Easy Homeschooling With Ready Made Workbooks

Homeschooling is happening all over the world whether we like it or not. We have seen an increase in worksheets requests and printables. But did you know that not everyone has the luxury of a printer. The cost of printing everything out on paper is causing lots of financial strain on families.

One thing everyone seems to have forgotten is that before all this homeschooling or at-home learning there were already workbooks that could be purchased for schooling.

These workbooks already existed and the actual need for printable packages may not be required, so you don’t need to stress if you don’t have a printer!

Kidsbooks.com has heaps of different workbooks for different ages and free shipping over $35.00. They also sell traditional reading books for kids and readers too. So it’s very easy to fill you cart.

The other thing I love about these homeschooling workbooks is that it doesn’t involve a screen. My kids have so many zoom lessons and tasks that it’s nice to see them using a pen to paper again. If you get your child to use a pencil, you can rub out their work and use it for a sibling later on too.

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Lacing is a great fine motor activity, and most kids go through a phase where they enjoy working with lacing cards. It helps promote focus and is a great quiet activity for kids to do in the car or to fill time in the classroom. And of course knowing how to lace is the beginning of knowing how to sew, which is great for all kids to learn (more on teaching kids to sew here).

There are lots of ways to make your own lacing cards. This one is just a pin but it’s easy to make lacing cards with any shape a child is into using cardboard and a nail to poke the holes. This could be fun for letter and number recognition or spelling the child’s name. Or try this version from Hey Azka, which uses a hole punch to make bigger holes so you can lace with shoe laces.

You can also just do lacing cards with paper, but it’s a great idea to print them on card stock and/or laminate them to make them sturdier for little hands. Homeschool Share has a set of alphabet lacing cards, which are free with email signup. Deceptively Educational has a set of number lacing cards with numbers 0 to 10.

Picklebums has some basic shape lacing cards, too.

Living Life and Learning has a bunch of cute printable lacing cards, including back to school designs, shoes kids can lace and learn to tie and ocean themed lacing cards. She also has tips for making your own lacing cards.

A Rose Tinted World made their lacing cards with craft foam, which makes them a little more durable than paper and you can cut it more easily than cardboard. They used a die cutting machine but you can also cut shapes by hand.

I also love the cat and mouse cards from Seam Whisperer. They also have some spring themed designs. So cute!

If you want to make lacing cards that are more open ended, check out this tutorial form Pretty Life Girls to make lacing cards that are more like geo boards. Theirs are made with wood but you can also do this with cardboard, craft foam or card stock.

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