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Homeschool Mother’s Journal 1:2

September 21, 2012 by 2 Comments
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In my life this week… My husband has worked some very long hours this week... Meaning I haven't had a whole lot of adult conversation. I also much admit, I'm not feeling very motivated.  Dinners are sucking.  Big time. The dinner issue could be a combination of dinner for two and the lack of a dishwasher.  Yes, last Thursday my dishwasher quit.  It was installed on July 10.  So we are well within the warranty period.  The repair guy came, but only had more bad news. I'm without a dishwasher for at least a week while waiting for parts.  How I wish for a magic wand! In our homeschool this week… We have been working on All About Reading.  I really like it.  I think we have got a routine down a little better.  We should by now, right?  We are splitting our lessons into two sessions.  We do a quick review on the second day before starting the second half of the lesson.  This works for us.  Each time whether we finished a complete lesson or just half of one, … [Read more...]

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Homeschool Mother’s Journal 1:1

September 14, 2012 by 4 Comments
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September 14, 2012   In my life this week… I went to the dermatologist last week for a plantar wart on my foot.  Ya, this might be TMI.  However, so many times we skip over those little things that are gross and we just don't want to think about.  So I'll give you just a tiny bit of TMI.  Sometimes we need to know we are not alone.  I promise to skip the pictures.  So I tried and I tried to get rid of this wart without any success.  Although the doctor seemed to think my efforts were not wasted.  After all, I did manage to keep it from spreading or getting any bigger.  So...this was my first visit ever to a dermatologist.  Not as scary as I thought. Generally, a plantar wart will disappear on its own within two or three years.  Ya, not so in my case.  Now that I have a little girl, who finds that spot on my foot interesting, I thought it needed to go.  I tried every OTC treatment.  Nothing.  I even tried some-crazy-as-it-sounds, but might work ones like duct … [Read more...]

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Easy Ways to Teach Pre-Reading Skills

June 18, 2012 by Leave a Comment
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I made a deal with Missy that when she turned three we would start our own school.  She calls it "class." So we've been doing "class" most everyday.  She decides if we do or not.  Sometimes she chooses to "do something at the big table."  Those something's are usually letter oriented.  She loves to play with magnetic words and I also have some letter tiles that seem to hold her attention for awhile. I must admit we did a lot of this before she was actually three.  We just didn't give it a formal name.  More for Mommies sake than for hers.  It's hard to accept your child is ready for this so soon. One of her all time favorites is to make a letter from either dried beans or colored macaroni.  I draw a large letter of her choosing on construction paper and then I outline it with glue.  Then she puts the beans or macaroni on the glue in the shape of the chosen letter.  She even gets to pick if it should be an upper or lower case letter.  We talk while she's doing this … [Read more...]

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