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Our Homeschool Month: October in Review
October taught me that while I have a plan for what we will learn each day, there is so much unintentional learning that just happens in our home. I guess that’s what happens when you have two parents that value knowledge as much as we do. LANGUAGE ARTS Lots and lots of good books were…
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Grade One Curriculum – Week 11 – Break Week
Last week was week eleven in our homeschool year and I decided it was time for a bit of break. I know a number of homeschool families who work in a week off every six weeks into their homeschool schedule right at the beginning of the year. The idea sounded good to me off the…
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Homeschooling on a Budget
I love all things school supplies. I think it actually might have been part of the reason I became a teacher in the first place. Notebooks, pens, workbooks, organizational supplies, art supplies, planners . . . you name it. But because I know that school supplies are a weakness of mine I do often hesitate…
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Six Chapter Book Series For Early Readers
The books on this list today are perfect for those kids that are ready to really start chapter books. I’m not talking about the leveled readers like Penny and Her Doll (which is a great book) where each “chapter” actually only has a couple of pages each with only a few lines of text, these books…
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Grade One Curriculum – Weeks 5 & 6
Here is the third installment to our homemade grade one curriculum. To keep things a bit organized I’ve created a Grade One Curriculum page where I will have links to each of the weeks as I post them, you can head there to get the link for previous weeks as well as an overview to…
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We Love Big Books and We Cannot Lie
In my opinion, the best kind of book is a big book. Bonus points for books that are big and beautiful. That is the case for all the books on today’s book list. These are six big books with gorgeous illustrations that I know you (and your kids) will enjoy looking at for hours, I…