Keepsake Curriculum Favorites
Here are some of our favorite products and websites for family life or homeschooling. This page contains affiliate links. Have fun checking them out. Good ideas need to be shared!
"Children and gardens need the same thing - patience, love, and and someone who will never give up on them."
- Nicolette Sowder
Bible Road Trip
Bible Road Trip™ is an engaging, fun, three-year Bible survey curriculum for preschool through high school.
That means that if you start in preschool, you can take your child all the way through the Bible five times by the time he or she graduates from high school. Paired with leveled notebooking journals and Bible memory verse card sets, Bible Road Trip™ is a full solution for your family's Bible teaching needs!
Spiritual Disciplines Calendar
Do you want your kids to grow in Jesus? Would you like to help them develop vital spiritual habits that will last a lifetime? Do you want them to enjoy doing so in a fun, challenging manner? You'll want to use this Spiritual Disciplines Calendar for Kids! With creative illustrations on each month, and new pictures to color each day, your child will be excited to use their new calendar.
Enrichment Studies
Enrichment studies: fine arts and more for homeschool families.
Music in our Homeschool
Since most homeschool moms don't have the time or expertise to teach music in their homeschools, we offer click-and-go , super easy-to-use music appreciation courses for all ages, so every homeschool can include music! Find Music History, Hymn Study, Composer Study, 15-Minute Music Lessons, Musicals, Christmas, and more!
North Star Geography
Geography is one of the most under-taught subjects in schools, but in an increasingly global-minded world, it is one of the most crucial topics for us to understand. The study of the earth, its structure, and its inhabitants informs just about everything we do every day. Geography is more than just place names and outline maps. It's understanding how the world around us works!
"First", "Next", "Then", "Last" Writing Unit
This 22 page unit is perfect for first-time writers. Even if your child still needs a lot of help putting sounds
down, this unit is still great practice for learning how to write a coherent story because it is told in simple steps and provides a framework for them. Unit includes Build-Your-Own Story Element posters, Story Element Chart, Sample stories for sequencing practice, and pages for writing a their own story
Ages 5-7. $1.49
Young Writer's Animal Report
This young writer's animal report is a helpful way to introduce a beginning writer to the task of writing a report: research, note taking, sentence writing, and compiling drawings or photos into a finished report!
Choose from 2 options: one with writing prompts and one without.
Ages 5-7. $1.49
Sentence Combining & Punctuation SIM
This 31-page self-instructed module (SIM) is a self-guided lesson on sentence combining and punctuation. Your student will be able to work independently, at their own pace, with no other materials needed. Topics include fragments and independent clauses, coordinating conjunctions, subordinators, and using the semicolon. Practice activities after each lesson will check for understanding of the various punctuation rules covered. The included pre-test and post-test will show just how much they've learned completely on their own! Ages 11-13. $1.99
Grocery Store Phonics - Beginning Sound Practice
This activity is a fun way to practice identifying the beginning sound of words. Match the food-themed picture cards with the letter card that shows their beginning sound.
Ages 4-7. $1.49
ABC Picture Card Mailing Activity
- Beginning Sounds
This activity is a fun way to practice identifying the beginning sound of words. Write the letters of the alphabet on envelopes and match the picture cards to the envelope that matches its beginning sound. Ages 4-7. $1.49
Toast & Jam
A Letter Match Activity
- Upper & Lowercase
This fun activity is perfect practice for matching uppercase and lowercase letters together.
Ages 4-7. $1.49
Ice Cream
Letter Matching
-s,a,t,i,p,n
Learning to identify letters and their names takes practice. Make it fun with this ice cream themed matching activity. Covers 6 lowercase letters:
s, a, t, i, p, & n
Ages 4-7. $1.49
Pizza
Letter Matching
-c,k,e,h,r
Learning to identify letters and their names takes practice. Make it fun with this pizza themed matching activity. Covers 5 lowercase letters:
c, k, e, h, & r
Ages 4-7. $1.49
Dinner Plates
-m,d,g,o
Learning to identify letters and their names takes practice. Make it fun with this dinner plate themed matching activity. Covers 4 lowercase letters:
m, d, g, & o
Ages 4-7. $1.49
Watermelon
Letter Practice
-l,f,b,q,u
Learning to identify letters and their names takes practice. Make it fun with this watermelon themed practice activity. Covers 5 lowercase letters:
l, f, b, q, & u
Ages 4-7. $1.49
Fish Bowl
Letter Match
-j,z,w
Learning to identify letters and their names takes practice. Make it fun with this fish bowl themed matching activity. Covers 3 lowercase letters:
j, z, & w
Ages 4-7. $1.49
Veggie Garden
Letter Match Puzzles
-v,y,x
Learning to identify letters and their names takes practice. Make it fun with these veggie garden themed matching puzzles. Covers 3 lowercase letters:
v, y, & x
Ages 4-7. $1.49
Fact Family Album
This unit is a great way to introduce or continue practicing fact families. It comes with a "Part-Part-Whole" mat to visualize the relationship the 3 numbers in a fact family have to each other. It also features a "family album" where students will have to complete the 4 math facts of various fact families. Also includes a game for further fun and practice! 17 Pages.
1st-3rd Grade $1.49
Number Club
Number Club is a fun and exciting way to practice counting and number writing...and the goal of becoming a member of the next highest club will make your student forget they're actually working! This 21-page activity collection features everything you need to be a part of the club: "Missing Number" pages for beginning counters, a hundred chart that you can reprint again and again as you reach each new "club", stars to celebrate each milestone, and Mystery Pictures to complete at each level! Planned for work up to 1,000, but really there's no limit! "To infinity and beyond!"
Ages 6-9 $1.49
Number Fly Swat
- Identification/Counting
Practice number identification, counting, and even motor skills with this fun activity! "Swat" the fly card with the right number on it, or draw a number card, count out the right number of flies and "swat" them away! Shoo, fly! Covers numbers 1-20.
Ages 4-7 $1.49
Cupcake Count
- Numbers 1-10
Practice identifying and counting numbers 1-10 with this cute cupcake activity. Count the sprinkles on each cupcake top and match it to the cupcake bottom with that number.
Ages 3-6 $1.49
Number Wheel
- Numbers 11-20
Practice identifying and counting numbers 11-20 with this fun number wheel. Label clothespins with the number tags, count the dots, and clip the clothespin to the matching section of the number wheel.
Ages 4-7 $1.49
Pattern Creator Cards
These pattern creator cards are a great way to practice working with patterns. The 4 categories (colors, transportation, outdoor/weather, and food) offer an abundance of pattern possibilities. Practice building a pattern/continuing it, or fill-in missing parts of a pattern; take turns with a partner, alternating laying down the next piece of the pattern; or, try to stump your partner by building a pattern that has a mistake in it. The possibilities abound!
Ages 4-8 $1.49
Shape Sorting Mats
Practice sorting 4 basic shapes (triangle, square, circle, and rectangle) with these shape mats. Label the shapes, count the sides and corners, and sort the included shapes onto their corresponding mat. Also, use the 4 shapes to build a house.
Ages 4-7 $1.49