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Christmas Gift Ideas for Kids
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! We love sharing the gifts we are giving our kids from some of our go-to companies and hopefully inspire you to do the same. Every year we love partnering with companies to...
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Family Puzzling & Trivia with Cobble Hill
At Christmas time, our family gets pretty committed to puzzling as we cozy up with some hot chocolate and a few good snacks; making a pretty great afternoon of family fun. We know Cobble Hill makes amazing puzzles so we...
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Fall Books with Penguin Random House
We are sharing some book titles from Penguin Random House as our weeks are usually filled with learning from and reading books to our children. Homeschooling gives us a lot of hours to read or learn from books and we...
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Fall Reading List with Kane Miller
With back to school just around the corner we are curating a new fall book reading list for our kids. Our kids love keeping track of the books they read and we recently found some excellent new adventure stories and...
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Easy Set-Up Activities with Djeco
There is something about setting up a few new activities for our children to try in the morning that feels productive. We find that when we leave a puzzle, sticker activity, new book, or notebook on the table, our kids...
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Tea Party with Our Generation Dolls
As a kid did you ever play family or pretend with your friends, siblings or neighbours? As a mom, it is so precious watching your own kids play pretend with their own dolls and setting up an entire world using...
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Summer Book List
Every summer our kids fall in love with reading even more. Maybe it’s the extra free time, maybe it’s the warm air, maybe we will never know the reason but in summer, our family loves to read. We love bringing...
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Summer Playtime with Playmobil
First day of summer is here! The heat has come where we live and we are loving our days outside, soaking up that good old vitamin D. With the ages of our kids, parenting in the summer is significantly easier...
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Summer Book Titles with Raincoast
Summer is a great time to create a reading list for your kids. We like to bring books on road trips, enjoy them in our backyard or cozy up on the couch to read on a rainy summer day. Raincoast...
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Spring Learning
Summer is just around the corner and we always get a bit of a pep in our step when it comes to homeschooling in the late springtime. You can see the end in sight and we know there is one...
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Snuggle Up with Valentine's Day Gift Ideas
Our kids have just finished preparing little Valentine’s cards for their homeschool community class and we have a few gift ideas for kids that we wanted to share with you as we are a week out from Valentine’s Day. You...
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Christmas Gift Ideas from Learning Resources
Sprinkling in a few learning games for our fellow homeschool families that are looking to add a few gifts under the tree that help develop learning through play. We love Learning Resources for all that they carry in this department...
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Bible Storybook with Crossway
This year we have been using The Biggest Story Bible Storybook for part of our Bible curriculum for homeschooling. I know that in addition to reading straight from scripture, I wanted a storybook type bible that worked through the bible...
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Holiday Gift Guide For Kids
If you are looking for Christmas gift ideas for a child aged 3 all the way up to 10 you have come to the perfect place. Today we are sharing so many great options that make amazing gifts for children...
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Art and Craft Activities from Djeco
Thursdays is when we usually get lots of housework done, sometimes some baking and definitely an afternoon indoor activity, usually around the table. Our older kids are in school and we love to pull out a special activity or craft...
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Bushel and Peck Books for Fall
You know we love stocking our shelves with books or checking out books from library that are filled with incredible content for our children. Bushel and Peck Books publish many excellent titles for children that encourage children to develop their...
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Fall Toys with Playmobil
Families are always asking what is the best toy for children? Playmobil is a brand that we have loved in our home for many years and it truly is one of the best toys. The durability and quality of pieces...
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Fall with Raincoast Books
It feels like fall routines have already begun and although we are loving the sunshine, the air in the morning and evening feels cooler reminding us that fall is indeed just around the corner. The fall reminds us of cozy...
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Summer Table Activities for Kids with Raincoast
Rounding out the summer with our last few ideas of things to do with your kids. So many of these items are great to do at your kitchen table, taken with you to a cabin, or brought along to a...
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Outdoor Summer Fun in the Sun
We love to encourage our kids to play outside as much as possible in the summer. A lot of the time our kids use their imagination and combine it with animals, sports equipment or toys they have to make up...
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Summer Reading for Kids with Penguin Young Readers
Whether you are heading out on a road trip, staying close to home or spending time at the beach, every child needs a good book in their hand to read during the summer. We are sharing a few of our...
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Summer Reading for Kids with Baker and Taylor Publisher Services
Summer is in full swing and we love it! After a long day in the sun, our kids love coming home and relaxing with a book. Baker and Taylor Publisher Services offer so many incredible titles and series for kids....
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Learning Through the Summer
As a homeschool family, one of the benefits is that we get to pick when and where we are learning. This means we do not take a big break off school in the summer but instead we tend to do...
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Easter Basket Ideas
Hey friends! Easter is this weekend and as a parent, we always want to make sure our kiddo's Easter basket is not only fun, but also meaningful. We all love the traditional basket filled with treats and goodies, but there...
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