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History Project: Make Your Own Quill Pen and Ink

Wednesday, 29 April 2020 by TOSBlog

We’ve been studying the early modern period this year in our homeschool, so we decided to do a project that would help us to experience what life was like during this time in history. We wondered how much more work it may have been not to have a modern pen to write with but

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Jelly Beans at Easter

Tuesday, 28 April 2020 by TOSBlog

As Easter rolls around, one of my favorite candy treats hits the shelves… jelly beans! Traditional, sour, theme-flavored – I like almost all of them (well, maybe except those weird flavored ones and black licorice). But jelly beans are so much more than candy when it comes to Easter and a great way to

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Hey Mama Monday: Be Faithful, Mama

Monday, 27 April 2020 by TOSBlog

Hey Mama, Just stopping by with a little reminder. Life’s not about formulas. Well, it was for Baby Z for his first year of life, but I digress. Funny how babies love that stuff. But formula won’t last forever, and parenting is so far beyond that anyway. Formulas are for newbies. Amateurs. And a

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Using Literature to Teach Division

Friday, 24 April 2020 by TOSBlog

Many of us use a curriculum to teach math, but using literature to teach math can be a great teaching tool. I am continuing this math literature series with some of the best books to teach division. With my love for literature and math, it only makes sense to combine the two so I

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