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Welcome to Rainy Day Homeschooling, where you will find ideas, activities, unit studies, resources, and tips for homeschooling and home educating your kids. With a focus on learning with fun and engaging hands-on activities for raising kids that want to know more.

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A beautiful winter scene with snow on trees and a path leading through a pine forest. There are footprints leading that way as well. Text below the image reads Winter Nature Stories and Books for home educators.

Sample of some of the prompts for the Creative Writing Prompts for Kids for November. Text underneath reads 30 Creative Writing Prompts for November to Use with Kids.

4 pages from the Creative Writing Prompts for Halloween from Rainy Day Homeschooling. Text below reads Fantastic Fun Halloween Creative Writing Prompts for Kids.

4 pages from the printable Autumn Equinox creative writing prompts for kids pack. Text below the image reads Autumn Equinox Creative Writing Prompts for Kids.

Journey of Discovery – Secular Science for Home Educators

Journey of Discovery is a unit-based science curriculum for 8 to 13-year-olds that you can build unit by unit to match your child’s interests. With hands-on activities, crafts, and practicals that you can do at home, it’s fun and will ignite your child’s curiosity.

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Science Fun For Homeschoolers

A young girl looking through prepared slides under a light microscope on the table. Text reads How to use a Light Microscope for Home Educators under the image.

A child holding a bunch of acorns in their hands. The text below the image reads How to Dissect an acorn and a year of Nature Walks and Games Book.

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Image of a page of a nature journal with preserved leaves and annotations and sketches on. Text below the images reads How to Preserve Leaves for Nature Journals and Study.

A pile of autumn leaves in vibrant hues of red, yellow and gold. Text below the image reads Autumn Leaves Nature Study for Home Educators.

A field of pumpkins ready to pick. Text below the image reads October Nature Study Ideas for Home Educators.

Sample of the Fantastic Autumn Poetry Creative Writing Prompts for Kids

Sample pages from the Creative Writing Prompts for October printable for kids. Text below the image reads 31 Creative Writing Prompts for the Month of October.

Home Education Tips and Advice

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Two children reading their living books outside after a homeschool nature trip. The text reads The Charlotte Mason Method an Introduction for Home Educators

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A girl on a laptop at a table in the living room with head phones on. Below the image it reads Amazing Virtual Field Trips for Home Educators.

A young boy taking a picture of the observatory at chichen itza. Below the image the text reads Ancient Maya Unit Study for home educators.

Shakespeare Works on the spine of a book with text below reading Introducing Shakespeare to your kids for the first time

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About Cerys Parker

Cerys Parker is the mum behind the home-educating family at Rainy Day Homeschooling, she’s a marine biologist, environmental educator and STEM teacher. Hands-on learning, reading around and delving into subjects deeper has been one of the most enjoyable things about homeschooling her kids and she shares her expertise here.

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Journey of Discovery – Secular Science for Home Educators

Science Fun For Homeschoolers

Nature Study

Creative Writing Prompts

Home Education Tips and Advice

Home Education Activities, Resources and Plans

About Cerys Parker

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