20 Best Tips

Win a $50 Bright Ideas Press Gift Card

Mar172014

One of our favorite homeschool companies is Bright Ideas Press. Aside from providing go-along resources for Mystery of History, they have so many other products you will love! Recently I received a $50 gift certificate for the Bright Ideas Press store and would love to bless one of YOU with the opportunity to do a little shopping! First, stop by the Bright Ideas Press store and do a little … [Continue reading...]

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Venus Fly Trap Craft, Glowing Paint, and Balloon People – Preschool and Kindergarten Community

Mar142014

How has your week been going? As always, there were some great learning ideas linked up last week. Here are a few that you might enjoy. This Venus fly trap paper plate craft from Teaching Little Learners is really cute, and she shares some fun books to go along with the craft as well. Yummy smelling paint? Yes, please! Visit Enchanted Homeschooling Mom for a recipe for Scratch and Sniff … [Continue reading...]

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Filed Under: PreK and K Community, Preschool Corner 10 Comments

How 2 Sticker Dots Helped Our Reading Lessons

Mar142014

In hindsight it seems so simple, but two tiny sticker dots have been a HUGE help to our reading lessons with our youngest. There are days when he gets overwhelmed when he sees his reading assignment for the day. And remember small progress leads to big improvement. While we don't need to use this method quite as much anymore, it was one of those 'aha' moments for me - and may be for you all … [Continue reading...]

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Filed Under: Homeschooling Tools, Reading 21 Comments

Getting the MOST Out of a Homeschool Convention

Mar132014

It’s homeschool convention season! Are you ready and planning to attend any?  Personally, I LOVE this time of year because it gives me a hands-on look at curriculum, a chance to hear some fabulous speakers, gain lots of inspiration and ideas, recharge for the rest of the year - and prep for the upcoming year as well. This year I am so excited (and nervous!) to be speaking at three … [Continue reading...]

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Mid-Year Curriculum Changes and Tweaks

Mar122014

Overall, our school year has been going very smoothly. We haven’t deviated much from our 2013-2014 homeschool curriculum list.  However, our 12 year old daughter decided she wanted to complete her 7th grade material early and work ahead. We’ve gone back and forth on bumping her up a grade, and for the time being she will still officially be a 7th grader, but working on subjects/courses that are … [Continue reading...]

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Filed Under: Curriculum Choices 5 Comments

Reader Survey and a $50 Amazon Gift Card Giveaway!

Mar112014

For years I’ve been creating printables for our family and you all, many of those largely based on the preschool and younger ages. But - our kids are growing up! (Don’t worry, there will still be a sprinkling of early learning printables here and there!) Every now and then I share posts about what our older children (grades 4 - 7) are doing, but the day in and day out learning of a middle … [Continue reading...]

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