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The School Room and Play Space

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Well- back in January I took some pictures of our school/play room. At the risk of showing my messy self, I will post some of these pictures. I would retake them or take them on a better day, but let's be real! On any given day this is our mess!I am working on making this space less cluttered, ...
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Little Nino’s Pizzeria

homeschool· Little Nino's Pizzeria

Well the scrapbook craze is on these days and I thought we'd try it out. I think the pages turned out pretty well. The kids are doing this as their notebook for each book instead of a lapbook or other type of notebooking. Maybe it's a phase, but I was thinking of trying out a portfolio of the ...
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FIAR- Owl Moon

Five In a Row (FIAR)· homeschool· Owl Moon

Right after we finished our prairie study, we moved back into doing a Five in a row title called, Owl Moon.Once in a while I try out something new and this time I filled a living room table with all kinds of books and other items (even an owl pellet kit) that we'd be visiting throughout the week. I ...
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Our Little House Days

homeschool· Little House

Last spring the kids really enjoyed reading the Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder aloud together. To feed the fire of passion for these books we decided to do some unit study based on the book series.So far this year, we have done units on Little House in the Big Woods, Little House on the ...
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Perspective

I was just thinking...

One of the things I continually tell people about the weather here in central NY is that you cannot take it for granted. If there is a sunny day or even moment, you’d better get out and enjoy it because you don’t know when the next one is coming! I find this frustrating at times because I don’t ...
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Wilson Bentley was obsessed with the shapes of snowflakes and I can see why. Once you see one close up, you want to keep searching for new designs!

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Will they be ripe enough in January? πŸ’™β„οΈ

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We're on break and enjoying some seasonal literatu We're on break and enjoying some seasonal literature and painting. πŸ“šπŸ–ŒοΈπŸŽ¨

Christmas cards in progress. I'm a firm practitioner of the 12 days and settle in to creating cards just at this time. πŸŽ„

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...And since there's no place to go, let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow! 🌨️

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Once you start, it's hard to stop. πŸ’™
The freedom to mentor our teens as they build expe The freedom to mentor our teens as they build expertise in the high school years is invaluable. πŸ’™

People ask me all the time how we've been able to help our teens build skill and interest during high school and still check all the boxes that come with being a high school student. πŸ€”

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These two are peas in our family pod. πŸ’™ They e These two are peas in our family pod. πŸ’™

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Never a dull moment. πŸ˜‚

Pictured is the Don't Starve ornament she made for him last year. πŸŽ„

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