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Educational Netflix Shows
I find that sometimes our homeschool day only consists of reading books together and watching some great shows and videos. When we first started homeschooling I never thought that we would be including Netflix in our educational plan. Little did I know that there are so many great shows that children (and adults) can…
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How I Plan Our Homeschool Year
Plan What I Want Us To Cover I start off planning our year by figuring out what types of things we would like to learn. I sit down with both of my children and see what they are interested in and then I figure out what types of things I would like them to…
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Teach Reading Without Them Noticing
Reading Aloud To Your Children One of the most important things in your child’s reading journey will the time that you spend reading aloud to them. It might not seem like it makes a big difference but you would be surprised how much they pick up from you reading to them. I’ve been reading…
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Buying Vs Renting From The Library
One of the biggest questions as a homeschooler, to buy or not to buy? I find myself standing in the middle of the bookstore asking myself this exact question more than I would like to admit. I used to have a serious problem with buying books, I would buy them from the bookstore, second-hand…
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Story Of The World – Vol. 1 Ancient Times
I always knew that I wanted my kids to learn about history, my only issue was I didn’t want to teach it in the dry way I learnt it in school. My goal was to have our history lessons to be a journey through time where we got to experience the culture, food, family…
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Awesome Early Readers
When our children are first learning to read we are always looking for early readers to catch their interest and keep them hungry for reading. We tend to lean towards books that are full of humour for the kids because they will want to keep reading. I also enjoy books that teach life lessons…