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7th Grade Homeschool Curriculum Choices

Aug102015

For the most part, the bulk of McKenna’s 7th grade subjects will be worked on independently, but there are a few areas that we will still be working on as a group: history and Bible. We are cycling through history and will be starting back next year with the ‘ancients’ time period. Also since the kids have enjoyed getting back to Grapevine, we are going to go through the New Testament … [Continue reading...]

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Homeschool Deals & Freebies Ending Soon

Aug82015

There are a few sales and deals happening right now that you may want to take note of. Heads up - there are affiliate links in many of these, so if you click, I will earn a small amount. My love for Ticonderoga pencils thanks you. Save up to 50% at Compass Classroom Compass Classroom is offering savings of up to 50% through August 12th. We will be using their Word Up vocabulary program … [Continue reading...]

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My Reading Pile for August 2015

Aug52015

My reading pile for July was conquered. There’s something rather enjoyable about that, especially since I knocked three books off my non-fiction list. The biggest help for me has been reading them to actually read, underlining what resonates with me, and not pausing to contemplate or feel that I need to fully grasp every morsel of goodness in the book. While we did have some vacation/travel … [Continue reading...]

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9th Grade Homeschool Curriculum Choices

Aug42015

Each year I usually share our curriculum choices as a big lump, but we’re moving into much more self-guided learning territory with our oldest and it makes more sense to my brain to share our overall plan one grade level at a time. Laurianna is our independent and studious learner who is still putting the finishing touches on figuring out how to schedule things. She is 14 and officially going … [Continue reading...]

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Have Homeschool Questions? Check out the 2015 Omnibus

Aug32015

If you are a new, or even seasoned homeschool parent, there are inevitably questions that plague go through your mind. I’ll admit there have been some nights I’ve lost sleep while turning over answers in my head. Am I doing enough with my children? What do my kids need to know? I have little ones too - how am I supposed to balance all of it? Where in the world do I get … [Continue reading...]

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Spray Paint Rain and Hop on Pop Rhyming – Preschool and Kindergarten Community

Jul312015

Ready for another week of linking up and sharing ideas? I am so glad that you are stopping by today (really, I am!) and can’t wait to see what you all have to share this week. Be sure to stop by our PreK & K Pinterest board to see a collection of the different posts we are pinning – including yours! Don’t forget to link up a post or two of yours and share what you’ve been working on with your … [Continue reading...]

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