Hey Parents—Why the Rush???

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Peer pressure. There’s a decent chance that many of you have been affected. It happens when homeschool mothers begin to take notice of what other families are doing in their schooling. We feel the pressure to be great. We feel the pressure to insure our children that they are gaining the absolute best education they [...]

Tactile Activities for Learning Letters

Tacticle Activities for Learning Letters

When my older son was learning letters, he had a hard time really getting them. To help him get the shape of each letter in his mind, I came up with a few tactile activities! Pipe cleaner letters- I made each letter out of pipe cleaners and glued them onto a note card. He traced [...]

Memory Boxes

Paper Doll

I watch as my little girl’s eyes well up with tears for no apparent reason.  “What’s wrong?” I ask sympathetically. “I’m so sad about my paper princess doll,” she sobs.  “I miss her!  Why did you throw her away?  In those stinky fish?  I should have written my name on her!” I heave an exasperated [...]

Pruning Preschool

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Pruning – (verb) ….Webster definition is to reduce especially by eliminating superfluous matter ..Wikipedia definition…. reasons to prune  include, shaping (by controlling or directing growth), improving or maintaining health, reducing risk from falling branches, and increasing the yield or quality of flowers and fruit.    As Spring as comes around it’s time to dust the cobwebs [...]