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The Teacher’s Corner – Lesson Plans, Worksheets and Activities
By Heather Sanders. While I realize there are a growing number of educators who find little to no value in utilizing rote learning tools such as worksheets to emphasize taught material, I am not one...
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XtraMath
By Heather Sanders. A few days ago Jessica, my friend and fellow homeschooling mom, linked to XtraMath, a free web-based math fact fluency program that is designed to help students master addition,...
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Codecademy – Learn to Code
By Heather Sanders. Though I am a web designer by trade, I mostly concentrate on managing the visual aesthetic of client content. Still, with the dynamic nature of web design, it is increasingly clear...
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Dictionary.com – Your Online and Mobile World Learning Destination
By Heather Sanders. While a few of my friends have already kicked off their 2012-2013 homeschool year, we plan to extend our summer vacation right through Labor Day, starting back on Monday, September...
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FREE Online Educational Resources
By Heather Sanders. Every week I receive a handful of emails from parents who want to give homeschooling a try, but do not have the financial resources to purchase a curriculum to “test the water”....
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Expanding Our Kids’ Resource Base
By Heather Sanders Last week’s Community Question, “Are Print Dictionaries Obsolete?”, is a question parents of my co-op writing classes ask each year. Due to our co-op guidelines–which disallow cell...
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Thanksgiving Activities Round-up
Photo/Craft Source: Thanks and Giving Trees After reading responses to some of your all-time favorite Thanksgiving crafts, I ended up on Pinterest in one of those “where in the world did the last 2...
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Groundhog Day Crafts, Printables, and Recipes Round-up
Photo/Craft Source: i {heart} crafty things Now that you have learned 20 Interesting Facts about Groundhog Day, it is time to gather some supplies and get ready to celebrate with a few crafts and...
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History, News & Programming: 3 Free Online Resources
By Heather Sanders Writing about Homeschooling means that I never stop looking for related, interesting subject matter. I have a running list of topics on the notes app on my iPhone, usually a post-it...
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Cloud Cake Project and FREE Cloud Types Downloads
By Heather Sanders Earlier this year in one of the modules for her Physical Science curriculum, Meredith studied factors that affect the earth’s weather. As is often the case, she became the teacher...
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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?
Community Question is a category inspired by you. Here and there readers write in with questions that are better served by the varied, experiential knowledge of those who read and contribute in the...
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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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Community Question: First Grade Math Recommendations
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Homeschooling Friends
By Heather Sanders Do you see the inverted question mark on Kenny’s forehead? I could say it is because he was leading his friends in a Spanish lesson on the fine art of punctuation using the tools at...
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Twenty Interesting Facts About…Rosie the Riveter
By Heather Sanders Meredith chose to dress as “Rosie the Riveter” for our church’s Wednesday evening “Blast from the Past” theme. It was so much fun pulling together all the different pieces of her...
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Community Question: 3rd & 6th Grade History and Science
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The Act of Being Intentional
By Heather Sanders With our home on the market and a move imminent, the kids and I have spent a few afternoons taking stock of each and every item that we own, determining what we want to keep, give...
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