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Confessions of a Homeschooler

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Confessions of a Homeschooler

Handmade Placemats

Handmade Placemats
Homeschool  Felt Food / Life Skills

I saw this fun idea on one of the blogs I read and now I can’t remember which one! I’m so sorry, I usually make sure to link to everyone, so if it’s yours let me know and I’ll link up! Edited: The blog I saw this on originally was…

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What’s in the box Wednesday: 2nd Grade

Homeschool  2nd Grade / Whats In The Box Wednesday / Workboxes

Welcome to this week’s What’s in the box Wednesday! I’m sharing my 2nd grade boxes this week. Nest Bible Video:   Math U See Abeka Language/Phonics: A Reason for Handwriting T Talking Fingers Typing, Powerspeak Spanish All About Spelling, Abeka readers Animalogic game  Draw Write Now Series: Drawing practice Have…

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Letter E for Elephant

Homeschool  Letter E / PreK / Workboxes

Welcome to our Letter E for Elephant week! Here are some of our activities: Of course we are making our lowercase alphabet binder sheets this year. e for elephant, okay a goofy elephant, but still…it works! Followed by our Letter E K4 writing practice: We did our large floor number…

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Fine Motor Skills

Homeschool  Fine Motor Skills / PreK

I am a contributor over at ABC & 123 and I wanted to share some of my posts from there with you all in case you missed them! This post is part 1 of 2 on incorporating Fine Motor Skills into learning, and best of all it is easy and…

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Trip to Mars and beyond

Homeschool  Field Trips

We took a day during our Geography studies to veer off course a tad and ventured to Mars for the day. We also saw the space shuttle along with an Egyptian Mummy display and the Amazon Rainforest! They were at our museum this week and even though we aren’t in…

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Letter D for Dinosaur

Homeschool  Letter D / PreK / Workboxes

Welcome to our Letter D for dinosaur week! Here are some of the activities we did to learn the Letter D. Dinosaur Letter Match: Dinosaur Lacing Activity: Dinosaur puzzle: Making a letter D with our magnetic letter builders: Dinosaur Large Floor Numbers: Beginning reading with our letter D blend ladder:…

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Expedition Earth ~ Israel

Geography / Homeschool  Asia / Israel

Shalom! Welcome to our Geography Curriculum week on Israel! Here are some of the highlights of the week: Of course we stamped our passports and greeted each other, Shalom! We located Israel on the map. This is the smallest country we’ve done so far, so the kids really had to…

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Chex Muddy Buddies

ChristmasTreats / Recipes  Snacks

We made this yummy snack for our Keeper’s Meeting and it was such a big hit, I wanted to share it with you all as well! Not that you all haven’t made it before, but just incase (I mean the recipe IS right on the side of the Rice Chex…

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Letter C for Caterpillar

Homeschool  Letter C / Phonics / PreK / Whats In The Box Wednesday / Workboxes

What’s in the box this Wednesday? Today I’ll share some of our preschool boxes for our Letter C week, this is always one of my favorites as the little caterpillar pieces are so cute! Here was my preschooler’s line up for today: A caterpillar number order game: Letter C writing…

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HSBA 2010 6th Annual Blog Awards!

Uncategorized  Blogging

It’s time for theHSBA 6th Annual Blog Awards! I had so much fun participating in this last year thanks to you all! I know bloggers like to see how they’ve blessed your families over the year, so make sure to head over and nominate your favorite blogs for this year’s…

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