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74Homeschooling: Little House on the Prairie
Some of my most beloved homeschooling memories date back to the year our homeschool co-op studied Laura Ingalls Wilder’s “Little House” series. We would read portions of the books on our own, and then...
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69classic kids books
These books are mostly from the 70s and earlier. As I do not have children and I no longer read children's books myself, I will not be discussing the latest greatest.....but these are classics, not to be...
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59Conversations in Cyberspace
I've been on Hubpages for a year now. Along the way, I've made a lot of friends, and one or two enemies. Okay, maybe not enemies, exactly. Maybe more like sparring partners. Only sometimes they are unwilling...
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73The Ghost of Laura Ingalls Wilder
In these shaky economic times, I think it would be good to start channeling Laura Ingalls Wilder. You know, that pioneer girl, author and American icon of independence and self reliance? I was first exposed...
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86Ramona Quimby Age 8 critique for educators and parents
Critique and activities for Beverly Cleary's Ramona Quimby, Age 8, for teachers and parents. The formatting of this book is characteristic of most books for this reading level. Well-spaced, medium-sized, bold print, makes for easy reading. The paper is thick and durable, great for a lot of ...
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72Fun Autumn Activities for You and Your Children
Autumn is the season in which creative energy bubbles over the brim of a child's imagination. They scurry into the house bearing the fruits of their harvest: grasshoppers that spring without a moment's...
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67Why I Don't Homeschool My Children
For those new to my hubs, I have a five year old girl, Kimberly, a four year old boy, Cesar, a two year old girl, Natalie, and an eight month old girl, Emily. My oldest two children go to...
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60Everything I Need to Know I Learnt from the Little House Series.
At first glance, it may seem strange to think that a series of children's books set in a time that's no longer really relevent to our own can teach very much, except about what life was like in the past. On...
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66Colorful Carrots - Freezing Your Crop to Make the Most of Them
My mother read the "Little House" books, by Laura Ingalls Wilder, to my siblings and I when we were young. Naturally, we loved them. We sewed quilts for our dolls. We tried to teach our calves to pull sleds,...
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79Misconceptions About Teenaged Mothers
Even as single motherhood has become commonplace in our society, and the stigma against out of wedlock births has disappeared, another prejudice has come to replace it: the bias against teenaged mothers. Here...
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