Tag: Homeschooling

27 Jul

“Uglies” by Scott Westerfeld: Paradise vs. Freedom

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When I was in high school my English teacher regularly assigned an extra credit novels, and one semester she assigned Uglies by Scott Westerfeld. I...

06 Sep

Homeschooling Kids Stuff

The Ultimate 3-Year Homeschool Preschool Plan

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I began doing homeschool preschool three years ago with my two oldest sons. Together we studied the alphabet three times with a weekly letter focus....

01 Oct

Holidays Homeschooling Kids Stuff

Halloween Preschool

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I began homeschool-preschooling my boys in 2020 and we have loved it ever since. We did (and still do!) our regular homeschool preschool (calendar time,...

21 Sep

Homeschooling Kids Stuff

Letter X Scavenger Hunt Preschool Activity

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X is a notoriously difficult letter to teach. It’s not a problem when it occurs at the end of words and makes a simple “cks”...

12 Aug

Homeschooling Kids Stuff

Speedy Preschool Review

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I have spent the last year and a half doing homeschool preschool with my two older boys (ages 4 and 3). In that time we’ve...

18 Sep

Homeschooling Kids Stuff

How to Pre-Preschool–Part 1: Calendar Time

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Check out the second and third parts of this series–Part 2: Learning Board and Part 3: Letter Activities. When my oldest was roughly three and...

06 Sep

Reasons to Homeschool (aka: Reasons NOT to Public-School)

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I entertained my very first thoughts about homeschooling shortly before I got married, but years before I even had any of my own children. These...