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Filed Under: Life Skills · Printables & Downloads · Strategies & Tips · Free Curriculum · Life Skills

Teaching Children How to Fill Out Forms

One of the life skills our children will need over and over is how to fill out forms. Our children will fill out hundreds of forms throughout their lives. It only follows that practicing this necessary (although tedious) skill can ease the process in the future and hopefully prevent needless do-overs. I mean, how many […]

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Goodbye, Flat Pancakes!

I've rarely made pancakes from scratch that weren't flat and practically tasteless. So I was understandably skeptical when I tried Jenny's recipe for Good Old-Fashioned Pancakes, which she promised would produce nice, fluffy pancakes. But Jenny was right. The pancakes did turn out light and fluffy — and delicious! Now I just have to figure […]

Filed Under: Homeschooling

Restructuring Our Homeschool Calendar

Creating more breaks in our homeschool calendar hopefully will prevent burnout by both the kids and parent/teachers. Inspired by my blogging friend, Sonshine, we have completely revamped our schedule for the school year. For the last three full years, we've adopted a public-school-like schedule, beginning in late August, breaking for three to five days at […]

Filed Under: Family

My girls rocked the house!

We were so proud when our girls rocked the house at church. Well, maybe they didn't exactly rock the house, but they both did sing in church tonight. Every three months our church holds a Fifth Sunday Singin' where anyone and their dog can get up and sing. The girls are always eager to take […]

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Thirteen Things That Annoy Me

I'm not a complainer. In fact, I'm generally a pretty easy going person. But there are just a few…okay, quite a few things that really bug the heck outta me. Maybe you can relate? So here they are — thirteen things that annoy me, in no particular order: People at the grocery store who pay […]

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Family Night on the Cheap

Family nights could become expensive if we went out but we have found one way to a cheap version of family night that works well for us. My husband and I are homebodies. We love to stay at home. Our idea of a fun evening is curling up on the couch (or in his case, […]

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