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Holiday sights

How did you spend the day after Christmas? I had to catch up on some paper-work, but at least I could do so in my PJs, while drinking hot cocoa and eating sugar-cookies. The tastes and smells of holiday treats helped

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Winter sounds like…

“Winter sounds like wind.”  “Winter sounds like Christmas songs.” “It is not ‘beginning to look a lot like Christmas’ though.” This is how the conversation led into “What happened to the snow?” “Is it spring now?” “Listen to the birds!” Listen

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Transportation Station

HONK HONK rattle rattle CRASH beep beep … This song among others is stuck in my head as we drive full speed into the middle of a month learning about transportation.  This week Adventure Academy has been busy using “On the Road”

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Links2Language

Some songs get stuck in your head and some stories your children want read over and over and over … and although it’s annoying you – it’s linking language for them.  Books and music are the number one links to

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Stories and Soup

A curious student learns more than a student who only wants good grades. This is why I develop lesson plans for increasing curiosity, before worrying about increasing test scores. The key to curiosity is open exploration and adventure.  Sometimes Adventure Academy can’t

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unplanned adventures

You cannot plan for everything.  I did not write in my planner for a deer to run into my husband’s car the other day.  He’s ok, but car is not.  Can’t afford a new car today and can’t share mine

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Sun Fun

“How many days are left of summer vacation?” a child asked another. “As many as it is warm,” was the answer.  “I mean how many days til’ school starts again?” the first continued. “It never ended,” was the reply. The

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NATURE DETECTIVES

Our last few articles touched on the important roles of moms and dads.  Parenting influences a child’s outcome, but does nurture or nature have greater impact? What role does father-God’s creation or Mother nature’s evolution play in the development of

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