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Five on Friday: October 30
It’s one of my favorite times of the year, Halloween! Such a fun time for both children and adults. A chance to show off your creative side, or to step outside of your comfort zone and be something you’re not! Here is my Five on Friday for my favorite Halloween activities that we’ve done this week. Carving Pumpkins – Always a favorite! I’m not that creative so the designs are not elaborate, but I love the scooping out of the pumpkin! Such a great sensory experience for little ones, and once you clean up the seeds, they make a great snack. Painting Pumpkins – We save the carving for closer…
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Five On Friday: October 23
The busy week is coming to a close and I’m looking forward to the weekend! We have some exciting things planned for this weekend and both Mom and Dad have some fun one on one time planned with the girls. First up is a pretty cool field trip for Chloe and Dad, a sleepover at a Dinosaur Museum! They will be heading out around noon tomorrow for a road trip and will check into the Royal Tyrrell Museum at 7pm for programs and a sleepover. With them away, Kaiana and I will have a chance to enjoy some quality one on one time which may include swimming, walks and cuddling.…
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Five on Friday: October 16
Flu season is upon us and with cooler weather and more indoor activities come more germs floating around in confined spaces. We all know the general rules for keeping sickness away – wash your hands, cough into your sleeve and if you’re feeling under the weather, just stay home and rest. But what about our diet? Our family is very lucky to have very little down time due to colds and flues and I attribute that mostly to our diet. For this week’s Five on Friday I’m taking a look at five foods that will help boost your immune system and hopefully keep you healthy this flu season. Garlic – You…
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Five on Friday: October 9
It’s Thanksgiving weekend in Canada so this week my Five on Friday will be Five Reasons I’m thankful for homeschooling. I am really learning who my children are, as well as more about myself. I’m learning about our personalities (as differing as they may be at times), learning styles, emotions and triggers. We can learn at our own pace. If it takes them a little while to catch on to reading, that’s ok. If we want to immerse ourselves in a topic, we can do that too My girls are remaining close. Instead of maybe growing apart if they were in separate classrooms all day, they playing dress up and…
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Five on Friday: October 2
The school year is in full swing and field trips are being planned. If you homeschool, you can look to the local community around you for enjoyable (and often free) field trips. Here are my Five on Friday of community field trips. Veterinarian – A local homeschool family has had a close relationship with their vet the past few months, and he was willing to take some time out of his day and talked to a small group of kids for an hour on what his job is like and different things in his office. We got to see where he did xrays, look in a microscope and see where the…
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Five on Friday – September 25
This is my first week taking part in the Five on Friday link up with some fabulous bloggers! Be sure to check out their links below to see what they’re up to this week. Fall officially began this week, the days are getting shorter and the air is getting cooler. Fall is one of my favorite times of the year (ok, maybe I’m partial to it because my birthday was yesterday). Here’s my Five on Friday for my favorites of fall. Fall foods and flavors – preserves, roasted root vegetables, hearty soups, apple crisp, and pumpkin everything! Warm the belly foods and nose tingling scents. Earlier darkness – I love the long summer…
