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		<title>Reading, Rolling, &amp; $aving! (*Not* just for home schoolers! ; )</title>
		<link>http://ourhouseofjoyfulnoise.com/homeschooling/2010/07/25/reading-rolling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 01:22:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve come across a few good deals and programs this summer, that I&#8217;ve repeatedly found myself telling other parents about, in random conversations lately.  So I figured it just might be a worthy blog post, so that I can let you all know of these great deals and ideas this summer too! First up!&#8230;.. A [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Math and Science of OOBLECK!</title>
		<link>http://ourhouseofjoyfulnoise.com/homeschooling/2010/06/09/the-math-and-science-of-oobleck/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 03:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It wouldn&#8217;t be surprising, if many of you have already heard of and made some &#8216;Oobleck&#8217;, with your kids.  Some may know this crazy-fun concoction by another name.  My sister says they call it &#8216;Goop&#8217;. My kids have indeed made and played with Oobleck before.  I first heard about it at least a few years [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your Kids Might Dig This, Too!</title>
		<link>http://ourhouseofjoyfulnoise.com/homeschooling/2010/05/22/your-kids-might-dig-this-too/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 May 2010 22:49:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dig and Play Treaure Island]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ourhouseofjoyfulnoise.com/homeschooling/?p=3441</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My cousin and her daughter (my God daughter) came down a couple of months ago, for a girl&#8217;s overnight with myself and my own 2 girls, and so thoughtfully, she had brought some great gifts for the kids! It was so sweet.  It was unexpected and unnecessary, but I do love gifts that are both [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Incubation &amp; Embryology of the Chick / Chick Coloring</title>
		<link>http://ourhouseofjoyfulnoise.com/homeschooling/2010/03/31/incubation-embryology-of-the-chick-chick-coloring/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 19:12:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although we have a small line-up of home schooling posts about recent happenings coming your way, I&#8217;ve been inspired recently to take a little trip down our home schooling memory lane, back to early 2007, when we did a study on chick embryology,  incubated eggs and hatched chicks!   At the time, the kids ages [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Puzzles: Brain Food</title>
		<link>http://ourhouseofjoyfulnoise.com/homeschooling/2010/03/21/puzzles-brain-food/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 03:34:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ourhouseofjoyfulnoise.com/homeschooling/?p=3392</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My grandmother is really into doing puzzles.  She most always has one going at a little table with a couple of chairs, by the window in her living room at her little place.  She lives in en elderly complex, and she has lots of friends around the complex too.  She gets out a lot, with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crystal Growing Results</title>
		<link>http://ourhouseofjoyfulnoise.com/homeschooling/2010/02/16/crystal-growing-results/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:26:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ourhouseofjoyfulnoise.com/homeschooling/?p=3368</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[{A}&#8217;s Smithsonian Crystal Growing project was very interesting to observe. As we checked day to day, things seemed to be progressing much slower than we anticipated. Especially the yellow, which appeared to be behind the other 2 colors right to the end. Above are the best side view shots I could get, to show you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smithsonian Crystal Growing</title>
		<link>http://ourhouseofjoyfulnoise.com/homeschooling/2010/02/09/smithsonian-crystal-growing-2/</link>
		<comments>http://ourhouseofjoyfulnoise.com/homeschooling/2010/02/09/smithsonian-crystal-growing-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:37:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ourhouseofjoyfulnoise.com/homeschooling/?p=3355</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For Christmas, {A} (yes, still thinking on the initial thing&#8230;.)&#8230;(OK, wait, that&#8217;s not true&#8230;I haven&#8217;t had time to think much about it&#8230;.)&#8230;.but anyway, she got this Smithsonian Crystal Growing kit, from her Uncle Brian.   He gets VERY excited, when he finds good gifts like these for the kids, because he knows I&#8217;ll be happy because [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Study: Politics, the House Senate &amp; Voting</title>
		<link>http://ourhouseofjoyfulnoise.com/homeschooling/2010/01/20/a-study-politics-the-house-senate-voting/</link>
		<comments>http://ourhouseofjoyfulnoise.com/homeschooling/2010/01/20/a-study-politics-the-house-senate-voting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 03:33:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Home Schooling]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ourhouseofjoyfulnoise.com/homeschooling/?p=3324</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The exciting and intense campaign race for the Massachusetts House Senate seat has been another golden opportunity to teach our younger children more about politics and the government, following the opportunities that came with the the most recent presidential race.  Granted, we weren&#8217;t sure how much they could really grasp or follow at 7 years [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Math Games</title>
		<link>http://ourhouseofjoyfulnoise.com/homeschooling/2009/11/24/math-games/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:38:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our three second graders, { J, O &#38; S}, have been working pretty hard in math, lately.  They were getting stuck on a particular concept, and so taking advantage of the perks of home schooling, we didn&#8217;t move on in their workbooks until they &#8216;got it&#8217;.  We had some extra long math classes even, working [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Joy of Reading</title>
		<link>http://ourhouseofjoyfulnoise.com/homeschooling/2009/11/01/the-joy-of-reading/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:43:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last March I blogged about our then 3 six year olds reading their first chapter book, Nicholas &#8211; A Massachusetts Tale. Since then, they have continued to do lots and lots of reading, in the forms of shorter books, magazines, game directions, and what books their big sister has had in her gigantic collection for [...]]]></description>
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