20 Best Tips

Books on My Nightstand – and All Over the House

Sep162014

The amount of books that I’ve been piling on my nightstand, stuffing in baskets, and dropping all over the house is just about ridiculous lately. I do believe I have a book problem. (I suppose there are worse things, right?) At the beginning of the year I set a goal to read 12 non-fiction books by the end of the year, because typically those are the books that I avoid. I’d much rather read … [Continue reading...]

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Constitution Day Worksheets

Sep152014

Constitution Day is September 17, 2104 and you can download free worksheets to help your children or classroom learn more about the importance behind the Constitution of the United States.   The Constitution Day Printables include a poster of the Preamble, trivia cards, a word find, copywork of the Preamble, and a few other fun activities to go along with our reading.   The … [Continue reading...]

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Preschool Theme Ideas, Alphabet Games, and Sunflower Crafts – Preschool and Kindergarten Community

Sep122014

My brain is slowly getting back in the preschool gear. I tell you, switching between an apple theme for preschool and grading high school lit papers is enough to make my brain start smoking! You all had some fun links last week, and here are a few to highlight. If you need some preschool theme ideas to get your brain going, be sure to check out this list from School Time Snippets. Several of … [Continue reading...]

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Look What Just Arrived at Our House!!

Sep102014

Yesterday, a fun box - complete with silly snail art - showed up on our doorstep and inside was the final level of All About Reading. We took advantage of the $20 off special that is being offered on the new release of Level 4 and cannot wait to dig in. Our boys have been using All About Reading since it first released, and it is truly my favorite reading program by far. Zachary will be … [Continue reading...]

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Four Weeks of School Down…

Sep92014

For the last four weeks we’ve slowly been adding in subjects as the weeks go along and our fifth week will mean we’ll have a full schedule. The phasing in of subjects helps me figure out the overall rhythm of our days and start tweaking things early on so we don’t get too overwhelmed with what needs to be done. The first week we focused on the basics: math, language, reading, handwriting, and … [Continue reading...]

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Simple Math Tip to Keep Numbers Straight

Sep82014

Do your kids have trouble keeping their numbers straight and make simple calculation errors because they shift numbers into the wrong columns? A few of our kids have had trouble keeping their math figures ‘neat’. And by neat I mean there were calculation errors because numbers were getting shifted over and then added or subtracted incorrectly. Frustrations mounted because the errors, but the … [Continue reading...]

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