Smoke Jumpers One to Ten by Chris L. Demarest is a counting book about smoke jumping. Bear selected it recently
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Language Arts
Read Aloud: Sylvester & The Magic Pebble
Tonight we read, Sylvester & The Magic Pebble by William Steig. It is a Caldecott Medal book and a beloved
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How we use dry erase boards in our homeschool
At the FPEA convention this year I bought a couple dry erase lapboard sets from Miller Pads and Paper. They
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Language Arts Learning Centers
This year I started using Learning Centers in our homeschool. It has been a wonderful transitional activity for me in
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Read Alouds: The Library by Sarah Stewart
Elizabeth Brown entered the worlddropping straight down from the sky. Elizabeth Brownentered the worldskinny, near-sighted and shy. Shy didn’t like
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Literacy Lava launches
Literacy Lava is a new FREE downloadable newsletter to promote literacy activities with kids.
Week in review…
I have a confession. Sometimes it’s hard to keep up with all that we do, and other times I feel
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Building a House
Our family has been blessed this year to be able to custom build our own home. It’s been an exciting
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Meet the Author
Reading Rockets Meet the Author is a great new resource I found online to help with our author studies. You
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Meet the Author
Reading Rockets Meet the Author is a great new resource I found online to help with our author studies. You
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A Child’s Garden of Verses
This year we discovered, A Child’s Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson and I was pleasantly surprised to learn
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NY Times Best Illustrated books of 2008
Wave written and illustrated by Suzy Lee There is a wonderful post by Two Hearts Together featuring the Top 10
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Language Arts for Preschoolers
Pumpkin is still enjoying her school time. Whenever possible I teach all of the children at the same time at
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Reading Resources
The boys are still doing well with their reading and are progressing steadily through their Bob Books. Both boys enjoy
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Between the Lions
Between the Lions is our new favorite weekly educational show. We now work it into our daily routine. I tape
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Read for the Record
Jumpstart has started a “Read for the Record” campaign to bring attention to the importance of early education. By encouraging
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