by Alison on July 21, 2011
While we claim to homeschool year round, we readily admit to taking it easy, academically speaking, through the summer. A math lesson or two per week, and lots of reading and music practice (our older 4 children play violin), but nothing real heavy or structured happens for some weeks while the kids are busy outside [...]
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by Alison on July 15, 2011
I don’t know about you, but I typically find that when I don’t have a plan, less gets done… I’m a busy mom with a lot to get done, so planning is important to me. I’ve been buying the same type of planner for several years. The July-June type, rather than the traditional calendar year [...]
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by Alison on March 23, 2011
A simple classic game, updated for the season- Happy Spring! Click here to download! I made an extra set of game pieces- you can play it with umbrellas and a flower of your choice, or each player can play a different flower type. Have fun! We’ve made one into a file folder game. I have [...]
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by Alison on September 1, 2010
I mentioned yesterday that I’d have calendars for you (really for your children!) today… lo, and behold, I do! There are calendars with simple black frames as well as more decorative fun frames for those who like more flair, and I designed each type with or without traceable numbers for those youngers who may still [...]
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by Alison on June 24, 2010
We have used so many different kinds of flash cards over the years. That sort of makes it sound like we’re flash card heavy around here, and we really aren’t. We do try to use a wide variety of materials to introduce new concepts and to review concepts, everything from numbers, to colors, types of [...]
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