Time to say hi!

I can’t believe it’s been so long since I posted! Rest assured that we have been very busy with summer time, hosting a French student over the summer and then getting our school year going!
I have been posting most of my pictures, etc. to my Facebook account, but plan to get back to posting what [...]

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First Day of School!

We started school this year a bit later than I normally do, but right on track with the local public schools! We had a more relaxed day of getting our supplies organized and set up, watching school related movies, making moccasins and sharing yummy frozen coffee drinks!!! Can you think of a better way to [...]

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Visits to the Opera!

In the past 2 months, the girls and I have attended two operas (the boys weren’t interested…). I organized these trips to the opera for our local homeschool group after being contacted by one of the organizers for the San Antonio Opera Guild. They have been wonderful opportunities to learn about and experience an opera [...]

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Cooperation: States and Regions – New England

Here is our plans/activities for Week 2! We are just finishing this up this week.
Cooperation: States and Regions – New England
Week 2 of 14
Day 1

Bible: Phillipians 1:6 (review founding of America/New England with The Light and the Glory)
Songs: Seafaring songs and “This Little Light of Mine”
Writing: Older – report on whaling process
Middle – report [...]

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Cooperation: States and Regions – Overview

 Hello! I have not been able to keep everything updated this year like I wanted to! I hope to be able to keep up with posting what we are doing with our unit through the end of the year. This is a 14 week unit..so we will be working on it through the end of [...]

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Usborne Books & More!

An exciting update!! Usborne Books at Home is now Usborne Books & More! They have acquired the Kane Miller publishing company and are now able to offer even more books to your family!
Visit my website and click on the Kane Miller link (in the left hand column of links) to see the books! More will [...]

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Several Recommendations to Share!!

I want to share several new finds that are helping us with our learning journey!
One is an online curriculum/supplement site. It is designed with a full Language Arts and Math curriculum for K-8th grade. They throw in Science and Social Studies as bonuses (which include tons of great info your kids need to know).
It is [...]

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This Side Up Christmas Concert!

Our SHINE Teen Band…This Side Up held their first Christmas Concert last night! They did wonderful! Great job everyone! They spent many hours in practice for this concert and it really showed!
Here are a few pictures of from the event (and of our family), and below are the videos of the actual concert. It is [...]

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Crystal Snowflakes!

Last night in doing some searching for Christmas ideas, I came across this recipe for making crystal snowflakes from Borax and water.
You can find the recipe/instructions here:
http://chemistry.about.com/cs/howtos/ht/boraxsnowflake.htm
So we made these this morning and they were done by just after dinner! They crystallized very quickly which is wonderful! They turned out very pretty! We did learn [...]

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PreTeen Girls Christmas Party Fun!

Here is a slideshow I made of our SHINE PreTeen Girls Christmas party!
The girls had a wondeful time and did very well together! A lot of fun was had by all despite our crazy weather….going from 85 degrees to about 45 during the time of the party! (See my post here: www.wendyclayton.blogspot.com )

Make [...]

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