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Every summer, I try to put together a Summer Bucket List of fun family activities to ensure a season filled with milestones and memories. But, while a well-planned list of outdoor adventures is perfect for summer, I also like to toss in a few easy indoor pursuits for those extra hot or rainy days when…
If I sum my philosophy up into one sentence, I gather that enduring learning/thinking should be (my 4 C’s): conceptual, congruent, creative, and critical. As I teach and learn, I aim to focus on these 4 aspects of learning and mostly in this order. In early education concepts are very important. They help children see…
Welcome to this week’s Featured Blogger & Hip Homeschool Hop! Looking for homeschool supplies/books at a great price? Have something you’re not using and would like to sell? Visit our Hip List! Now, say “hello” to our Featured Blogger, Andrea….. “What? A homeschool science fair?” That’s the question I’ve received from several non-homeschooling friends…
ArtAchieve is an absolutely perfect curriculum for mothers who want a drawing program that gives them step by step drawing instruction and much more! Not only is it a terrific drawing program, it is also easy to tie into your homeschool geography, social studies, language arts and science programs. Stephanie received a free copy of…
All around the country, local public libraries are gearing up for their Dig into Reading 2013 summer reading campaign. And while this annual reading celebration is a great outlet for encouraging summer reading by offering age-appropriate prizes and reading-themed events, it’s not the only nation-wide program promoting literacy. Here are a several more free reading programs…
Need a fun, engaging, and educational website for your kids to sharpen their skills over the summer? Visit MrNussbaum.com! Created by a real public school teacher with experience in 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th, grades, MrNussbaum.com is easy to navigate with both grade-level and subject-level navigation. With MrNussbaum.com games, kids can play the crazy…
I already knew I had a winner when I presented the Sonrise Stable series books Clothed With Thunder (book three) and Tender Mercies (book four) to Lily because there were horses involved. I really got a kick when Lily came running to me, after she had started reading the books, excitedly telling me that the children…
This is an opportunity for the young readers in your life to travel back in time to the year 1857, where they will meet Libby, Caleb and Jordan. They will journey with these three young seekers as they try to answer the question, “What does freedom really mean?” These characters will have to make life-changing…
Common conversation in our car: “Turn right here.” “Turn right?” “No turn left right now.” “Turn left?” “Right.” Aggghhh! The word that is pronounced [rahyt] is not only a homograph, (same spelling, two different meanings), it is also a homophone, and can have more than one spelling (write, right, wright, rite). If write is what…
On April 19, 1860, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote: Listen my children and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five; Hardly a man is now alive Who remembers that famous day and year. To honor the 153rd anniversary of the poem—and the 238th anniversary of that…
Don’t you just love the younger years when kids are filled with awe and wonder, and are pretty much satisfied as long as you tell them the same bed-time story over and over again? I love those years! The early years are also the ones when kids seem to be the most like sponges– soaking…
Sneakin’ in Science is a service that delivers new and exciting hands-on science experiments to your door each month. You have the option of choosing different subscription plans based upon your families personal needs. My family had the chance to review three of the Sneakin’ in Science experiments. This review will cover a dinosaur dig…
