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“Millions of years ago……”

Yesterday, while teaching science, we ran across this statement in a book we were reading about the earth’s 3 layers. At first I was a little frustrated….I really dislike those words, but then I realized it was a great “teachable moment.”  So we talked about what the Bible says about the age of the earth, versus what [...]

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Location Isn’t Everything

I have been asked if it matters where we do “school” and if it makes a difference. I believe it is what ever works best for you and your children.  I have tried several different ways over the past few of years.
When we first started school, we had a bar in our family room that we [...]

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K12 Online School

As I mentioned in my last post, currently the curriculum we are using is K12/COVA. We just started this program last fall and so far I really have enjoyed using it.
At first I was a not sure if I wanted to use it because it was basically doing public school at home. One of my [...]

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Hello world!

Welcome to my FIRST blog.  My husband set this up for me as a way to help connect to other home school parents.  I hope to share tips and tricks I’ve learned, share about curriculums and creative ideas.
I have 5 children ages 7-19, but am currently only homeschooling my two youngest ones.  I really  didn’t [...]

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