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Using Maps to Study Literature
Maps are traditionally aligned with Social Studies and Geography curriculums, but they can be extremely useful in studying literature. There are so many different resources to explore when learning about the setting of a story. Here are a few different ways to use maps to study literature in your Language Arts curriculum!
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Handling Homeschooling When Mom is Sick
At some point, it will happen. You will get sick. It happens to all of us. When it happens we not only feel terrible due to the flu bug but because of the stress of managing school while we are sick. Homeschool moms have a hard time turning off the homeschool even during sick days. First of all, let’s just clear something up. You are allowed to have a sick day. Your kids need you healthy and ready for unpredictable days of math and field trips. It is ok and best to take the time to recover properly.
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Overcoming Common Homeschool Challenges
There are many challenges that can come when you make the decision to home school your children. From dealing with state laws, to choosing a curriculum, and finding ways to socialize your children, the challenges are many but with a little planning, thought, and prayer, are easily overcome.
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What to Teach When Homeschooling Preschool
While there aren’t any hard and fast rules for what to teach when homeschooling preschool (it’s mostly about playing with them and loving on them), this guide will provide some suggestions on what to cover to prepare them for Kindergarten.
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31 Writing Prompts for Teens
You hear it all the time. The way to get better at writing is to just do it. . .write! What happens when the words don’t flow? You can sit there waiting for divine inspiration to strike from the muses, or you can have writing prompts ready at your disposal to help you fight so-called “writer’s block”. Here are 31+ prompts (one a day and then some for our short months) to kickstart your writing!
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Now Available! The 50 States Notebooking Unit
Our “Learning the United States of America” notebooking pages can easily fit with your current curriculum, providing a fun, easy way for your child to record the facts he or she has learned. They can also act as a standalone, complete unit study, and you and your child can use Internet research and/or the library to gather the facts to record on each notebook page. No matter how you choose to use our notebook pages, they are sure to become an integral.
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Free New Years Resolution Printables for Kids
It’s almost the New Year, and it’s the best time to celebrate a new beginning. And for kids ages 6-12, this is the perfect stage to learn to make resolutions.
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Resources for Learning About New Year’s
Yes, I realize that Santa hasn’t even come to visit yet! I wanted to get these cool resources for pulling together a quick lesson plan on New Years in your hands so you actually have time to enjoy them!
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Free Printable Christmas Activities for Upper Elementary Students
These fun FREE printables are best suited for grades 4-6 and include a cryptogram, word search and maze.
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Christmas Around the World Unit Study
This unit study is not only fun but it’s really easy for moms and dads to teach, with very little prep work on your part. This unit study takes your child on a journey around the world to discover different Christmas traditions. You get the information you need to study each county, notebooking pages and more!
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