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August 25th, 2009

Multi-level Homeschooling: The Homeschool Room

As we talk about multi-level homeschooling, I thought that I’d address the very practical aspect of where we educate our children.   Our educational choices will affect the area where we choose to homeschool and vice versa.  If we run our homeschool like a classroom then chances are we will set it up like one and [...]

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  1. Multi-level Homeschooling: Little Ones Part 1
  2. Multi-level Homeschooling: Little Ones Part 2
  3. Multi-level Homeschooling: Our Schedule
  4. Multi-Level Homeschooling with Sonlight
  5. Homeschooling Multi-grades: Have Questions?

July 28th, 2009

Rain Gutter Book Shelves: Tutorial

I have seen these rain gutter bookshelves several places online and have always thought they would be wonderful to have in our book loving home.  Then I saw them at my friend Heather’s house, asked if she liked them, how easy they were to clean, etc. and I finally decided to take the plunge.

The theory [...]

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  3. Seed Beaded Bobby Pins – tutorial
  4. A Personal Note

June 23rd, 2009

Display Children's Art: Make Your Own Magnetic Wall

Last Wednesday when I posted about our chalkboard wall, I left you with a tease that I was going to post about my wonderful idea for displaying children’s artwork.  (No, it’s not hang the pictures on the fridge )

I was inspired with the idea a few years ago while skimming a decorating magazine. [...]

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June 16th, 2009

Homemade Chalkboard Wall

A while ago I posted a tutorial for making your own chalkboard paint.  I finally got around to painting one of our dining room walls with the paint.   Unlike the table that I painted in my last post, I did not sand the wall after painting.  Well, I began to sand and then decided that [...]

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