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wife, mom, blogger at Simple.Home.Blessings.
The simple joys of kids, family, home, and homeschool.

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I have slowly been building up a collection of activities for Abram to do during our Saxon Math teaching time. He can just about do the First Grade curriculum (minus writing), so keeping him content with not doing the actual lessons is hard!
This occupied him for a bit on Friday. The sheet is from our Saxon Math 1 Teacher Companion. I pulled the counting bears out and showed him where to put the bears for each line. He immediately knew how to do the rest.
I will try to continue sharing the simple activities we do to keep our Scribblers busy during homeschool.
But I want to hear from you: how do you keep little hands happily occupied during your homeschool days?

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I spent the morning in our CC nursery cuddling a little guy, rocking him to sleep. I got to sing favorite preschool songs with all the little ones and create simple connections with the little brothers and sisters of "the big kids." It brought back so many memories of snuggling with Abram when he was that little.
This is a picture of Abram from this week three years ago, our first year in CC. There was no nursery, so he just hung out with Wren and me while Grace was in class. We tried to be in class as much as possible without distracting the students and tutor.
It is crazy to think next year he will be in his first official CC classes!

Pictures from our first year in CC bring back such fond memories! ♥️

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Don't let that crooked smile fool you.
This boy is all mischief all the time these days.
Lots of learning and growing.
So thankful he is wrapped up in such a cute package. He is a gift.
And in less than 20 days he will be 4.
P.S. He has no idea that his big sister passed this Spiderman get-up down to him. Also, when he wears it, he IS Spiderman.

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Week at a glance. So glad we have a cozy spot with pillows and a handmade throw from @stacieknox369 for our homeschool days. Oh, and good books to savor.
I really need all these things today. ...And a hug. ...I need a hug.

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It is game day! I haven't lived in Texas for 20 years, but old habits die hard. And we are passing on hometown teams to our kids, too!
Looking forward to junk food and loud cheers in the house. And praying hard little coughs don't turn onto big colds.

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Outside! The season is finally here for enjoying the out of doors!. Still a bit on the warm side (high 80s/low 90s) in the afternoons.
But the girls have been begging to do school outside this week.
Typically, we do poetry recitation, memory work review, and reading outside, when weather permits.
What sort of homeschool work do you do outside?

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Mirror, mirror.
Our latest silly and simple way to memorize or review memorized works.
We tried this out the other day for some of our short poems. It can get silly fast, but the girls loved it. And the person playing the mirror has quite the task in remembering not to speak.
The rules are that one person recites out loud while the other mirrors what they say by moving their mouth only (no voice) and the mirror cannot move laterally.
So fun!
What are your favorite ways to memorize and review?

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One of the absolute joys of homeschooling are the connections the kids make.
These kids see each other at least twice a week and are truly involved in one another's lives. They pray for one another, make sweet cards for one another, and are constantly asking after one another.
They are a microcosm of the one another-ing that happens in the Body of Christ. And it is pure love they demonstrate toward one another.
As far as questions about socialization, all I can offer is these smiles and these sweet souls.

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