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      <image:title>Books To Read - Living Books Our Family Treasures - Living books are the books that tell stories, have a conversational tone and are usually written by one passionate author. Living books are exciting page turners and are the kind that make your children ask for “just one more chapter!”</image:title>
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      <image:title>Books To Read - Living Books Our Family Treasures - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>We read mostly picture books at this point in our lives! My children age range is from 9 down to 1 so we love to be absorbed in colorful illustrations when reading books! Some of my favorite books to read are from modern authors like Joy Clarkson and Jim LaMarche. Older authors like Beatrix Potter and Shel Silverstein also grace our bookshelves. With living books there is a place for older classics and modern reads as well!</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Books To Read - Living Books Our Family Treasures - Here are a few book recommendations from my family to yours. Living board, picture and chapter books are the ones I am sharing! My children’s ages range is from 9 to 1 so we do a lot more picture books than anything else right now!</image:title>
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      <image:caption>Living Board books for the little ones! My 1 year old and 4 year old really love board books still! These books are sturdy and have been around for a few children now. I leave these laying in our book baskets and at a low level for my little guys to reach!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>I do a lot of reading aloud chapter books but my oldest also loves to read chapter books now too. Many times when I start a chapter book for the whole family, my oldest will grab the book and finish it without me knowing lol! We currently just finished Stuart Little and it captivated even my 4 year olds attention and he told back to me how Stuart “pressed a wrong button on the car at the dentists and it became invisible!” I am loving this chapter book read aloud life that is beginning in our home!</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Books To Read - Pi Day Math Read Alouds + Blueberry Pie - It’s Pi Day! An excuse to talk about math, ratios and eat pie.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Here’s a pie recipe and math read alouds we’ll be watching on Youtube to celebrate!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Quilting Resources - Quilting Resources To Get Started - + For Binding + Finishing Quilt: This is just an amazing video for binding! It’s from Missouri Star Quilt Co. YT channel: https://youtu.be/0vCWpxBRs20 Another helpful video is this starting around 22 min for the binding! https://youtu.be/Eq3koiH4B8M I usually use a 2.5” binding! It gives me plenty of fabric to work with to pull over the edges!</image:title>
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      <image:title>Quilting Resources - Quilting Resources To Get Started - + For Hand Stitiching: The first time I hand quilted I watched this video from Suzy Quilts, it really led me through everything!  https://youtu.be/IdmnMhcA6dI I like to use sashiko needles, they are a longer style, perfect for hand quilting. I use sashiko thread for a more chunky hand stitched look.</image:title>
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      <image:title>Quilting Resources - Quilting Resources To Get Started - As I grow in my quilting knowledge I am reminded that I have learned to quilt thanks to all those before me who have shared their knowledge!</image:title>
      <image:caption>These quilting resources are what I have found along my quilting journey. I hope that these links, ideas and tips help you grow as a quilter too. Maybe someday you’ll be able to pass down your quilt wisdom to someone else too!</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Quilting Resources - Quilting Resources To Get Started - + Quilt Top: I generally use a template/pattern! I have done one that I purchased on Craftsy and another from Folkway Studio (Toad and Sew, Suzy Quilts all have templates too!) I use the fabric I have on hand and also have purchased from Fabric Worm and Hobby Lobby. I have my eyes on Pasadena Quilt Studio too though and may end up purchasing fabric from there! Fabric can also be thrifted! Even an old sheet can be cut up to piece into a quilt. I used my machine to piece together the quilt top! You can do this by hand but for the sake of time, I just use my machine. My sewing machine is called Singer Simple</image:title>
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      <image:title>Quilting Resources - Quilting Resources To Get Started - + Supplies: An acrylic measuring square ruler is helpful! A Hera marker to mark your lines to stitch is great! A Rotary cutter, this is great for when you are cutting fabric! I really love my Singer sewing scissors, they work great! A seam ripper - you might need this especially in those early days of quilting and sewing! A machine (I have a to make your quilt top but if not just hand stitch it!) I really love my Singer Simple!</image:title>
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      <image:title>Classical Conversations - U.S. History Living Books And Spine - 1750 - 1825</image:title>
      <image:caption>Crispus Attucks: Black Leader of Colonial Patriots by Dharathula H. Millender is the story about a boy who became a sailor and was one of the first involved in the American Revolution. I am excited to dive into this one with my boys! Native American History For Kids by Karen Bush Gibson will be a slower read for us. There is a lot of information in this book but it will be a good one to intertwine with the rest of the year also! There’s activities too which is great!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Ox-Cart Man by Donald Hall and Illustrated by Barbara Cooney is a book that shows a full year process of a homestead - how one family grows and makes items to sell at a market once a year and also to live off of. It has lovely illustrations and reminds me of what perhaps the early 1800’s would have been like for a farmer and homesteader! Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder is a classic, it is essentially a very detailed story of the life of farmers and homesteaders and follows the story of Almonzo. It shares in detail how homesteaders did things back in the 1840’s. We will slowly read through this for about 3-4 weeks.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Very First Americans by Cara Ashrose is where we’ll start this year. I thrifted this book a couple of years ago and found that it is a very honest and good view into the life of the first Americans - the indigenous people to North America. Leif The Lucky by Ingri &amp; Edgar Parin D’Alaire is a colorful illustration about the first known European who came to the Americas. (Not pictured) Encounter by Jane Yolen is a truthful look into the Columbus era. I want my children to have an honest view of history, the good and the bad.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>This year is Cycle 3 in Classical Conversations and it is going to be all about U.S. History! CC provides history sentences and geography memory work for 24 weeks during the school year. We will use the CC material as our spine and add in The Story of the Thirteen Colonies and The Great Republic by H.A. Guerber and edited by Memoria Press plus The Story of the World Volume 3 and 4 by Susan Wise Bauer. These will be some of the main texts that we use and then from there we will add in more living books to give a more comprehensive historical look at U.S. History.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A family subject allows us to accomplish multiple subjects as a family together - rather than individually. Our family subjects take place at two different points in our day, things I call: Morning Time and Poetry Tea Time. We start every morning with our Morning Time and each mid-morning we have snacks over Poetry Tea Time, according to my 7 and 4 year old Poetry Tea Time is their favorite “subject”, that gave me a chuckle! Math and Language Arts are done separately between and after our family subject times.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>This bin has manipulatives and a book. It is very simple but there is SO much building and playing that can happen with this bin! My older boys will play with Picasso tiles for hours so I know it will keep the littles busy at least for a while! The books called “Found” is about Psalm 23, it is a sweet book that’s perfect for my little guys. Here’s the links to what’s inside this bin: Picasso Tiles off of Amazon Found By Sally Lloyd Jones Sterilite 12qt Container from Walmart</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>These bins will more than likely be ever changing! But as we start off our homeschool year, I am glad my little ones will have something in the mornings to keep their little hands and minds busy while I work with their older brothers! The little ones will also enjoy doing our morning time together with us! What a gift it is to homeschool even with needy little ones and lots of interruptions. Thankful to be able to homeschool my children despite the hard days!</image:caption>
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