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Author: erica

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I am a Christian, mom, wife, homeschooler, YouTuber, author, and quilter.

Life Size Human Anatomy Activity

Life Size Human Anatomy Activity
Homeschool / Printables / Science  Anatomy / Science

Hi everyone! I’m gearing up for science this year and have a fun printable to share with you today! It’s a Human Body Anatomy Puzzle and life size organs! We’re going to work on the Human Body a little bit this year, so I created a human body skeleton and…

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Free Story Writing & Book Report Printables

Free Story Writing & Book Report Printables
Homeschool / Vocabulary / Writing  Vocabulary / Writing

Looking for some help teaching writing to elementary aged students? Looking for some creative writing pages, editing checklists, and story planners? Look no further!   This year I thought I’d get a head start on our writing process and created some helpful printables to help make writing a little easier…

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Floral Journaling Pages Printable

Floral Journaling Pages Printable
Mom Stuff  journaling

Happy Friday readers! After posting my 2012 Blog Planner, several people requested that I use the same format and create some journaling pages. I shared them with my Proverbs 31 study ladies, and now I’m sharing them with all of you! –> Click here to download My Journal <– Directions:…

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Road Trip USA: Arizona Geography Lesson

Road Trip USA: Arizona Geography Lesson
Geography / Homeschool / Southwest  Arizona / US Geography

Arizona was named an official state of the U.S. on February 14, 1912 and is known as “The Grand Canyon State” which is one of the 7 wonders of the natural world. The canyon floor stretches 277 miles long. It is also the largest copper producer in the U.S. Here…

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Back to School Pictures!

Homeschool / Mom Stuff

Hello fellow teachers! While we officially started school two weeks ago, this week is the iHomeschool Network “Not” back-to-School blog hop! And this week is all about those super cute student photos that we all love and adore! They show us how big our little guys are getting. I’m not…

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NEW Carson-Dellosa website!

NEW Carson-Dellosa website!
Homeschool  Summer Activities

As you all know, I love Carson Dellosa Summer Bridge activity books! They’re literally ZERO planning on my part, and great for keeping kids skills fresh over the summer. Keeping up with your students reading, math, and other basic skills over the long summer break is important. I’m not sure…

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Homemade Reading Bench Tutorial

Homemade Reading Bench Tutorial
Mom Stuff / Organization  My School Room

Hi everyone, I hope you are enjoying this week’s IHN Back-ToSchool Blog Hop! Today I’m going to share the details on how I made our really easy homemade reading nook! Okay, not the bench part, but the cushion at least!   Remember that left over peg board from my desk…

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Our Ikea School Desks

Our Ikea School Desks
Mom Stuff / Organization  My School Room

I get a ton of questions on our school room, and so I thought I would do an update on our Ikea setup. So to answer your questions… YES, we still love our desks! YES, they’re still white! (They clean very easily with some water, Windex, or for certain marker…

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Our Home School Room 2012-2013

Our Home School Room 2012-2013
Mom Stuff / Organization  My School Room

Hi everyone! This week is School Room Week with the IHN Not-Back-ToSchool Blog Hop! We’ve stuck with a similar room setup this year, with a few fun additions! The above picture is an overview of our room, and now we’ll get into the nitty gritty of our setup! Along the…

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Summer Boredom Busters: Bird Feeders

Summer Boredom Busters: Bird Feeders
Homeschool / Summer Activities  Homemade / Summer Activities

Welcome to another day of Kids Summer Boredom Buster ideas! Today we’re making homemade bird feeders!     Materials Needed: 1-liter empty soda bottle 1 to 2 wooden spoons craft knife and marker small eye screw Bird seed   Directions: Clean out the inside of the soda bottle with warm…

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