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Jimmie is the mother of one creative twelve-year-old daughter. Jimmie blogs about their Charlotte Mason styled homeschool at Jimmie’s Collage. Her second blog, The Notebooking Fairy features free notebooking printables and how-tos.

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Bedtime Reading: It’s Not About the Books

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The following is a guest post written by Jimmie of Jimmie’s Collage. Reading to our children is confirmed to be one of the best ways to promote academic success. It builds vocabulary and critical thinking skills not to mention providing a foundation for literacy. We all know that, and most of us do read to [...]

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A Case for Lazy Summer Days

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The following is a guest post written by Jimmie of Jimmie’s Collage and The Notebooking Fairy. Some moms can’t rest. They are always busy and feel uncomfortable, maybe even guilty, sitting still. If you are that kind of mom, you may see summer break as a chance to cram in the school work or extracurricular [...]

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Mindful Homeschooling

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The following is a guest post written by Jimmie of Jimmie’s Collage. Mindfulness is living in the moment, enjoying the present as opposed to dwelling on the past or the future. It is when the mind is at rest rather than racing a mile a minute. Research has shown that mindfulness helps us deal with [...]

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