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Community Question: Words of Wisdom?
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Kids Bored? Bubble Write!
By Heather Sanders When I was a kid, summers were spent chasing down the ice cream truck, reading, writing pen pals, and playing “Chicken on Wheels.” In case you’re wondering, “Chicken on Wheels” was...
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Big, Bad Spelling Quiz: Wednesday Night!
Yay! It’s time for another Big, Bad Spelling Quiz! Whatever your stance on spelling, you could always use a little extra practice! So stop by tomorrow evening for a big spelling quiz here on PW...
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Big, Bad Spelling Quiz: Enter Now!
NOTE: I have removed the question asking for “canceled” vs. “cancelled” because both are accepted. If you missed that one, your score will be adjusted accordingly! Time for the big, bad Spelling Quiz!...
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Spelling Answers and Winners
Here are the answers and winners of the Big, Bad Spelling Quiz! First, to repeat: I removed the “canceled” question, so for anyone who got that question wrong, your score will be automatically...
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Community Question: Kindergarten Help
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Gloriously Imperfect
By Heather Sanders Homeschool moms–or all moms, since we can all be quite cruel to ourselves–here’s my advice; stop with the perfectionism. Stop now. No, not in a sec–when you get that thing you’re...
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The Juxtaposition of Pride and Learning
By Heather Sanders We have all experienced it; that moment of teaching when we know a child does not understand the concept, or does not know the answer, yet refuses to admit it. They may say, “I knew...
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Community Question: Writing Curriculum Ideas
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Mean Ol’ Schoolmarm – “Attain” or “Obtain”
By Heather Sanders Today’s Mean Ol’ Schoolmarm post has a ring of independence to it, but if you want a bit more, here are twenty interesting things about the 4th of July! The use of the words...
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Summer School is Not Going as Planned
By Heather Sanders Summer School is not going as planned. Well, unless I find a way to designate the hours spent immersed in aquamarine pool water, the early morning and late night fishing/boating...
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Big Smartypants Quiz: Wednesday Night!
If you’re feeling bored, listless, and devoid of purpose and meaning tomorrow night, drop by for a new SMARTYPANTS Quiz! Questions will all be in the True/False format, prizes will be nice and shiny,...
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Big Smartypants Quiz: Enter Now!
Time for the big Smartypants quiz! This quiz will be in a True/False format, just for kicks! TO ENTER To enter, select the correct answer to each question below. Your score will be revealed after you...
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Smartypants ANSWERS and WINNERS!
First of all, great job on the quiz, everyone! Second of all, I am so very sorry I was late announcing the winners! To make a long story short…well, there is no story except for the fact that I had a...
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Community Question: Overwhelmed
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Book Review: Reading Rhyming, and ‘Rithmetic
By Heather Sanders A few weeks ago I was gifted a copy of Dave Crawley’s Reading, Rhyming, and ‘Rithmetic, a book of twenty school-related poems. It sat next to my computer for less than 24 hours...
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It’s Homeschool Conference Time!
By Heather Sanders This morning mine and Jeff’s alarms collectively sounded no less than 10 times, and no, that is not a hyperbolic statement. I would make excuses for being a sluggard, but there are...
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Community Question: International Homeschool Methods?
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Cheap Treats: “States” and “Presidents” Flash Cards
By Heather Sanders In the past two years, as part of Kenny’s American History homeschool cooperative courses, he studied both the states of the union and the U.S. presidents. During the first year,...
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I have the urge to purge.
By Heather Sanders My friend Cindy taught first grade for six years. In that time, she accumulated and created an incredible amount of curricula, activity packets, manipulatives, puzzles, games,...
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