Magic Tree House Knight at Dawn Unit Study (and History plans)

I read the Magic Tree House books to Hanna when she was in kindergarten and we loved them.  They are so imaginative and I think they are perfect for kids this age for so many different reasons.  Hanna went on to read all of them at least a couple more times on her own as [...]

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Great Sites for Printables

I’ve found several useful sites as I’ve been planning Joe’s next quarter of school with free printables.  I thought I would share a few that I like best.

The Teachers Corner is full of info.  You could spend hours scouring this site.  What I’ve been using is their money worksheet generator to print out sheets like [...]

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Our Curriculum for the 2010-2011 School Year

Even though we began our 2010-2011 school year back in May, I want to share our curriculum one more time because I know many of you are just about to start your school year up.  We school on a year round school schedule that operates 3 months on/1 month off with a week off in [...]

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What I Wish I'd Known...

…before I began homeschool and what I learned our first year.  Would you believe that what gave me the final push to have the confidence to homeschool my children was stumbling upon Homeschool Creations via google search for Chore Packs?!  I had been reading the Duggars’ book and discovered their ingenious chore system and decided [...]

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Homeschool Weeks 11 and 12 [mosquitoes and crickets]

The last two weeks we’ve wrapped up our insect studies with more on mosquitoes and a little about crickets.  Joe completed his lapbook, read some new and old books, made some cool crafts and pretended to be a mosquito.  He made a mosquito mask from a paper plate.  I attached a straw to it and [...]

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Science Experiments in a Bag Review and Giveaway

We have been using Science Experiments in a Bag since the first week of May when we began our new school year.  I cannot say enough good about this curriculum and am exicited to offer two of my readers a chance to win their own!

I like these experiments for several reasons:

First, I was able to [...]

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