Author: Jamie
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Feeling Crafty: Re-Cover an old Lampshade
Today’s the day for our monthly Pinterest Challenge, where we do one (or more) of the gazillion things we’ve pinned, then blog about how it went. Recovering an Old Lampshade I’ve been sprucing up my office space (which also happens to be where our piano lives), and part of that included recovering a dingy old…
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Easing into our Homeschool Year
This week, we celebrated our official First Day of School! For the first time in my eight years of homeschooling, I actually remembered to do a First Day photo, complete with our homeschool mascot! (Who didn’t pose exactly where I wanted, but whatever. It’s still cute!) Easing into the Homeschool year: Even though this was…
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Morning Board and Calendar Time
Back when I worked in a preschool classroom, we did “circle time” every morning. Kathryn was across the hall in another class, doing the same thing. When we began homeschooling for her kindergarten year (7 years ago!), we didn’t bother with continuing circle time because it wasn’t necessary. This year, however, our first grade girl…
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Homeschool Online Hebrew Language Lessons
In June, Kathryn completed two years of mitzvah classes at her dad’s messianic synagogue. Her mitzvah classes included Hebrew instruction, and she enjoyed these lessons so much, she requested to continue to learn Hebrew this school year. I try to follow her interests in homeschooling when possible, but this was a subject I’d have to…
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Homeschool Pre-K Curriculum Plans
“Pre-K Curriculum” is almost an oxymoron. Four-year-olds should play, hear good stories, and play, play, play! All that being said, there’s no reason not to have a few intentional plans for our pre-k year. I know my 4-year-old will want to “do school” since he’ll see his big sisters doing it; he wants to be…