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    Birthday Favorite Things for Moms Over 40

    Sharing My Favorite Birthday Things Today is my Birthday. But it isn’t just MY birthday. I share my birthday with several great people. In fact it is my best friends birthday too! She’s turning one of those special numbers. So first off I want to say “Happy Birthday, Cinda!”  It’s also my cousins birthday, “Happy Birthday Michael B.” It’s the…

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    Shocking Homeschool Piracy

    Revealing the Truth about Copyright Violation I have to admit, I was unaware of the truth. I guess I simply live in a sheltered world where everyone is trying to do the right thing.  Oh I know there are those in the world who think nothing of taking what isn’t theirs. I know there are those who think that they…

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    This Week… Great Peace Academy Summer in Review

    Homeschool during Spiritual Ups and Downs Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure for full details. Thank you for supporting Great Peace Academy. This is a long post. A catch you up post on what I’ve been up to these past couple of months. I appreciate all of my followers and want you to know it! Thanks for being…

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    Gifted Homeschool Must Haves

    Must Have Item for the Mathematically Gifted Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure for full details. Thank you for supporting Great Peace Academy.     Today I’m joining with my friends at iHN to discuss what we feel are our homeschool must-haves and I decided to take this opportunity to make my first ever video…

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    Guest Posting at Homeschool Share

    Sharing our Ancient Egypt Homeschool Unit Study I’m guest posting today at the Homeschool Share Blog. I’m sharing information about how I used their Ancient Egyptian Unit Study lapbook templates in our studies during our 2012-13 academic year. Stop over and check out the post and learn more about how to use lapbooks in your homeschool.

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    Homeschooling The Only Child

    An e-Book for Encouraging Mom’s who are Homeschooling an Only Child We are a unique breed. The family that has an only child. Look around, most families have 2 0r 3 children. Then in homeschool world we are quite the exception. Even stereotype concludes that homeschooling families mostly have 5, 6 or 10 students. So an only child who is homeschooled is…

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    Looking for the “S” Word

    Socialization for the Homeschool Student Veteran Homeschoolers know that socialization is really not something to worry about in the homeschool. Even for those of us who are moms to only children. The truth is children receive social instruction in the very environment where it is needed – society. As parents we are best equipped to direct the “socialization” of our…

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    Top 10 things About my 10 Year Old

    Little Man Turns 10 Disclosure: This Post may contain affiliate links. Please see my disclosure policy for complete details and thanks for supporting Great Peace Academy. Happy Birthday to my Little Man. I am struggling with this big birthday because it means he will never be a single digit again. He cracks me up, daily. I continue to be amazed…