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7 Ways to Celebrate Valentine’s Day With Kids
In our home, we have always celebrated Valentine’s Day with our kids. It is a time of the year that we take the opportunity to show them how much we love them. Although I wouldn’t say that Valentine's Day tops the list as a favorite holiday, it is still a fun day to...
Writing Prompts For Kids: 35 Prompts to Cultivate Cultural Awareness
There are some kids who could write for hours without any question of what to write about. Then, there are those who struggle to get one word on the paper. Regardless of whether or not writing comes easy, writing prompts can be an excellent way to get thoughts...
Homeschooling Through The Natural Learning Approach
The Natural Learning Approach or natural learning is well explained in its name. When I started homeschooling, my past experience was teaching in the classroom to elementary, middle, and high school students. While in my mind, my hope for homeschooling was to learn...
THiNK OUTSiDE Junior Box Review
I’m so excited to write this Think Outside review. I have been raving about the Think Outside Box for a while now in our newsletter, but I wanted to make a full review here so you know exactly what it’s about. *Affiliate Disclosure: I do have affiliate...
Reading Fluency: What Is It? Why Is It Important? How Do You Improve It?
When we think about teaching our children to read, it’s easy to focus on letter recognition and the sounds that they make, but reading fluency is a critical part of reading that deserves a lot of attention. What Is Reading Fluency? Simply put, reading fluency is the...
What Are Pre-Reading Strategies?
Pre-reading strategies are learning exercises that help a reader to build background information, structure, and context of the book, before actually reading the book. Research shows that how you approach a book is crucial for comprehension, decoding, and an overall...
5 Parenting Tips Learned While Playing Youth Sports
I learned a lot of life lessons while playing youth sports. I never imagined that I would learn parenting lessons as well. It wasn’t until I became a parent myself that I realized that I learned these parenting tips as they were modeled for me during my years of...
Choosing the Right After-School Activities
Are you wondering what are the right after-school activities for your child? We are sharing after-school activities for kids of all ages and there’s something for everyone! As a homeschooling family, after-school activities aren’t always after school. Depending on...
Tips for Parents of Preschoolers
Join us today for an interview where we are sharing tips for parents of preschoolers! Preschoolers are full of wonder and lots of ENERGY! If you have a preschool-aged child at home, you know that there is never a dull moment. Preschoolers love to move their bodies,...
Essential Homeschool Materials
It’s the beginning of the school year and while many kids are shopping their classroom supply list, homeschoolers are shopping for, well...whatever they want. There are so many different forms and styles of homeschooling that having a universal supply list would be...
