To help my son practice capital cities for our great 50 states, I made him a fun pegboard to practice. Here's how I did it (and you c...

This idea has been stuck in my head for awhile, ever since I heard about how quilts were used to communicate to runaway slaves on the Und...

I know a good idea when someone shares one. A homeschooling mom mentioned playing this game with her kids on my Facebook page. I was intr...

It's been awhile since we practiced map skills. I figured we'd revisit them, this time using coordinates on an X and Y axis for a...

I wish I could claim this idea as my own, but truthfully, it’s not. When the well of inspiration ran dry, I turned to my Pinterest boa...

When we’re in the car, my son thinks going straight means we’re going north. Um … not quite. To help him understand cardinal directions, I...

What is it about the measuring tape? My sons both think it’s the best toy ever, never mind that it’s not a toy at all. To capitalize o...

When I purchased a subscription to National Geographic Kids magazine for my son, they sent us an inflatable globe. He has been fascinated...

When my son mastered reading a grid during the  Crayon Word Roll activity, I was inspired to test his map-reading skills further. His int...

Give a kid a grid of 36 words and two dice – one manipulated with the letters A through F – and let the fun begin! That’s what Melissa ov...