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  Use this truck-themed homeschool chore chart to keep your kids on track throughout the school week. With lessons, field trips, meals, and unexpected errands filling up your week, even the simplest chore chart can help your home run more smoothly. At times, kids are excited for the new opportunity to help out around the house and do it with joy. Other times they stomp toward the trash can with anything but a good attitude. Help keep attitudes in check by using stickers, smiley faces, or positive verbal reinforcement as your child completes each task on the chart. For the child who loves lists (and the mom) this is the perfect free printable to have on hand!   (Simply right-click, save, and print)

  Help your younger homeschooler with letter recognition, spelling, reading, and hand-eye coordination with the Hello, Fall Word Search . Go ahead and save this for a rainy day or print it out today for your child to work on while you are preparing dinner. Don't forget to hang the completed word search on your refrigerator at the end of the day so your child can review what she learned throughout the rest of the season. Enjoy! (Simply right-click, save, and print)

  Happy homeschooling, friends! When you start seeing what your learner knows and what he does not know when it comes to subtraction it can be daunting. Sure, little Johnny was able to ace his math facts up to 20 but when the higher numbers hit, what if there was a mental block? I have had some that can do math in their little heads with no effort and others were riding the struggle bus. What I noticed with those who struggled with basic subtraction facts was practice, practice, practice. Enjoy this free subtraction printable to help your homeschooled child thrive in their math. Math practice with owls? Yes, please! Right-click, save, and download!

  If your kids love dinosaurs as much as my kids do then they will love this adorable free dinosaur coloring book. Pick and choose the images they would enjoy or print out all of the pages and save for a rainy day!                                        (Right click on each image, save to computer, and print!)

Try these two free cute addition worksheets in your homeschool this week! Simply save to your computer and print. Thrifty and effective! Here are two different styles of adding worksheets. One has a number line. The other one does not. Try both and see which is more effective for your learner so you can know which type to use in the future. Every child learns differently. Personally, I was taught rote memorization (the first worksheet). This worked well for my oldest two children. Two other children thrived with number lines. Math education does not need to be one-size-fits-all. If your child is struggling with worksheet #1, sitting there for hours on end, try the second method—that might be exactly what he needs to succeed. If he still struggles, check out my review of Touch Math —an incredible resource for struggling math learners! (Right-click on image. Save and print.) (Right-click on image. Save and print.)

These Thirteen Colonies Fact Cards were created for my kids as we studied early American history. What a pivotal time in our history! Puritans seeking religious freedom, adventurers setting out for a new land, and those in debt hoping for a fresh start—a new life. From the first colony in Virginia, until all thirteen stars on the first American flag were represented, these cards are a perfect review for your homeschoolers. Use them to drill the first thirteen colonies so your child can recite them with ease, and have them dictate the information on the cards to help them remember a small fact about each colony. Feel free to print these out and have your children write facts that they learn about each colony on the back. Go ahead and laminate them, too!    Simply right-click, save, and print to use this resource in your homeschool as you study about the original thirteen colonies in America. Use the facts for dictation, copy work, or discussion in your home. Disclaimer: All co...

 It's the most wonderful time of the year—again! Let's press pause on our homeschool and try fun, winter-themed activities. Feel free to right-click, save, and print these adorable snow globe printables for winter to keep the learning going during the Christmas season. From creative writing to art, your kids won't even know they are learning.  Jesus-centered Christmas printables  are also available on Thrift Schooling to add to your collection this season. Enjoy!

  Enjoy these free Christmas coloring sheets for kids with a Jesus-Centered focus. Let's not forget the true meaning of Christmas and give our kids coloring sheets that remind us of the reason for the season. Simply right-click, save, and print these sweet coloring sheets. Print as many as needed for your family, Sunday School class, outreach event, or for the kids in your neighborhood. Use this as an opportunity to share the beautiful gospel. That love came down, humbly, in the form of a baby in a humble manger. He was born sinless in a world where every man has sinned and is in need of a pure, spotless sacrifice to atone for his sins. Which type of printable would you like to see next? Leave a comment below! THEME 1 (Right-click, save, and print!)                                                              THEME 2 (Right-click...