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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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Green Light, Red Light: Print Awareness

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I only have a moment to post today, but I wanted to share a very simple, yet very effective way to help your young reader understand where to start and stop reading (print awareness).  I call it the “green light, red light” method.       Just add a green dot under the first word of the page (green means…
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Saturday’s Savorings: The “Don’t Judge Me” Edition

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So, I’m being VERY transparent here…so DON’T JUDGE ME.  We went to the library this week.  Yes, the public library.  What’s so strange about that, you might ask? We hadn’t been…in 6 months!  Yes, you read correctly.  6 months!  This Reading Mama, the one who focuses on literacy, did not take her kids to the public library for 6 whole…
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