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Math with Legos: Grouping and Getting Ready for Multiplication
December 9, 2013
We have been having a lot of fun using 1 x 1 LEGO® bricks for math! Owen (age 4.5) has been using them to play a roll and count game.…
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Biblical Boyhood: Putting an End to Pestering
December 4, 2013
At our house, we have been dealing with pestering as a source of sibling fighting and conflict. This has been a challenge to deal with, because on a certain level,…
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Ninjabread Men Homemade Christmas Ornaments
December 2, 2013
Earlier in the fall, the boys and I were out shopping when we ran across some cookie cutters called Ninjabread Men (Amazon affiliate link). I immediately thought of making Christmas ornaments…
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Download and Print Advent Jesse Tree Devotions
November 26, 2013
Download and print Advent (Jesse) Tree Devotions to use with the whole family! What are Advent devotions? The Advent season is almost here - my favorite time of the year!…
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A Tale of Two Critters (And how Mom learned that encouraging a love of learning sometimes involves saying yes)
November 24, 2013
In our homeschooling, I really want our kids to have a love of learning. But sometimes, the mess gets in the way! It all started on a Sunday afternoon two…
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Math with Legos: Preschool Roll and Count
November 19, 2013
A few weeks ago, I shared two preschool math activities using Duplo Legos. Well, lately we have been using regular LEGO® bricks to create some more math activities, and I…
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Our Favorite Read-Aloud Books for Creating Family Memories
November 12, 2013
One of my favorite things to do is to read out loud with my boys. We are on our fourth year of Sonlight history (this year we are doing Core…
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Hot Wheels Races with Rain Gutter Ramps
November 11, 2013
We have had some sections of rain gutter around for a while - You may remember them from our post on how to turn a cardboard box into a jump…
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Thanksgiving Craft for Kids: Paper Bag Turkey Puppets
November 5, 2013
This post contains Amazon Affiliate links. Here is another fall idea from Gresham (age 7)! If you've been following our blog, you might remember that he came up with the…
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Biblical Boyhood: Self Control Part 2 (Carelessness, Wasting, and Being Destructive)
November 3, 2013
At the end of August, I wrote a post on teaching children, especially boys, about self control. The focus of that post was childish behavior vs. foolish (sinful) behavior. I…