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  1. Links to ornaments we've made over the years... http://www.songofmyheart.org/2009/01/ornaments-carols-and-other-traditions.html http://belladia.typepad.com/bella_dia/2007/12/advent-day-4-th.html http://www.songofmyheart.org/2010/12/christmas-in-mexico-making-ojo-de-dios.html My kids also enjoy making cinnamon applesauce ornaments http://allrecipes.com/recipe/scented-applesauce-cinnamon-ornaments/ These glass balls with popcorn make really cute gifts. We used less popcorn and after popping, we iinserted a photo of the kids. http://impressyourkids.org/magic-popcorn-christmas-ornament/
  2. My daughter (almost 9) was recently diagnosed with Central Auditory Processing Disorder. Therapy with a speech-language pathologist who specializes in CAPD was recommended. We attended her first session last Monday and were told to purchase or try to make at home a board game called A Fist Full of Coins. She played it in the session, and I can see its usefulness. We will only be able to do six therapy sessions, and then my husband's new insurance policy will go into effect, and it will not cover the therapy. The SLP is aware of this and is going to do her best to "train" me to take over dd's therapy at home. I'm wondering if any of you can recommend resources you've used with your kids who have CAPD. Thanks!
  3. I am so sorry for what you're going through right now. :grouphug: No words of wisdom, although I do agree with kareng.
  4. Some of our favorites over the years have been My Father's Dragon, Mr. Popper's Penguins, Charlotte's Web, Ben and Me, Winnie the Pooh, the Little House books.
  5. FIAR makes for some wonderful memories! So glad you had a great first day of homeschool!:hurray:
  6. We'll be using TT this year in conjunction with MFW Adventures - mainly b/c of my 10 ds and needing to beef up Adventures for him. Very excited!
  7. We're doing it this year for my 2nd grader...I'll also be beefing it up for my 4th grader and tailoring to my Kindergartener. We're meeting with 3 other families once a month to do one of the hands-on projects, but for the most part we'll be on our own. We're in Ohio though. Enjoy your year!
  8. We have enjoyed the guides by Peterson, Audubon, and the little Golden Guides. I picked up several used guides by various publishers for our nature club at Half Price Books for good prices. The main things I look for in a guide are nice color illustrations, easy-to-understand format, and nothing too huge and overwhelming. I like to have them small and simple. You could also check some out from the library to see which ones are a good fit for you and your children. I sometimes look things up on the internet, but I really do prefer to take a guide with us and make the connection/identification during our nature walks...especially if we're going to a park or somewhere other than our backyard. We sort of lose the moment if we find something we want to identify and then Google it after the drive home, but that's just my own personal preference. We usually just draw in our nature journals what we've found or spotted, and then label it, date it, and make a note of where we found it and the weather conditions that day. We've also done some of the Outdoor Hour Nature Challenges over at the Handbook of Nature Study blog. These are really well done, and we've enjoyed them. I hope to do more of them this year. Have fun enjoying nature with your kids!
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