Community Question: Homeschooling Triplets
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View Article“Merry Christmas, Little Hoo!”: Book Review & Coloring Page
By Heather Sanders This year as I pulled out the Christmas decorations to light up our little lake house, I came across a basket of Christmas themed children’s books we always placed beneath the...
View ArticleNail Art by Meredith
By Heather Sanders About nine months ago, Meredith became interested in different types of nail art. Her first exposure to it was from Emelie, our oldest, but Emelie’s interest in nails didn’t go very...
View ArticleCommunity Question: Free or Inexpensive Curriculum?
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View Article7 Smart Suggestions for Santa
By Heather Sanders Last week when searching for some last minute Christmas add-ons for Kenny, I found two different items I thought would make great stocking stuffers. And then, as it typically goes...
View ArticleTwenty Interesting Things About…Christmas
By Heather Sanders I enjoy the Christmas season for several reasons, but one of my favorite traditions is sitting and staring at the Christmas Tree decorated with all the ornaments we’ve collected...
View ArticleCommunity Question: 5th-grade Level “Girl” Readers
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View ArticleMean Ol’ Schoolmarm: “Than” or “Then”
By Heather Sanders This post isn’t the first one where Mean Ol’ Schoolmarm has pointed out that one letter can make all the difference in the meaning of a word. When choosing whether to use “than” or...
View ArticleRecycling: Christmas Cardboard to Crafts
Photo Source: The Merrythought By Heather Sanders This year, unlike almost every Christmas in the past several years, I did not have the majority of my gifts purchased by Thanksgiving. I committed...
View ArticleCommunity Question: Considering Homeschool for 8th-grader
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View ArticleHand Lettering: A Quiet Yearning
By Heather Sanders When I first began penning my ABCs on one of the many Big Chief tablets my parents would buy me, I obsessed over each letter. Even in Kindergarten, I remember practicing my letters;...
View ArticleIt is 2015, and I Have No Homeschool Resolutions
By Heather Sanders Yesterday, as I stepped out on the front porch to receive a phone call, I glanced inside and couldn’t help but smile. Since our move in September, the face of our homeschool has...
View ArticleCommunity Question: Milestone Resources
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View ArticleUnsanctioned Field Trips
By Heather Sanders You know those days when your kids are weary of writing essays for English? The days when they would rather shave their heads than figure out another missing slope in Algebra? Or...
View ArticleChoices
By Heather Sanders Two weeks ago the kids attended our church’s Winter Retreat. With temperatures dipping into the upper 20s and lower 30s, and the weekend promising equally cold weather with cloudy...
View ArticleCommunity Question: 16 Years of Homeschooling. Now what?
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View ArticleNight Owls, Early Birds, and Homeschooling
By Heather Sanders I am not a night owl. My favorite days begin before the sun rises and require little brain power once it sets, which is why I am thankful the kids are of an age where they can be...
View ArticleHomeschool Documentary Review: Class Dismissed
By Heather Sanders Back in 2011, Kristen Chase wrote a blog post about the documentary, Class Dismissed, when the movie’s producers were seeking their first round of funding. The movie did receive the...
View ArticleCommunity Question: Prepping for Preschool
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View ArticleWord Nerd Quiz: Friday Night!
If you love vocabulary…if interesting words make your heart flutter…if you think a nice, juicy word is as beautiful as a prairie sunset or a Basset Hound’s ears…drop by Friday night and try your hand...
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