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S-S-S-S-Spelling!
It’s hard to believe we only have six more weeks left of school. SIX MORE WEEKS! It’s even harder to imagine my baby, my boy, my Kenny, is completing his “first grade” year of school. I’m a little...
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HANGMAN!
One of the questions I am frequently asked is “Why homeschool?” And while there are a number of responses I can toss out at any given time, my very favorite recent response is “So I can play Hangman...
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Oh How We Love Highlights!
By Kristen Chase. I still remember looking forward to my monthly Highlights magazine as a kid, at which point I’d race up to my room and much to my mother’s delight (I imagine), I’d spend the rest of...
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My Grammar and I…
By Heather Sanders. I found this entertaining little grammar book the other day; the day before yesterday to be exact. It was hanging out on the shelf in our local bookstore. I was immediately...
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A Li’l Somethin’ Somethin’ from Reader’s Digest
By Heather Sanders. Last week I received my copies of three books I ordered as a result of the “Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought” feature on Amazon. Remember when I blogged about My Grammar...
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Lightning McQueen saves the day!
By Kristen Chase. This school year marks the first time my 4.5 year old son has formally written anything, well, other than scribbles. Unlike my oldest who was drawing faces at 18 months, Drew is...
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Will handwriting be obsolete?
By Heather Sanders. Last week a parent in our homeschool co-op informed me that, in keyboarding, only one space is used after a period at the end of a sentence. This new tidbit of information rocked...
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A Good App is Hard to Find
By Kristen Chase. Since so many of you asked for app recommendations in my post last week about how our family uses the iPad, I thought that I would follow up that post and share some of our favorite...
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Children’s ABC Wallet Card Project at Kickstarter
By Heather Sanders. Until about six months ago I knew nothing about Kickstarter, a funding platform for those trying to kickstart creative projects. If you are unfamiliar with Kickstarter, the website...
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DiscoverLit Kit Review
By Heather Sanders. I like educational children’s kits. When my kids were younger–I’m thinking particularly about when my oldest, Emelie, was in Pre-K, I would comb the shelves in the children’s...
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Children’s Wallet Cards – Review & Giveaway (Winners Announced!)
The three winners of the Children’s Wallet Cards – Review & Giveaway are: #525 Julie in Bridgewater: “It would be hard to pick one…alphabet, colors and shapes or number… have a nine month old...
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The A to Z Project Review
By Heather Sanders In two more weeks, our Co-op classes are over for the school year. There were two main projects in Kenny’s American History course this year, one per semester. He wrapped up the...
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Sifteo Cubes Review & Giveaway (WINNERS ANNOUNCED!)
By Heather Sanders —————— THE WINNER OF THE SIFTEO CUBES REVIEW & GIVEAWAY IS: Jill M (Comment #1900)! Please email heather@heathersanders.com to claim your FREE Sifteo Cubes, Interactive Game...
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Flash Kids Write-On Wipe-Off Learning Cards Review & Giveaway (WINNERS...
By Heather Sanders —————— THE 4 WINNERS OF THE FLASH KIDS WRITE-ON WIPE-OFF LEARNING CARDS REVIEW & GIVEAWAY ARE: Laura K (Comment #699): “So neat! Letters, please!” Danielle (Comment #578):...
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My Monster Bubble Writer: Book Review & Giveaway (WINNERS ANNOUNCED!)
—————— THE 5 WINNERS OF “THE BOOK OF SIGHT” REVIEW & GIVEAWAY ARE: Lisa (Comment #255) Sherri Klug (Comment #620) Lisa (Comment #774) Janice S. (Comment #69) Leslie B. (Comment #908) Winners,...
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Expanding Our Kids’ Resource Base
By Heather Sanders Last week’s Community Question, “Are Print Dictionaries Obsolete?”, is a question parents of my co-op writing classes ask each year. Due to our co-op guidelines–which disallow cell...
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Community Question: Overwhelmed
Community Question is a category inspired by you. Here and there readers write in with questions that are better served by the varied, experiential knowledge of those who read and contribute in the...
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Book Review: Reading Rhyming, and ‘Rithmetic
By Heather Sanders A few weeks ago I was gifted a copy of Dave Crawley’s Reading, Rhyming, and ‘Rithmetic, a book of twenty school-related poems. It sat next to my computer for less than 24 hours...
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It’s Homeschool Conference Time!
By Heather Sanders This morning mine and Jeff’s alarms collectively sounded no less than 10 times, and no, that is not a hyperbolic statement. I would make excuses for being a sluggard, but there are...
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Community Question: International Homeschool Methods?
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