudoku and puzzles in general and try to incorporate this kind of […]

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Christmas Penguins Writing Prompts - Fun and free writing resources for your homeschool or classroom this December - Pool Noodles & Pixie Dust

Christmas Penguins Writing Prompts

Add some fun writing prompts to your homeschool this December with Christmas Penguins Writing Prompts! Anytime I can get my kids to giggle during writing time is a win for me;) And these adorable writing prompts are doing just that for my writers.     Christmas Penguin Writing Prompts This freebie includes 3-pages of Christmas […]

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Christmas Vocabulary Word Cards FREE Printable - Pool Noodles & Pixie Dus

Christmas Vocabulary Words

Learning new vocabulary is essential to a child’s reading success now and in the future. The more words our kids know the easier time they have reading new and more challenging material. It’s just one less barrier in their way. And, exposing kids to new vocabulary is as easy as printing out and hanging up some […]

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