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Celebrate National Poetry Month with a FREEBIE!
April is National Poetry Month!! We are so excited to explore LOTS of different types of poetry throughout the month! To kick everything off I have a FREEBIE to share with you! My kiddos are obsessed with Acrostic poems! So, we decided to not only celebrate National Poetry Month but also celebrate spring! I hope you have as much fun with it as we did! Springtime Acrostic Acrostic poems can be so fun to work on with kids. They are a relatively easy poem but also allow for so much creativity! I love that my kids all created vastly different poems as well as paintings to go along with them!…
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Mythologica- A Must-Read for Mythology Lovers
I have a new go-to recommendation for Greek Mythology! Mythologica- An encyclopedia of Gods, Monsters, and Mortals from Ancient Greece is an absolutely stunning book. As soon as I saw the cover I knew it would be one that we had to have. I am so excited to share this book with you guys. It is not only gorgeous…but absolutely packed with information…that is my kind of combination! Let’s check it out! Mythologica- An Encyclopedia of Gods, Monsters, and Mortals from Ancient Greece Mythologica is a visual feast for your eyes. I was immediately mesmerized by the cover. I know you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but seriously…this…
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Creative Writing Freebie!!
Let’s talk about creative writing! We don’t use a fancy or formal creative writing curriculum. We mostly just write. That’s it. Putting ideas onto paper and watching them go! I love seeing where my kids’ imaginations take them! Lately, I have been experimenting with some different creative writing “prompts”. Just some fun ideas for the kids to expand upon. I would love to start sharing some of them with you guys! So, how about a freebie?!? Sound good? The Door… So the first prompt I came up with for the kids came about from a story I had written back in Junior High. I know what you are thinking…how on…
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Alba and The Ocean Cleanup- A Beautiful Picture Book for Earth Day and Every Day!
As you have probably guessed by now, my family and I have a *slight* obsession with the ocean and the beach. We spend as much time as possible there. We swim, play, build sandcastles, kayak, and sadly, we clean up a lot of trash. Alba and the Ocean Cleanup is an amazing picture book all about the importance of taking care of our oceans. Alba and the Ocean Cleanup I am so excited to share this new picture book with you. Written and illustrated by Lara Hawthorne, Alba and the Ocean Cleanup is the story of Alba. Alba is a fish and it is her birthday. Every year for her…
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You’ve Got Dragons- The Perfect Book for Dealing with Big Feelings
Fear, worry, and anxiety are things that many of us deal with on a daily basis! These feelings can creep up when you least expect them to and can really knock you for a loop! Now, imagine you are a child and these feelings start to settle in! It can be so scary and so confusing! You’ve Got Dragons is an INCREDIBLE picture book that explains all of these feelings so well, and in a way that will be easy to understand. This book blew me away. As someone who has dealt with anxiety and as a Mama to a child with severe anxiety, I feel like this book truly…
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Basic Invite- Your One-Stop Shop for Stationery, Graduation Invitations, and More!
(This post is sponsored by Basic Invite…all thoughts and opinions are my own) I am a stationery addict. The thought of beautiful papers, cards, envelopes, and fonts gives me all the warm fuzzies!! I was recently introduced to Basic Invite and was completely blown away by the wide range of amazing products and services they offer! Basic Invite has cards and stationery for almost every occasion…weddings, birth announcements, holidays, graduations, business cards, and that is just the beginning! With graduation season right around the corner, I want to highlight some of their many graduation invitations and graduation thank yous! I can’t wait for you to see these beautiful products! What…
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4 Beautiful New Picture Books for Spring!
Springtime is here in Florida! Hopefully, it is on its way where you live as well!! I have 4 absolutely beautiful books to share with you that will make perfect additions to your springtime reading! My friends at Sleeping Bear Press sent these my way to share with you and I know you will love them as much as I did!! All of these beautiful books release on March 15th, 2020! The Voice that Won the Vote- How One Woman’s Words Made History First up we have The Voice that Won the Vote- How One Woman’s Words Made History by Elisa Boxer. I absolutely adore biographical picture books! If I…
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Penguin Sets Sail- A Beautiful Wordless Picture Book
There is something so magical about a wordless picture book. Being able to pore over the pages of the book with my kiddos and each share what is happening is just awesome. I was recently sent a copy of a beautiful new wordless book called Penguin Sets Sail by Jessica Linn Evans… and it is so charming! I can’t wait to share it with you! Penguin Sets Sail Penguin Sets Sail is the story of a little penguin who dreams of a life as a sea captain. He wears the sweetest little paper sailors hat and desperately wants to experience life on the sea. All of the other penguins are…
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SHOES- Blog Tour and Book Review!
One of my very favorite memories of childhood was spending time with my aunts. The highlight of our time together was me getting lost in their closets in piles and piles of shoes!! I can still picture my favorite ones…the ones that I would likely break my neck in now as an adult! Shoes, by Yvette Cragun transported me right back to those carefree days of childhood trying on all of those glorious SHOES! Shoes Shoes, written by Yvette Cragun and illustrated by Myra Romano is such a fun and whimsical book! The little girl in the story is in her mom’s closet and is trying on ALL kinds of…
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Prevent “Summer Slide” with Daily Summer Activities from Evan-Moor
Have you ever heard of the dreaded summer slide? As year-round homeschoolers, it is something we have hoped to avoid. I remember when we first started our homeschooling journey, we had A LOT to re-learn after our summer break! When you aren’t actively putting to use the things you have learned, they tend to slip further back into your mind and it can take a while to dig them out! Daily Summer Activities from Evan-Moor is an INCREDIBLE tool to help fight that learning loss of the summer months! Though we are year-round homeschoolers, we follow a less rigorous summer schedule. Daily Summer Activities is going to be the perfect…
