Another Monday, and it’s time for another installment of 1950s Meal Plan Monday! Menu planning help for the mid-century mom in the last week of October. Of course, that means a Halloween supper. And if you are Catholic, it also means All Saint’s Day and All Soul’s Day. But, all undaunted, the modern 1950s housewife […]
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1950s vintage menus are so much fun! I thought that it would be exciting to start a 1950s Meal Plan Monday for all my readers who might be wondering about making a proper 1950s dinner part of your daily meal plan. Here are the menus for October 21-27. Menus Monday Chicken tetrazzini, peas, rolls, apple-nut
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Just the word schedule might make you cringe. After all, sometimes it feels like you just follow your toddler around all day cleaning up messes. In particular, if you follow attachment parenting or gentle discipline, you may have heard that a schedule will squash his spirit and make your days as stolid, regimented misery. But
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Once you know how to teach phonics, you can teach any child to read. A guide to using Webster’s Speller to teach phonics, cursive, and beginning English in your homeschool.
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I needed a system that worked with our daily schedule. I firmly believe in schedules. Finally, I found a solution to help me organize my homeschool assignments and motivate my children, as well as my manage my homemaking. Here’s how to use checklists in your home (and homeschool) management, and still use a schedule!
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So many parents, faced with the pile of notebooks, printables, supplies, and textbooks they have chosen for the year, feel overwhelmed and want to give up. Where do you even start? Already you had three fights and 2 messes to clean up. You’re behind schedule. What can you do? Maybe you should just send them
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This is a quick overview of how to teach your child reading, writing, and arithmetic using chalk, a slate, and a few vintage books! This also covers how to use Webster’s Speller, since you can teach any child to read with Webster’s Speller! How to Teach Your Child to Read and Write You can use
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A new school year begins in just a couple of weeks! That means it’s time to post about what we are doing this year, and how we are doing it! This year, I have a 9th grader, 7th grader, 4th grader, 2nd grader, and kindergartner. Also, I have a 4yo and a 2yo. And, I
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So, my two weeks are up! With no daily updates (sorry, ladies), but an unbroken chain of cleaning my house to a 1950s standard. So, there’s that. Also, some really great meals. And dessert. Dessert makes me happy. With that in mind, what are my conclusions? And what are my plans for August, before we
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Another update for the 1950s Pregnant Housewife Experiment! I am clearly terrible at daily updates. Perhaps I should have tried for weekly or twice-weekly updates! Anyway, I am now at the end of my experiment, more or less. It goes until Sunday, so on Monday I will post my conclusions from these two weeks, and
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