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20 Jan

Book Review The Rag Coat is a sweet story of a little girl growing up in the Appalachian mountains in a poor coal mining community.  Her father passed way from working in the mines, and they were not able to afford a coat for her so she wasn’t able to go to school.  The women of the community came together with a generous solution, which provided the warmth the little girl needed as well as some precious memories.  I may or may not have gulped and wiped away a couple of tears each time I read this book. While reading the book, I immediately thought...

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24 Dec

I’ve always made some sort of elaborate Gingerbread House for the Holidays, but as it often does, practicality takes precedence over aesthetics when you have young children.  So this year, I showed the kids how to make a super-easy “gingerbread” house, and they had a ball. Swap out the Gingerbread for Graham Crackers Instead of Gingerbread, we used the much simpler Graham Crackers.  My Mom (who raised 15 kids) always said kids don’t really like the taste of real Gingerbread anyways.  But I can tell you, they sure do like Graham Crackers!  This little house is made out of 4 of the slabs from...

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18 Dec

Our most recent Five in a Row book has been The Rag Coat, by Lauren Mills.  In this story, the main character, Minna’s father works in the coal mines.  He becomes sick and eventually dies from what is presumably Black Lung Disease.  This was an ideal opening for a discussion on lungs and the respiratory system. We all Need to Breathe We began by learning what is normal.  I pointed out to Clark and Luci that we always have to breathe.  Of course, Clark had to challenge this statement (I knew he would), so he experimented by trying not to breathe.  This didn’t last...

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10 Dec

Every year I take pictures of my children for Christmas Cards.  I have this elusive fantasy of one day being super-organized and getting all of the pictures framed and lined up on the wall, documenting my babies’ growth through the years.  I am realistic enough to know that this may never happen.  Truth be told, I am lucky to get Christmas cards mailed out! In fact, I always include “Happy New Year,” just in case they are too late for Christmas. Do you send out Christmas Cards every year? For some reason the thought of Christmas cards did not even...

06:00 / Holidays / Nature / Our Best Life
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21 Nov

We have gone well beyond the Five in a Row curriculum of 5 days of reading Madeline.  Clark and Luci LOVE this book, so we have just taken our own sweet time, and explored the entire series.  We went to the library and stocked up on Madeline books and DVDs.  Netflix had some Madeline movies, so we watched those, too!  We have had a ball incorporating the many different components into our homeschool day! For a portion of our Madeline Study, my parents were here to visit.  We had a wonderful time with them and even paused one afternoon for a (questionably French) chocolate fondue.  Who...

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