January Homeschool Favorites

It’ hard to believe that we are almost halfway through January. It seems like just yesterday we were ringing in the New Year!!  With that, it’s time for me to share our January favorites in our homeschool. January Homeschool Favorites For this month I did narrow it down to only three items, since I brought …

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How To Stay Motivated When Working Out Alone

As I mentioned earlier in a Wellness Wednesday, I pretty much fell off the wagon last year. As I approached the new year, I started looking back on what things I didn’t do last year. Reasons as to why I “fell off the wagon.” Here are things that I have done in years past, but …

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What We’re Reading For The Week of Jan. 18

We try to go to the library weekly and while some times we pick out pretty good books, we’ve had our share of not so great reads as well. However, that’s to be expected from time to time and the plus side is we haven’t actually purchased the book.

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Homeschool Happenings: Our 20 Week Homeschool Update

I can’t believe that we are on week 20 in our homeschool. Sure, we’ve had our ups and downs this year, but the year has seemed to fly by. It seems like only yesterday we were cracking open our curriculum for the first time.

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Groggle’s Monster Valentine

Title: Groggle’s Monster Valentine Author:  Diane Murray Illustrator: Bats Langley Publisher: Sky Pony Press Publication Date: January 17, 2017 Genre/Format: Picture Book Ages: 3-6 Synopsis: Groggle has been up all night making a Valentine’s Day card. This isn’t just any Valentine, though, and it has to be perfect – it’s for Snarlina, his beast friend in the whole wide world!

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Jim Henson Activity and Book

This post contains affiliate links. Read our disclosure policy for more information I was first introduced to the series “Ordinary People Change the World” last year and quickly fell in love. These books are perfect for my six-year old when it comes to learning about well…ordinary people that can do amazing things! Not only does …

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Homeschooling Goals for 2017

Well hello 2017. You seemed to have arrived at the blink of an eye and tried to catch me off guard at first, but after much planning and thought, I’m ready to take you on. 2016 was without a doubt a roller coaster. It was definitely a time for firsts. It was the first year that …

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1st Grade Curriculum Update

This post contains affiliate links. Read our disclosure policy for more information Does the New Year really mean new curriculum? Not necessarily, but over our Christmas break I started to really look at and evaluate our current curriculum. I stopped and asked myself if what we were doing was working for us. I mean REALLY …

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Spies in Disguise: Boy in a Tutu

  Title: Spies in Disguise: Boy in a Tutu Author:  Kate Scott Publisher: Sky Pony Press Publication Date: November 22, 2016 Genre/Format: Adventure Age Range: 7-10 Synopsis: Spies in Disguise: A Boy in a Tutu is the second in a new character chapter book series that is sure to keep kids laughing from beginning to end!.

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Homeschool Happenings | Week 19 Update

It’s been sometime since I’ve done a weekly update. Life just got really busy and I was finding it difficult to get on and update with what our week was looking like. To catch you up to speed, we did take two weeks in December off which was amazing. Normally we don’t do that, but …

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I’m Going To Give You A Bear Hug!

Title: I’m Going To Give You A Bear Hug! Author:  Caroline B. Cooney Illustrator: Tim Warnes Publisher: Zonderkidz Publication Date: December 27, 2016 Genre/Format: Picture Book Grade Range: Preschool-3rd Synopsis: Whether it’s a big bear, gasp for air, knock over a chair hug or a wet and drippy, slimy, slippy fish hug, children will giggle their way through all the imaginative examples. …

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The Organized Homeschool Life

As we approached the end of 2016 in our homeshcool I was really starting to feel over-whelmed. I had homeschool material from one end of the house to other, mounds of books and well the house was turning into a disaster, which is why this was the first year EVER that we took off two …

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Leonard’s Beard

Title: Leonard’s Beard Author:  Nancy Cote Publisher: Sky Pony Press Publication Date: November 22, 2016 Genre/Format: Picture Book Grade Range: Preschool-3 Synopsis: Leonard is a writer with many stories to tell. In his house on a hill, with his dogs and his frog, he writes stories of adventures and excitement. He is so consumed with his stories, though, that he loses …

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Educational Gift Guide For Ages 5+

As part of our December Homeschool Favorites this month, we decided to focus on some of our favorite Educational Gift Ideas for this holiday season.  I seriously could have went on forever in this video because there are so many amazing products that we use and love on a daily basis. However, I tried to …

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Will Blue Orange Be Under Your Christmas Tree?

Did you know that board games actually make amazing gifts for kids? This year, our kids have asked for a number of board games and I’m loving it!  We incorporate game night (and sometimes game day) into our weekly routine and love it! There’s just something about everyone around the table, interacting and playing games. …

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