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second week of school

Finished our Creation Unit! Each child made their own Creation Books filled with their artwork for each day of God’s creation. Each school day was complete with a Creation Day snack. I’m so not creative… I had to really stretch to come up with these! Of the most precious gifts is when Daddy gets to…

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our first week {review}

This past week FLEW by. We had so much going on that we were sad to see the weekend come. As our first official year of homeschooling, I’ve been anxious to see how all my months of planning and preparation would come to fruition. And I can honestly say that I was so so happy…

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first day of (home)school

Today marked the start of a new school year… and our first official year of homeschooling. We will be using My Father’s World curriculum for both 1st grade and kindergarten (our preschooler will get to join in the kindergarten work). My kindergartener is 4 1/2 years old so we will be doing K twice with…

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catching up… letters B,C,D

I am going to attempt a brief overview of our last three weeks. I’ve been blog lazy and so it’s catching up time! Introducing: Letter B Letter C – caterpillars! Forgot to pull out the camera much this week… so you are in luck with only three pictures! Letter D – DINOSAURS! So far this…

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letter o {week 4}

O is for OCTOPUS A month into homeschooling and I think I am already boring my child. He is tired of the predictable routine and work. He is quickly doing his work just to be done and whining about wanting to go outside. So to as to keep learning fun and no pressure we have…

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letter i {week 3}

Last week we finished up our third week of school. Figuring out routines, learning styles, material likes/dislikes. It’s all coming together. My favorite part of each day is our geography lesson. We focused on North Korea and discussed it’s culture, religion, and language. We prayed each day for the people of North Korea and for…

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