Arsenal for Kids studytime

My arsenal for kids homework. It make kids homework time , a lot more fun - for Parents ! And this is focused on Pre-K, K and 1st grade kids.

Half the time, kids give ideas on how to use the same-old tool in different way. Nothing can beat our jaded brains than the freshly minted creativity of a kids.
And the other half-time, I rely on homeschool blogs. They have done so much hard work and shared their knowledge. Hats off to those home-schooling parents.

What better tools to learn new words than flash cards, magnetic letters or Scrabble letters and Marker pens. 

Here I enclosed Read-Build-Write printouts in plastic.

Eventually practice with spelling tests.

Name-Place-animal-Things game - nostalgic and awesome tool for all round development of language. Older kids have to brain-storm through their data mine and achieve speed. But younger kids can hunt the right word on maps or books and write the entries. that will build their database.

Number grid - the most powerful tool of all. Can teach a variety of things - like count by 2,3,4,5,10; additions, subtractions. Because seriously, how many times can you write these things, over and over again ? And how will it reveal the stuff between the lines ? 
By using it like a board games - that's how !
So we used:

1. 2 players
2. pair of dice (pink ones at that)
3. printed number grid
4. Barbie shoes for keys

And practice additions, subtractions & mystery numbers with pebbles, toy-cars and other small objects.

Links:

1. Materials & methods to keep toddlers busy.
2. Math paper generator: Math-aids
3. Math worksheets: math-salamanders 
4. Word games & word-shape Worksheet generator: softschools 
5. Printable worksheets: tlsbooks
6. Flashcards: havefunteaching
7. Graphing: kidslearningstation
8. Blog: Confessions of a Homeschooler