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		<title>Our School Year 2011-2012, Kicks Off!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 03:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, forgive me for the delay with any updates about our new school year we&#8217;re in the midst of here!  Once we kicked it off at the beginning of September, we&#8217;ve been very occupied finding our groove, with our new schedules.  Things are quite different for us this year! With the kid&#8217;s respective ages and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>{Homeschooling}: The Metamorphosis of Butterflies &#8211; Photos, Our Experiment &amp; Study</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 18:43:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hatching butterflies is probably a pretty standard experiment and  study for students, in both formal and home school educations alike.  It&#8217;s one that can be used as a Science participation lesson more than once in the course of ones education, because the benefits of the lesson are different for various ages. For very young students, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Baby Raccoon Study</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 19:47:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[baby raccoon photos]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ourhouseofjoyfulnoise.com/homeschooling/?p=3919</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Some of our most exciting lessons, often times turn out to be ones that were not part of my day&#8217;s lesson plan at all!  Like the countless opportunities of teachable moments  that pop up throughout every single day for us as parents/teachers, to utilize in educating and guiding our children down the right paths, we&#8217;ve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>JFK Library &amp; Museum / Field Trip</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 23:47:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Field Trips]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a planner.  I plan everything.  Call me not-very-fun, but there is not much I do spontaneously.  Especially when it involves, like&#8230;..a whole day. Or traveling a small distance.  Or worse&#8230;&#8230;changing plans I already planned! So when a friend of mine sent me a message one bright and early morning not long ago, asking if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Puzzles: Building Important Skills</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 03:14:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Home Schooling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[comprehension]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[following directions]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know I&#8217;ve blogged about puzzles before.  But, that was puzzles of a different kind.  I believe the studies, that all puzzles, are just good for our brain &#8211; young or old. (People, or puzzles, for that matter.)  They can help keep our brain active, quick, and sharp, and God knows I could use all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Food For Thought; Literally! (Get Those Kids of Yours in the Kitchen!)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 02:51:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Home Schooling]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ourhouseofjoyfulnoise.com/homeschooling/?p=3691</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;ve been forthright about this before, as much as it makes me feel a little bad to say out loud.  (Figuratively speaking.)  But there always moments in time when these things come up, and there is some purpose in being truthful in the matter. Right? Well, this is one of those times. So [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Boston Museum of Science / Field trip</title>
		<link>http://houseofjoyfulnoise.com/boston-museum-of-science-field-trip/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 03:30:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of our first field trips of this new school year, was to the Boston Museum of Science.  {JM, O &#38; S} are at that age now, where I knew they would really benefit from going, on an educational level. {A}, of course, has been an appropriate age for some time, and she found many [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>1st Day of School, &amp; Some Old Time Schoolhouse Additions</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 03:03:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every year on our first day of school, I take the kid&#8217;s school photos.   It&#8217;s amazing to see how much they change from year to year.  Or even from the beginning of the year, to the end!  But I don&#8217;t take school photos like this at the end of the year.  I only take the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Learning at the Fair; (Come Stroll the Fair Series)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 04:01:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Home Schooling]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ourhouseofjoyfulnoise.com/homeschooling/?p=3564</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As a home schooling mom, I often find myself speaking to others with inquiring minds regarding the home schooling choice, that daily opportunities to teach and to learn, are everywhere you turn throughout every day.  Home schooling is truly a lifestyle.  It&#8217;s not an activity or a part of any given day, but for most [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Allow Me, To Help YOU, Be Organized This School Year! (A Give Away)/*WINNER Announcement Update</title>
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		<comments>http://houseofjoyfulnoise.com/allow-me-to-help-you-be-organized-this-school-year-a-give-away/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 07:41:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have always loved the back to school season.  Growing up, I didn&#8217;t like going to school all that much. But I loved everything about the new school year.  Brand school supplies, new clothes, new schedules (well, not getting up early), new classes, and sometimes new schools!  When I was done going to school, I [...]]]></description>
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