Today was our first official day of school. The kids did not want to get up, but other than that the morning routine went well. I took pictures of each child and measured them to see how tall they are at the beginning of the year. It is quite funny to measure your daughter on [...]
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Since it has been several months since a reader requested an explanation of our school cubbies, I figured it was time to post it, since we are starting school tomorrow.
The Framework- I purchased these unfinished wooden “shelves” at A.C. Moore about a year ago. I either waited until they were on sale or used a [...]
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This week I am especially thankful to my husband. He knows that we are starting school in a few short days. He also knows that due to a very busy summer I have had little to no school planning time, so for the past 10 days he has made a huge effort to take the [...]
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Countdown to school in 3, 2, 1…. AHHHHHH!
Our first day of school is Wednesday. I am always much more excited about the first day of school than my kids. With school comes order, routines, set bedtimes and a red pen. I love writing with a red pen, but feel silly writing with one on anything [...]
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Today I am busy doing my final homeschool planning. I created a homeschool field trip form to log our outings during the school year. I have a pdf version as well as a doc version for those who want to fill it in on their computer rather than write on the form. I also created [...]
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This week I am creating reading lists for each child as well as writing our master schedule. The reading lists are below. If you click on the link you should be able to view and download the lists.
Each reading list is comprised of books that I would like my child to read for the school [...]
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Cutting can be a difficult skill for children to master. I have one child who still does not like to cut things and he is way past the preschool age. To help children learn to cut, start with something other than paper. Let them cut play dough or bread dough to practice holding the scissors. [...]
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Happy to be at Home is asking for homeschooling posts during the month of August. My participation in this has been less than stellar, but I am not sure why. I love homeschooling, planning, books, paper, pencils, highlighters… I am a school nerd. As a kid, I would come home from school, gather the neighbors [...]
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I want to preface this post by saying that I am not a big advocate of heavy academics during the early years. I believe that our children learn best from doing and growing in a natural, loving environment, without a lot of academic pressure. That being said, there are some milestones that your preschooler should [...]
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We are living in an election year. This is a great time to study elections and American government with your children. It took me a long time to realize I needed to change my plans and make the most of an opportunity for my kids to learn. For two years we lived in an area [...]
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