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Bedtime Reading: It’s Not About the Books

by Jimmie
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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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Home for the Holidays: What’s your favorite holiday read-aloud?

by Jamie
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To add some fun to our Home for the Holidays week, we thought we’d give YOU the chance to add your two cents to the mix! On each site, we’ve got a question we’d like you to answer. Share your thoughts below in the comments, and then hop over to visit the other sites! The [...]

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Stocking Stuffers for the Creative Child

by Jamie
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Written by Jamie Martin, editor of Simple Homeschool and founder of Steady Mom A note from Jamie: This post originally published on November 22, 2010. Enjoy! Holiday shopping time is nearly upon us and one of my goals as a mom is to avoid buying…how should I say it? Junk. Often, in the efforts to [...]

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Keeping This Season Simple. Really.

by Renee

Written by contributor Renee Tougas of FIMBY. For several weeks now, and even months in some cases, bloggers have been posting about preparing for a simpler holiday. Tsh has a countdown series, Plan Your Peaceful Christmas and fellow contributor Jessica (from Life as Mom) also offers a free Simpler Season planning resource. I haven’t done [...]

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Q&A Wednesday: Dealing with Sibling Rivalry in the Homeschool

by Jamie
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Written by Jamie Martin, editor of Simple Homeschool and founder of Steady Mom If you homeschool more than one child, as most of us do, then sibling rivalry is a daily part of your homeschooling reality. I’ve been in the thick of this recently, since my three children have only 22 months separating them in [...]

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Frugal Back to School Traditions

by Toni
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Written by contributor Toni Anderson of The Happy Housewife When they grow up children might not remember their science curriculum or how many spelling words they spelled correctly. Traditions however, when carried on throughout the years, give children wonderful memories and strengthen family relationships. Traditions don’t have to be expensive, there are numerous ways to [...]

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