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Homeschool Notebooking 101 What You Need to Know
Notebooking, It’s much Easier than You Think Notebooking is one of those terms that you might hear often in homeschooling circles. If you are new to education at home, or, you’ve been homeschooling in a traditional way, you may not be aware of what homeschool notebooking is, and how simple it is to incorporate it into your homeschool routine. This post contains affiliate advertisement links to 3rd party sites where products purchased may result in paid compensation for this blogger. What is Notebooking? Notebooking in it’s simplest form is journaling what a child learns. The beauty of notebooking is that it’s progressive. As a child learns, they document, in their…
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Mittens and More a Unit Study for The Mitten
One of my favorite children’s stories is The Mitten. If you are not familiar with this book. The story has been around for a long time. It originally was a Ukrainian folk tale and has been retold many times. It has most recently been made famous by author Jan Brett. This post contains affiliate advertisement links to 3rd party sites. When I was in college, ahem, a while ago, I was in a children’s theater troupe. We traveled to elementary schools performing improvisational skits for the children. One story that we did was The Mitten. We told the story entirely using improvisation to act out the story scene. We each pretended to…
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10 Places to Find Free Homeschool Pages
Free Homeschool Pages Lapbooks, Notebooking Pages, & Unit Studies Are you just starting to think about maybe homeschooling your kids next fall, but worried about how to afford it? Or, are you facing a new chapter in your life that makes budgeting for homeschool supplies very tight. Whatever your reason for needing to find free homeschool pages, you’ve come to the right place. I’ve been homeschooling for 8 years now. While I do have a modicum budget for homeschooling curriculum, more often than not, I find myself utilizing free printables to keep my son engaged. He grows bored quickly and is often looking for more and more information. More so…
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Resources for Planners You Don’t Want to Miss
Why are planners important for stay at home moms? There are times when a mom can become overwhelmed by all that life throws my way. Try as you might to remember what you’re supposed to be doing and when can often be daunting. One way that a stay at home mom, work at home mom, and homeschool teacher can stay organized with the various things she needs to accomplish is to keep a planner. This post contains affiliate advertisement links. When there are hundreds of online options for finding a planner how do you find the right planner for you? Where do you find them? And what do you do when your budget just won’t allow for…
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New Homeschool Certificates for 2015
It’s the end of the school year! Yes! Can you believe it? For homeschooling mamas, like me, after a long cold winter we turn our thoughts to ending the school year. Yes, most still have a few months still some have several months if you homeschool year round, but it’s the time of year when we start thinking about winding down and planning ahead for the next academic year. Homeschool Certificates FREE for 2015 But don’t forget the work your children have done! They’ve learned, grown and been able to show what they have learned by demonstrating in a variety of ways their knowledge. Such work, such growth needs to…
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Homeschool Award Printable Certificates
2014 Certificates of Achievement It’s coming close to the end of the year. As homeschoolers we look around and gather our papers, prep portfolios, schedule testing (for those states where it’s required) and begin to think about curriculum for next year. But, don’t leave this year behind too fast. As you make those end of year arrangements, take a good look at what your children have accomplished. They have learned to write and spell, count and multiply. They have learned memory verses, and taxonomy. Your kids have done amazing work. They should be reconized for what they have accomplished. That is why I am offering you these free certificates…
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2-Year Blog Planner
Helping to Keep Your Blogging Life Organized This one is for all my blogging friends. I’d like to introduce to you my brand new 2-Year Blog Planner. When I first started blogging a little over 2 years ago, I had no idea all that is involved in getting a blog up and running. I never imagined the myriad of proverbial balls I would have to juggle to keep it all straight. So about a year ago I started using an editorial calendar and it has helped quite a bit. But, still there were things I felt I needed or wanted to make it even easier. So, I decided to make my own. What…
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Homeschool Literary Guides Download
Free Downloads for Back to Homeschool As school starts and homeschool teachers begin to put together lesson plans we can often find that the available worksheets for reading guides just simply don’t offer much to inspire true learning in our children. My own son struggles with writing so he needs to be guided in his literary endeavors. That’s why I created these literary guides, a guided book and poetry report. With these guided reports the students are prompted to recognize key elements in stories, books or poems. Whether it’s identifying the main character or characters, or it’s finding the problem in the story and understanding the resolution of the problem, with…
