‘Tis the season… Summer homeschool. Before you think I’m the mean mom, forcing my kids to the kitchen table, you should read this. 🙂 So what’s in the summer workboxes this year? 1. Morning routine sheet & Schedule of the day 2. Copywork We are working on perfecting the way the boys write their full names, address, phone number, and…
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Traditions are an important part of life. When I was little, my mom started an end of the school year tradition with me that I loved dearly and still appreciate today. She would take me out to lunch after the last day of school. Usually it was A & W to get a root beer float and I remember those…
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Last fall, we did something totally unexpected…we sent the boys to school. This was a little difficult – especially for me (read here to see what a severe understatement that is:)). To be honest, I wasn’t sure how it was all going to pan out. Well, school is officially out here in Alabama and I can say, we’ve reached the…
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Hey there, You know we eat crazy here in the Rinna home – we eat clean and gluten-free among other things. But did you know I strive to be thrifty? I used to sweat in the check out line – no joke – when I was first diagnosed with Celiac. My body would go into fight-or-flight mode thinking about what…
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This is the follow-up post to my temporary moment of insanity that actually turned out pretty well. You can read The Homeschool Season Itch here. 🙂 So I got everything put together nicely, rotated the kitchen table and rearranged the workboxes. I organized the shelves with games, manipulatives, books and puzzles, but my largest accomplishment was concerning the art supplies….
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