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I’m Back!

Posted in Getting ready for School!, Kids say the darndest things!, Living the Family-Centered Life on September 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »

I have been off the computer for a few weeks due to a messy hard drive crash.
I did use my time wisely, though.  My laundry is looking better (I reduced the pile by HALF!) and I have been re-organizing our learning spaces.  I need more time though…  (I won’t even deny that I wonder how [...]

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Reusable workbooks

Posted in Designing the School Spaces, Elegant Simplicity, Family Centered Homeschooling, Getting ready for School!, tagged , on July 21, 2009 | 6 Comments »

Some of my favorite workbooks can be so expensive to purchase 8 times (or more!) so I have found that an inexpensive option is making them re-usable by laminating them.
I am placing each dismantled sheet in a letter-sized laminating pouch and feeding it to my inexpensive duck laminator (that I purchased from [...]

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A visual learner’s narration idea…

Posted in Designing the School Spaces, Elegant Simplicity, Family Centered Homeschooling, Fun Schooling, Getting ready for School!, Living History, Making Studies come alive!, Notebooking Your Studies on July 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I and several of my dc are very visual learners. I hit up the thrift store recently and found a collection of small photo books (the kind that looks like a bunch of page protectors in a stiff cover) (Move over Pottery Barn Kids…learning spaces I covet on a regular basis [:$] )
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neat link!

Posted in Fun Schooling, Getting ready for School! on August 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Passed on to me by a dear friend… Lots of wonderful homeschooling links!

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The loveliness of lesson planning

Posted in Elegant Simplicity, Family Centered Homeschooling, Getting ready for School!, Habits Training, Living the Family-Centered Life, Making Studies come alive! on August 20, 2007 | 4 Comments »

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The loveliness of lesson planning

Posted in Elegant Simplicity, Family Centered Homeschooling, Getting ready for School!, Habits Training, Living the Family-Centered Life, Making Studies come alive! on August 20, 2007 | 2 Comments »

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Fun in a Bottle!

Posted in Fun Schooling, Games, Getting ready for School!, Science on June 29, 2007 | 3 Comments »

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Fun in a Bottle!

Posted in Fun Schooling, Games, Getting ready for School!, Science on June 29, 2007 | 1 Comment »

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Paper Organization

Posted in Getting ready for School! on July 29, 2006 | 4 Comments »

"Pray as if everything depended upon God and work as if everything depended upon man."~
    Francis Cardinal Spellman
(This quote makes me feel good to be Catholic….I feel like everything has deeper meaning…most especially my daily duty…)
Do you suffer from educational printout clutter syndrome? Well, I did!  (But I am now on the road [...]

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The Wonderful World of Creative Art!

Posted in Art-spirations!, Getting ready for School! on July 21, 2006 | 5 Comments »

Cleaning and de-clutering is my primary focus as of late.  I am restructuring this old house for creativity!  It is so hard to be productive, much less creative in a cluttered space or in an area where it is hard to find things because they have no place.   I want the house to be as [...]

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