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Learning Activities: Greatest Number
There’s strategy in numbers! Challenge your first grader for the best score in this math game. Players take turns examining the cards and picking up the ones with largest value. Add up your cards to see who’s won! This game is a great way to improve critical thinking skills necessary to succeed in math. Your children will use their knowledge of numeric value and combine it with strategy in order to win the game. Practice makes perfect, and this is definitely a game you’ll be wanting to play again and again! What You Need: Deck of playing cards (with face cards removed) Paper Pencil What You Do: Shuffle the deck. Arrange the cards…
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Thin Stix (Art Supplies) {Review}
My oldest student, for years now, has imagined herself an artist. While her talent is still in it’s fledgling state, she has a passion for art and so far for all mediums. Thus when there was an opportunity to review Thin Stix 6pk of Classic Colors from The Pencil Grip, Inc. through the Homeschool Review Crew, we were excited to jump in to see what we might think. In short, we have found a new staple to keep supplied in our art box! My seven-year-old third grade daughter (eight and transitioning to fourth this summer) loves them. She says they are usable like crayons, but go on more like paint. They dry…
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Another baby photo, if you don’t mind…
I think this has got to be my favorite one yet. Sigh. Anyone sick of baby photos yet? #babysister #mermaidblossom #babynumber4 from Instagram: http://ift.tt/2qysnuj
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Art Books {Guest Post}
I have had a long running series on my blog, doing art books. It’s fun to see the variety of books out there and put them to use. 🙂 I thought I would tell you about some of my favourites. It’s hard to pick I have to admit, but I think I’ve winnowed it down to my top few. Get Into Art Places: Discover Great Art And Create Your Own!. This is a fantastic book that I wrote about here. It’s not very big at 32 pages but it’s chockful for art and ideas about how to try out the type of art on your own. I’ve used it with…
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One week old…
Started our Mother’s Day with our first at-home 🏡 bath 🛀. My baby girl is one week old today. Now that is a Mother’s Day reason to celebrate 🎉! #mothersday #babynumber4 #firstbath #mermaidblossom #babysister from Instagram: http://ift.tt/2rfGykS
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Building tiaras and cakes
Building tiaras đź‘‘ and cakes 🎂 for Mother’s Day and sisters out of Duplo Legos. It is amazing how the same thing can entertain for hours. Braids, thanks to the Enginerd daddy. I better enjoy them down because they’ll be cut short one day soon. #bigsister #firstborn #middlesister #legoduplo #mothersday from Instagram: http://ift.tt/2qkFXPI
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I’ve been busy…
My girl before heading home. Good night, 🌙💤 all things considered. Started our first cloth diapers out of necessity when the hospital sposies ran out already! Now for day three!!! #babynumber4 #allnatural #mermaidblossom from Instagram: http://ift.tt/2qnvQMR
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Well, it wasn’t a false alarm…
What’s up buttercup? Meet the German Mermaid Warrior (name meaning). 8lbs 6.5oz 20″ 5:19am 35 weeks and 6 days #allnatural #babynumber4 #mermaidblossom from Instagram: http://ift.tt/2pUNWTc
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ArtAchieve (online subscription) {Review}
I have three children that love to color and create, but it is my oldest that verbally states she wants to be an artist when she is an adult. Thus when a review opportunity arose to check out ArtAchieve and their Entire Level I program, we were very excited to volunteer and have been blessed to be a part of this tour with the Homeschool Review Crew. For the purposes of this review we were given access to an online subscription and purchased a few art essential supplies. Some materials we were familiar with from trying other art programs in the past, however some were new and took me a while to…
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Little Stitching Fairy #WIP #xstitch
…and we have a face! ‘Little Stitching Fairy’, chart directly from @joanelliottdesign and fabric is opalescent ‘salior’s moon’ Hand Dyed Fabrics by Stephanie. #xstitch #crossstitch #littlestitchingfairy #handdyed #stitchfromstash2017 #stitchmaynia #dmcfloss from Instagram: http://ift.tt/2p0VsdY