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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>Now Reporting</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 22:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Home Schooling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reading / Writing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[book reporting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[book reports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[book reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bridge to Terabithia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[encouraging reading and writing with kids]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ourhouseofjoyfulnoise.com/homeschooling/?p=3957</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s always nice to have friends, who care about your kids in a sincere way, almost as much as you do.  Don&#8217;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 time, only [...]]]></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>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ourhouseofjoyfulnoise.com/homeschooling/?p=3807</guid>
		<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>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ourhouseofjoyfulnoise.com/homeschooling/?p=3746</guid>
		<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>Boston Museum of Science / Field trip</title>
		<link>http://houseofjoyfulnoise.com/boston-museum-of-science-field-trip/</link>
		<comments>http://houseofjoyfulnoise.com/boston-museum-of-science-field-trip/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 03:30:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Field Trips]]></category>
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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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		<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>
				<category><![CDATA[Give Aways]]></category>
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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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		<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Math and Science of OOBLECK!</title>
		<link>http://houseofjoyfulnoise.com/the-math-and-science-of-oobleck/http://</link>
		<comments>http://houseofjoyfulnoise.com/the-math-and-science-of-oobleck/http://#comments</comments>
		<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://houseofjoyfulnoise.com/your-kids-might-dig-this-too/</link>
		<comments>http://houseofjoyfulnoise.com/your-kids-might-dig-this-too/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 May 2010 22:49:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Games]]></category>
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		<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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