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Creating memories is more important than collecting things. Here are a few ways to save & how to travel in style while making your own memories. #DriveMitsubishi

Creating Memories

Thank you to Mitsubishi for helping us travel in comfort & style while creating lasting family memories.  #DriveMitsubishi  Toys and homeschooling materials have taken over the living room!  We still have baby toys on hand even though my youngest is four!  My older children still play with toys, but are more interested in video games, …

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Join us as we take our homeschool on the road to the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium for a beautiful family day at the zoo.

Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium #ZooForAll

Thank you to the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium for hosting my family for an incredible day trip!   You can learn a lot from books and educational programming, but sometimes you need to just get out there and experience things first hand.  This is why schools host field trips.  It’s also why homeschooler tends to …

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One of the things I loved from the preschool my older children went to was the weekly and monthly themes that pulled all of their lessons, stories, and activities together.  This is something I wanted to replicate in our homeschool for my youngest, but to also incorporate the themes with my older children whenever possible.

A Year of Preschool Themes

In another week, we will begin our fourth year of homeschooling.  During that time, my older two children have been homeschooled through Commonwealth Charter Academy (CCA), and we have been so very grateful for that resource.  However, I now have a four-year-old, and he has been asking to be homeschooled for over a year!  Since …

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Having a school supply caddy will keep your homeschool or homework space organized, giving your child all of the resources they need at their fingertips.

School Supply Caddy

Tomorrow is our first day of school.  I feel mostly prepared, but tonight, as I was sitting here trying to get the last minute items organized, I realized I didn’t have a way to organize our supplies.  We complete our lessons around a table in the living room/homeschool room, and there are no desks or …

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The use of sewing cards strengthens the wrist and tiny fingers while perfecting their pincer grip - the use of the thumb and pointer finger that is used to grab things - which is needed to hold a pencil correctly.

DIY Sewing Cards

My youngest is now 4 years-old, and that means we start pre-school.  While I began collecting items for our homeschool at Just Between Friends last spring, there are some items I have chosen to make myself.  Sewing Cards were an easy place to start. Pre-Schoolers Need Sewing Cards While to some, a sewing card may …

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