Inchworm Chronicles: Learning Resources

Our Go-To Home Education materials / experiences:

Age 0-5:
Playdough and fun tools like garlic press, scissors, cookie cutters, popsicle sticks
Balloons
Blowing bubbles
Chalk / chalkboard or patio
Crayons / coloring pencils and plain paper
Dover coloring books/ABC books
Paint or Paint with Water
Water play like kiddie pool, scooping, pouring , getting wet :-)
Sand play, digging in the dirt with shovels and sand toys / pails
DTLK felt board stories (FREE!)
Puppets, dolls, balls, building blocks, cars, trains, dress-ups, push carts, tricycle, other toys
Musical instruments like small drum, harmonica, tambourine, maracas, lap harp
Music: Raffi, Red Grammar, Scripture Scouts, LDS Primary songs, Classical,
Board games from HABA, Connect 4, Chutes and Ladders, Memory and Matching games
Going on walks, playing in the yard and at the park
Baking with Mom & Cooking with Dad
Helping around the house (hand Mom clean laundry from basket to fold, wipe dishes, etc.)

Books:
The Bible and other books of scripture
Harold and the Purple Crayon
Tomie dePaola's Favorite Nursery Tales
Princesses are Pretty
Knights are Brave
Mouse Cookies and More, a Treasury by Laura Numeroff and Felicia Bond
Let's Go, Baby-o!
Baby Faces board book (facial expressions showing emotions like happy, sad, angry, etc)
Tawny Scrawny Lion
My Little Golden Book about God
Golden Book's Prayers for Children
Precious Moments board books
Bible stories mini board books
Lift-the-flap board books
Itsy Bitsy Spider
The Baby's Bedtime Book by Kay Chorao
How Do Dinosaurs.... series
Winnie the Pooh
Beatrix Potter
Robert McCloskey Treasury
Richard Scarry's "What Do People Do All Day?"
Your Amazing Body
Body Battles
"It's Not the Stork"
"Welcome with Love"

Age 6-10 (Boys)
The Articles of Faith (LDS)
Music: LDS Primary Songs, Scripture Scouts, Classical, Fiddle, "Goodnight Warrior"
Cub Scouts
Ambleside Online free curriculum (Charlotte Mason homeschooling)
Copywork books for handwriting (simple 3-prong folder with lined paper inside)
Phonics Pathways (my all-time favorite Learn-to-Read resource!)
Mormon Little Books beginning readers
Word family books (Free!) from Enchanted Learning
Vicki Cobb science experiment books
Dover activity books
Other subjects: "The Ultimate Book of Homeschooling Ideas" by Linda Dobson
"Story of the World: History for the Classical Child"
Unifix cubes, building blocks, toy weapons and ones they craft themselves
Lego bricks: Check out this post at www.evilmadscientist.com on how to organize creatively.
Chess, Quitch, Dominoes, and board games
Lots of movement: Trampoline, riding bikes, playing at park
Computer and video game time
Each child has one regular household chore, ie: putting away clean silverware, dishes
Character training and manners

Books:
The Bible and other books of scripture
"Who's Your Hero" series by David Bowman
God's Mighty Warrior devotional bible
The Friend magazine (LDS)
Lego Club magazine
"Homer Price" by Robert McCloskey
Poetry by Shel Silverstein, Jack Prelutsky
"I Spy" series
Eyewitness series books about animals, places
James Herriot's "Treasury for Children"
Rudyard Kipling's "Just So Stories"
The Aesop for Children
50 Famous Stories Retold
Paddle to the Sea
Steven Kellogg's books, like "The Three Little Pigs"
Elephant and Piggie books by Mo Willems
Fly Guy books by Tedd Arnold
Peter Spier's books
Kon Tiki
Castle Diary: The Journal of Tobias Burgess

Kid-tested, Parent approved!

A list we add to as we find sites we like, use or plan to use.

Many of these resources are FREE! Take advantage of the free ones...

because a quality home education needn't be a strain on the budget.

Games (variety)
50 Educational Video Games Homechoolers Love