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A is for Apple: FREE Printables Included!

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Our last letter of the week…A!  It’s kind of funny to think we did A last.  And I’m a little sad that we’re “done” with these. I had plenty of places to find apple printables, seeing that Erica and Carisa both chose that theme for their A Weeks.  But once again, I couldn’t help but create a few of my…
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FREE Long Vowel Printables

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It’s time for some long vowel printables! To introduce ALuv {age 6} to them, I focused first on phonemic awareness.  Basically what this means is that these activities didn’t involve print…he was only listening for sounds. Download the FREE Long Vowel Listening Activities and Long Vowel Printables at the end of this post! *This pack contains affiliate links.   FREE…
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Saturday’s Savorings: The Woods

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Living in the woods has its pros and cons. I honestly had no idea that I’d have as many mice in my house…and they have been in VERY hard-to-reach places (like inside my wall or in between the first and second floors).  Crazy.  I also had no clue that I’d have to kill snakes in my house.  And don’t even…
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Phonics by The Book: A Heart of Scorn (Unit 1, Lesson 8)

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We made it: the final lesson in Unit 1 of Phonics by The Book!  Yay!  If you’re joining me for the first time today with these lessons, I would encourage you to click on the image below to check out all the lessons from the series.   Lesson 8 focuses on the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt (Exodus 4-14)…
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I is for Insect: FREE Printables Included!

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Last week, we studied the letter I.  Since it’s getting to be warmer weather, I thought insects would be the perfect theme to go with the letter I!  We enjoyed our week. You’ll find plenty of activities from other very creative mamas, but I also included some of my own free printables to go with the insect theme.  Maybe you…
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