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A homeschooling mother of one teenager and a little. In 2001, I resigned from my 13 year position as a case manager to homeschool my oldest who was a preschooler at the time, and later a daughter who came along in 2005. This is by far the hardest job I've ever loved. My husband of nearly 20 years supports us as a fire fighter and EMT.

Friday, February 03, 2012

Make a Castle with Recycled Paper Items


Source and instructions.

This can be made from toilet paper rolls or cut down paper towel rolls and recycled cardboard.

Thursday, February 02, 2012

Coffee Filter Hearts



These were made with bingo/do-a-dot markers and coffee filters. See blog link under image for instructions.

Wednesday, February 01, 2012

Teaching Freebies Grades Pre-K through Ninth

See here, at Fern Smith's Classroom. She has a Freebie Friday and free downloads on her sidebar.

3D Geometry Paper Model Templates


We could have used this site for seventh/eighth grade math! See here for free template downloads.

Picture Pie, Fun with Circles

Ed Emberley's Picture Pie (Ed Emberley Drawing Books)

From the library...lots of fun with this book. The pies are divided into eighths and puzzled together like a tangram. Circles are made by tracing around a cup and then are cut out. The circle is folded in half, then again, and again to make eight even slice folds. The child(or adult) cuts along the folds, and can make various pictures with the slices. The instructions for the pictures are simple to follow and range from easy to difficult. There is something for everyone in this book.

Monday, January 30, 2012

More Fancy Snowflake Templates



Click to enlarge, or follow link below image to full size version. These are fun, but my fingers are killing me! ;)

Fancy Snowflake Templates



Click to enlarge and print, or click through to the link under the picture for the original post.