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Free Homeschool Science Materials Checklist

July 30, 2022 | Leave a Comment
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Sometimes you just need a homeschool science materials checklist to see what your missing in your science supplies. Also, look at my page Homeschool Planner for more free homeschool planner printables.

Besides, part of learning how to homeschool is doing all the fun hands-on science.

However, more than once, I have been caught short at the house with some of the supplies we needed in our home to complete the activities.

And even though we have used laid out science curriculum too, I have learned a lot through the years regarding how to stock my kitchen and home.

Homeschool Science Materials Checklist for your 7 Step DIY Free Homeschool Planner by Tina Robertson

So, I have reduced some of the things we have used over and over, year after year and put them in this homeschool science materials checklist.

For example, we love doing science and have used 365 More Simple Science Experiments with Everyday Materials more than one time through the years because we love to pick activities which interests us.

In addition, we love books like Janice VanCleave’s Big Book of Science Experiments because you can easily obtain other materials not found at home.

Household Products for Science at Home

Now, depending on which area of science, like earth science, chemistry, physical science or life science, you will need to have a few exact materials for a branch of science you focus on.

For instance, we add specific things we need and use Homeschool Science Tools.

In addition, Homeschool Science Tools has just kits if you don’t want to use a full science curriuclum.

Look at their science kits here to see your options.

So this list is a list of general things you will want to stock your home with.

It’s kind of a given too that you will eventually want a microscope and slides, but I noticed year after year I have collected some of the same things in home.

Reducing materials I seem to use year after year into this checklist, I’m hoping to keep you organized.

And not do like us by having to put a fun activity on hold until we make a run to the store.

I hate when that happens.

Free Homeschool Science Materials Checklist

Also, I have a provided space on the free printable science material checklist so you can add unique items you’ll need for upcoming science lessons.

Too, another tip is to jot beside the product the total number of items you have. Sometimes I think I have more jars than I actually do.

This science checklist will help you to keep those items at home organized.

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This Homeschool Science Materials Checklist is part of the 7 Step Free Homeschool Planner and you can begin building your own homeschool planner below.

Homeschool Science Materials Checklist for your 7 Step DIY Free Homeschool Planner by Tina Robertson

Add Your Science Checklist to Your Homeschool Planner

Be sure to add this science checklist to your homeschool planner each year.

Step 1. Choose a Pretty Front/Back Cover

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Step 3. Choose Goals/Objectives

Step 4. Choose Lesson Planning Pages Right For You!

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Step 6. Personalize It

How to Get the Free Science Materials Checklist

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Homeschool Planning 2019 to 2023 Major Holidays Form (5 Years One Page)

December 21, 2018 | Leave a Comment
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Each year, I update my very unique 7 Step Free Homeschool Planner. The form I have today is for homeschool planning 2019 to 2023. It has Major U.S. holidays on one page for easy reference.  It is a nifty hard-working tool because I use it for both short-term and long-term planning.

These forms are used to help you plan not just your homeschool year, but vacations and days off in your school year.

This form is for homeschool planning 2019 to 2023. It has Major U.S. holidays on one page for easy reference.  It is a nifty hard-working tool because I use it for both short-term and long-term planning.It goes along with this 7 Step Free Homeschool Planner! CLICK here to grab BOTH free AWESOME colorful choices!

By looking this far ahead, it helps me to decide when I want to take a family vacation. And I use it with my homeschool planning calendar.

5 Years of Major U.S. Holidays One Page

I generally print several of these for my home management binder and my free homeschool planner.

Grab your color choices below or grab both of them.

Click here to grab the Purple-licious 2019 to 2023 Holiday Reference Page.

Click here to grab the Aquazoom 2019 to 2023 Holiday Reference Page.

If you’re ready to start putting together your homeschool planner, be sure to grab one or both of these updated holiday reference pages.

And if you’re ready to begin building your free homeschool planner, click below.

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This form is for homeschool planning 2019 to 2023. It has Major U.S. holidays on one page for easy reference.  It is a nifty hard-working tool because I use it for both short-term and long-term planning.It goes along with this 7 Step Free Homeschool Planner! CLICK here to grab BOTH free AWESOME colorful choices!

7 Easy Steps – “Tons of Options & Pretty Color” Begin building your planner

Step 1. Choose a Pretty Front/Back Cover

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Step 3. Choose Goals/Objectivesur

Step 4. Choose Lesson Planning Pages Right For You!

Step 5a. Choose Unique forms JUST for You! 

Step 5b. Choose MORE Unique Forms JUST for You!

Step 5c. Choose MORE MORE Unique Forms Just for You!

Step 6. Personalize It

Step 7. Bind it! Love itD

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5 Simple Ways to Enhance a Homeschool Unit Study

August 1, 2017 | Leave a Comment
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Unit studies can be intimidating. The same things that make unit studies captivating can be the same things that make them tough to teach. Sharing 5 simple ways to enhance a homeschool unit study, I’m hoping that you won’t be afraid to take the plunge and try a unit study or two.

Unit studies can be intimidating. The same things that make unit studies captivating can be the same things that make them tough to teach. Sharing 5 simple ways to enhance a homeschool unit study, I'm hoping that you won't be afraid to take the plunge and try a unit study or two.

Do You Struggle with Homeschool Unit Studies?

One/ Always include a simple hands-on activity or two.

I use to be very judgmental and critical of homeschoolers (I know, doesn’t sound like me at all does it) who did a lot of hands-on activities until I started actually teaching.

What I learned along the way was that activities don’t have to be expensive or time-consuming to have a wow factor.

What is more important is that hands-on learning brings your topic alive and those are the teaching points your kids remember for life.

I’ve tried to do simple things through my many years of homeschooling.

Two/  Include living books.

Sometimes you can pull information from a textbook.

I’ve done it several times because that is what I had on hand and there was no need to purchase something else.

Look at how I did that at From Textbook to Homeschool Unit Study Starter.

However, if you’re wanting the best ways to enhance a unit study, living books beat the boring blahs when it comes to introducing or learning a unit study.

We love using the books by Beautiful Feet, but we also love using reference books.

Though some can be dry, we find they still have a story like appeal which is the hallmark of living books.

Look at my tips at my post Day 3. Selecting Superior Sub-Topics. 10 Days of Diving Into Unit Studies By Creating A Unit Study Together.

Are Your Unit Studies Boring Your Kids to Sleep?

Three/ Use movies as part of your unit study or as a kick starter.

Many times, I’ve used a documentary, musical, or movie to kick off a unit study. It adds flavor to a time period especially if it’s a history related topic.

Not all kids have good imaginations for a past time period. A movie has a way of adding facts about a time period without a child having to slave over period details.

Look at my post Homeschool History Teaching Ancient Civilizations Using Netflix.

Four/ Include just one or two other homeschool families.

You don’t have to join a co-op if you want to cover topics specifically geared toward your kids.

By homeschooling with another family, you still add the element of fun that is found in a co-op, share the lesson planning with another homeschool mom but still control what you want to teach.

Plus, it was great to see my kids interact with another homeschool educator. We did a study about the Vikings with another family and between the two of us, we had so many ideas for our kids.

Some of our best times were by including another homeschool family or two.

Five/ One of the best ways is to focus on one subtopic within your unit study or enhance it with a focused subtopic.

A huge mistake in unit studies is covering way too much material.

But too another point is not being able to hone in one of the subtopics in a unit study.

Whether you purchase a unit study or find one that is free, a problem has always been that you’re not able to cover a subtopic deeply within a theme which interests your kids.

Today, I’m over the top excited to announce a new series which will be in my shop and that is Unit Study Enhancers.

What exactly are they? Well they are printables (minibooks and/or notebooking pages) to use for those times when you can’t find a unit study which hones in specifically on a subtopic that you want to cover.

My unit study enhancers will enhance your teaching points.

It’s meant to bring up close a subtopic or topic that you want to highlight within a theme.

Add them to a notebook, lapbook, use with a workbook or include them as a subtopic in a free or purchased unit study because the printables are not a complete unit study, but enhance one.

Too, by giving you options within the product download, they are designed to relieve teacher prep time and to use with multiple ages of children. For instance, some downloads have simple researched printed material to glue onto pages. This allows you to move forward teaching when your time is limited.

Or, you can have your student research his own information and write it in. Where possible, I give one link or more for reference while using the printables.

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Color and the highest quality graphics I can find are used to diminish the blah of boring printables.

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5 Year Holiday Reference Page (7 Step Free Homeschool Planner)

February 25, 2017 | Leave a Comment
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Grab your free 5 Year Holiday Reference Page for years 2017 to 2021 which is part of the 7 Step Free Homeschool Planner. Click here to grab your choice of colors! @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

Today, I’m excited because I did a color change for the 5 year holiday reference page as well as updating them to the years 2017 to 2021.

For a few years, I have done a passion pink and turquoise color. But today, I have named one purple-licious and aquazoom.

I normally try to get these 5 year holiday reference pages done by the first of the year, so I was a bit behind this year.

But these forms are used to help you plan not just your homeschool year, but vacations and days off of your school year.

By looking this far out, it helps me to decide when I want to take a family vacation.

I generally print several of these for my home management binder and my free homeschool planner.

Grab your color choices below or grab both of them.

Click here to grab the Purple-licious 2017 to 2021 Holiday Reference Page.

Click here to grab the Aquazoom 2017 to 2021 Holiday Reference Page.

If you’re ready to start putting together your homeschool planner, be sure to grab one or both of these updated holiday reference pages.

And if you’re ready to begin building your free homeschool planner, click below.

7 Easy Steps – “Tons of Options & Pretty Color” Begin building your planner

Step 1. Choose a Pretty Front/Back Cover

Step. 2. Choose Calendars/Appointment Keepers

Step 3. Choose Goals/Objectives

Step 4. Choose Lesson Planning Pages Right For You!

Step 5a. Choose Unique forms JUST for You! Not a kazillion other people

Step 5b. Choose MORE Unique Forms JUST for You!

Step 5c. Choose MORE MORE Unique Forms Just for You!

Step 6. Personalize It

Step 7. Bind it! Love it!
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World War II Homeschool History-Manhattan Project,Vocabulary & A. Frank

November 5, 2016 | Leave a Comment
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I have some World War II homeschool history resources.

Manhattan Project, Vocabulary Words and Anne Frank Minibooks @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

One reason we love homeschool unit studies so much is that when life happens, we can always pick up on unit studies where we left off.

I didn’t mean to wait this long to share the rest of the minibooks for our World War II homeschool history unit study, but after moving again, we just put the lapbook and unit study on hold.

World War II Homeschool History

So today, I’m sharing the last three minibooks, which are the Manhattan Project, vocabulary words with a pocket and a few facts about Anne Frank.

Manhattan Project, Vocabulary Words and Anne Frank Minibooks 1 @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus
Manhattan Project, Vocabulary Words and Anne Frank Minibooks 2 @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

I created the words flash card style. This means that your child can just memorize the vocabulary and then for self-testing, just fold in half on the dotted line.

Manhattan Project, Vocabulary Words and Anne Frank Minibooks 3 @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

There is so much to cover in this topic and Tiny has read more on this topic than any he has done before but I know we have to cut it off because he is almost ready to scoot onto our next topic.

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Because we do our unit study and lapbooks too as we plod along, I never have lapbooks in one giant download.

I also do it this way so that you can grab just the parts you need instead of downloading minibooks you may not need.

World War II Homeschool History-Manhattan Project,Vocabulary & A. Frank
World War II Homeschool History-Manhattan Project,Vocabulary & A. Frank
World War II Homeschool History-Manhattan Project,Vocabulary & A. Frank
World War II Homeschool History-Manhattan Project,Vocabulary & A. Frank
World War II Homeschool History-Manhattan Project,Vocabulary & A. Frank
World War II Homeschool History-Manhattan Project,Vocabulary & A. Frank
World War II lapbook and homeschool history unit study.


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