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Month: June 2016

Summertime Activities

Summertime Activities

It is now officially summer!  Except that it is still raining here in the Pacific Northwest. After my “year in review” post I had decided not to do any school with DJ until September. While he is enjoying the extra time to play Minecraft, he’s also surprisingly decided to do sound games with himself again. I am cautiously hopeful that he’ll develop a spark for language lessons.  Today be sorted all of his letter magnets by color and then wrote…

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Continent Boxes – Europe

Continent Boxes – Europe

Just before we began our summer break, I put the Continent Box for Europe on the shelf.  I probably should have done it sooner in the year, but for some reason it just didn’t occur to me.  The box has been ready for a long time, although you’ll notice in the picture below that I haven’t decorated it like I did the earlier boxes.  Maybe some day but for now, it works as it is.  I chose red for this…

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Year in Review 2015-16

Year in Review 2015-16

DJ has officially completed his second year of Montessori preschool at home.  I can hardly believe that I just typed those words.  I know it is such a cliche to say that.  I continue to be amazed, impressed, frustrated and humbled by this little person who has stolen my heart and challenges me in ways I’ve never imagined. MATH Looking back at the posts of the last year, math obviously dominated the spotlight.  There are 71 mentions of math throughout…

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