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Confessions of a Homeschooler

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Confessions of a Homeschooler

Winter Craft: Sparkling Winter Snowflakes

Winter Craft: Sparkling Winter Snowflakes
Art / Christmas Crafts / Homeschool / Winter Crafts  Crafts / Winter

This week I am participating in the IHN 5-day blog hop and my topic is Winter Crafts for Kids! Today I have a super fun and easy sparkly snowflake craft for you! These are really easy to make and and are a fun wintery decoration to add to your windows…

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Family Time Fitness Giveaway

Family Time Fitness Giveaway
Fitness / Give Aways  PE / Reviews

Since it’s a new year, one of my resolutions is always to focus more on the health of our family. Aside from healthy eating, fitness is also a big part of that. For the last couple years we’ve used Family Time Fitness in our homeschool and we are still loving…

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Easy Strawberry Shortcake Recipe

Easy Strawberry Shortcake Recipe
Mom Stuff / Recipes  Desserts

Okay, so this isn’t like a homemade shortcake recipe. But it IS a super fast, easy, and relatively low fat dessert that everyone in our family loves. So I’m gonna share it. Ready? Ingredients: Sliced Strawberries Cool Whip (lowfat) Sponge Cake or Pound Cake (Sliced)   Directions: Place one slice…

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How to De-pot M.A.C. Eye Shadow Tutorial

How to De-pot M.A.C. Eye Shadow Tutorial
Beauty Tips / Mom Stuff  Beauty Tips / Makeup

I’ve recently learned something exciting. Well, exciting for me, and I’m probably behind the curve here, but I’m going to share it anyway! It’s how to de-pot your M.A.C. eye shadows. Why would you want to do that you ask? I like to have things organized and handy. That same…

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Road Trip USA: Nevada

Road Trip USA: Nevada
Curriculum / Geography / History / Homeschool / West  Nevada / US Geography

Hi everyone! Welcome to our United States Geography study! This week we are checking out Nevada! Nevada was designated the 36th state on October 31, 1864 during the Civil War. That is why it’s called the “Battle Born State”. It is the largest gold-producing state in the nation and is…

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Homeschooling: Teaching Multiple Grade Levels

Homeschooling: Teaching Multiple Grade Levels
Homeschool / Mom Stuff / Organization / Parenting Tips  Organization / Teaching Tools

I’ve received countless emails asking me how I organize our day, and how I manage to homeschool while teaching multiple students all at different grade levels. So today, I thought I’d share a little bit of how we do things over here…for what it’s worth anyway!   Being flexible is…

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Homeschool Room Tour Video!

Homeschool Room Tour Video!
Homeschool / Mom Stuff / Organization / Room Tour / Video  My School Room / Organization / Teaching Tools

Hi everyone! I wanted to do something fun and unusual today, so I made a homeschool room tour video to share with you all! I’m so sorry, it turned out kind of long, so I had to break it up into two parts. But for those of you interested in…

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Pop for Addition & Subtraction Giveaway

Pop for Addition & Subtraction Giveaway
Give Aways / Homeschool / Math  Math / Reviews

Hola amigos! I have a great math game giveaway for you today! It’s called Pop for Addition & Subtraction by Learning Resources.   This game is actually a really fun way to review math facts in a less boring…we hate flashcards…kind of way. The container looks like a cute gumball…

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Orange Smoothie Recipe

Orange Smoothie Recipe
Homeschool / Recipes  Desserts / Drinks

Okay, actually it’s called an “Orange Fizzy”, but it’s basically an orange smoothie. And boy, oh boy is it yummy! Strawberry Shortcake made this recipe from her Sandra Lee Semi-Homemade Cool Kids’ Cooking book. BTW, it is a great cookbook for kids, there are tons of yummy, but easy recipes…

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Mr. Popper’s Penguins Unit Study Progress

Mr. Popper’s Penguins Unit Study Progress
Homeschool / Lapbooks / Literature Units / Reading  Lapbooks / Literature / Unit Studies

Hi! Well, with the onset of one of our snowiest months of the year, we’re celebrating by working on our Mr. Popper’s Penguins Unit Study! This book isn’t moving as quickly as the last one, but it’s fun to do penguin stuff in wintertime!   In this unit we are…

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