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It’s Strawberry Time!

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Our homeschool group went on a fun field trip just this week…something I’d actually never done before.  Strawberry picking!  And what a neat experience it was. We were taken by tractor to one of the strawberry fields and told about growing strawberries. Some really cool facts I learned: 1. There are roughly 100 seeds (sometimes more) on the outside of…
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More FREE A_E Printables!

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*This post contains affiliate links. ALuv (in 1st grade) is working through the Words Their Way short a/a_e sort this week and I’ve created a few extra Long a (a_e) activities to accompany the sort. {download link found at the end of this post} The focus of these printables are to bring the child’s attention to the rime patterns within words.  This helps…
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Typing Sight Words: KidPix-Style

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Lately, I’ve been trying to get ALuv a little more comfortable with typing.  It seems every time I get him on the computer it’s, “Mom, where is the K?  Mom, where is the ___?” I discovered a fun way for him to practice typing and his sight words quite by accident the other day: KidPix! ALuv put a textbox in…
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Our A_E Week in Action

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I was so excited that ALuv did as well as he did with the A_E Pattern Pack I made for him!  Here are some “action” shots of him as he worked this past week: Day 1: Introducing the Sort He cut out the words, placed the head words at the top and he sorted  them visually by these patterns: a…
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Saturday’s Savorings: “To Mom”

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ALuv made me a sweet homemade “card” (poster-sized) for Mother’s Day this year.  It was so precious to me because he initiated the whole thing.  He even taped a leftover pencil from Valentine’s Day on it. I made a big deal over it and thanked him for being so kind and thoughtful.  I placed it on my bedroom dresser and…
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