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 …
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Home for the Holidays: What’s your favorite holiday read-aloud?
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 day after Thanksgiving …
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Stocking Stuffers for the Creative Child
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 …
Keeping This Season Simple. Really.
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 …
Q&A Wednesday: Dealing with Sibling Rivalry in the Homeschool
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 …
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