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Flash Kids Write-On Wipe-Off Learning Cards Review & Giveaway
By Heather Sanders When my kids were in Pre-K and Kindergarten, I purchased boxes upon boxes of vibrantly illustrated flash cards for reviewing numbers, letters, shapes and eventually, basic sight...
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The Amazing Race from the Eyes of an Educator
By Heather Sanders This time last year I wrote about our Tuesday evening TV night wherein we watch DVR’ed episodes of three of our favorite shows, The Amazing Race, White Collar and Shark Tank. I went...
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Math, as it relates to my Christmas tree debacle.
By Heather Sanders On Facebook a few days ago I posted a photo of what I described as my “white trash Christmas tree”. I went so far as to call it a Jeff Foxworthy tree since I faintly heard the tenor...
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How to Teach Upper Level Mathematics?
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Time to Weigh-in on the Relevance of Algebra
By Heather Sanders To begin with, and for the record, this year I began facilitating Meredith and Kenny’s introduction to Pre-Algebra, while simultaneously reviewing Algebra 1 alongside Emelie so we...
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Our 2014-2015 Academic Plan
By Heather Sanders Monday is our last class day for our local homeschool cooperative. The kids have papers to turn in, final labs and tests to take, and then, they have only one more week of this...
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Community Question: Math Methods
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My 10 Most Commonly Misspelled Words
By Heather Sanders Each homeschooling family handles spelling differently. Initially, I assigned spelling words from the Language Arts portion of Sonlight’s Core curriculum, but eventually switched to...
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The Cost of Homeschooling
By Heather Sanders Those of us who have homeschooled multiple children for several years have the advantage of off-setting costs for subsequent kids by saving/copying curriculum and texts/readers....
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For Summer Reading (Winners!)
The winners of the iPad minis and the iTunes gift cards are… #12473 Mandi B: “Most talkative by Andy Cohen.” #26604 Sonya: “Just started Maya Angelou’s “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” #65526 Joannee:...
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Community Question: Words of Wisdom?
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Kids Bored? Bubble Write!
By Heather Sanders When I was a kid, summers were spent chasing down the ice cream truck, reading, writing pen pals, and playing “Chicken on Wheels.” In case you’re wondering, “Chicken on Wheels” was...
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Big, Bad Spelling Quiz: Wednesday Night!
Yay! It’s time for another Big, Bad Spelling Quiz! Whatever your stance on spelling, you could always use a little extra practice! So stop by tomorrow evening for a big spelling quiz here on PW...
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Big, Bad Spelling Quiz: Enter Now!
NOTE: I have removed the question asking for “canceled” vs. “cancelled” because both are accepted. If you missed that one, your score will be adjusted accordingly! Time for the big, bad Spelling Quiz!...
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Spelling Answers and Winners
Here are the answers and winners of the Big, Bad Spelling Quiz! First, to repeat: I removed the “canceled” question, so for anyone who got that question wrong, your score will be automatically...
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Community Question: Kindergarten Help
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Gloriously Imperfect
By Heather Sanders Homeschool moms–or all moms, since we can all be quite cruel to ourselves–here’s my advice; stop with the perfectionism. Stop now. No, not in a sec–when you get that thing you’re...
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The Juxtaposition of Pride and Learning
By Heather Sanders We have all experienced it; that moment of teaching when we know a child does not understand the concept, or does not know the answer, yet refuses to admit it. They may say, “I knew...
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Community Question: Writing Curriculum Ideas
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Mean Ol’ Schoolmarm – “Attain” or “Obtain”
By Heather Sanders Today’s Mean Ol’ Schoolmarm post has a ring of independence to it, but if you want a bit more, here are twenty interesting things about the 4th of July! The use of the words...
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