This past week+ the kids and I have been suffering from the dreaded Back to School cold. How we get it as homeschoolers is by participating in several different classes where we do things like, gasp!, socialize. =) The kids missed one of their farm school classes while ill, but ...
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When my oldest was in K, we learned about community helpers but I wasn't really fond of the resources I had at hand. Since that was the case, I had created some more community helper resources such as writing prompts and are-can-have tree maps. That worked great for him. However, ...
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Amazing freebies used: Constitution Day -- Close Reading Constitution Day -- Adorable Booklet ...
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While I was searching for something else, I stumbled upon a fantastic math freebie perfect for my son! Filled with interesting facts and diverse math problems, it was a big hit! Visit Teaching with a Mountain View's Titanic Math! While you are there, if you're looking for ...
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One of my kids' favorite things to play with is their play money! Thankfully, they have become masters at adding up bills and coins and making change, but I know this task does not come easily to many kids (and adults, too)! If you are working on coin counting, you'll definitely ...
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Some of the things we did this week (top to bottom): Farm school, magnets, LEGO marble mazes, sound offices, Walden Pond, Draw Write Now, garden harvesting, chess tournament, Minecraft! ...
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It's that time of year again! This is the 5th year big kid has done a program at a local farm. He spent two years of preschool there, then I set up a homeschooling program one afternoon a week while little kid was in preschool. Last year, they both did the homeschooling program ...
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