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When it’s time to wind down summer vacation and kick off the new school year, it can be fun to mark the occasion with a fun back-to-school tradition.  Celebrating the start of school as someth...

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If you want to homeschool your child, you’re probably worried about doing it right and making sure they learn what they need to know. If you’re worried, it just means you care about your chil...

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Learn how dictation and spelling can go hand-in-hand when teaching your children new spelling words and rules. Grab the helpful practice worksheet too at the end of this post! RELATED: Resources ...

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Let’s face it, homeschooling can get expensive. Some science curriculum alone, especially as your children get into the upper grades with labs, can almost wipe out a small budget in one purchas...

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Making dolls out of corn husks is a charming handicraft that has been around for generations. I remember making corn husk dolls when I was in elementary school. It was a fun and satisfying activi...

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Snap Cubes are the perfect hands-on learning manipulative for helping develop simple math skills and learning numbers. Hands-on learning is highly beneficial for kids. Having hands-on learning re...

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Handwriting is a foundational skill that plays an important role in a child’s cognitive and motor development. It’s a skill that children need to practice on a regular basis to help reinforce...

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Outer space is a vast and mysterious place. Thankfully, through technology and astronomers, we have been able to learn a lot about the planets, the solar system, and about the universe. But there...

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