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Yes, we are back! Back to homeschooling that is. So, public school just isn't an option for my little student. She missed being home schooled and since we've started we actually see that by her going to public school for a few months she has actually regressed and digressed in her learning. :( We are now just trying to get her back up to speed to where she was before she went to p.s. Has anyone

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Lapbooks and MiniOffices have become a really popular way for our children to learn while having fun making them too.I've received some emails recently asking where I found the resources for the minioffices and lapbooks we have made. There are many valuable resources all over the internet.Here are a few of the links to websites which have some of the templates I have used for lapbooks and

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Here is some good news for you as we all settle into the New Year and our homeschool routine.For the entire month of January, at Notebooking.com, all notebooking sets are 20% off their listed prices (including any specially listed combo prices).If you have a discount coupon you can use it for additional savings!Don't have a discount coupon - here's one for you!Use discount coupon fiveoff to

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Here is the latest of our Astronomy Notebooking. It is such an enjoyable and fun way to learn!Jupiter Minibooks (yes, that is a temporary tatoo on her forehead that she just had to have that day:) ) Space Rocks Mini Books

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Are you subscribed to HomeSchoolFreebieoftheday.com? The resources offered on this webite are great even if you don't homeschool.Each day, Monday through Friday, they have a different downloadable freebie on their website and they have a Subscriber Exclusive Resource for this week. I have been subscribed to this list for quite some time and have acquired some great quality resources that

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Have a Happy AND Safe Halloween!Halloween Costumes are a large part of the fun on Halloween. This article will review some important safety issues about costumes to ensure your Halloween is a safe one. View more »

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Parts of Speech... We will soon begin learning grammar in our homeschool. This can sometimes be a very daunting task for young students. I want to make it as painless and as FUN as I can for my little student. I started looking around for materials that could possibly make it easier for us and found several resources. I will share some of those here with you. Have you heard of Madlibs?

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Lynn at Learning By Living is having a HUGE giveaway! There are three categories:1)Homeschool/school related2) Household/family related 3) Cub Scouts leader items/scrapbookingThis is such an awesome thing for Lynne to do. It will truly be a blessing to many of us. Here is an excerpt from her blog about the giveaway:"I have been placed on my heart from the Lord this week to give away all my

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Astronomy NotebookWe worked on Notebooking with minibooks today in our Astronomy time. It was so much fun and such a wonderful thing to see a child so happy and proud of the work she completed!The minibook templates and pages were made by Jessica at Notebooking2Learn Yahoo Group. She has made notebooking and lapbooking pages and templates for oh so many things and has been a blessing to lots of

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We have completed our Addition Lapbook! Most of the resources used were from homeschoolshare.com written by Roni Bergerson. (Thanks Roni! :) )This was so much fun to put together! We did a 'double' lapbook for this one. We also added a Dominoes Addition Pocket by making an envelope, printing out dominoes (from www.first-school.ws and then laminating them so they could withstand being used over

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Math Mini OfficeI've been reading a lot about Mini Offices and viewing other's pictures of them. I love them! They are absolutely adorable. When we first started homeschooling I had not heard of a Mini Office so when I read about them in one of the many yahoo groups I belong to I researched it.What I figured out is that a Mini Office is 2 or 3 file folders attached together with lots of different

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"His name is Frosty the Snowman!"March brought in the biggest snow of the year with at least 6-7 inches. It started to melt quickly not giving a lot of time to get out in it to play.She managed to create a small really cool snowman before ALL the snow melted. We are hearing birds singing so Spring is right around the corner. We are studying birds this term and really excited that they are

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Worksheets!! I made a few worksheets for our homeschool and thought I would share them with you. Feel free to download for your personal use. They will be listed over there on the left side bar. Please do not link directly to the files but feel free to link to this site. Enjoy!Here is what I have so far: Math Worksheets Colorful Number Chart 1-100 to help with learning to count, skip count, etc.:

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HomeSchooling can be a challenge. That is a loaded statement, huh? I homeschooled my 7 year old grandaughter for her kindergarten year and most of this school year as well after a small "trial run" with the public school in first grade. We started with the ABeka DVD program and loved it. She did very well with it most of the time and learned so much. The days were long at times as we tried

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