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Our Home Education Curriculum 2012-2013

For kindergarten and first grade with used the complete Catholic Heritage Curricula. As I mentioned in my review of the program, I was very pleased with the program and was going to continue with Catholic Heritage for a few more years at least. I’ve changed my mind.

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Teaching Kids How to Handle Money

Yesterday, Dawn over at By Sun and Candlelight wrote a great post about Kids, Money and Chores. She asked the following questions:

” 1. Do you give your children an allowance, and if so, must they earn it by doing chores?

2. How do your children handle

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Homeschooling During the Summer: What Does it Look Like?

Do you homeschool year round? I don’t know many families who homeschool through the summer months, but we do. It is a decision my husband and I made back when we first talked about homeschooling (before we were even married). If you are curious about homeschooling throughout the summer, here’s my take

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Guard Your Mouth

A couple of weeks ago, during our homeschooling co-op, Andrew’s Squire and Scroll group talked about the importance of guarding our mouths and using only kind and constructive words. It was a great reminder, for us as adults too, that our words have impact. We can either hurt or build up the people

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Are You Talking Like a Pirate Today?

Ahoy Mateys!

Did you know that today is the International Talk Like a Pirate day? Aye, it tis! I stumbled upon the talk like a pirate website by accident and thought it sounded like a fun thing to do with Andrew.

The website has some great ideas but be warned, the writers

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Revised Curriculum Plans for 2011-2012

We home educate year round and technically our new school year started in June; but, since I’ve seen a lot of bloggers sharing their curriculum plans I thought I’d share mine, too. We are using Catholic Heritage Curricula as our base program but Andrew is whipping through much of the curriculum already so

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Getting Boys to Read Advice Update

Two months ago I asked for some advice on how to get my son to practice his reading. All the support and suggestions that I got from so many people in the comments, emails and calls were so helpful and overwhelming. I can’t tell you how much that support meant to me. I

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Need Some Advice From Other Homeschooling Moms of Boys

Most families are probably either winding down or completely finished with their homeschooling year (or maybe , like us, homeschooling year round); but, I am going to ask my question anyway.

How do you get your boy(s) to read, or better yet, to LIKE reading???

Overall, our homeschooling is going

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Curriculum Review: Catholic Heritage Curricula

For those of you who are already planning your homeschooling curriculum (or thinking of homeschooling) next fall, I thought I’d do a review of Catholic Heritage Curricula. I used this program for kindergarten and now using it for first grade with my son. They also put out a monthly newsletter that offers even

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WFMW: Back to School Tip: Trust Your Instincts and Have Fun!

This month’s theme for Works for me Wednesday is “Back to School Tip.” These two tips I have are directed toward fellow new-to-homeschooling moms, but even if you don’t home school (or have been homeschooling a while), it’s still good advice.

I wasn’t homeschooled growing up, but I always knew I would

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