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Construction Paper Poinsettias
December 19, 2012
Yesterday we made construction paper poinsettias with Grandma as well as pipe cleaner snowflakes. Jordan's mom brought over a few crafts to do with us, and this one was an…
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Salt Dough Christmas Ornaments
December 17, 2012
In all the years that I've had children, we've never done salt dough ornaments at Christmas! Well, last week I decided to give it a try. The boys really enjoyed…
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Getting Kids to Pick up After Themselves
December 13, 2012
With four boys, the mess builds up pretty quickly around our house! If everyone takes off his shoes and socks and jacket upon entering the house and leaves them on…
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Easy DIY Christmas Candle Jars
December 11, 2012
These Christmas Candle Jars are a great homemade gift that kids can make and give! The boys enjoyed making fall candle jars, and I bought a couple of extra jars…
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How God provided a bicycle for a 9 year old boy who wanted one
December 7, 2012
Aidan has been a growing kid lately! He now officially eats more than me. He would eat all the time if I would let him! Back in the summer, we…
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Easy Science Experiments with Momentum
December 6, 2012
Lately, I've been doing a unit on physics with my boys that I prepared years ago when I taught science classes for homeschoolers. Of all the physics experiments we did,…
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Simple Science Experiment with Inertia
December 5, 2012
We had a lot of fun exploring Isaac Newton's first law of motion with a simple science experiment! Newton's 1st Law of Motion states that an object at rest tends…
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Christmas Countdown Tree (for Jesse Tree Ornaments)
December 1, 2012
The past two years, our family has enjoyed creating an Advent Tree (also called a Jesse Tree) to count down to Christmas. Actually, the first year we did a tree,…
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Turn Catalogs into a Christmas Collage
November 29, 2012
We can tell it's the Christmas season, because lately our mailbox has been looking like this: Before taking a pile out to the recycle bin, I had the idea of…
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Christmas Tree Math
November 28, 2012
We made homeschooling a little more festive this week with some Christmas tree math! Gresham (1st grade) is working on learning his addition facts, so I made 6 trees with…
