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Come on, throw me a bone

I’ve begun to gather things for next year. I know we haven’t completed this year but I need to start the process now so I won’t be pushing and shoving and waiting for back orders and grumbling about procrastinating.

I’ve already received the entire set for the new math level for the oldest (MUS Pre-Algebra [...]

Year End Review II

Come on, throw me a bone

Last year I posted this review list. This year I am posting it with my personal comments for each. Some may be sarcastic, but only in that I am punching myself to do better.
Year End Home School Review
Reflect
Reflect on this past school year. How was my focus this year?
Not good, so not good.
Was [...]

Tests shmests

Come on, throw me a bone

OH, this is testing week her in our neck of the woods. I’m not big on standardized test and I won’t even go into all the whys but I do see the need for having them in our files for different reasons. It is good to see how much they have learned over [...]

Letter tiles, the Preschooler, and the Special Ed Student

Letter tiles, the Preschooler, and the Special Ed Student

Come on, throw me a bone

I bought some little plastic letter tiles last august for use with the our preschooler to play with during “school time”. I had not planned on really pushing time with them, just letting him have fun and something to occupy his little hands while I was working with another child or two.

He has thoroughly [...]

Storage hack number 156498

Storage hack number 156498

Come on, throw me a bone

Or whatever number you want to assign it. I am certainly not the first person to come up with an organizational hack or even one like this, I’m sure. Actually, I saw a very similar hack in a magazine about two years ago.
While I have been busily cleaning out our home school books [...]

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