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Spring with Fairchild Outerwear

A taste of Spring, with Fairchild Outerwear, in Eastern Canada   Spring can feel like a waiting game…waiting for the warmer weather, waiting for the snow to melt, and waiting for…

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Our Favorite Middle Grade Books

Today, we are sharing our very favorite first novels for your middle-grade level reader.  Miss 9 has read these to herself and then read them again…and again.  We love that…

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A Closer Look at Bread

Our activity today with “The Playful Pioneers” by The Peaceful Press was to make French bread.  It is painful to admit that we have never done this together before! We…

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A Closer Look at Pigs

This week with “The Playful Pioneers” curriculum we studied PIGS…swine, sows and hogs. We first sketched a picture of a pig and labelled all her parts with the help of…

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A Closer Look at Pumpkins

We have been following “The Playful Pioneers” curriculum this year and today’s activity included making pumpkin pie.  In true homeschool-style…we turned the activity into a full-blown pumpkin study…we chopped, dissected…

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A Closer Look at Snowflakes

We always kick off the first week of Winter with a snowflake study and this year was no different.  We decided to give the classic paper snowflake a twist when…

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A Closer look at Corn

This week with “The Playful Pioneers” Curriculum, we took a closer look at corn…from how it grows to the various ways we eat it. We used “Farm Anatomy” by Julia…

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A Closer Look at Sheep

After reading about Almanzo’s day sheep shearing in “Farmer Boy” by Laura Ingalls Wilder ( “The Playful Pioneers” curriculum), we were inspired. We used “Farm Anatomy” by Julia Rothman to learn…

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    Easy Play Dough Activities

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    Today we are sharing ten of our favorite, EASY play dough activities!  These all can be done with things you have in the house already! Enjoy!   Use puzzle pieces to make imprints in your dough and have your children match them up.  This can easily be adapted to be more or less challenging, depending on your child’s age. Create 3-D shapes and epic STEM creations with toothpicks or spaghetti noodles and dough. Use a movable alphabet or stamps to practice spelling or simply to share a silly message with…

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    How to be a “Hygge” Family

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    A Closer Look at Cows

    August 23, 2018
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    Our Favorite French Workbooks

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    We added French classes to our oldest’s school day this year and it has been a success!  We found a great workbook to help keep us on track and we want to share a review with you today.”Complete French Smart – Ultimate Workbook for Mastering French” covers grammar, reading, vocabulary building and usage, all in a fun and captivating way.  No dry or repetitive worksheets here! We have used workbooks in this series from Popular Book Company in the past and love that they are Canada’s leading workbook publisher and…

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    Our Favorite Outdoor Clothing for Kids

    June 3, 2023
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    Our Favorite Middle Grade Books

    May 23, 2020
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    Hatching Chicks with Kids

    September 27, 2018
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    Our Favorite Homeschool Language Arts Resources

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    We have always read to the girls, always and always. Sometimes we read books, sometimes we read recipes, directions, road signs, labels, song lyrics, texts from grandma…you name it, we’ve read it out loud. Reading aloud impresses upon a child that the written word has value.  It piques their curiosity for when they later come across a group of letters on their own…they automatically want to know what they mean.  When they were snuggled on our laps, we would move our finger beneath each word as we read, this small…

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    “The Good and the Beautiful” Math Curriculum Review

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    A Closer look at Corn

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    Our Favorite Fall Picture Books

    October 9, 2020
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