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Planners and Responsibilities

Remember the teacher’s planner that enthralled you so much at the convention that you bought it? Its purpose is not just to look pretty on your shelf or on your computer’s desktop. It’s time to pull it out and start using it, or to figure out all the features it has if you’ve purchased an e-planner. Yes, I mean right...

Growing Great Families: A Review

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Growing Great Families has released their new 2010 Interactive Family Advent Calendar that helps parents put the real meaning of the holidays back into their children’s daily lives with 24 days of inspirational stories, games, coloring activities, mind games, jokes of the day, Christmas Craft ideas, family friendly...

Parenting the OCD Child

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Have you ever had a concern that you seemed to worry about? Something that plagued you mind? Had anything that you could not seem to get out of your head for a time? This is how the OCD child functions all the time. Holiday’s or special events are especially difficult with the OCD child. I have a child with this...

Looking for Submissions

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We are looking for original articles to publish in the Autumn issue of Heart of the Matter’s digital magazine. The due date for the article is August 12th. The topics are: Fall activities Family Traditions Family Fun Times Disciplines / Rewards Going Green in the homeschool Foreign language instruction Money making...

Family Traditions

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When I hear the words Family Traditions, Norman Rockwell images come to mind with their wholesome, yet quirky portrayals of family life in America. But, what if your family wasn’t big on traditions or your family life was a far cry from a Norman Rockwell painting and looked more like a bad sitcom? What does that mean for your...

Heart of the Matter Weekly 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: Goals for 2009. Just a few more days of 2008 left! What are your goals for 2009? Don’t forget Mr. Linky so we can learn more about...

Jingle Bell Bracelet

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Looking for a last minute stocking stuffer for that little girl in your life? Why not make one? What You Will Need: Transparent Stretchy Cord Multi-colored Jingle Bells Scissors String the jingle bells onto the cord and tie three or four times to secure. It will look like this: And she will jingle everywhere she...

Heart of the Matter Weekly 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: Where I Find My Christmas Joy. Eggnog, Christmas music, decorating cookies, going to church… each of these things bring me joy for...

Christmas CD Giveaway

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VENI EMMANUEL CD: Ancient & Traditional Latin Carols Veni Emmanuel, the debut music CD from Classical Academic Press, is a collection of hauntingly beautiful carols, written centuries ago by great scholars, musicians and poets for the celebration of Christmas. Some tunes will be familiar, and some new to our 21st century...

Holiday Sweets: Gumdrop Ornaments

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What a sweet treat to add to your tree or your faux gingerbread men! What You Will Need: Tempera Paint-variety of colors A small kitchen or craft knife Crystal Glitter (clear) Various Styrofoam balls Toothpicks Styrofoam cube for holding wet gumdrops. 1.Cut off the bottom portion of the Styrofoam ball and proceed to make a...