3rd Grade! So just how do you homeschool using vintage books for 3rd grade? By now your child should be fluent in reading, cursive writing, and ALL the addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts. 3rd grade means sharpening those skills — daily practice of the times tables, daily practice of cursive, and daily practice of […]
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Another planning-and-preparation week. I’ve almost got my homeschool lesson plans for the year locked down! Here is the meal plan for your Mid-Century Menu Monday for August 17th to 23rd. Mid-Century Menu Monday for August 17th to 23rd Monday’s Meal Plan Breakfast Lunch Dinner Tuesday’s Meal Plan Breakfast Lunch Dinner Wednesday’s Meal Plan Breakfast Lunch
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First grade is the real beginning of academics. This year, my first grader is precocious and already taught herself to read. So first grade looks a little different than usual. I’m still making her go through phonics, though, just so that I know she really gets it! Anyway, this is how we homeschool 1st grade
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So, you’re starting kindergarten with your child. What do you focus on? What are the most important kindergarten things? Here’s how I’m teaching kindergarten for 2020-2021. My Curriculum Choices for Kindergarten 2020-2021 Nearly all of my resources have been inherited — some are older than me — but here are some links that I tracked
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August is here! This is my back-to-school month. Even though we homeschool, I take summers off (I’m old-fashioned if you hadn’t noticed!), and we start school at the beginning of September. This is one of my weeks for planning and preparing, so my notes for this week are simple, but here is the meal plan
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Even if you’ve been the one taking care of that precious baby since he was born, you’ll usually start stressing when he hits 4 years old. Should I homeschool him? CAN I homeschool him? HOW???? Add a few more babies into the mix, and it becomes even more daunting! How can you possibly find the
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It’s the end of July already! I’m actually publishing this menu after the fact because LIFE, so no notes, just a weekly meal plan to keep up with my goal of having an archive with a meal plan for every week. Here is the meal plan for your Mid-Century Menu Monday for July 20th to
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I’m trying something new this week. I am adding notes on exactly how I alter the menus and recipes to suit the ingredients I have on hand, etc. For example, I am replacing at least one vegetable dish a day with zucchini since it is clearly a zucchini year!
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Summertime, summertime, sum-sum-summertime! Time for cute summer dresses, iced tea, and watermelon! Cool vintage dinners planned for the summery 50s housewife. Feed your family good old-fashioned meals with your vintage weekly meal plan, Mid-Century Menu Monday for July 6th to 12th.
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Hey, sweet readers! For the last half of 2020, I am bringing back my Mid-Century Menu Monday, starting with Mid-Century Menu Monday for July 4th! So, I have a few menu-cook-books from the 40s and 50s now, plus a number of cookbooks that contain menu plans, and a whole lot of Better Homes and Gardens
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