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Our Homeschool Curriculum Choices: First Grade
July 25, 2012
The other day, I shared what is on our shelves for Aidan's fourth grade year. Today I'll share what we're planning for Gresham this year. Gresham will be 6 in…
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Our Homeschool Curriculum Choices: Fourth Grade
July 24, 2012
I cannot believe I have a fourth grader this year! Wow, how time flies! I want to share with you what's on our shelves for this school year, but before…
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Musical Shakers - Three Ways!
June 26, 2012
We've been making musical shakers today! And we ended up attempting three different types of shakers... #1: Cardboard Tube Shakers First, we made cardboard tube shakers. We made four and…
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Pretend Store Game for Multiple Age Levels
May 3, 2012
Now that I'm homeschooling two boys and also have a baby and an almost 3-year-old, it has become obvious that I will not be able to survive without multi-tasking! There…
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Easter Egg Word Match-up Game
April 4, 2012
Here's an idea for a quick and easy game for kids who are learning to read! I cut out Easter egg shapes from construction paper, and then cut them in…
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Electricity Experiments for Kids
March 19, 2012
Spring fever, anyone? The end of the school year definitely calls for some high-interest activities to keep kids (and mom!) on board with the whole homeschooling thing! I announced to…
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More Favorite Chapter Books for Boys
March 11, 2012
A year ago, I posted about our favorite chapter books for boys in two parts. (You can find those posts here and here.) Now that Aidan is a year older…
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Math Activities: Comparisons
February 23, 2012
Our computer is back! Hooray! Not much time for writing at the moment, but I wanted to post a couple of quick math ideas for the kindergarten/first grade crowd. Gresham…
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Best of 2011
December 31, 2011
Happy New Year's Eve! 2011 really seemed to fly by for our family! Of course, I spent half the year expecting our fourth son, so that may have something to…
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Science Experiment: Solids, Liquids, and Polymers!
November 7, 2011
Gresham and I learned about the states of matter today in his science book. We're doing The Berenstein Bear's Big Book of Science and Nature as part of Sonlight Core…
