And — drumroll, please — it is time for the 2nd installment of ’50s housewife books. I had several requests for a list of vintage fiction — and there is a lot. So, I broke it down further into genre lists. This one is the trashy-novels edition! Here, for your enjoyment, are 5 of my […]
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Do you wonder which vintage books are the best use of your time and money? Me, too! In fact, one of my favorite things to do is to track down vintage books. I admit to having spent more than I should on vintage books, both good and bad! (Fortunately, my husband doesn’t scold me about
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September killed my meal planning y’all. I mean it happens every year, so you’d think I’d get used to it, but I never do. Every back-to-school, my Betty Crocker Good and Easy Cookbook gets way more use than it should in a month. Anyway, in an effort to get back on track, I am making
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When I was in high school, I loved old-fashioned things. I especially loved the resilient, feminine superwomen who were housewives in the 1930s, 40s, and 50s. When I married, and had children, I could not understand why it was so hard for me to achieve being a modern-day ’50s housewife! I didn’t know the first
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It has been brought to my attention that I have not been posting my baby schedules! I intend to remedy that starting now. Baby #8 is 8 months old, a good transition time to start posting schedules for him again. So, although it has been a while, here is a little update on how I
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10th grade! A lot of homeschooling parents seem to be afraid of homeschooling through high school. One of the things that I love best about Robinson Curriculum is that by the time my teenagers get to high school, they are ready to be self-teaching, independent learners. It makes my job SO MUCH EASIER. Also, using
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8th Grade! That joyful year of getting a new teenager in the house. I will say that teenagers are . . . different. I have two so far. But I still homeschool all the way through high school. Anyway, here’s how we homeschool using vintage books for 8th grade. My Curriculum Choices for 8th Grade
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5th Grade! The last of the elementary years, except that as a vintage homeschooler, I treat 1st-8th grade as a solid block, and then high school separately. Anyway, here’s how we homeschool using vintage books for 5th grade. My Curriculum Choices for 5th Grade 2020-2021 My home library Children’s dictionary Children’s encyclopedia Golden science books
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This is the last week before we start school. School for us always starts on the 1st of September and ends on the last day of May. And excitingly, here is the meal plan for Mid-Century Menu Monday for August 24th to 30th. Mid-Century Menu Monday for August 24th to 30th Monday’s Meal Plan Breakfast
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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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