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A Break Week and Reading

Feb132012

It’s always good when I take a look at the plans that I made at the beginning of the year. Especially, when those plans include a week-long break that starts today. Ahhh….the fun we will have. :) The kids and I just started reading Gregor the Overlander series by Suzanne Collins and they are also anxious to rack up as many reading hours as they can to earn a free ticket to Six Flags. In case … [Continue reading...]

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Scavenger Hunts ~ Moments to Remember

Feb112012

Moments to Remember was developed as a simple way to look back on our week as homeschoolers and find photos that encompass the memories we want to remember.  The week may have been tough, there may have been more bumps than smiles, but in the end these are the moments that keep us going, the ones we need to remember. This week I uploaded pictures to my computer and found a huge … [Continue reading...]

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Valentine’s Day Fun ~ Preschool Corner

Feb102012

Out of all of the Valentine’s Day books that we had in our pile this week, the one that Kaleb kept pulling out over and over again to read with me was Snowy Valentine by David Peterson.  It really is one of the sweetest books and one that I am so glad I ended up buying this one. At the end of the week, Kaleb gave me a story summary and chose the Snowy Valentine and here is his retelling of the … [Continue reading...]

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Valentine Candy Estimating

Feb92012

  After finishing up some Valentine’s Day baking, I dumped all of the extra candy into a jar to use as treats ~ and then decided it would be fun to use it as an estimation activity for all the kids. And a yummy one too. Everyone made their candy count guesses:   Kaleb McKenna Laurianna Zachary M & M’s … [Continue reading...]

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BEECH Twitter Party

Feb92012

Next week there is a fun Twitter party in the works to help kick off the BEECH conference. I would LOVE to have you join in the fun on Thursday, February 16th at 9pm EST. Because you will have the chance to win some fun prizes, ‘meet’ some other wonderful homeschool moms, make some new friends, and just have a blast in the process. I’ll keep you posted on the prizes coming via Facebook, but … [Continue reading...]

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Using Windows Live Writer

Feb82012

For those of you who are newer to blogging, can I share one of my FAVORITE blogging tools? Are you ready? It’s Windows Live Writer. I promise you, it is one of the best things I ever installed on my computer and is compatible with several blogging platforms {Blogger, Windows Live, Wordpress, LiveJournal, TypePad, and more}…but sorry to those of you who are Mac users. It isn’t compatible with … [Continue reading...]

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