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Heart of Dakota: Bigger week 28

KristinN — Sun, 13 May 2012 05:46:18 +0000

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Soybeans; What’s New and Beneficial About Soybeans

KristinN — Tue, 08 May 2012 04:28:58 +0000

With my recent studies on a healthy lifestyle and eating for optimal health, I have had a transition

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Heart of Dakota: Bigger Week 27

KristinN — Sat, 05 May 2012 19:09:28 +0000

There is only a few weeks left of Heart of Dakota: Bigger Week 27

California Homeschool Convention in Long Beach

KristinN — Thu, 03 May 2012 18:17:42 +0000

Just a reminder of the upcoming Homeschool Convention coming this month. There is also the CHEA convention in July

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Homeschool Library Builder

KristinN — Tue, 01 May 2012 14:57:34 +0000

I am sure a ton of you have heard of the website Homeschool Library Builder. Well, I get many of my books

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Heart of Dakota: Bigger Week 26

KristinN — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 23:13:35 +0000

This week we finally were able to learn about one of most beloved Presidents, Abraham Lincoln. I happen to

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California Vaccination Waiver Threatened

KristinN — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:54:08 +0000

AB 2109: Vaccination Waiver Threatened—Calls Needed

Call now to protect parental rights. HSLDA President Mike Smith has been an

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America’s Obituary

KristinN — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 22:43:42 +0000

I know politics is one of those subjects you just don't address, but I am going to try it! We will see what

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Heart of Dakota: Bigger Week 25

KristinN — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 12:42:49 +0000

OK, I know you all are asking why I got this post out so late! I just got real

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Heart of Dakota: Bigger week 24

KristinN — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 06:41:32 +0000

Well, it was nice to have a break for Easter. I hemmed and Hawed over taking a break since

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Webcast – Spreading The Homeschool Message

KristinN — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 12:55:33 +0000

I just got this email this morning, so I thought I would post it right away. Hopefully

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Mandatory Kindergarten (CA) Bill Delayed

KristinN — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 19:43:03 +0000

Mandatory Kindergarten??

Please be prepared to take action against AB 2203. HSLDA President Mike Smith has been an

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God and doG

KristinN — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 13:15:52 +0000

I just saw the greatest video. You know our dogs love us unconditionally. They are patient with us, forgive us when we

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Heart of Dakota: Bigger week 23

KristinN — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 23:37:01 +0000

Well, I have to say this week was not the most fun week. I guess because I was coming

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God Bless You!

Anthony — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:47:21 +0000

As graduation ceremonies were under way, there was a stern warning that this class would NOT pray during the commencements, not by choice, but because of a recent court ruling prohibiting it

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Oppose Expansion of Government Control over Education

KristinN — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 19:06:18 +0000

Oppose Expansion of Government Control over Education

Act now to oppose AB 2203. HSLDA President Mike

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Heart of Dakota: Bigger Week 22

KristinN — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:20:33 +0000

Boy this week went fast. It seemed like I woke up and it was Friday. This week seemed that

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TV Series Mocks Christians, Undermines Liberty

KristinN — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 18:14:33 +0000

ABC-TV has decided that it can take direct aim at Christians with what amounts to hate speech. This is

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Heart of Dakota: Bigger Week 21

KristinN — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 05:02:43 +0000

OK, you all know what my first words are going to be. This was a great week as usual.

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Heart of Dakota: Bigger Week 20

KristinN — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 16:30:45 +0000

This week was cut a bit short. Yesterday afternoon both my kids and the

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Heart of Dakota:Bigger Week 19

KristinN — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 05:05:38 +0000

OK, OK, here are those famous words once again. We had a great week. Actually it was short. I actually

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FREE Curriculm and FREE Resources

KristinN — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:35:34 +0000

I want to make very sure that it is well known that not all of these sites I have posted

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Heart of Dakota: Bigger Week 18 Update

KristinN — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:42:41 +0000

So I say it every week, another good week. I think it is about time to come up

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Homeschooler Buyers Co-op

KristinN — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:24:28 +0000

So I realized there are many homeschoolers who have not heard of Homeschool Buyers Co-op. Just in my small Park Day

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HSLDA High School Teacher Training Programs

KristinN — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:29:48 +0000

This post is really only for those living in the Virginia area or who really want to travel to

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Blackline Maps and the 50 States

KristinN — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:57:33 +0000

I love using maps in my homeschooling. I know I am using Heart of Dakota and they pretty much

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Heart of Dakota: Bigger Week 17 Update

KristinN — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:25:58 +0000

Daniel Boone! What a man! I do not think I could do half of what he did or

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Composer Study Contest

KristinN — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:27:26 +0000

You know ,Composer studies have been one of the areas I have not done well in over the last 5 years of

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Heart of Dakota: Bigger week 16

KristinN — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:35:58 +0000

Back to school this

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Chart Your Course To High School Success!

KristinN — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:40:05 +0000

I know some of you are much closer then I am to the Highschool years, So when

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California History

KristinN — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:00:07 +0000

Fourth Grade California History Education Program Dear Irvine

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Blackline Maps for FREE

KristinN — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 02:37:26 +0000

I am a firm believer in using map as much as you possibly can. As a child growing up I remember

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QUIET MOM!

KristinN — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 06:47:08 +0000

L LLL aryngitis /ˌlærənˈdʒaɪtɪs/ [lar-uhn-jahy-tis] Inflammation of the larynx, often with accompaning sore thorat, horseness or loss of voice, and

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Heart of Dakota: Bigger Week 15

KristinN — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 03:03:32 +0000

We had an exceptionally fantastic week this week. You see my daughter took a huge step in Continue reading Heart of Dakota: Bigger Week 15

Free Study Guide To The U.S. Constitution

KristinN — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:54:23 +0000

I saw the other day, Charles Vincent from the "Official Wire" online paper saw that The People's Guide to

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Proud to be an American

KristinN — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:15:59 +0000

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Heart of Dakota: Bigger Week 14

KristinN — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 03:15:01 +0000

My poor little girl was very sick for the first three days of Heart of Dakota: Bigger Week 14

Christmas at Our Home

KristinN — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 19:34:27 +0000

This year I was not sure exactly how Christmas was going to turn out, but God is always good and gave

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Heart of Dakota: Bigger Week 13 update

KristinN — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 18:53:38 +0000

This was a lazy week for us. We did not do much of the academic things, but we

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Heart of Dakota: Bigger Week 12

KristinN — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 20:50:37 +0000

This is a hard time of year for me to stay focused on Heart of Dakota: Bigger Week 12

Heart of Dakota: Bigger Week 11 update

KristinN — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:16:04 +0000

It was interesting on Day one of Unit 11 how it talked about finding out where we came

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Heart of Dakota: Bigger Week 10 update

KristinN — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 23:50:56 +0000

What a great week. Well, I have to be honest, it was HARD at first. You see we

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Let’s Play

KristinN — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:58:46 +0000

I am sure that most of my readers Let’s Play

Darn, Vacation is Over!

KristinN — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 19:21:31 +0000

Well, we are back from vacation and we had such a great time. We went to Lego Land. I think this

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Does Nagging Work?

KristinN — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 15:22:46 +0000

I was many years into parenting before I realized that the most powerful tool in my toolbox, masterful nagging, did not work.

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Happy Thanksgiving

KristinN — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 20:53:28 +0000

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I wanted to take a very quick moment before we leave to visit with family and wish all my readers,

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Teaching Writing in a Text-Message World

KristinN — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 15:17:39 +0000

Writing is not going away.

In fact, writing is on the uptick!

A case can be made that writing

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Eisenhower Park

KristinN — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 12:21:49 +0000

One of my favorite things to do is to go on hikes, have the kids wade in streams and look for all sorts

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Encouraging Kids Along the Path to Learning

KristinN — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:11:57 +0000

The words path to learning offer us a great word picture. Word pictures (metaphors) can help us visualize

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Heart of Dakota: Bigger, Week 9 Update

KristinN — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 05:24:44 +0000

So I know most of you who may have gotten this post a few days ago are saying

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Heart of Dakota: Bigger, Week 8 Update

KristinN — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 16:01:59 +0000

So am I a bad Mom? This week was just off. Every night starting Sunday night we went

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Cookbook and Christmas Cards!

KristinN — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:06:57 +0000

I am a huge advocate for HSLDA, in case you all have not figured that out by now. So because of

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Lighthouse Publications Giveaway and Sweepstakes

KristinN — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 17:19:59 +0000

Hey, I just received an email form Lighthouse Publications because I have purchased things from them in the past. Anyway, they

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Heart of Dakota: Bigger, Week 7 Update

KristinN — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 00:59:21 +0000

OMGosh, we forgot to play Jeopardy this week. Our week started out pretty slow. This week with HOD

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Heart of Dakota: Bigger, Week 6 Update

KristinN — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 05:43:23 +0000

We have a very unusual schedule. We typically do Heart of Dakota: Bigger, Week 6 Update

HSLDA sponsoring One Nation Under God event

KristinN — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 17:51:22 +0000

Our nation was founded on Biblical principles, but we have lost

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How to Keep a Strong Voice for Homeschooling in Sacramento

KristinN — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:41:11 +0000

Most of you are probably saying where is NutBugs Heart of Dakota Weekly Update this

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Heart of Dakota: Bigger Week 5 update

KristinN — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 13:37:26 +0000

Ok, I realized I need to purchase a thesaurus for the phrase" We had a great week" I keep

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California Homeschoolers

KristinN — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 19:30:35 +0000

I am not sure if all of you have seen this from HSLDA or not, so I thought I would re-post it here.

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Affidavit Time

KristinN — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:58:54 +0000

It's time once again to file the Private Affidavit Time