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Flat Traveling

For those who haven’t heard of the Flat Stanley project, it is a very fun geography adventure based on the children’s book Flat Stanley. In the book, Stanley is flattened by a falling bulletin board and soon learns the advantages of being flat. He mails himself to friends around the world. The idea behind the...

Heart of the Matter Friday Meme

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Welcome to the Heart of the Matter Online meme. Every Friday we will feature a different topic for our meme. Mr. Linky is set up below so please share with us your thoughts on the following statement: Halloween or Fall? How does your family celebrate? Anyone who knows me knows that I love hot summer weather. Fall starts and I...

Getting It Right

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If there is a single lesson that I continue to learn on a daily basis with my children, it is that I need to make sure I get this right. My children are growing and developing faster than I can keep up with most days with interruptions and activities abounding in every direction I turn. In all of the hubbub of life, I have...

Creative Writing

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I get questions from time to time from other homeschool moms who hate teaching writing. I hear things like: “How do you do it?” “What curriculum is best?” and “My kids just don’t like to write.” Some struggle particularly with creative writing. I think this is combination of what we...

The Horror/Journey of Inspiring My Six Year Old to Read

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Homeschooling has been a little rocky considering we started during hurricane season and Gustav ran us down. Getting back into a routine, my first grader is now doing well with Saxon Math but refuses to read and learn new words. Since I am determined not to fail, I decided to take the advice of seasoned homeschoolers and find...

History Review and Giveaway

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**The winner is Bettina Kuersten** Oh let me tell you, if you are a lapbooker, scrapbooker, notebooker, Classical educator, or Charlotte Mason follower, you will love this product! This is the ultimate way of showing off your journey through history. I had the tremendous pleasure of reviewing Barbara Shukin’s Medieval History...

Featured Homeschooler: Karin

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Please welcome this week’s Featured Homeschooler Karin from Mommy Matters and Passport Academy Homeschool! Tell us about your family. We are a family of four living in Florida. We have fraternal twin boys who are five years old and two girls. The oldest is three and the youngest is 6 months. My husband is a Road Warrior...

…to love, honor and vaccum, Relationship U-Turns

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It’s time for Chapter 5 in our book study of Sheila Wray Gregoire’s, “To Love, Honor and Vacuum…“ As we open up to chapter 5, Relationship U-turns, we read a message from Hebrews, chapter 12; “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything...

Heart of the Matter Friday Meme

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Welcome to the Heart of the Matter Online meme. Every Friday we will feature a different topic for our meme. Mr. Linky is set up below so please share with us your thoughts on the following statement: VIDEO MEME I have been looking forward to this meme all week long! Come out and meet us ladies! Heart of the Matter Online Meme...

Halloween for Christians?

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It’s that time of year again. Vampires, ghouls, ghosts and skeletons will be haunting our doorways. American retailers celebrate a 5 billion dollar a year candy, card and costume business ($1.5 billion in Canada). But, Halloween is not just a time for cornstalks, pumpkins, apples and cute and not-so-cute costumes. There is...