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Anytime S’Mores…from Your Toaster Oven! 25 Aug 2013 | 06:42 am
Nothing beats a genuine campfire S’More…but this is a close second. And the only real clean up is getting the stickies off your kids. The only downside to making S’Mores in your toaster oven is once...
10-20-30-Go! Helping Families Function Faithfully, a review 23 Aug 2013 | 10:45 pm
Ever feel like your kids want you to cook, clean, teach, and pick up the socks in the 4 corners of the room all at once? Is the idea that they might clear their own dirty dishes is met with dirty loo...
FreePianoLessons4Kids, a review 23 Aug 2013 | 12:16 am
Earlier this summer our family was invited to have dinner with some friends…and as soon as the kids got there, they spotted THE PIANO. And plopped themselves down on the bench and started playing. N...
Homeschooling Hearts & Minds is 5 years old today… 22 Aug 2013 | 06:35 am
And it snuck up on me. I was thinking maybe I should do something special, but maybe not. Giveaways are so much work and so much hype and all. So, I thought I would just share some things from that...
Attack on Pearl Harbor Study from In the Hands of a Child, a review 21 Aug 2013 | 09:01 pm
In the Hands of a Child is well-known for their quality, printable lapbooks for the elementary grades, but maybe you didn’t know that they also have Note Packs for middle schoolers that require no cut...
Understanding Child Brain Development, a review 20 Aug 2013 | 10:01 pm
What do you do when you have a child who’s just different…and you suspect that the difference comes from his completely unique life experience and feel you can never hope to get inside and understand ...
Our 2013-2014 Plans---Step 3: Our Curriculum 20 Aug 2013 | 08:20 am
I’ve laid out our philosophy of education and where each of the kids is at…now I’m going to show you our course of study for this year and the materials we’ll be using. What if more really is more? ...
Reading Kingdom, a review 17 Aug 2013 | 07:06 am
Every year, in spite of hours of instruction in phonics and sight words, it seems that school kids are lagging in reading achievement. Dr. Marion Blank, Director of the Light on Learning Institute at...
I’m SOOO Not Ready for School to Start! 17 Aug 2013 | 12:21 am
My PLAN was to start our new year in our homeschool on Monday…and that’s just a couple of days away. Yikes! It seems like I’ve been planning this forever. I spent dozens of woman hours researching....
Picture Book Club Month 1: Rhyming Books Free Resources! 16 Aug 2013 | 06:15 am
I promised you I’d share my plans for the Picture Book Club I’m running for my local homeschool group, and here’s the first installment! Feel free to use my plans in your own homeschool or to start a...
