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Cooking with Kids: Cookbooks

by summers1405 February 11, 2020.

*Disclosure:  Affiliate links may be included.* Pinterest is amazing, right?! So many recipes to choose from and things to try. That being said, I love having a regular cookbook and so do the kids. We have a few different kids cookbooks that they love looking through to choose recipes. Today when the neighbor girl came…

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Books We Love: Blogging Through the Alphabet – B

by summers1405 January 31, 2020January 31, 2020.

Books We Love is a weekly segment where we feature one or more books from the week that we have enjoyed reading. Come check out this week’s books that start with the letter B.

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Books We Love: February Book List

by summers1405 March 7, 2019March 7, 2019.

*Disclosure:  Affiliate links may be included in this post.* Balto of the Blue Dawn by Mary Pope Osborne The Secret of the Hidden Scrolls Book Three: The Great Escape by M. J. Thomas Meet Addy {American Girl} by Connie Porter So Tall Within – Sojourner Truth’s Long Walk Toward Freedom by Gary D. Schmidt What Do…

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Books We Love: Art Books

by summers1405 January 6, 2019January 6, 2019.

Kids love art! Keeping some art idea books handy ensures they never run out of new things to make. Find out some of our favorite art ideas books.

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Books We Love: Waiting for Winter

by summers1405 January 26, 2018.

Join squirrel and his friends as they try to stay awake to see snow. This silly story is sure to delight readers as they go waiting for winter.

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Books We Love: Bear Grylls Adventures: The Jungle Challenge

by summers1405 January 4, 2018January 22, 2018.

Are you looking for a chapter series your kids can really dig into? Check out the Bear Grylls Adventures. Follow Omar and his friends as they suddenly find themselves lost and in danger when Bear steps in. See if they find their way back to camp in this wonderfully illustrated adventure series.

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Homeschool Kindergarten with Usborne

by summers1405 September 23, 2017.

Kindergarten should be fun. Using Usborne books as our curriculum for kindergarten leads to so much fun and flexibility and the ability to tailor it to meet our kids’ needs and interests. Discover how you can use Usborne books to homeschool for kindergarten.

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10 Best Back to School Books for Kindergarten

by summers1405 July 18, 2017July 18, 2017.

Are your kids back to school ready? Prepare your kids for kindergarten with these top 10 ready for kindergarten books.

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Nature Scavenger Hunt + More Nature Activities

by summers1405 May 3, 2017May 3, 2017.

It’s spring you guys!!!!  That means we get to spend all day outside without the bugs, it’s wonderful.  In all seriousness, we’ve had so much fun because the weather has been {mostly} pretty nice.  The kids have learned to ride their bikes on two wheels and spent many days riding from the second they got…

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Books We Love: Ted and Friends

by summers1405 April 29, 2017.

*Affiliate links may be included.* I thought teaching my daughter to read would be really difficult.  It actually went so much better than I was expecting.  We were using the Usborne Very First Reading Library as our reading program.  We were going along quite well, up to book eleven when this light bulb went off…

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Cooking With Kids: How a Kids Cookbook Turned My Daughter Into a Chef

by summers1405 April 22, 2017.

Find out how a kids cookbook turned my daughter into a chef and I never even had to try.

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Kindergarten Homeschool Curriculum Revisited

by summers1405 April 11, 2017.

Awhile ago, I shared what we are using for kindergarten homeschool curriculum.   If we say we started in September, that puts us 7 months into our first year of homeschool.  There are so many days I feel like I’m not doing very much actual teaching, but the reality is, the kids are learning so much!…

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Books We Love: Story Path

by summers1405 March 23, 2017.

Do you remember reading the choose your own ending books as a kid? I loved them as a kid and now, I love this. Find out why our family loves Story Path.

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Best Books for Your Aspiring Writer

by summers1405 March 17, 2017April 18, 2017.

Do you have an aspiring writer or story teller? I do and I love having fun with them as I encourage it. Check out this list of the best books for your aspiring writer.

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Using Sticker Books to Supplement Homeschool

by summers1405 February 9, 2017February 12, 2017.

In books like the Superheroes sticker book, they work on fine motor skills and hand – eye coordination, strengthening the child’s ability to

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Books on the Solar System

by summers1405 January 8, 2017January 8, 2017.

When my four year old decided he wanted to learn about the planets, I couldn’t wait!  I put in my order for some more Usborne Books that I knew I wanted and started planning.  *I am an Usborne Books & More consultant because I love the books and use them often for homeschool.  I do…

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Complete Homeschool Weather Unit

by summers1405 November 17, 2016November 17, 2016.

Our complete weather unit with activities for toddlers and up. Find math, science, geography, art and more.

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Usborne Complete List of Weather Books for Homeschool

by summers1405 October 6, 2016October 6, 2016.

Disclosure:  I am a consultant for Usborne.  Our family receives a percentage from all sales without costing  you any extra.  We appreciate any purchases through our website.   We are onto our second theme unit in our kindergarten homeschool year.  The last few weeks we have been learning all about habitats and had so much…

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Books We Love: Cuddle Bear

by summers1405 September 17, 2016September 17, 2016.

Join Cuddle Bear as he goes through the story spreading love and cuddles to everybody he meets. The illustrations are just as adorable as the story.

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Top 6 Usborne Books for Babies

by summers1405 September 12, 2016.

Did you know you should start reading when your babies are brand new? Here are some of my favorite baby books from Usborne.

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