Never Board Learning Shop
Explore MembershipWelcome to the NBL Shop!
We love to create playful, hands-on, interest-based learning resources for children and teens.
In our shop, you'll find the following:
- Courses
- Lazy Unit Studies
- Themed Play Packs
- Lazy Unit Study Inspiration Packs
- and more!
The Lazy Homeschooler's Guide to Unit Studies
$50.00
Do you want to raise curious, joyful, lifelong learners?
Unit studies can help! Learn how to create super-simple, effective, and completely engaging unit studies that the whole family will love.
Each lesson includes actionable PDFs and printables to help you get off and running.
Embrace those rabbit holes and surrender to delight-driven learning while crossing off those nagging homeschool must-dos.
Get ready for more joy and less overwhelm today!
Gameschooling 101: How To Add More Play to Your Homeschool Day
$50.00
Homeschooling can be *almost* all fun and games.
We all know play is an essential part of child development, but how do you fit it in when you have a huge homeschool to-do list?
Gameschooling is the intersection of play and homeschooling and it can change your entire homeschool atmosphere for the better!
Play can boost connection, fuel learning, and revolutionize your homeschool routine.
Join the fun and have more fun tomorrow:
How to Rock THE MOST IMPORTANT PART of Your Homeschool Day
$50.00
Reading aloud is the single most important thing you can do for your child's future academic success.
Reading aloud also offers a host of non-academic benefits. Plus, reading aloud makes lifelong family memories!
Learn how to start your homeschool day with the most important thing.
Find a read-aloud routine that will work for your unique family and fuel learning throughout the day.
Enroll today and knock your read-aloud out of the park tomorrow:
Don't be afraid to step outside of the box.
(After 9+ years of homeschooling I can promise you that it's more fun out here!)
By creating simple, sustainable routines that work for your unique family, you'll have the power to:
- Handle any obstacle thrown your way and have confidence that your children are learning well.
- Stop struggling with analysis paralysis and finally make important changes to your homeschool routine.
- Quit trying to find the perfect tools and embrace the now, enjoying the moment and learning alongside your children.
- Stop worrying at 3 a.m. and start enjoying your family's homeschool journey.
- Raise joyful, curious, and lifelong learners who aren't afraid to think outside the box and pursue passions.
More information about our self-paced digital courses:
All NBL resources are appropriate for a wide range of grade levels and are designed to enrich and support your existing homeschool learning.
Fuel curiosity and embrace the magic of interest-based learning with
Lazy Unit Studies
Lazy Unit Studies are an easy way to incorporate more interest-based learning into your homeschool routine.
The best part? We have created them for you!
Each Lazy Unit Study has a theme and includes:
- Printable activities and/or print-and-play games related to the theme
- Game recommendations, book lists, and educational videos related to the theme
- Oodles of extension activities across many academic subject areas
Our Lazy Unit Studies are designed to be fun. Pick and choose the rabbit trails that work for your unique family, and forget the rest!
More information about these Lazy Unit Studies:
All NBL resources are appropriate for a wide range of grade levels and are designed to enrich and support your existing homeschool learning.
The 7 Continents
$24.00
Travel the world without leaving your home with our 7 Continents Lazy Unit Study.
This Lazy Unit Study includes:
- Play inspiration and gameschool recommendations
- Playful online geography resources
- Fiction and nonfiction booklists
- A month-long play challenge printable
- Continent Go Fish with Google Earth integration
- 7 Wonders of the World Memory Game with Google Earth integration
- Tons of rabbit trails, including curated educational YouTube playlists across a wide swath of subject areas
- Coloring pages
- Planning pages
- ... and more!
Birds
$24.00
Are you a bird lover? You're going to adore this Lazy Unit Study!
This Lazy Unit Study includes:
- Play inspiration and gameschool recommendations
- Online birding resources
- Fiction and nonfiction booklists
- Bird Nest Memory Game with "Meet the Bird" pages for each bird featured
- Bird Scattergories
- Birds of each continent pages
- Bird vocabulary and research pages
- Tons of rabbit trails, including curated educational YouTube playlists across various subject areas
- Planning pages
- Coloring pages
- ... and more!
Botany
$24.00
This Lazy Unit Study is the perfect addition to your homeschool nature study!
This Lazy Unit Study includes:
- Play inspiration and game recommendations
- Movies, documentaries, apps, and online resources
- Botany Scavenger Hunt Game
- Botany I Spy Game
- Fiction and nonfiction booklists
- Botany STEM-themed printable activities
- Art, music, and craft ideas
- Tons of rabbit trails, including curated educational YouTube playlists across a wide swath of subject areas
- Coloring pages
- Planning pages
- ... and more!
South America
$24.00
This Lazy Unit Study is a South America deep-dive and would be a great follow-up to our 7 Continents Lazy Unit Study.
This Lazy Unit Study includes:
- Play inspiration and game recommendations
- Movies, documentaries, apps, and online resources
- Creatures of South America Bingo Game
- South America Flags and Country Memory Game
- Fiction and nonfiction booklists
- Capybara research pages and rabbit trails
- Art, music, and craft ideas
- Tons of rabbit trails, including curated educational YouTube playlists across a wide swath of subject areas
- Coloring pages
- Planning pages
- ... and more!
Herpetology
$24.00
This Lazy Unit Study is a deep dive into the world of reptiles and amphibians.
This Lazy Unit Study includes:
- Play inspiration and game recommendations
- Movies, documentaries, apps, and online resources
- Herpetology Spot It Game
- Print-and-play Snakes and Ladders Game
- Fiction and nonfiction booklists
- Oodles of STEM-related playlists
- Art, music, and craft ideas
- Tons of rabbit trails, including curated educational YouTube playlists across a wide swath of subject areas
- Play challenge
- Coloring pages
- Planning pages
- ... and more!
Oceans
$24.00
This Lazy Unit Study is a deep dive into the world's oceans and would be a great follow-up to our 7 Continents Lazy Unit Study.
This Lazy Unit Study includes:
- Play inspiration and game recommendations
- Movies, documentaries, apps, and online resources
- Ocean-Themed Memory Game
- Ocean-Themed Don't Say It Game
- Fiction and nonfiction booklists
- Extensive STEM-themed educational playlists
- Art, music, and craft ideas
- Tons of rabbit trails, including curated educational YouTube playlists across a wide swath of subject areas
- Coloring pages
- Planning pages
- ... and more!
Add more play to your days with our NBL Play Packs!
NBL Play Packs help you add more play to your day.
The NBL Play Packs (ebooks) contain actionable, play-based learning and gameschool resources. You’ll find printable games and resources to fuel connection throughout the season.
All NBL Play Packs are secular and are appropriate for all grade levels, and are designed to enrich and support your existing homeschool learning.
Travel Play Pack
$14.99
This Play Pack includes the following resources:
Road Trip Games
From the license plate game to various I Spy pages to classics like Tic-Tac-Toe and Hangman, these printables will keep kids busy while you are on the road.
Travel Bingo Set
This Travel Bingo Set will keep your kids occupied on your next road trip! See if you can get five in a row. See if you can fill the entire Bingo card for an added challenge!
Travel Themed Game Pack
With this Travel Game Pack, you can play Travel-Themed Memory, Pictionary, Password, Hedbanz and Charades!
Card Game Bingo Challenge
This challenge is travel-friendly. All you need is a couple of decks of cards, and you'll be playing all vacation long. Links to instructions are included. Take a trip down memory lane with old favorites, and learn new games, too.
Shark Week
Play Pack
$14.99
This Play Pack includes the following resources:
Shark Week Scavenger Hunt
Shark Week Scavenger Hunt is a wonderful way to take a playful deep dive with your kiddos. Take this scavenger hunt on your next library trip and gather books about the sharks mentioned herein. Or, use it as you explore YouTube, Discovery.com, Discovery+, and/or other documentary sources (such as CuriosityStream, Netflix, and Amazon).
The challenge? Learn something new about each shark listed on the Shark Week Scavenger Hunt!
Shark Word Search and Shark Week Word Scramble
See if you can find all of the sharks floating around in this word puzzle. (And yay for some stealth spelling and reading practice!)
Shark Joke Pack
Do you have a kiddo who loves jokes? This Shark Joke Pack will be a hit!
Summer-Themed Game Pack
Enjoy a pack of summer-themed games, including:
- Memory
- Hedbanz
- Charades
- Pictionary
Shark Spot-It
Your Spot-It fans will love this fun shark-themed twist on an old favorite!
Shark Week Bingo Set
This Bingo Set is shark-and-summer-themed and is the perfect companion to Shark Week or a shark unit study.
Birthday Play Pack
$14.99
This Play Pack includes the following resources:
Birthday Game Pack
This game pack includes the following birthday-themed printable games:
- Birthday Scattergories
- Birthday This or That
- Birthday Word Search
- Birthday Spot-It
- Birthday Bingo
- Birthday Word Search
Birthday Interview
The My Little Poppies birthday Interview could start a new family tradition. Whenever your kiddo has a birthday, take a moment to fill out the interview and place the interview in a 3-ring binder.
Every year, you will have the opportunity to look back on previous years together. It's a birthday time capsule!
Birthday Mad Libs
Mad Libs are fun for all ages, and they encourage stealth writing and parts of speech! (Even when your kiddos use potty humor, they are still writing and learning!) We hope you enjoy this birthday-themed activity!
Autumn Play Pack
$14.99
This Play Pack includes the following resources:
Autumn Game Pack
This autumn-themed game pack includes the following printable games:
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Charades
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Pictionary
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Hedbanz
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Password
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Scattergories
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Word Search
Autumn Memory Game
Celebrate the season with this Autumn Memory Game. Memory is a classic childhood game during which players take turns uncovering cards in an attempt to find a match. To play, print the fall-themed memory cards and cut out each card. Add some art and writing by having your kiddos create their cards!
Autumn Gameschool Bingo
Play your way through the autumn months with this gameschool challenge. This resource can also be tucked into your homeschool portfolio as a documentation page.
Autumn Fun Challenge
Everyone loves fun experiences. Our Autumn Fun Challenge is your very own fall bucket list and promises to keep you busy all season long!
Autumn NBL Mad Libs
Mad Libs are fun for all ages and encourage stealth writing and parts of speech! (Even when your kiddos use potty humor, they are still writing and learning!) We hope you enjoy this hilarious fall-themed activity!
Winter Play Pack
$14.99
This Play Pack includes the following resources:
Winter Game Pack
This winter-themed game pack includes the following printable games:
- Memory Game
- Charades
- Pictionary
- Hedbanz
- Password
- Scattergories
- Word Search
Winter Memory Game
Celebrate the wintry season with this Winter Memory Game. Memory is a classic childhood game during which players take turns uncovering cards in an attempt to find a match. To play, print the winter-themed memory cards and cut out each card. Add some art and writing by having your kiddos create their cards!
Winter Gameschool Bingo
Play your way through the wintry months with this gameschool challenge. This resource can also be tucked into your homeschool portfolio as a documentation page.
Winter Fun Challenge
Everyone loves fun experiences. Our Winter Fun Challenge is your very own wintery bucket list and promises to keep you busy all season long!
Winter NBL Mad Libs
Mad Libs are fun for all ages and encourage stealth writing and parts of speech! (Even when your kiddos use potty humor, they are still writing and learning!) We hope you enjoy this hilarious winter-themed activity!
Spring Play Pack $14.99
This Play Pack includes the following resources:
Spring Game Pack
This game pack includes the following spring-themed printable games:
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Charades
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Pictionary
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Hedbanz
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Password
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Word Search
- Bird-Themed Scattergories to Celebrate Spring
- Botany Scavenger Hunt
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Garden Bingo Game
Spring Gameschool Bingo
Play your way through the season with this gameschool challenge. This resource can also be tucked into your homeschool portfolio as a documentation page.
Spring Fun Challenge
Everyone loves fun experiences. Our Spring Fun Challenge is your very own spring bucket list and promises to keep you busy all season long!
Garden Bingo
Bingo is a game that can be played with people of all ages, so it's a perfect birthday party game. Our MLP Garden Bingo is a wonderful way to celebrate the great outdoors!
Bird-Themed Scattergories
Spring means the birds are back! Celebrate them with this fun little Bird-Themed Scattergories printable.
Botany Scavenger Hunt
Botany Scavenger Hunt is a fun way to celebrate the arrival of Spring and explore the world of botany.
Summer Play Pack
$14.99
This Play Pack includes the following resources:
Summer Game Pack
This game pack includes the following summer-themed printable games:
- Charades
- Pictionary
- Hedbanz
- Password
- Word Search
- Memory
Summer Gameschool Bingo
Play your way through the season with this gameschool challenge. This resource can also be tucked into your homeschool portfolio as a documentation page.
Summer Memory Game
Celebrate the season with this Summer Memory Game. Memory is a classic childhood game during which players take turns uncovering cards in an attempt to find a match. To play, print the winter-themed memory cards and cut out each card. Add some art and writing by having your kiddos create their cards!
Summer Fun Challenge
Everyone loves fun experiences. Our Summer Fun Challenge is your very own summer bucket list and promises to keep you busy all season long! We've also included a blank card so that you can fill it in with your kids' ideas!
Summer Idea List
Are your kids complaining of boredom? This Summer Idea List will keep them busy throughout the summer months!
