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Saturday’s Savorings: IKEA, Here I Come!

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This last week, hubby and I were able to get away while my mom and grandmother watched the kiddos. Where did we go? On a romantic getaway to IKEA, of course! 😉 Our main mission: pick up a few things for the schoolroom (and squeeze in a free breakfast from their dining area). As soon as we returned home, the…
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Print Awareness for All Seasons (FREE Printables)

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Over the last few months, I’ve posted quite a few Print Awareness activities.  I made one for NJoy for the 4th of July and then decided to bundle some of the ones I’d already made with other ones to create a packet of seasonal Print Awareness Activities (for each month of the year). Each activity includes an art activity and a sentence to cut…
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Red, White, and Blue Sight Words (FREE Printable)

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Just in time for the 4th of July…it’s fun with Red, White, & Blue Sight Words!  Since red has 3 letters, blue has 4, and white has 5; I designed this game to help ALuv (6.5 years old) review several of his sight words containing 3, 4, and 5 letters. You can see more on Teachers Pay Teachers, but here’s a…
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Saturday’s Savorings: With the Fam

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While we did manage to squeeze in 1.5 days of schoolwork this week, we were able to spend some quality time with the family. First, DADDY CAME HOME from his mission trip with the high schoolers!  ALuv was so excited that he decided we should decorate all over the house with streamers. 🙂 I snuck in some writing and spelling (hehe)…
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How Kids Learn: the m & m’s of Learning

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How Kids Learn: Through MULTIPLE and MEANINGFUL exposure The longer I teach, the more I learn about how kids learn. While I have much more to learn about this, I am certain, I am convinced of one thing: that learning takes place through multiple and meaningful exposures.  I call it the m & m’s of learning. Multiple basically means repeated over…
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