Nice Matters Award

Friday, 31 August 2007, 18:29 | Category : Awards and Tags
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Kim from In The Potter’s Hand has so sweetly passed the Nice Matters Award to me!  Thank you, Kim!!  She was well-deserving of the award, too!
Here’s a description of the award criteria:
“This award is for those bloggers who are nice people; good blog friends and those who inspire good feelings and inspiration. Also for those [...]

TV Station Field Trip

Friday, 31 August 2007, 13:14 | Category : Field Trips
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What fun we had visiting WKYT TV in Lexington today!  They took us on a tour of the newsroom, video control room for broadcasts, video control room for taping shows, and the live set.  The kids all had the chance to stand in front of the green screen to try their hand at pointing correctly on the weather map.  [...]

Free Phonics Charts

Thursday, 30 August 2007, 12:43 | Category : Reading
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I found a great site for free phonics printables called Boost For Readers.  All you have to do is sign a guestbook and then print away!  I especially enjoyed Mr. Beady eyes.

More Writing Ideas

Wednesday, 29 August 2007, 6:47 | Category : Writing
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If writing isn’t a natural passion for your child, it can be a subject full of drudgery.  Believe me, I know.  Up until this year Mahayla has fought me tooth and nail over any sort of writing assignment.  This year has been different, though.  I believe she’s enjoying writing partly because of maturity, but I’ve made [...]

Our Week in Ancient Egypt

Saturday, 25 August 2007, 10:21 | Category : Ancient, Unit Studies
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We’re on a tour of ancient history right now and loving it!  So far we’ve been through Ancient Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt.  I thought I’d share a few highlights of this week in Egypt since we had so much fun.
The best part of the week was mummifying a Ken doll.  Thanks Jamin for the idea!  [...]