Dec

28

Educational Resoultions for the New Year

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December 28, 2008 | 1 Comment

I love making New Year’s resolutions.  Ever since I was a little kid. I’d write down my goals for the next twelve months.  I learned pretty early on that the more goals I listed, the more I fell short of satisfying my ambitions.  So, now instead of listing two dozen resolutions, I stick with three [...]

Jan

14

Scheduling School Holidays

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January 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Today is our first day back after our long Thanksgiving through New Years holiday, and this year we took an extra week because my husband had surgery last monday. The question, for me,  is always how to schedule school holidays so that they come at just the right time.
I hate the first day back.
I normally [...]

Dec

27

After Christmas Breather

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December 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment

The week after Christmas is a breathing week for me. Not that I don’t breathe the rest of the time, just that this seems to be a good time for me to stop and contemplate what I am doing, where I am headed and make adjustments as needed.
And there are many needed this [...]

Dec

20

Holiday Blues and Homeschool Burnout

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December 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment

 
It’s that time of year. You know that you are supposed to be joyous, happy, excited, loving and you want to be teaching your children to be generous, the meaning of Christmas…you want to be doing cool Christmas projects with them…you want to be reading cool Christmas books aloud..
But you can’t. You just can’t get [...]

Dec

13

Visions of Sugarplums

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December 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment

The fire is crackling in the hearth and the children are cuddled up next to me as I read aloud from A Christmas Carol …The smell of a succulent roast is wafting from the shining kitchen and the snow falls softly outside the window…….
NOT!  The house is cold, and the fire is crackling but right [...]

Dec

8

The Gingerbread House Party

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December 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Well, we had the gingerbread house party yesterday and it was great! Even the bigger kids really get into this, being very creative and having fun.  I found out that you can make the icing glue with just confectioners and water instead of the royal icing I had made in the past (using egg white).  [...]

Dec

5

Christmas Traditions

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December 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment

 
Of course the open house post opened up a huge thought pattern of looking at different traditions we have had throughout the years. I thought I would share a few this week.
Each of the kids gets a new ornament every year. I try to buy one that symbolizes something about them or about the year [...]

Nov

21

15 Ways to Keep the Kids Happily Busy on Thanksgiving

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November 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment

I bet you have alot to day today, don’t you? Yeah, me too. I must have totally lost my mind had a mental lapse because at some point a week or so ago I told my son he could have five of his closest friends over last night.
Anyway..If you have alot to do [...]

Nov

15

The 10 Best Books For Thanksgiving Reading Aloud

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November 15, 2007 | 2 Comments

I love holiday books.  They are full of warmth, usually, and it is fun to focus in, and look at the holiday with alot of reading aloud. All the better if it is chil;ly and you can do that in front of a crackling fire…

1. One of my very favorite Thanksgiving books is Louisa May [...]