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Life Skills: How to Set and Meet Goals
Why is Setting Goals an Important Life Skill to Teach? Throughout your lifetime, there are many goals that you will strive to achieve. Good grades in school, saving up to buy a car, progression on a sports team, that promotion at work; all of these are goals that you work towards. However, knowing how to… Read more
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Creative Lesson: Volcanoes
Teaching Geographical Features Geographical studies begin in early elementary grades. In as early as the first grade, students begin learning basic concepts such as continents and oceans. This is built upon over the next few years to include landforms like mountains, plains, valleys, and rivers. Once a student reaches upper elementary and middle school grades,… Read more
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Cooking with Kids: Apricot Bundt Cake
When I was growing up, my grandmother would make this apricot bundt cake. Remembering the smell of the cake in the oven and the sweet icing on top makes me want a piece right now. However, this is not my grandmother’s kitchen, with her iconic yellow bundt cake pan, and now I have to make… Read more
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What About Homeschool Groups?
I know being a homeschooling parent can be hard at times. Sometimes you may feel overwhelmed, or you may wish that you had another homeschooling parent to bounce ideas around with. You may be concerned about your child’s socialization and their ability to work with others. If you are anything like me, you may be… Read more
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My Top 5: Online Resources for Each Subject
Searching for resources to help teach your homeschooling kids probably takes up a good bit of your lesson planning time. As a homeschooling mom, I am always on the lookout for resources. I have spent hours upon hours scouring the internet for worksheets, videos, online games; basically anything that I could use to help my… Read more
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Life Skills: Budgeting for Kids
Budgeting is making a plan for where your money will go. It is an important subject matter to teach children. Financial habits developed during childhood and through adolescence greatly influence financial behavior in adulthood. Starting at a young age, teaching your child good financial literacy and showing positive financial habits will benefit your child throughout… Read more