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Well, forgive me for the delay with any updates about our new school year we’re in the midst of here!  Once we kicked it off at the beginning of September, we’ve been very occupied finding our groove, with our new schedules.  Things are quite different for us this year! With the kid’s respective

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Now Reporting

Posted by Laura on Thursday Jul 7, 2011 Under Home Schooling, Reading / Writing, The Big Picture

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It’s always nice to have friends, who care about your kids in a sincere way, almost as much as you do.  Don’t you think? I have had a friend in particular like that, for 13 years now or so.   About half-way into our friendship, I began home schooling our oldest, and at the

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Feast Day of Michaelmas

Posted by Laura on Wednesday Sep 30, 2009 Under Home Schooling, The Big Picture

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On Tuesday, we celebrated Michaelmas, and studied this Feast Day for school.  For anyone who may not know, Sept. 29 has been the feast day established by the Roman Church, to celebrate St. Michael the Archangel, since the  the 15th century. Although, Archangels Gabriel and Raphael were added to be acknowledged on this day as well… (READ MORE......) | 2 Comments

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A Quiet Dr. Seuss Celebration

Posted by Laura on Monday Mar 2, 2009 Under Home Schooling, The Big Picture

“Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.”

~  Dr. Seuss

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Earlier today, we celebrated the 105th birthday of Dr. Seuss.  It was a much quieter celebration, than

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