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Gift Guide for Homeschoolers – What to Buy New Homeschoolers

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There are some really great things out there for homeschooling, but not everything makes it onto a homeschool mom’s list of necessary items, but they do go on her want list, her wish list. These make the perfect gifts for a homeschool family. Check out this gift guide for homeschoolers.

Gifts for Homeschoolers

Gift Guide for Homeschooling Families

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There are many things that I would love to have for our homeschool but I can’t always buy them because I have to stick to a budget for our homeschool.

Preschool Gift Ideas

Flash Cards Matching Sight Words Alphabet & Math Board Games Toys for Toddlers & Kids –  Our toddler flash cards game set is carefully designed to encourage your little one to start learning from an early age while providing tons of fun. It comes with 1 Tray, 39 Letter and Number Tiles, and 90 learning cards.

Educational Preschool Poster for Toddler and Kid with Glue Point Dot for Nursery Homeschool Kindergarten Classroom – 12 Different wall posters: alphabet, numbers 1-10, numbers 1-100, days of the week, months, seasons, time, weather, opposites, colors, farm animals and shapes

My First Learn to Write Workbook: Practice for Kids with Pen Control, Line Tracing, Letters, and More! – Set kids up to succeed in school with a learn to write for kids guide that teaches them letters, shapes, and numbers―and makes it fun. 

Osmo – Little Genius Starter Kit for Fire Tablet – 4 Educational Learning Games – Preschool Ages – Problem Solving, & Creativity – Fun-filled & award winning learning games. Children interact with actual hand held pieces & Fire Tablet, bringing a child’s game pieces & actions to life.

What to Buy for: homeschooled preschoolers

Elementary Gift Ideas

Human Body Activity Book for Kids: Hands-On Fun – From eyes and ears to skin and bones, there’s a lot to discover about the human body for kids! Featuring crosswords, mazes, and more, this book is bursting with all kinds of activities to help kids understand what makes them tick.

Linking Cubes For Early Math – Connecting Manipulatives – Five sides of each cube contain a different geometric shape to create more challenging activities: circle, square, triangle, pentagon and hexagon.

The Ultimate Book of Homeschooling Ideas – As a homeschooling parent, you’re always looking for new and creative ways to teach your child the basics. Look no longer! Inside this innovative helper, you’ll find kid-tested and parent-approved techniques for learning math, science, writing, history, manners, and more that you can easily adapt to your family’s homeschooling needs.

SuperScience STEM Instant Activities – This comprehensive pack features 15 engaging topics—including animal senses, dinosaurs, wild weather, earthquakes, forces, and properties of matter—that support the Next Generation Science Standards.

All About Arctic Animals – 11 Different Animals – Google Slide Presentation

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Middle School Gift Ideas

Real-World Math – There are many times when an understanding of math is very useful in our everyday lives, and this book aims to show students how math can help them in the real world. The activities in this resource interest and challenge students as they solve problems based on operations, pre-algebra, geometry, graphs and charts, logic, and much more.

Happy Atoms Magnetic Molecular Modeling Introductory Set – Build, scan, and identify molecules: the simplest way to learn about atoms, bonding, and chemistry.

Math Practice Workbook Grades 6-8: 1000+ Questions You Need to Kill in Middle School by Brain Hunter Prep – Prepare your child for middle school math with our award-winning Math Practice Workbook for Grades 6 to 8.

Everything You Need to Ace Science in One Big Fat Notebook –  takes readers from scientific investigation and the engineering design process to the Periodic Table; forces and motion; forms of energy; outer space and the solar system; to earth sciences, biology, body systems, ecology, and more.

What to Buy New Homeschoolers

Gift Guide for Homeschoolers: High School

Homeschool High School Made Easy: Find Your Why . . . Then Find Your Way – Topics include identifying the purpose of your homeschool, finding what to expect each year and how to plan effectively, making the most of both your student’s learning style and your teaching style, considering classes and CLEP courses, preparing transcripts and college entrance exams, understanding the mental and social development of high school students, and much more.

Middle School or High School Student Planner – Student Agenda & Academic Planner for Middle or High School students. Planner runs from August 2020 through June 2021. BONUS Bookmark / Ruler and Planning Stickers

Setting the Records Straight: How to Craft Homeschool Transcripts and Course Descriptions for College Admission and Scholarships – Parents who consider homeschooling their children through high school are often consumed by insecurity – “Are we ruining their college chances?” Well, worry no more! When it comes to college admissions and scholarships, homeschoolers have what the colleges are looking for!

Personal Finance Doodle Notes: Brain Based Interactive Guided Notes – ! The doodle notes include taxes, budgeting, credit, interest, stocks, banking, insurance, mortgage, investing, loans, net worth, and more!

What to Buy New Homeschoolers

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Gifts for Aspiring Comic Book Artists

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My kids love love comic books and graphic novels. Last year during the November write a Novel Month, they worked on creating their own comic books and had so much fun doing it. A comic book is a very different medium of writing, and a lot more fun from a child’s perspective too. Here are some gift ideas for aspiring comic books artists.

Gift Ideas for Aspiring Comic Book Artists

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What is your child interested in right now? If you were to guess their future profession who you think they might be comic book artist?

Comic Book Pages

This comic book sheets set includes 22 pages for creative fun. Use them for art or for language arts as we did. Or use the in a completely different way and comment below to let me know how you used them.

The set of comic book pages available in my shop can be printed off time and time again for you to use with your kids. This lets your kids practice, create and recreate their works of arts.

Make Your Own Comic Book – Comic Book Pages

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Here are some really great gift ideas for aspiring comic book artists. From the how to draw for a comic book, to the tools one might need, and more. While looking at these I am strike with a want to learn how to be a comic book artist.

Gifts for Aspiring Comic Book Artists

Perspective! for Comic Book Artists: How to Achieve a Professional Look in your Artwork

This clever book teaches artists the unique skill of drawing perspective for spectacular landscapes, fantastic interiors, and other wildly animated backgrounds to fit comic-strip panels.

Blank Comic Book: Draw Your Own Comics - 150 Pages of Fun and Unique Templates 

Kids love making their own cartoons and comics and, this Blank Comic Book for Kids is the book you need. Filled with comic book templates of various styles, with 150 pages, this book will keep budding artists busy for hours. This is a big comic book, 8.5" x 11", so lots of room for them to immerse themselves in their own creativity. Also, Fun games at the end of the book make kids even happier.

Lulu Jr. My Comic Book Making Kit, Multicolor

Comic book making kit for children.  Guide book that navigates your child through creating their characters, settings, panels, words and artwork for their comic book

How To Draw Comics The Marvel Way

How To Draw Comics The Marvel Way

Ohuhu Watercolor Brush Markers Pen Set of 20, Water Based Drawing Marker Brushes 

These water-based markers are stored in a convenient organizer tray with individual spots to hold each pen, so you can keep all your pens neatly organized and ready for use.

Faber-Castell Comic Illustration Set - The Famazings Superhero Comic Book Drawing Kit

Learn how to draw your own graphic novels and comics! This complete comic illustration set was developed with professional comics to include everything a beginner needs to get started drawing their own superheroes.

How to Draw Cool Stuff: A Drawing Guide for Teachers and Students

How to Draw Cool Stuff shows simple step-by-step illustrations that make it easy for anyone to draw cool stuff with precision and confidence. These pages will guide you through the basic principles of illustration by concentrating on easy-to-learn shapes that build into complex drawings.

Professional Sketch Art Kit with Canvas Rolling Pouch, Drawing Pencils Tool Set Include Graphite Pencils, Charcoal Pencils, Paper Erasable Pen, Craft Knife-Lightwish

Ideal for drawing, sketching and doodling. Perfect for budding artists and amateurs of all ages looking to develop their drawing skills.

So, You Want to Be a Comic Book Artist?: The Ultimate Guide on How to Break Into Comics!

The secrets to comic book creation are at your fingertips! This comprehensive guide details the steps to becoming a hit comic book maker—from creating compelling characters and illustrations to getting published and marketing a finished product—and is full of insights from world-famous artists from such companies as DC, Marvel, and Dark Horse.

Lulu Jr. Illustory Book Making Kit, Multicolor

book making kit features a new writing guide, 'Just Imagine..A Guide to Writing and Illustrating Your Story'; which includes instructions and useful information that guides your child to write and publish their very own book.

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Gift Ideas for An Aspiring Architect

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Gift Ideas for An Aspiring Architect

by Ashley Mullen Leave a Comment

Does your child dream of being an architect? Or maybe you see a skill that they have and want to help them grow it. Either way these are some great gift ideas for any child on your shopping list. We have many, many of these different things in our house already.

Gift Ideas for an aspiring Architect

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My oldest child loves to be hands on learning and building with Lego in particular. She will, and has, spent hours building with Lego. We have a lot of Lego in our house.

Gift Ideas for An Aspiring Architect

LEGO Classic Large Creative Brick Box 10698 Build Your Own Creative Toys, Kids Building Kit (790 Pieces)

  • Engage your kids in pretend play by letting them build their own play toys, such as creating a toy house or toy scooter. This classic creative kit of LEGO bricks comes with 33 different colored bricks

K'NEX Imagine - Click & Construct Value Building Set - 522Piece - 35 Models - Engineering Educational Toy Building Set

This set comes with 522 classic and micro K'NEX parts and pieces that "click" together, allowing kids to create anything they can imagine

Magna-Tiles Clear Colors 100 Piece Set

  • The original 3D magnetic building sets that engage young minds by fusing together math, science and creativity

The Future Architect's Tool Kit

Children with dreams of designing buildings will discover how architects actually work in this workbook, which builds on the concepts introduced in The Future Architect’s Handbook. It walks readers through the drawings created by Aaron, a young architect building his own home.

Iggy Peck, Architect

Some kids sculpt sand castles. Some make mud pies. Some construct great block towers. But none are better at building than Iggy Peck, who once erected a life-size replica of the Great Sphinx on his front lawn!

The Aspiring Architect: An Activity Book for Kids

Architecture comes in many shapes and sizes. The Aspiring Architect is an activity book that allows students to investigate architectural history, design, games, and geography. Design your own floor plan.

Architect Sketchbook: Graph Paper Sketch Journal for Architectural Planning, Design, Construction and Engineering

A 120 page graph paper notebook for Architects and designers! Perfect for both professionals and architecture students. Write down design notes, ideas, memories, and goals. Blueprint, architectural plans front cover to inspire your creative designs!

Arckit Mini - Kids Architectural Model Design Tool (Mini Modern Colours 2.0)

Build detailed structures and learn architectural design fundamentals. Starter guide to master the basics.

Young Architect

  • Everything you need to create 3D models in just 3 easy steps.
  • Design rooms of all shapes and sizes.
  • Includes 9 room templates, 6 tracing papers, acrylic base, 50 acrylic walls and 50 acrylic blocks, 40 decals, 3 furniture guides and 4 color pencils and instructions.

6 Pieces Plastic Measuring Templates Building Formwork Stencils Geometric Drawing Rulers for Office and School, Clear Green

These templates fit for house planning, geometry drawing in mathematics, art work, architecture, fractional measurement, useful supplies for you in the school and office

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Gift Ideas for Aspiring Fashion Designers

by Ashley Mullen Leave a Comment

My girls are all about fashion. They are busy dressing up, doing their make up, and sketching outfits. There are some really amazing items out there to encourage your children to follow their fashion designers dream. A couple of these items I’m about to share with you have already found their way under our Christmas tree in the past.

Gift Ideas for Aspiring Fashion Designers

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While I have no problem with my girls practicing their makeup skills here at home, we aren’t quite to the point of going places with them wearing make up. My nine year old’s make up skills are still a work in progress after all.

I want to share a few of things I have pick up for them for practicing their hand at make up. They have a little bag of make up just for them. One of the most important things I made sure to have for them is make up remover wipes.

I had one of these fashion plate sets as a little girl, I got it when I went into have tubes put in my ears, and I was beyond excited to find them still being made so I could buy them for my girls.

Gift Ideas for Aspiring Fashion Designers

There are some really amazing items out there to encourage your children to follow their fashion designers dream.

Fashion Plates Deluxe Kit

Includes pencils and built-in textures on the back of the fashion plates allow your artist to easily add color and detail to their one-of-a-kind looks.

Make It Real - Fashion Design Mega Set with Light Table. Kids Fashion Design Kit Includes Light Table, Colored Pencils, Sketchbook, Stencils, Stickers, Design Guide and More

This fashion focused design set will unleash your child’s creativity as they learn the basics of fashion sketching and create their own unique and in-vogue styles.

Make It Real – Fashion Design Sketchbook: City Style - Inspirational Fashion Design Coloring Book for Girls - Includes Sketchbook, Stencils, Stickers, and Fashion Design Guide

This fashion design focused kids drawing set will unleash your child’s fashion fortitude with contemporary urban inspired design templates, and tons of creative accessories.

Creativity for Kids Rhinestone Rings Mini Jewelry Making Kit – Makes 6 Flower Rings, Multicolor

Design, create and wear your very own rhinestone flower rings! Accessorize and match your outfits with your sparkly rings to steal the show.

Fashion Themed Art and Craft Kit for Girls | 6 Craft Projects in 1 Box | Best Girl Gift for Ages 4 5 6 7 8 Years | Includes Beautiful Felt and Foam Embellishments (Little Fashionista 6-in-1)

Create five totally unique to you fashion items.

Craft-tastic – Learn to Sew Kit – Craft Kit Includes 7 Fun Projects, 34 Page Instruction Book, and Reusable Materials to Teach Basic Sewing Stitches, Embroidery & More

Easy-to-make crafts that are “sew” much fun! They’ll make a bracelet, headband, adorable stuffie, bunny pouch, pin cushion, backpack, and a cool phone case.

JOYIN DIY Girl 12 Satin Fashion Headbands Kids Art and Crafts Kits, Girls Jewelry Making Kit-Decorated with Hair Accessories

Perfect For Making Her Own Headbands of Your Girl. DIY Headbands Improve Creation and Imagination of Your Little Princess.

Cool Maker - Sew N’ Style Sewing Machine with Pom-Pom Maker Attachment (Edition May Vary), 11

Sew your own stylish fashions with the Cool Maker Sew N’ Style Machine! Safe and easy to use, the Sew N’ Style Machine let you stitch and create using sparkly fabrics and bright prints!

Amav Fashion Time Denim Designer Craft Kit

Create your very own designer outfits with these mannequins.

TESMAINS Fashion Wedding Dress Design Kit- Clothes Sewing Kit -for Teenagers Kids Girls Adults

Use your imagination, design a wedding dress on a sketchbook, then cut paper templates and fabrics, stitch them together, add your favorite decorations, and finally, try them on with Doll Mold.

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Gift Ideas for Aspiring Writers

by Ashley Mullen Leave a Comment

I used to love writing stories as a child, and my kids all seem to enjoy story telling through their writing as well. There are some really great products out there that would make amazing gifts for aspiring writers.

Gift Ideas for Aspiring Writers

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We have been mainly been focusing on math in our homeschool, but we have also been using Thinking Tree books, the books we currently have focus on learning French, and creative writing. I have loved reading the stories they have written.

These are gifts for your kids of any age that are going to inspire them to continue writing their stories and grow their writing skills.

Aspiring Writers

Using Comic Book Sheets in Your Lessons

Blank comic book pages can be used easily with all grade levels and work well as a check for understanding, a way to engage young writers, a supplement to larger projects or as independent work.

The Writer's Toolbox

Includes a 64-page booklet filled with exercises and instructions that focus on a "right-brain" approach to writing. Sixty exercise sticks: First Sentences, Non Sequiturs, and Last Straws will get stories off the ground, 60 cards fuel creative descriptions and four spinner palettes will ignite unexpected plot twists.

The Color Tribe(a girls coloring book series)

From Artist and Illustrator, Lacee Swan, comes a fun, creative and inspiring coloring book for young girls. "The Color Tribe" is a Coloring Series about four girls and their creative adventures which will be a fabulous gift for your little lovelies.

Spilling Ink: A Young Writer's Handbook

Fun writing prompts will help young writers jump-start their own projects, and encouragement throughout will keep them at work.

Getting and Writing to A Pen Pal

Creative writing prompts for each month, to keep you writing to your penpal.

The Writer's Fun-Schooling Journal - For Student's Majoring in Writing

This is a Thinking Tree Core Curriculum Journal for teens who love writing. This workbook is perfect for student authors, poets, novelists, journalists, bloggers, scriptwriters and screenwriters. 

So, You Want to Be a Writer?: How to Write, Get Published, and Maybe Even Make It Big! 

Make those writing dreams a reality with this comprehensive guide that explains how to go from staring at an empty page to becoming a published author.

Welcome to the Writer's Life: How to Design Your Writing Craft, Writing Business, Writing Practice, and Reading Practice

Learn how to take your work to the next level with this informative guide on the craft, business, and lifestyle of writing.

Trunk Works Storytime Travel Card Game - Story Telling Game

  • Foster imagination and creativity alongside building conversational skills and vocabulary

Book Lovers Reading Mug Professional Bookworm Mug

That is why this awesome, original design mug is a fantastic choice for nearly any occasion.

EIGSO Book Lover Gift She Believed She Could Book Keychain Reader Keyring Writers Jewelry Bibliophile Gift Librarian Gift Bookworm Gift (She Believed Book KR)

The surest way to success is to keep your direction and stick to your goal.

A Writer's Notebook: Unlocking the Writer Within You

Tap into your inner writer with this book of practical advice by the bestselling author of How Writers Work and the ALA Notable Book Fig Pudding. This middle grade book is an excellent choice for tween readers in grades 5 to 6, especially during homeschooling. It’s a fun way to keep your child entertained and engaged while not in the classroom.

Careful Or You'll end up in My Novel

Funny Aspiring Writer Author Love Heart Design Book Lover Gift Sign.

Ticonderoga Beginner Pencils

Great writing pencils.

Tree of Hearts Journal

Lightly lined, acid-free archival-quality paper takes pen or pencil beautifully.

Writer´s Workbook: A Personal Planner with Tips, Checklists and Guidelines

The “Writer´s Workbook” is meant as a notebook of ideas for authors who are in the process of plotting a novel. It contains help with the key phases of the writing experience, from character development and plot structure to creating marketing plans for your novel.

What kind of stories are your budding writers interested in writing? We have currently been writing short stories about animals. I am amazed at their imagination each time they write and the small details they think to include.

A program that you and your child may be interested in looking at at is WriteAtHome. We just finished one of their courses and my 11 year old daughter loved it, and I really loved what she got out of it.

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