I discovered today that there are rules of handwriting. Nothing real spectacular or difficult, but more common sense and basic. For every homeschooler who has shunned the teacher’s manual for the handwriting curriculum you use (myself included!), I have an over-all guide for you. Christopher Jarman has a page on Rules For Good
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After an interesting morning, calming wet, scared doggies, and maintaining crowd control at P’s orthodontist appointment, I dropped P and her friend off at the mall. I decided the boys and I would stop in at Staples “just to see” if they are carrying those great elementary composition notebooks, for back to school.
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Maybe I’m technologically-delayed, or maybe I’m just dense, but I have never made a label for a CD, prior to today. I wanted to back up all my awesome e-books, so I’ve been thinking about getting a labeling program. I saw one at an office supply, but they wanted something like $30 for
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This is my dining room table. It is covered with a map of the US, and then covered with clear plastic from JoAnn Fabrics. We put this map on our table about six years ago, and it has been the source of many great dinnertime geography quizzes and conversations. I took the map
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I’m seriously considering buying a comb-binding machine. I hadn’t realized how inexpensive they are until last week. I found one that punches 8 sheets at a time and binds up to 180, for $55. It looks nice, and it would save me multiple trips to Staples to have things bound for school. I
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