Each year during my childhood, we spent our spring break cleaning. It’s funny – now when I think back on it - It was a week long chore fest, but I felt so good at the end of that week. My mother would put names of rooms on strips of paper and we would draw, [...]
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A favorite school activity in my house is making cookies. Baking and cooking are a wonderful way to demonstrate several lessons. following directions science math, more specifically fractions home economics reading skills for younger children kitchen safety importance of washing hands and cleanliness organization On today’s baking menu: chocolate chip cookies Today’s helper: Alyssa, [...]
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If you’ve been in a daycare center or elementary school classroom, or even the toy section of your local super-mart, you’ve probably seen some of the following: a pretend kitchen a pretend laundry center a pretend grocery store a pretend post office a pretend baby nursery While these imitations are fun, easier and often cleaner, they [...]
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I had a couple of homeschooling epiphanies at the end of last week. Granted, they weren’t things that I didn’t already know. But, for whatever reason, it just really hit me. My first epiphany came upon while I was thinking about a project that my kids are supposed to be working on for a saints [...]
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Are you looking for some boredom busters for your kids, or perhaps something fun to start off the school year? If so, you can find some great ideas in the “Kids Can Make This” section at YouCanMakeThis.com. There are free downloads and kids can learn how to sew a fun fish pillow, make homemade beads, [...]
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“Sooner or later” is a phrase I try not to use at our house because unsorted laundry tends to not sort itself. If you plan to turn out productive, useful members of society then somewhere along the line you will want to introduce life skills. I’m talking about opening soup cans, operating washing machines and [...]
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