Welcome to
Curiosity Schoolhouse
Our Homeschooling Life in the Carolinas
We are a close-knit, adventurous family of five living in the Carolina foothills, exploring our world, teaching our children, and doing our best to live a kind and curious life.
We hope these small glimpses into our day-to-day educational journey will provide resources, ideas and inspiration to other homeschooling families, classroom teachers, and parents wanting to enrich their children’s learning.
Sharing Free Printables
Just another reminder about sharing the things you find on this site. I created this site to help teachers and parents with FREE resources that I create. You DO NOT need my permission to share. I get a lot of emails from Google with teachers asking for permission to...
Talent Show and Program Ideas
For PreK, Kinder and 1st graders First Graders performing I Just Can't Wait to Be King My classes have always participated in the Talents Shows or Programs and sometimes it’s difficult to find a performance for them that isn’t too hard, complicated or...
Gifts for Teachers
Get Simple If you’ve got multiple teachers to buy for make this is as easy as possible for yourself. Gift Cards. ALWAYS a favorite with teachers. Don’t worry about the amount. $5, $25, whatever you can afford will greatly be appreciated by teachers. $5 or...
Apps for Early Readers
Apps: reading, phonics, stories, etc. (I only researched apps for Apple products, but many of these are available for other devices) BOB Books iPhone, iPad, iPod touch FREE lite version, 1.99 to 3.99 full versions The easy to read books in app...
Teaching Patience
Teaching patience to little ones is an ongoing process that will probably take years. While it's true that some people are naturally more patient than others, it CAN be taught and practiced. Taking Turns No kid wants to be last in line, or the last one to get a...
Books Dads Enjoy Reading to Kids
My little boy LOVES being read to--and he doesn’t care who’s doing it. He’s too little to choose his own stories yet, so we choose for him. As an early childhood teacher I have several favorites that I enjoy reading, but I can tell there are some books my husband...
