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Confessions of a Homeschooler

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Confessions of a Homeschooler

3rd Grade Homeschool Curriculum Top Picks

3rd Grade Homeschool Curriculum Top Picks
3rd Grade / Curriculum / Homeschool / Homeschooling 101 / Top Picks  Curriculum Forum

Hi friends! Need help picking your homeschool curriculum out? Fear not, because I’m back today with another homeschool curriculum top picks! Today I’m sharing my favorites for 3rd grade. As always, each family is different, but hopefully this will give you a good place to get started researching 3rd grade…

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May 2016 Monthly Meal Plan

May 2016 Monthly Meal Plan
Home Economics / Homeschool / Monthly Meal Plan / Recipes  Monthly Meal Plan

Hey guys! I’m so excited for May because that means we only have one more month of school left! I start getting really bad summer fever right about now and with the weather warming up I want to do just about anything else besides hang out in the kitchen cooking.…

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Tip Tuesday: Motivating Your Students

Tip Tuesday: Motivating Your Students
Homeschool / Homeschooling 101 / Tip Tuesday  Motivation / Tip Tuesday

Hi everyone and welcome back to Tip Tuesday! Today we’re talking about how to motivate your students to want to do a good job and work diligently! I think as homeschoolers motivation can be an issue, well it has been for us anyway! My kids tend to think that since…

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2nd Grade Homeschool Curriculum Picks

2nd Grade Homeschool Curriculum Picks
2nd Grade / Curriculum / Homeschool / Top Picks  Curriculum Forum

Hey guys! Today I’m sharing our top 2nd grade homeschool curriculum picks with you! As I’ve said before, every family is different, so what works for us may not be the best fit for your family. But hopefully you can use these as a general guide to get started! I…

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Slow Cooker BBQ Pulled Chicken

Slow Cooker BBQ Pulled Chicken
Home Economics / Homeschool / Main Dishes / Recipes  Main Dishes

Hey guys, I have a super easy and delicious recipe for you today. As most of you know I don’t have a lot of time to fuss around in the kitchen, but I still like to have home-cooked meals as well. This recipe covers both needs beautifully! We have sports…

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Expedition Earth: Canada Unit Study

Expedition Earth: Canada Unit Study
Canada / Geography / Homeschool / World Geography  Expedition Earth / World Geography

Salut and welcome to our Expedition Earth week on Canada!   Here are some of the activities we did this week along with things I managed to capture on film! Say “Hello” in French: salut (silent t) , “Thank You” : merci Locate Canada and capital Ottawa on the wall…

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Tip Tuesday: To Grade or Not To Grade?

Tip Tuesday: To Grade or Not To Grade?
Grading / Homeschool / Homeschooling 101 / Organization  Tip Tuesday

Hey guys! I get asked about whether or not I record grades in our homeschool, and how I keep track of them as well. So that’s what we’re discussing in today’s Tip Tuesday. We’ve been homeschooling for 9 years now, and each year has been different. But we did decide…

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First Grade Homeschool Curriculum Picks

First Grade Homeschool Curriculum Picks
1st Grade / Curriculum / Homeschool / Top Picks  Curriculum Forum

Hi everyone! I always post my curriculum for each year prior to the start of our school year. But I’ve had some requests to post our curriculum choices by grade level to help out people trying to choose curriculum for a certain year. Anyway, I thought that would be a…

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Expedition Earth Spain Unit Study

Expedition Earth Spain Unit Study
Geography / Homeschool / Spain / World Geography  Geography / Spain / World Geography

Hola! And welcome back to another Expedition Earth post. This week we ventured through Spain learning all about their culture, landmarks, animals, climate, people, and more!   Here are some of the things we covered this week: Located Spain and it’s capital on the map and completed our mapping worksheet…

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Tip Tuesday: Standardized Testing

Tip Tuesday: Standardized Testing
Homeschool / Homeschooling 101 / Organization / Testing / Tip Tuesday  Standardized Testing / Tip Tuesday

Hi everyone, welcome back to another Tip Tuesday where we’re talking all about standardized testing! Yipee!   Are you excited? You should be because I’m here to encourage homeschoolers everywhere! Testing isn’t as bad as you think, and YES YOU CAN DO IT! Step 1: Choose Your Tests If you…

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