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Take a detailed look into our Timberdoodle 2nd Grade Custom Curriculum Kit and get some great ideas for your homeschool curriculum this year. We did hours of research before picking out our homeschool curriculum for next year. With one year of homeschooling under our belt, I have a much better grasp of my kids’ learning styles. Now the challenge is to select the right curriculums to match the way my kids learn. We are so thankful for Timberdoodle’s curriculum kits for giving us wonderful ideas of fun and interactive ways to homeschool my children. I love browsing the nonreligious curriculums...

These alphabet matching games are purr-fect for practicing uppercase and lowercase pairs – an important early literacy skill. Print it once and play THREE different ways! Grab your copy below and then hop over and snag our best-selling Ultimate Preschool Activity Pack in our shop for more alphabet fun! Getting Ready I printed my cards on cardstock and then laminated them for extra durability. Then I sliced along the grey lines to separate the sheets into cards. That’s it! The prep was a cinch! Alphabet Match First, I laid all the cards out face up on the table. Students took...

I find visual-motor skills so interesting. It is amazing to think about vision and the brain. Think about all the connections that have to be made to be able to see something in the world, take it in, analyze it, recognize it, and then process it. What is even more mind-boggling is that this happens almost immediately and effortlessly. When there is a delay in visual-motor skills, it can affect all aspects of life. This is especially true with respect to academic concepts from recognizing numbers/letters, reading/writing, orienting oneself in space, and organizing written information on paper. I love targeting...

Taking the whole family on an adventure? Here’s a tip: Preparedness is key in any type of travel situation and while you can’t plan each minute of the ride, you can help pass the time with some well-thought-out choices. That’s why when it’s time to hit the open road, rail, water, or air, we recommend packing travel games for kids. It’s no secret that screens have become the go-to source of entertainment for kids (and if we’re being honest, adults as well), but travel offers a great opportunity for kids to bond with their parents and siblings outside the digital...

During the interview, I realized almost immediately that the woman was pregnant—I guessed she was about halfway along—but she didn’t remark on it, and of course neither did I. Over the phone, we’d discussed only her 3-year-old daughter. The woman, whose name was Diane, was looking for a babysitter for the girl, whose name was Sophie, two mornings a week from 9 a.m. to noon, for $10 an hour. This was in late January 1997, my senior year at U-Dub—the University of Washington—and I’d seen the job advertised on an index card pinned to the bulletin board outside the career...