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3 Attitudes to Make Your Christmas Week Better

by Jamie

Written by Jamie Martin, editor of Simple Homeschool and founder of Steady Mom With less than one week left until Christmas, it’s crunch time. You may have items on your Christmas bucket list that you need to let go of. Across the blogosphere writers now remind us that the time has come to stop the [...]

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Keeping the Obligation Out of Tradition

by SarahS

Written by contributor Sarah Small of SmallWorld at Home I am a great lover of family traditions. In fact, my entire master’s thesis was built around the theme of tradition and legacy. I love the stories that are passed down from generation to generation, the bits of family legend, as well as the tangible items: [...]

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Creating a Candlelight Christmas

by Lora

Written by contributor Lora Lynn Fanning of Vitafamiliae One of the most important locations in our home at Christmastime is the dining room. This is where our real Christmas celebration occurs throughout the month. I make sure that even if I don’t hang an ornament in any other room, the dining room gets special treatment. [...]

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Bedtime Reading: It’s Not About the Books

by Jimmie

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

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

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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