Today I am sharing the top 10 Blog Posts of 2018.
These are the top articles from My Little Poppies as chosen by you, our readers.
I want you to know how incredibly thankful I am that you continue to follow our journey after all these years. Please know that I am sending you all love and well-wishes for 2019. I hope it is a wonderful year for you all!
Top 10 Blog Posts of 2018
My Little Poppies Top Blog Posts of 2018:
Without further ado, here are the most popular blog articles from the year that was! Is your favorite listed here? Leave me a comment below!
Sidenote: I cheated a little bit, you guys. Our top post of 2018 is actually 100+ Educational Stocking Stuffers, but I figured you were tired of hearing about holiday stuff by now and so I chose the next ten posts.
1. Exploring Nature with Children
This one is a perennial favorite, showing up on our top 10 lists year after year.
And with good reason!
Exploring Nature with Children is one of our all-time favorite, go-to homeschool resources. It’s comprehensive, super easy to use, and is an incredible value!
You can read the full article here.
2. One-Player Games
It’s no secret that we are a family of gameschoolers, and therefore it comes as no surprise that several gameschool resources are featured on our top 10 list.
One-player games are fantastic! They can be used for quiet time and also when you would like to work with one child but keep another occupied and learning.
Seen here: Balance Beans by ThinkFun. She has no idea she’s practicing early algebra and physic skills here! Gameschooling for the win!
We even play one-player games together! That’s right, we’ll pick a favorite and take turns, or add a timer to see who is the fastest player!
You can read the full article here.
3. Perfectionism, Fear of Failure, and the Gifted Child
This is another perennial favorite.
If you are parenting a gifted or twice-exceptional child, you are likely no stranger to perfectionism and anxiety. I hope that this resource will help you.
Also, be sure to check out our brand-new gifted landing page. (There’s a free gifted resource packet waiting for you over there!)
Read the full article here.
4. Cooperative Games
Cooperative games are tons of fun, plus they help children to practice important skills.
These games are great for non-competitive kids who shy away from playing games with ultra-competitive siblings.
But they are also wonderful for those super competitive kids! Cooperative games help children learn how to cooperate, work together, be a part of a team, and how to win and lose with grace.
Do you need more cooperative games in your life? You aren’t alone!
You can read the full article here.
5. Gifted Homeschool Curriculum Choices 2015-2016 (pre-K, K, and 2nd grade)
When you are working with gifted and twice-exceptional kiddos, traditional methods don’t always work and we have learned to piece together resources from hither and yon.
That’s why I think our curriculum choices are always a favorite. I think people want to see how you can create a patchwork of creative learning resources.
You can read the full article here.
6. Gifted Homeschool Curriculum Choices 2017-2018 (1st, 2nd, and 4th grade)
This is a post with our curriculum choices from last year. It’s chock-full of oodles of fun resources, organized by academic subject.
You can read the entire article here.
7. Gameschooling 101: How to Homeschool with Fantastic Games
This is the ultimate gameschool resource, you guys. It’s a super long article filled with my best tips and tricks for making gameschooling an important part of your family routine.
If it’s too long for you, check out our brand-new gameschooling landing page. It has just as much info but in bite-sized chunks!
Money Bags taught all three of my children coin value and how to make change!
You can read the entire article here.
8. Gifted Homeschool Curriculum Choices 2018-2019 (2nd, 3rd, and 5th grade)
This article has our curriculum choices from the current school year!
Want to know our favorite resource this year?
CuriosityStream, hands-down. At only $2.99 per month, my kids watch educational documentaries that cover almost every single academic subject. It’s by far the best value of any homeschool resource we’ve come across!
And right now, CuriosityStream is having a holiday sale. You can grab CuriosityStream for the entire year at just $11.99.
(That’s less than our library fine right now!)
You can read the full article here.
9. Homeschool Curriculum: How to Ditch the Schedule and Embrace a Lifestyle
I wrote this article because people are always asking me what our homeschool day looks like and that is a tough question to answer.
We have been homeschooling long enough now that I’ve lost most of that public school mindset and embraced a homeschool lifestyle.
Gym class, nature study, and science- all rolled into one! This portable microscope is one of our favorite homeschool things.
You can read about what that looks like here.
10. Games by Subject: The Best Games for Your Homeschool
This article is one that readers have asked me to write for… ever! I finally had a chance to wrap my brain around it, and I am so glad that it is finished and out there.
If you are looking to add more gameschooling to your routine in 2019, you can use this post to check your game closet.
(I bet you already have games that cover each homeschool subject! You just need to think about them differently!)
Potion Explosion was a new-to-us game from 2018. A friend introduced us to it and we fell head over heels. It’s part of our Harry Potter Gameschooling post!
You can read the full article here.
If you’d like to check out the Top 10 Episodes of The Homeschool Sisters Podcast…
… you can find them here!
Thank you for reading our Top 10 blog posts of 2018!
Is your favorite listed above? If not, share below! And, above all, have a fantastic New Year!
Be sure to check out our current course offerings. Cait co-hosts The Homeschool Sisters Podcast and is co-founder of Kindred Collective. Cait is also founder of the Family Book Club at My Little Poppies, a fantastic community of book-loving parents and the Gameschool Community at My Little Poppies, a vibrant community of gameschoolers.
Cait is a contributing writer for Simple Homeschool. Her work has also appeared on The Huffington Post, The Mighty, Scary Mommy, GeekMom, and many others. You can find her on Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram.
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