Thursday - Helper Day

So every Thursday in the Summer I have the three girls from next door, all sisters...triplets. They will be 12 (I believe) in a few days! They are coming over to help out with the kids...play....watch...help in general, while I clean and get lesson plans done....today was just cleaning..the house needed it! So I feel great when I am all clean and organized!

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Two Giveaways!

I am cleaning out the homeschool supply and curriculum closet! I am teaming up with Jolanthe over at Homeschool Creations for her and other homeschoolers for the: I have two different giveaways to bless 2 families with! (FYI - these are all great resources and we happen to have duplicates of all the books we are giving away and recommend them all - we will only be able to ship to the US due to the weight of these boxes, thanks) Number 1: Preschool - Kindergarten Level Here is what 1 lucky follower will win: (all except 1 book are brand new and never used) Supplies: 8 pencils 1 package of Alphabet Stamps Package of Sight Words flash cards Student Addition Table (works like a slide ruler) Books: Curious George - The Boat Show - Level 1 Scholastic Science Vocabulary Readers - Cave Homes Scholastic Science Vocabulary Readers - Colorful Leaves Scholastic Science Vocabulary Readers - Fantastic Bats Scholastic - Polar Bears (level 1 reade...

National Chocolate Chip Day

May 15, 2012 is National Chocolate Chip Day Today is National Chocolate Chip Day! Chocolate chips are an essential ingredient in dozens of delicious baked goods—chocolate chip cookies, chocolate chip pancakes, chocolate chip muffins, chocolate chip brownies, chocolate chip bagels, and many more. You can even find chili recipes that call for these sweet morsels! In the 1930s, Ruth Graves Wakefield created the original chocolate chip cookie at her Toll House Inn in Whitman, Massachusetts. Ruth intended to bake chocolate cookies for her guests, but she ran out of baker’s chocolate. She substituted with chopped up semi-sweet chocolate morsels and discovered that the pieces did not melt into the dough as she expected. Her cookies were an instant hit. Today, 25% of all the cookies baked in the United States are chocolate chip! To celebrate National Chocolate Chip Day, pick up a bag of chocolate chips at the supermarket and bake something yummy to share with friends and cowor...

Fall Curriculum Clean Out - Giveaway

It's that fun time again where we get to help each other out! I am participating in the Curriculum Clean Out (over at Homeschool Creations)...you see that little box on the right...yup, that's the one! I am offering up two packages for the Curriculm Clean Out party going on! Package A This total package is for the 2 nd – 5 th grade reading levels. New Books by Scholastic: Ricky Ricott’as Might Robot Vs. The Mutant Mosquitoes from Mercury Dog at the Door The Flying Flea, Callie and Me The Boxcar Children – The Pizza Mystery Pet Trouble – Bad to the Bone Boxer Just my Luck – embarrassing moments and the girls who survivie them Shark Tale (Movie Novel) Star Wars – Adventures in Hyperspace The Magic School Buss – Blows Its Top The Magic School Bus – See Stars Games: Folder Game – Fast Phonics DVD: Carlos Caterpillar – No Prize Surprise – a lesson in thankfulness and appreciation – watched 1 time perfect shape Supplies: (all new) Teachers Grade...

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