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And in this Ring, We Have…

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Ever feel this way about teaching?  I know I did in the classroom and I sure do at home, too!  Sometimes it just feels like a 3-ring circus of hardly-managed chaos. Last week was our first official week back into homeschooling after taking 2 weeks off from little NSis being born.  Monday of that week was AWFUL…so much so, that I really…
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FREE Easter Egg Printables

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I have three egg printables I put together for NJoy.  I know I’m posting them VERY close to Easter, but I thought I’d share just in case you’d like to pin them for next year…or even use them this year! Easter Egg Print Awareness This works the same way as the Rainbow Print Awareness from this post. Easter Egg Tracing And/Or…
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U is for Umbrella: Part 2 (of Rain/Rainbow Posts)

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This past week, NJoy finished his work on rain/rainbows (see Part 1 post here) and we added in some of the activities from Erica and Carisa’s U is for Umbrella units. Plus, I had a few printables I’d made of my own.  You can view and download all of the printables I made for FREE here; as I made more…
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FREE: Easter Egg Sequence Hunt

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I was going to wait to post this one, but Easter is coming and the printable is ready, so here you  go!  I’ve been wrestling the past couple of days on how I can integrate some literacy into an Easter egg hunt and I think I figured it out!  I can’t wait to try this with my three youngins at…
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FREE Contraction Printables for Teaching Contractions

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I made up a few FREE Contraction Printables for teaching contractions to ALuv {6 years old} and wanted to share them! {Find the download link at the end of this post.} *This post contains affiliate links.   FREE Contraction Printables for Teaching Contractions In the free printable pack, you’ll find: 1. Contraction Concentration: The cards have sentences that the student reads (written…
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