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20 Brick Building Activities for Fun and Learning
Brick building is always fun! But combine those bricks with hands-on activities that inspire creativity and you’ve got a recipe for learning. This is a great way to encourage a reluctant student to try new things. This post contains affiliate links to 3rd party sites where products may be purchased resulting in paid compensation for this blogger. Brick building is…
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10 Favorite Trim Healthy Mama Sites and Posts
This Trim Healthy Mama plan that I’m on is working for me. But I couldn’t do it without some awesome online resources. These are Trim Healthy Mama Sites and posts that offer me extra insight, tips, recipes, and ideas to stay on plan, work within guidelines for meal planning and prep, and eat delicious, healthy food, often. By the way,…
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How to Prepare for Homeschooling High School
I’m preparing for 8th grade. How did that happen? But as I prepare for 8th grade it occurs to me that we need to begin the process of preparing for homeschooling high school. We need to begin researching so that we can lay te groundwork for a successful high schoolThat means, we need to look ahead to determine the probable outcome…
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How We’re Building Knowledge of the U.S. Elections with a Lapbook Study
This has been the oddest Presidential primary of my life. While I have a lot of opinions about this election season, that’s not why I am writing today. But, given that it is a Presidential election year, I realized that my son is now old enough to really start to comprehend what the U.S. Elections are all about, what our…
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THM Friendly Peanut Butter Pie
Since starting the Trim Healthy Mama plan I’ve been craving something ooey, gooey and rich. But most of the recipes I come across are filled to the brim with on-plan chocolate. Which, I’m sure is delicious and good and rich. But, as I’ve told you before I’m allergic to chocolate. So caramel and peanut butter have been my go-to substitutes…
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10 Things Foster Moms Won’t Tell You
Foster moms do not have it easy. I know what your thinking, being a mom isn’t easy. That’s true. But trust me when I say that being a foster mom is a lot harder than general motherhood. Foster moms are lovingly mothering children they never bore, who have most likely faced extensive trauma in their lives, before being uprooted from…
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5 Homeschool Things You Need
The internet is filled with posts like these. Homeschool bloggers abound these days. And, everyone has their own opinion of homeschool things that you will need in order to be successful. This post contains affiliate links to products which may be purchased at 3rd party sites, which may result in paid compensation to this blogger. You might find posts galore about…
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How to Prioritize your Relationship in the Marriage Bed
Marriage Moment: Love in the Marriage Bed Part II Last week I started a series for learning about the purpose of the marriage bed. This week I want to look forward to how to prioritize your relationship in the marriage bed. This means we are going to look at how and why joining with your husband, often, as one, is…
