I scarcely know how to write this review because I feel like I’ve barely scratched the surface of this curriculum. I received it as a member of TOS HomeschoolCrew, and since we are in the middle of using a curriculum for Lulu’s kindergarten that seems to be working extremely well, I used Math Mammoth as [...]
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Back a few months ago, a publicist with Lerner Publishing Group (Carolrhoda Books) contacted me and asked if I’d be interested in reviewing a couple of books written by African American authors for Black History month. I was intrigued by the titles, so I agreed. Well, here it is almost the end of February, and [...]
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I didn’t get to share any Friday Felicities last week, so I’m thinking back over a couple of weeks to come up with my happies for this week. Even though it’s still cold, some signs of spring are beginning to appear. I particularly like the punch of red that greets me in the school room thanks to the [...]
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I picked up The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin because of a mistake in shelving at the library, believe it or not. I frequent a couple of libraries, and I always spend far more time in the children’s departments of each library than I do in the adult sections. One of my libraries has the [...]
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As a distraction/break from A Tale of Two Cities, I’ve been reading a memoir called The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin. (This couldn’t possibly be why I still haven’t finished Two Cities. ) The Happiness Project is immensely quotable, but I found one part that just completely resonates with who I am. I think Gretchen [...]
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Did you know that Curious George appeared in a book before he had his own series? I think this is possibly the most excited and tickled I’ve ever been over a picture book. That’s big. Cecily G. and the Nine Monkeys is the perfectly delightful tale of Curious George, his eight siblings, and their mother, [...]
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Folks, I don’t know about where you live, but it’s COLD here in the not-so-sunny South. What better time, then, to stay at home and read, right? I feel sort of like I’m cheating (again) for this post because it’s not random. (FYI: There are no Official Read Aloud Thursday Rules, so nothing anywhere says Read [...]
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When I read about the Chinese New Year contest that Jimmie‘s hosting, I thought this week would be the perfect time to take a break from the human body study we’ve been working on for the past three or four weeks (and which I hope to post about in the near future) and add another [...]
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I have a confession to make. As soon as the American Girl catalog enters our house (and I peek at it first –How did they get our address?), I toss it into the trash. Our girls have way too much stuff. Way too much. (In our defense, most of the stuff we don’t buy. We [...]
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