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Charlotte, NC Area ~ HINTS Bookfair

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By Amanda Pelser

The annual HINTS Book Fair is coming up this weekend.  If you homeschool in the Charlotte, NC area, you need to check this out.  There are workshops going on throughout the day plus the vendor hall where you can see and touch curriculum from lots of different companies.  Veteran homeschoolers are on hand to give…

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Filed Under: Homeschooling Tagged With: books, curriculum, HINTS, homeschool, law, NC

Share the Educating the Wholehearted Child Discussion Group

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By Amanda Pelser

You can use the code in the box below to add this button to your blog for sharing about the discussion group or in your blog posts.  Thanks to all those who are joining me and who have helped spread the word.  I’m so looking forward to learning from other moms! <div align=”center”><a href=”https://thepelsers.com” title=”The…

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Filed Under: Homeschooling Tagged With: books, Discussion, discussion group, Educating the Wholehearted Child, homeschool, Sally Clarkson

Homeschool Mother’s Journal ~ July 8

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By Amanda Pelser

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Linked with The Homeschool Chick Holiday weekends are nice, but they always throw things off a little bit.  We lose our routine.  Sometimes people get cranky after having extra daddy time because we miss him when he has to go back to work.  Including the mommy. In our homeschool this week… We’re in our summer…

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Filed Under: Homeschooling Tagged With: Amanda, homeschool, Homschool Mother's Journal, Jacob, Jonathan, reading

Picture People Photo Shoot

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By Amanda Pelser

While we were in California last month, my sister took the boys to have their pictures taken at Picture People.  I was highly impressed with the whole experience. The pictures were amazing! Can’t see the slide show? A Living Social deal for Picture People came through for the Charlotte area this week.  We snatched one…

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: family, Jacob, Jonathan, pictures

Giant Hot Wheels Sculpture Video

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By Amanda Pelser

I came across this video the other day on Church Mag.  Jonathan was fascinated by it.  He wanted to watched it over and over again.  Ah, boys and cars.  I figure there are other boys out there who would love it too, so share it with your little boys.  Enjoy! Can’t see the video?

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What am I teaching them?

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By Amanda Pelser

Photo Credit You don’t just teach the message, you are the message. – from Sarah Mae at Like a Warm Cup of Coffee That quote struck me this afternoon. What am I teaching my boys in who I am? What are they learning about God? What are learning about who they want their future wife to…

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Book Suggestions For Little Boys

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By Amanda Pelser

Jonathan is pushing ahead on his reading again.  He read all of Frog and Toad Together (plus read two of the stories again for Daddy) and nearly half of Days with Frog and Toad.  These are Sonlight 2nd Grade Readers that I had up on a high shelf for later this year and he begged…

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Filed Under: Homeschooling Tagged With: books, boys, Jonathan, reading

Educating the Wholehearted Child Discussion Schedule

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By Amanda Pelser

Educating the Wholehearted Discussion Schedule EWC Discussion Schedule This schedule is subject to change.

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Filed Under: Homeschooling Tagged With: Amanda, books, Discussion, discussion group, downloads, Educating the Wholehearted Child, Sally Clarkson

Learning Happens in Unexpected Places

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By Amanda Pelser

L.E.N.S. Challenge

This week’s challenge is: Learning Happens Learning happens in unexpected places. Jacob was exploring in the kitchen yesterday.  He made his way into the open pantry and pulled ALL of the kiddie plates and cups off the shelf. He banged. He pushed. He chewed. He gnawed. He studied. He learned.

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Pardon My Dust ~ Blog Update in Progress

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By Amanda Pelser

Please, pardon my dust around here.  I’m working on some updates to the site.  It’s always a work in progress, but yesterday I moved to Standard Theme {affiliate link} and I’m in the process of personalizing it. If you’re looking for an amazing theme as a foundation for your WordPress blog, I highly recommend Standard Theme….

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