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10th Grade Year in Review – Curriculum Choices

Jun282017

To say the least, Laurianna's 10th grade year has been short from boring. The words to more accurately describe it would be exhausting, emotional, challenging, and growing among a slew of other words. The highlight has been starting to drive and subject-wise her favorite was history.  The year started out fairly normal, but as Laurianna's health went completely out of whack and the … [Continue reading...]

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July 2017 Personal Planning Pages – Free Printable

Jun262017
July personal planner pages from Homeschool Creations

  How oh how can it already be ready for July?? This summer is flying by far too fast for me already - and I want it to slow down!!  June has been crazy busy for our family with swim team moving along at full speed. Helping out at the annual volunteer camp for our teens also made the month fly by. Honestly it feels as though I spend the bulk of the time shuttling kids between one … [Continue reading...]

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Homeschool and Life Happenings – The One with More Doctors

Jun232017

While I know summer is here in my mind, at the moment it doesn't feel too relaxing around the house. We've been keeping busy for sure with swim team. The kids have practices almost daily and Rick and I have been helping out a lot.  We started out the week with a visit for Laurianna to see another specialist, this time a pediatric cardiologist. At this point we are taking … [Continue reading...]

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Fun Hands-on Learning with Tinker Crate

Jun222017

It's officially summer. And for our home that means that we're spending a lot of time outside, at the pool, and have scaled back a bit from the lesson plans.  However, that doesn't mean that the homeschool learning stops during the summer. In fact, it's the time that I especially try to provide hands-on learning opportunities to ward off the summer slump.  Our boys are … [Continue reading...]

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8th Grade Year in Review – Homeschool Curriculum Choices

Jun212017
8th grade homeschool year in review - Homeschool Creations

The first few weeks of the school year I'll be honest - they were rough. McKenna has done well the last two years working at her own pace and getting work done, but the first couple weeks were tough. While I had suggestions on how she could best manage her time/subjects, she was way overthinking some of the things and putting herself through much more work than she needed to. Once she settled into … [Continue reading...]

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Busy Bags Kids Will Love

Jun192017

Preschool age is one of my favorite age groups to work with. First of all, they are curious, every little thing becomes a learning opportunity, and they LOVE pretty much everything.  Keeping them occupied can be a predicament though. Because attention spans are short on those in the five and under crowd. Finding activities that keep kids learning, little hands busy, and make life … [Continue reading...]

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