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A Book too can be a star a living fire to light the darkness. A true book addict.

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All About Pirates! Books, Crafts, Games and More* Plus Free Pirate Coloring Pages**

All About Pirates! Books, Crafts, Games and More* Plus Free Pirate Coloring Pages**

In October, we did the best pirate study unit, ever! I didn’t know that much about pirates, myself. I had fun learning along with my children! One of the many perks to being a homeschooling mom, having fun while teaching. Below are some of the wonderful resources we used in our study, books, clip art, games, curriculum, as well as, how I set up a wall chart for a quest. Also make sure to grab…

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Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? By Eric Carle *Book Activity and Felt Creations* Free Polar Bear Coloring Pages

Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? By Eric Carle *Book Activity and Felt Creations* Free Polar Bear Coloring Pages

It’s has been really cold outside, where we live! I love this time of year, the crisp breeze outside, as we warm up with hot cocoa inside! No time like the present to have  fun learning, Arctic Animals! I started with my little ones, (Hubble and Elion), learning with a wonderful Eric Carle book titled, Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? I found some wonderful felt graphics from one of my…

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Children's Books About Things That Go!

Children’s Books About Things That Go!

This month, Elion and Hubble are learning about things that go! Automobiles, planes, trucks, buses, and trains. Those are just some of the wonderful things that go! Here are some of our favorite books that we recommend to our readers! Anything by author Richard Scarry is the best! My daughter (age 5) and son (age 8) love Cars And Trucks And Things That Go by Richard Scarry. If you are looking for…

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Purple Sensory And Fine Motor Skills Play ** Plus Gluten Free Glitter Dough Recipe**

Purple Sensory And Fine Motor Skills Play ** Plus Gluten Free Glitter Dough Recipe**

We had so much fun with the color purple this week in our homeschool. This is a great way for a toddler to learn the color purple or just to have fun with. My daughter, Elion, loves the color purple! I wanted a fun way to get some sensory and fine motors skills play in. Why not with her favorite color, purple! First, I took out a few purple items that would be ok to get messy! Above I have some…

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The Secret of Blackneck by C.E. Mueth **Review by my 13 Year Old Son**

The Secret of Blackneck by C.E. Mueth **Review by my 13 Year Old Son**

Not to long ago, I featured a guest post by C.E. Mueth, a young author with his first book on Book Wishes. My son Einstein has had the wonderful opportunity to read The Secret of Blackneck by C.E. Mueth and share his thoughts on this young writers book with all our readers. Einstein is 13 years old and this is his first time writing his own review. Except for a little grammar editing on my part I…

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Mother Goose Time ** What’s In The Box?** Part 2 On August 23rd, I made a video for all our wonderful readers who had questions about what's in the…

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The Perfect Pumpkin Pie **Learning That's Tasty**

The Perfect Pumpkin Pie **Learning That’s Tasty**

As time brings us closer to Thanksgiving our family gets hungrier and hungrier for some delicious homemade pumpkin pie! A good friend Scarlet said to me recently, ” Food+Fun= Learning At It’s BEST!” Here are some wonderful Pumpkin Pie Resources that will have your mouth-watering. I have also included a gluten-free pumpkin pie recipe that we love. My family makes this pumpkin pie every year!…

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Listening, Language, And Lemons! **Mother Goose Time In Action**

Listening, Language, And Lemons! **Mother Goose Time In Action**

What does listening, language, and lemons have in common? Mother Goose Time helped Elion this week learn about all three! Listening and Language Each month with Mother Goose Time, Elion receives an I Can Read book that goes along with each theme. Elion has developed quite a collection of these wonderful books in her library. She gets excited about these books so I go through the bags on the first…

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Our Week With Mother Goose Time! In The Orchard

Our Week With Mother Goose Time! In The Orchard

This month, Elion is learning about In The Orchard with Mother Goose Time. She had so much fun this week. Here are some of my favorite moments! This month In The Orchard came with a wonderful pumpkin patch celebration kit. The kit included the following: Invitation Postcards Thank You Cards Pumpkin Patch Sign Peter Pumpkin Snack Idea Scarecrow Game Beware of The Bat Game and more… I decided to…

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Mother Goose Time’s Story Set **In The Orchard**

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Using The Mother Goose Time Circle Time Materials In Our Homeschool *Ideas For The Friendly Bee*

Using The Mother Goose Time Circle Time Materials In Our Homeschool *Ideas For The Friendly Bee*

Recently in a Mother Goose Time Blog Ambassador group, one of the mothers mentioned having more ideas on how to use the friendly bees in their homeschool. So, I wanted to highlight the circle time display materials and how they are used. Mother Goose Time gives me so many ideas on how to use them, as well as, how we can expand our learning with these wonderful materials. In each teachers guide,…

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All About Pumpkins *Happy Autumn* Fun Books, Crafts, Resources, Clip Art, and Printables on Pumpkins!

All About Pumpkins *Happy Autumn* Fun Books, Crafts, Resources, Clip Art, and Printables on Pumpkins!

It’s that time of year again, when autumn colors arrive and we want to bake some pumpkin pie! These last few weeks, I have been teaching my children all about pumpkins. Here are the wonderful resources we used, as well as, recommend. Books about pumpkins or with pumpkins in them. Also some wonderful pumpkin crafts. Books Big Pumpkin by Erica Silverman is a wonderful book about a witch that really…

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Friends and Feelings with Mother Goose Time *Wrap Up* Highlights of the Month

Friends and Feelings with Mother Goose Time *Wrap Up* Highlights of the Month

We are wrapping up another wonderful month of learning with Mother Goose Time. This month was all about Friends and Feelings, here are some highlights of our Mother Goose Time moments. Showing they care with a wonderful Get Well Card! Elion and Hubble gave their cards to Daddy. What a beautiful card! Working Together, in friendship is beautiful and fun! Group Sculpture Community Puzzle, Hubble’s…

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What Does Friendship Mean to Children?

What Does Friendship Mean to Children?

What does friendship mean to children? To my daughters, Elion and Curie, friendship means trust, kindness, love, respect, and fun times together. This week, my youngest daughter Elion explored the keys to friendship, how to include everyone in play, kindness, and sharing. Including Everyone As homeschoolers, I will admit its hard sometimes to find friends that share the same values as my…

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Looking for Children's Books for Halloween?

Looking for Children’s Books for Halloween?

My kids love Halloween books and I recently found some awesome ones! Thought I would share… Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson, is an excellent Halloween book for children. It contains all the wonderful Halloween items such as, a witch, frog, cat, and a dragon! This is a wonderful story of a nice witch that shares her broom with some creatures, (friends). Then when she is in need of a friend,…

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Little Helpers in the Kitchen *Learning Kitchen Safety in Kindergarten with Mother Goose Time*

Little Helpers in the Kitchen *Learning Kitchen Safety in Kindergarten with Mother Goose Time*

With each Mother Goose Time box that comes each month, there are some wonderful recipe cards with snack ideas for little ones. This month, the snack idea was for a happy face snack, since the unit theme is friends and feelings. The card not only is a good idea for a snack but a great way for little ones to help, as well as, learn kitchen safety in the process. First thing that my Elion tells…

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An "Emotional" Week With Mother Goose Time!

An “Emotional” Week With Mother Goose Time!

We are learning all about Friends and Feelings with Mother Goose Time! Here are some highlights of our “emotional” week! Sad Elion and Hubble made share your feelings mirrors. Elion could not stop kissing her brother during the pictures so this is for LOVE, as well. Even though , Elion and Hubble,  were learning about being sad. I was happy for this share your feelings moment! Scared Here are my…

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