Top 10 Books I ‘Must Finish’ or ‘Want to Read’ for 2011

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I saw a post the other day, and I’m sorry but I can’t remember whose blog it was on, but it was a list of all the books the writer had begun reading in 2010 and wanted to finish this year.  I thought that I was the only person who had a stack

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Phonics and Spelling with FUN

If you’ve reached the end of your school year, and you’re re-evaluating your curriculum, join the club. :) I am always in a state of evaluation. What works, what isn’t working, and what might just help… all are questions we ask ourselves, whether we are home schooling moms or moms of kids who are just out for the summer.

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Top 10 Ways to Know You’ve Been Reading Too Much Peretti

10. You consider learning to play the banjo 9. You begin to notice false prophets 8. You wonder if there really is a certain small town in a certain part of Washington, and try to find it on a map 7. You hear a noise at night and begin praying in tongues 6. You

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Reading up, articulation down

When D1 saw the speech therapist on Monday, I brought something up which has concerned me lately. D1 has really taken an interest in reading. He’s a very good reader, and he is beginning to enjoy it too. What I have noticed though, is that since his reading skills have finally come together

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Homeschool Book-nerdiness

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Something I’ve been pondering lately: Do you have to be a book nerd to homeschool, or does homeschooling turn us INTO book nerds?

Over the past 11 years, I have developed an addiction to books. Now don’t get me wrong, prior to homeschooling my own children, I usually had a book,

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