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Activities for Learning about Adjectives
January 29, 2014
We have been learning about adjectives in our homeschooling! So far this year, Gresham (2nd grade) has studied nouns, pronouns, and verbs. Adjectives proved to be a little more abstract,…
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100 Tips and Tricks for Homeschooling Moms
January 26, 2014
We are in our 6th year of homeschooling, and I absolutely love it. Well, on most days that is! Homeschooling is not for the faint of heart. It is without…
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"It Looked Like Spilt Milk" Cloud Shapes Craft for Preschoolers
January 17, 2014
This post contains Amazon Affiliate links The book It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles Shaw holds a special place in my heart. One of my college professors introduced us to…
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Math Activity for Kids: Learning to Make Change
January 13, 2014
Learning to make change can be a difficult skill for kids to learn. Counting change is hard enough (why is a dime worth more than a nickel when the nickel…
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Multiplication with Legos: Candy Store Math Problem
January 9, 2014
This candy store math problem is a fun way to introduce 2nd and 3rd graders to the geometric model for multiplication, and kids really don't need to know much about…
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Hands-on Multiplication with Legos (A 3-D Graph!)
January 2, 2014
This LEGO® activity is a great way to introduce the concept of multiplication to 2nd and 3rd graders in a very hands-on way. Math doesn't feel like work when you're…
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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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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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A Trick to Help Kids with Letter Reversals
November 1, 2013
Owen is almost 4 1/2, and we have been working on two new skills with his name lately - to write it with lowercase letters (as opposed to all capitals,…
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Two Preschool Math Activities with Duplo Legos
October 28, 2013
I recently created two math activities for Owen (age 4.5) using Duple LEGO®'s. Duplos definitely make school more fun! Activity #1: Put the numbers 1-12 in order. Build Duplo towers…
