Katie's Homeschool Cottage

12/09/2025

I am happy to be a contributor to this blog series about !
You'll find wonderful advice and tips to keep Christmas and homeschooling simple this season. Take a look at the latest posts, including this one! (Mine 😊)

🎄 Want Christmas learning to feel natural and joyful for all ages in your homeschool?

Today’s post from Katie's Homeschool Cottage shares simple, meaningful ways to weave learning into Christmas celebrations - whether you’re teaching teens, littles, or everyone in between.

No stress. No complicated plans. Just festive, family-centered learning that fits your season. ✨

👉 Discover how to make Christmas learning simple for every age in your homeschool! https://www.hopeinthechaos.com/keeping-multiple-ages-engaged-through-the-holiday-season/

12/05/2025

12/05/2025

This Peter Rabbit unit study is targets skills for preschool through first grade.
Receive 50% off using Code Days50 (normally, $2.97)!
It contains everything you need to have a fun learning experience with no planning for parents.
This unit study includes an age level retelling of the story of Peter Rabbit with comprehension questions to review after reading. One set is focused toward simpler recall questions, while another set targets higher level questions and answers for older range children and for deeper and analytical thinking.
There are also sequencing picture cards that coincide with the story to allow your child practice in sequencing and retelling the story in their own words, a very valuable skill in language arts and thinking.
Other worksheets range from simpler activities to more complex, depending on the age of your children and their skill levels, so that this unit study can be used a number of your children at the same time and presents a unit study to be used together as a family.
These worksheets range from practicing identifying the letter “R” for rabbit and tracing and writing this letter to a worksheet to practice writing a friendly letter to Farmer McGregor from Peter Rabbit.
There are pictures to print and cut out to use as finger or stick puppets to have fun retelling the story or creating and retelling your own version.
This Peter Rabbit unit study also include science and nature activities from growing plants from seeds like Farmer McGregor to learning about Rabbit facts with recalling fact questions and fact flash cards to learn about rabbits at an appropriate age level.
For practice in following directions and measuring, there are a number of fun easy to follow recipes that correspond to the Peter Rabbit and rabbit theme that you will want to create and enjoy!
For math practice in your rabbit unit study, there are worksheets for various age range and skill levels as well – from practicing number identification and tracing numbers and counting to simple addition and subtraction, all with a bunny theme.
There are a couple of thinking skill worksheets that include patterns and filling in the missing item.
And finally, to keep even the youngest of your littles occupied and learning, there are a number of tracing/cutting worksheets all with their own rabbit theme to fine tune those motor skills.

This Peter Rabbit unit study is targets skills for preschool through first grade. It contains everything you need to have a fun learning experience with no planning for parents. This unit study includes an age level retelling of the story of Peter Rabbit with comprehension questions to review after....

12/05/2025

Learn about the folk tale and real life of “Johnny Appleseed” and the Apple Life Cycle with this comprehensive unit study for Preschool through 1st Grade.
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Keep little ones busy with their own activities as you work through other activities with your older one.
There are fun and interactive activities for Language Arts, math, science, Bible, cooking, and preschool developmental activities.

Learn about the folk tale and real life of "Johnny Appleseed" and the Apple Life Cycle with this comprehensive unit study for Preschool through 1st Grade. Keep little ones busy with their own activities as you work through other activities with your older one. There are fun and interactive activitie...

12/05/2025

Learn about the apples, Johnny Appleseed and Westward Expansion movement with this unit study for grades 2-5.
Use Code Days50 to receive 50% off (normally $6.97)
Keep everyone learning at the same time together and (sometimes) independently about these topics in a fun and engaging, interactive way!
There are plenty of activities for everyone for Language Arts, (tons of math worksheets), science, history, geography, Bible, and cooking.

Learn about the apples, Johnny Appleseed and Westward Expansion movement with this unit study for grades 2-5. Keep everyone learning at the same time together and (sometimes) independently about these topics in a fun and engaging, interactive way! There are plenty of activities for everyone for Lang...

12/05/2025

Download this George Washington mini unit study!
Use Code Days50 to receive 50% off (normally $5.00)
It’s geared to elementary school and has an easy to understand summary of his life with fun activities to review important words and ideas about his time period and his accomplishments.
This unit study about George Washington has opportunity to review what has been learned and write about it a brainstorming organizer sheet, six different writing sheets to choose from with different designs and sized lines for practicing those writing skills, and a word search of important words.
There are also flash cards of important terms and definitions of important ideas formed during this time period and suggestions of activities and games to play with the flash cards.
There is also a True/False worksheet and a Matching Vocabulary Terms exercise.
You’ll find some coloring sheets and a recipe for one of George Washington’s favorite breakfasts!

Download this George Washington mini unit study! It's geared to elementary school and has an easy to understand summary of his life with fun activities to review important words and ideas about his time period and his accomplishments. This unit study about George Washington has opportunity to review...

12/05/2025

This Create Your Own Unit Study Toolkit (receive 50% off with Code Days50, normally $7.50) gives you the tools –
a video and ebook with instructions in how to brainstorm and organize a topic or theme you want to use as the basis of a unit study with the printable forms I have created to help you do this as well as lots of pictures of examples of what we used and projects created in our unit studies we enjoyed as a family!
I even have a unit study example for Ancient Greece created for you!

Why use the Create Your Own Unit Study Toolkit with instructional video and worksheet packet? Looking to teach multiple kiddos? Wanting to save time, energy, and money planning lessons for all different curriculum? Want to keep your kids on task and enjoying and remembering what they learn? This Cre...

12/05/2025

Guide to Teaching Methods and Curriculum Choices for your Child's Mind and Learning Style - 50% off with Code Days 50 (normally $7.95)
This 62 page inclusive Guide will assist you with provided easy to use assessments in assessing your child’s learning and thinking styles and the best teaching methods, materials, and curriculum (with links to curriculum for each learning style) to use to with your child when homeschooling. It focuses on TWO PARTS (which sets it apart from other guides) - it looks at how your child understands and learns a concept and information for the first time AND Then how your child processes that information internally to really understand it and use it.

This 62 page inclusive Guide to Teaching Methods and Curriculum Choices for your Child's Mind and Learning Style will assist you in assessing your child's learning and thinking styles and the best approach and curriculum to use to with your child when homeschooling. In this guide you will find descr...

12/05/2025

Nature Study, Nature Journals, and Poetry Through the Year is a 216 page e-book for children in all grades kindergarten to the eighth grade level. Use Code Days50 to receive 50% off (normally $19.97)
This is a 12 months study of nature divided into seasons and months and the natural events that occur during those seasons with 3-4 topics per month - a natural introduction into science through nature, this study introduces children into different areas of biology, physics, and chemistry.
Book suggestions and online books, nature walk questions and activities, online activities, activity and experiment ideas, seasonal poetry and ideas to include poetry, extension topics and activity ideas to go down those rabbit trails, nature journal and observation pages to print and more!

Colors of gold and amber fall to the ground as you hear the "crunch" under your feet as you make your way through the cool, crisp morning gathering memories in your backpack. You hear "Mom, come look at this! It's so cool!" as your explorers run ahead to make discoveries of hidden treasures in

12/05/2025

This Homeschool High School Parent Toolkit is the perfect companion for every homeschool parent homeschooling through high school.
Use Code Days50 to receive 50% off (normally $7.95) for suggested scope and sequence for college bound, (2 & 4 yr) or work bound with class and credit suggestions and guidelines, transcript example and template, hands-on experiential opportunities info with links, and more!
(From a former teacher and homeschool mom who graduated two guys who earned college credit, scholarships, and awards - accepted into colleges to which they applied and graduated with honors with Masters Degrees.)

This Homeschool High School Parent Toolkit is the perfect companion for every homeschool parent homeschooling through high school. Whether your child has plans to graduate and enter college or immediately enter the workforce, this Homeschool High School Parent Toolkit has the tools and information y...

12/04/2025

🎄✨ Homeschooling Through the Holidays Made Simple! ✨🎄
The holidays are here, friend, and I’m so excited to share the 2025 Homeschooling Through The Holidays, an all-new collaborative blog series designed to make your holiday homeschooling experience joyful and stress-free! 🥳
What you’ll find:
🎄 Creative tips for blending learning with holiday fun
🧁 Festive activities & lesson ideas
📆 Time-saving hacks to balance celebrations & learning
🤝 Support from a community of homeschooling families!
Whether you're a seasoned homeschooler or just starting, this series is packed with all the details to make the most of the season! ✨
🍪 So grab a cup of cocoa, friend, click the link in bio, and let’s make this holiday season magical and memorable for your family! ❤️