Carnival of Homeschooling

October 5, 2010 Memes

Welcome to the October 5, 2010 edition of The Carnival of Homeschooling! Here at HomeGrownMommy, we’ve had quite the eventful week!  We had the wonderful blessing of welcoming our fifth child into the world through a peaceful and perfect home birth on Monday morning, September 27th!  Little Sophia weighed 9lbs 2 oz at birth and [...]

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How To HomeSchool PreSchool – Fine Motor Development

August 30, 2010 HomeSchool PreSchool

Jumping and running, writing and drawing!  These are all skills that just seem to pop up in our children overnight.  But, did you know that our little ones practice these skills long before we see them emerge?  Gross motor and fine motor development in the preschool years are essential building blocks to all kinds of [...]

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How To HomeSchool PreSchool – Gross Motor Development

August 26, 2010 HomeSchool PreSchool

One of the major areas where we can see big leaps and bounds of learning in our preschoolers is in their physical development.  From how they hold the crayon to how they walk up the stairs, development in every muscle in their body is important. Your child’s gross motor skills will develop first.  This includes [...]

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WFMW – Avoid Depression With A Schedule!

August 24, 2010 Works For Me Wednesday

Whenever I’m getting ready to post an article for Works For Me Wednesday, I try to think of something helpful for all the readers out there.  I don’t want to just post a random thought or idea – I would actually like to help someone! As I started thinking about the WFMW post today, I [...]

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How To HomeSchool PreSchool – What I Have Learned

August 23, 2010 HomeSchool PreSchool

Now that I’ve been homeschooling my children for the last 5 years, I think it’s interesting to look back on our initial decision to homeschool and remember that I never even considered homeschooling as an option.  My husband sort of told me that he wanted me to homeschool and I was just dumbfounded for a [...]

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Dr. Will Provine’s Brain Tumor

August 20, 2010 Reviews

Over the last year, I’ve had quite a few visitors who find my blog by searching for Dr. Will Provine and his brain tumor.  I had done a review on the movie “Expelled” by Ben Stein in June of 2009 and mentioned Dr. Provine in that review. Dr. Provine is an atheist and opponent of [...]

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How To HomeSchool PreSchool – Is My Child Ready?

August 18, 2010 HomeSchool PreSchool

(This is the second article in my “How To HomeSchool PreSchool” series.  Once the series is complete, you can click on the link to see all the articles!) Before you decide on what homeschool preschool curriculum to buy or what things your preschooler needs to know, you have to determine if your little one is [...]

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WFMW – Adorable Girl’s T Shirt Dress In Less Than An Hour!

August 17, 2010 Works For Me Wednesday

You are going to love this post for Works For Me Wednesday!  If you have little girls that love to wear dresses, then pull up a sewing machine and let’s make a Girl’s T Shirt Dress! All you need is a t-shirt (you know, the one with the stain at the bottom that you keep [...]

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How To HomeSchool PreSchool – What Is PreSchool, Anyway?

August 16, 2010 Homeschool Building Blocks

As I began planning my next article series on homeschooling preschoolers, I felt torn in several directions as I tried to frame up in my mind what a homeschool preschool should look like. There are so many approaches you can take with these budding little sponges!  What works great for my oldest daughter may not [...]

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Baby #5 Update

August 15, 2010 Parenting

Everything is still going very well with this little girl!  I have about 6 weeks left, but with my past track record, I’, not expecting her for another 7 or 8 weeks.  I figure it’s better to be prepared to go late than to think I’m going early!! I am taking some Red Raspberry capsules [...]

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