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How I’m Getting Lots of Our Homeschool Materials (Books & Extras) for Free!
I think part of the reason I became a teacher in the first place was due to my love of books and school supplies. They are my guilty pleasure when it comes to shopping; with a new book, notebook and pencil I feel ready to conquer the world. Our school division gives us $400 a…
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16 Picture Books Every Family Should Own
I enjoy the library and we use it to the max but there are some books a family should just own. When you own books you read them again and again and without even knowing it you begin to form a family culture around the books you read. Ephraim’s favorite book for the longest time…
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Grade One Read Aloud Novels
Major confession: I have loved reading for my whole life but I am not good at reading novels out loud. I can get by with picture books; I don’t do voices but I can read pretty dramatically and it’s pretty fun, but novels? I struggle. Even though I’m not good at reading novels out loud I really love books…
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Our (Practically Free) Grade 1 Language Arts Curriculum
Over the next few weeks I will be sharing how I am planning our practically free grade one curriculum. Today I’m on to our language arts curriculum. You can check out the rest of the series here: Our (Practically Free) Grade 1 Math Curriculum Our Free Grade 1 Spanish Curriculum Our (Practically Free) Grade 1 Music Curriculum Our (Practically…
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Our (Practically Free) Grade 1 Science Curriculum
Over the next few weeks I will be sharing how I am planning our practically free grade one curriculum. Today I’m on to our science curriculum. You can check out the rest of the series here: Our (Practically Free) Grade 1 Math Curriculum Our Free Grade 1 Spanish Curriculum Our (Practically Free) Grade 1 Music Curriculum Our (Practically Free) Grade…
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Picture Books Set in Paris
After highschool I lived in England for a few months as an au pair and my biggest regret was not being able to travel very much (I was a broke 18 year old after all). I lived on the south coast of England and was so close to France but never got to travel there…