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L.E.N.S Photo Challenge

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By Amanda Pelser

This photo of Josh and Jonathan was featured this week over at Home Is Where You Start From So many of my photos are taken with my iPhone.  I’m trying to learn how to take better pictures “on the run” with what I have in my hand.  I was happy with how this picture turned…

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Memory Verse: Proverbs 12:22

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By Amanda Pelser

Our memory verse and copy work for this week – Proverbs 12:22 I have had a few people recently ask me where I get the verses. I’ve been using the schedule from our Sonlight Core. I make the copywork sheets in Pages on my Mac using a handwriting font. Posted via email from thepelsers’s posterous

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Summer Plans

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By Amanda Pelser

For now, we are homeschooling year-round.  Jonathan thrives on a schedule.  It doesn’t have to be strict and there can be spontaneous changes, but he needs to have general structure to his day and week.  Plus, I believe that at a young age, having large gaps in learning leaves too much potential for loss…  use…

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A Year in Review…

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By Amanda Pelser

We are not quite finished with our first year, but I’m currently preparing for next year and evaluating our first year of homeschooling. What worked? An eclectic, Charlotte-Mason leaning homeschooling style.  I love everything I’ve read about the Charlotte Mason method but I incorporate bits and pieces of other methods that work well for us. Sonlight….

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My Funny Words Flip Book

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By Amanda Pelser

I just printed, laminated, and assembled this fun little flip book that I got from Confessions of a Homeschooler.  It is going to be a surprise for Jonathan for on the plane ride to California.  Jonathan is far beyond CVC words, but he will enjoy playing with it, making real words, and laughing at the…

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