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Knights-in-Training
(photo courtesy of my sister!) I love those times when you stumble on a good idea. We chose to study the middle ages for a variety of reasons. First, our curriculum, is based around character traits...
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Cultivating Character… in me?
I’ve always known of the great privilege we as parents would have in training our children and helping to shape and mold their character. But I was not at all prepared for what a work God had in...
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Becoming Butterflies…
We’ve been quite busy over here working on ‘becoming butterflies’. As we learn about patience, our explorations have led us to explore the phenomena of metamorphosis. In addition to reading some...
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Homeschooling –> Family Learning
~ ~ Blogger had some issues over the last few days and erased any changes or posts uploaded during that time. I apologize for those of you who have subscribed to this blog for the repeat post… ~ ~ One...
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Hatching Chicks – Lessons in Patience
We had a huge lesson in patience when friends gave us eggs to incubate. We counted out the days and proceeded to turn our eggs and watch the temperature and attempt to increase the humidity in our...
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The Apple and the Arrow
Does this disturb any of you???? In our quest to learn about courage, we took a dive into Switzerland’s quest for independence and the story of William Tell. And yes, the kids became William Tell...
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Learn to Play –> Play to Learn!
Any guesses as to what we’ve been reading about lately??? I just love how they bring it into their everyday play! Boston Tea Party Time!
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Of Pediatricians and Patriots
We are knee deep in the middle of our nations fight for independence and the boys couldn’t be happier. Last fall I picked up two pirate costumes at our PE groups clothing swap. The red velvet...
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How to Weather a Storm…
Boys gather at the front window, eager for that first glimpse of friends. Excited shrieks announce their arrival as I pour our summer batch of sand into the sandbox in the backyard. Not one but TWO...
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Presidential Breakfast!
Whew. I’m coming up for air. It has been a crazy couple of weeks as we’ve been settling into a new routine. Our math books finally arrived and everything is in place to get back going 100%. July...
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