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All Organized Ebook Bundle

March 24, 2014 By Thaleia 2 Comments

Here’s is the official launch of the ALL ORGANIZED Ebook Bundle! This is what I teased you with on Thursday! I am so excited to be able to offer this huge collection of books to my readers. I have been diligently going through them to share reviews and quotes throughout the sale period.

Welcome to the eBundle that will have you organizing and spring cleaning your home, schedule and home based business! In these 23 eBooks, you’ll find tips, support and know-how about working from home, cleaning, organizing and mom support along with printables!

Organize365 All Organized Ebundle 23 ebooks to organize your home and home based business for $20

The All Organized – Organization eBook Bundle is available March 24th until April 7th for only $20. That’s a savings of $133! So hop over and buy it now!

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Middle School & High School Online Homeschool Communities

March 5, 2014 By Thaleia 5 Comments

So you have a child in High School or Middle School. Have you ever wondered where to connect online? Believe it or not there are TONS of quality places for older students to connect online. Online homeschool communities offer all sorts of learning and socialization opportunities.

I have found blogrolls, link-ups, weekly challenges, and a few online communities. All of these have their own unique qualities and variety of security level. If you blog about homeschooling then you may want to link up your blog to the CC or Apologia Blog roll-IF you use those curriculum. If you have a blog then your children may want to participate in the writing challenge linkup. Mom’s feel free to stop by the Finishing Strong Link-up to share ideas or get ideas on Middle school and High School!

Blog Rolls- these are places that list blogs that pertain to a certain Curriculum, Topic, or Theme:

If you are a blogger, blog about homeschooling, and use Classical Conversations (at home or in a community), please share a link to your site! (CC Community sites are welcome to link-up with us as well!)

In light of our focus on Classical Conversations Community, let’s get to know one another!

As well as a place to link up your main blog page, you can now link up specific posts that you write related to the Apologia curriculum. Share experiments, projects, activities, or anything related to your experience using the Apologia curriculum. That way we all can connect with other Apologia users, see how others are using this curriculum, gain ideas, advice and tips for projects and experiments, or to simply find fellowship.

Link-ups- these are places where anyone that homeschools and blogs can link up their related content or participate in a weekly challenge:

It’s a place where you can share posts about high school curriculum plans, a wrap up of your week with your high schoolers, activities that you added to your high school curriculum… anything high school. Link up old posts if you have them. They will still be of help to someone who needs a hand. Link up new posts as you go through the year. Share your struggles.

Middle and High School Linkup for Students and Moms!

This creative writing linkup is for Middle and High School student bloggers (and their moms). We would love if you could link back to the linkup (however, it is not a requirement). Use the code above to add to your post to let others know about the linkup.

Every Tuesday I post a new sketch assignment on the Harmony Art Mom blog. Everyone is welcome to sketch and you do not need to sign up to participate. You can participate every week or as often as you wish since there is no commitment. I try to make the assignments open-ended so your child can interpret the assignment in a way that works for them. Parents are welcome to sketch and submit to the slideshow too.

Every Wednesday, we invite you to share your posts that focus on educating these higher grades. We’re looking for curriculum ideas, unique learning approaches, encouragement, and more. Really, any post that focuses on homeschooling middle & high school students.

Each month in the coming school year, we will be hopping around some of the web’s best and brightest high school homeschooling blogs to share tips, resources, and encouragement on all things high school homeschooling!

Thankfully, homeschoolers aren’t shy – – we LIKE sharing! So, please join us on our journey, and maybe even hop right along with us!!!

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Mostly for the parents but still worthy of mentions.

ADVENTURES IN HOMESCHOOLING

Blogging Homeschoolers

Christian Homeschooling Middle and High School

Christian Homeschooling Moms

Christian Unschooling

Frugal Homeschooling Moms

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Homeschooling with Pinterest

Homeschooling, Unschooling, Uncollege, Opt Out, DIY, Online Learning

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Introduce Art at an Early Age

February 20, 2014 By Thaleia 6 Comments

I have to admit that my hubby has thought I was crazy to allow our children to experience art so young. Yes, it might be a little crazy to allow a 6 month old the opportunity to paint but I think it’s a good idea. Maybe it’s the Preschool Teacher in me but I’ve allowed all of our children this experience. It is almost Baby C-4’s turn! As soon as my baby’s can hold themselves in a sitting upright position I allow them to paint!

Unfortunately I was unable to find picture proof of all of their earliest art experiences of the oldest three, but did find Eldest’s. I searched high and low through multiple Cd’s of pictures to no avail. I provided Eldest with some washable finger paint right on his tray. This way he was strapped securely in his seat so I could help ensure his safety and easily to clean up.

I will share with you another art experience I did find of both Eldest and Princess. These pictures were taken when Eldest was 4 years old and Princess was 2 1/2 years old. They are painting picture frame mats for Mother’s day I think.

Why Art at an Early Age?

Well, first of all childhood should be all about PLAY and exploration. Children who are given more experiences will be ahead of the crowd in a lot of areas of growth and development. Art helps with color exploration and fine motor control. Eldest has a great pencil grasp on his paint brush and loved mixing colors.

Princess has a deep concentrated expression on her face while she figures out how to open the bottle of paint. She has to concentrate on squeezing just the right amount of paint into the palette.

Looking through these old pictures makes me realize how much MORE art we need to do. I have had Lil’ Red draw things before. Just the other day he wanted to play Minecraft to update his “world”, but I asked him to draw the things he wanted to change FIRST! He did do a wonderful job drawing and then narrating what he drew.

Do you have Little or Big artist in your family? Be sure to enter to win a nice set of resources from See the Light! (affiliate)

Baby School: Valentine’s Sensory Bottles

February 6, 2014 By Thaleia

A great way to engage your baby is through playing games and activities. I’m going to call it Baby School! Since Lil’ Red is almost 6 months it is definitely time to plan activities for his growth and curiosity. A super quick and easy activity is to make Sensory Bottles using emptied tea bottles. You could also use water bottles or something similar.

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Valentine’s Day Fine Motor Skills

January 21, 2014 By Thaleia 10 Comments

Valentine’s Day Fine Motor Skills

What do you do when your Tot grows up and are a little too big for Tot Trays? Continue to work on Fine Motor skills by bringing out new fun activities! My niece and Lil’ Red were very interested in doing “school” so out came some fun Valentine’s Day Fine Motor Skill activities. My sister and I were taking inventory on activities and came up with quite a few. I am only showcasing 5 Fine Motor Skills that are for Preschool and Kindergarten age.

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The All Organized – Organization eBook Bundle is available March 24th until April 7th for only $20. That’s a savings of $133! So hop over and buy it now!

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