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February 14, 2010
Heather L
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Valentine’s Day Party and Crafts

Posted in Holidays, Homemaking, and Homeschooling

At the homeschool Valentine’s party, Munchkin and her friends had fun doing several different crafts.  The mom who pulled together all of the crafts did a great job. The Candy iPod was a huge hit.  They all decided that their new iPods played sweet music.  You can find the instructions for these here. Some of the other crafts included painting rocks, fingerprint heart cards, and heart rubbings.  The kids each made a Valentine card to be delivered to local shut-ins. They had fun passing out their Valentines to each other.  We had them line up the bags/mailboxes/boxes on the sofas,…

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February 12, 2010
Heather L
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MapTrek: Ancient World Maps Vol 1 Review

Posted in Homeschooling, and Reviews

Knowledge Quest has created yet another wonderful resource for homeschoolers, teachers, parents, and students ~ The MapTrek Atlas and Outline Maps of World History series. I was given the opportunity to review MapTrek V1: Ancient World.  As Knowledge Quest was rolling out the MapTrek series, I was receiving email notifications of freebies previews of this series.  From the free downloads, I knew this would be a great series. On a side note… I highly recommend signing up for the Knowledge Quest email newsletter because they do send out notifications of freebies they are offering. For the teacher, there are beautiful…

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February 8, 2010
Heather L
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Math Mammoth Review

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  Math Mammoth: Making It Real Learning Has your child ever asked you, “When am I going to use this in real life?”  Making It Real Learning concentrates on helping students answer that question.  Each workbook also has a mathematical theme, such as “linear functions”, so that you can find materials on the appropriate level for your students.  Each activity-lesson in the book contains several questions about the situation, starting with basics and going into more in-depth evaluations, and should be adequate for one-two complete class periods. The Make It Real Learning Arithmetic I workbook focuses on real-world situations that…

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February 5, 2010
Heather L
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Are We on Track?

Posted in Homeschooling

When you’re homeschooling in a state with little or no outside regulation for homeschoolers, how do you know that your child is on track?  How do you know if they are keeping up with their public school peers?  Are they ahead or behind?  Are they learning what they should? We have personally seen how military kids who transfer from one public (or private) school to the next with each pcs move can be ahead in one state but behind in another.  In one state certain subjects are taught in X grade while in other states it is taught in Y…

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February 3, 2010
Heather L
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Nelson’s Complete Book of Bible Maps and Charts Review

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Nelson’s Complete Book of Bible Maps and Charts Third Edition This updated edition of Thomas Nelson’s popular Complete Book of Bible Maps and Charts has everything you need to visualize the events, places, and people in the Old and New Testaments. Perfect for small-group leaders, Bible school teachers, or if you’re simply curious about biblical times, Complete Book of Bible Maps and Charts provides a visual overview of the Bible in its entirety. Valuable resources include new, full-color, high-resolution maps and charts along with downloadable PDFs for presentations and classes; tables, charts, and diagrams that organize Bible information for ease…

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