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Filed Under: Link Roundups

A Little Random Link Love

San Francisco Symphony for Kids: Learn about music and instruments with the San Francisco Symphony. Joely absolutely loves this site! Nourish Interactive: Nutrition education games for kids. Although this uses the "new" food pyramid (which I thoroughly despise), the information is great on this site, and the games are really engaging. Make Your Own Handwriting […]

Filed Under: Curriculum · Language Arts · Language Arts · Reading

Looking for good books for your kids to read?

Wouldn't you love to visit a website that regularly posts concise reviews of great children's books and offers an easy way to print off the information for reference? Sounds like the perfect resource for homeschoolers, huh! I've talked about this wonderful site before, but I just had to mention it again in case you missed […]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous

An Impromptu Homeschooling Lesson About Pianos

Homeschooling flexibility? What is that? Yesterday was a prime example of how homeschooling allows kids to pursue their interests and how a lesson plan can be easily set aside when another learning opportunity arises. I currently have two pianos in my house (I'm deciding which one I'm going to keep), so in this decision process […]

Filed Under: Family

Confessions of a 10-year-old Grammar Nerd

My son participates in Bible Drill at church, which involves learning 25 memory verses, ten key passages, and locating any book of the Bible in ten seconds. He competed in our church competition last night, and although he was not as prepared as he should have been, he did very well, advancing to the next […]

Filed Under: Frugal Living

How to Throw a Low-stress, Low-cost Birthday Party

Shannon has asked us to repost a "Greatest Hits" Works for Me Wednesday. I've only had a couple posts so far for WFMW, so I decided to repost my very first one. So here it is! I don't like to spend a lot of money on birthday parties—I'd rather spend the money on my child's […]

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