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Homeschool Curriculum Plans
As the years of homeschooling go by, I find myself becoming more relaxed in my style of home education because I’ve seen just how well it really does work. I still use curriculum, but I change it around to fit my needs; that’s a long way from my first year as a homeschooler, using a…
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The Week with a Mad Scientist!
SCIENCE: Ken helped Lindsey with another experiment this week involving the density of salt water to make an egg float. Kathryn was the salt dispenser, so she got to help a bit, too. The instructions always say to wear safety goggles, even though I think the worst that might happen in this particular experiment would…
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Summer Beauty: A Mother-Daughter Interview {Visa Gift Card Giveaway}
Venus asked a few bloggers to do a follow-up to last month’s review/giveaway posts — but this time the daughters get to interview their moms about summer beauty do’s and don’ts. I wrangled Kathryn into helping me with this since she was the main focus of my review/giveaway post; she’s the questioner and I’m the…
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It’s time for The 2nd Talk
Rather than having one big “TALK” with my mom about how babies were made and how boys and girls were different and so on, I learned those things gradually over the years. My mom answered questions as I asked them, and I knew everything I need to know. But one day in elementary school, I…
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The week with a mischievous guest
Kathryn finished up the last of her straggling 5th grade math lessons last week, but I really like that we spaced it out so that we don’t have a big gap of time between levels. Her dad’s scheduled vacation changed, so now she’ll be away at the beach with him week after next, rather than…