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Beyond the ABCs and 123s {in which preschool resources aren’t enough}

August 15, 2014 by Aprille 7 Comments

There’s only one problem: there is far more to life than book smarts. And there’s far more to becoming a successful little boy than knowing the difference between a trapezoid and a triangle or being able to say all of the letter sounds.

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Posted in: Ezra, The Preschool Years Tagged: childhood, development, homeschool, preschool, toddler play

A few random things {because if I don’t blog I just might go crazy}

June 25, 2014 by Aprille 1 Comment

some of the randomness that’s been going through my head the past few weeks

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Posted in: Ezra, Messy Faith, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings, Whitespace: one word for 2014 Tagged: church, country music, Ezra, facebook, family planning, friends, fundamentalism, homeschool, legalism, natural parenting, pinterest, preschool, recovery, social media, summer, sunscreen, VA benefits

All about preschool tot packs (and the good and the bad of using them)

June 14, 2014 by Aprille 6 Comments

I am starting this series here, because it’s where I started – not necessarily because I think it’s the best place to start.

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Posted in: The Preschool Years Tagged: curriculum, homeschool, preschool, preschool packs, tot packs

Home preschool resources for the tired, non-creative, busy mom

June 12, 2014 by Aprille 19 Comments

This series is for the underachieving moms. This isn’t about being supermom. It does not involve crazy curriculums, hours of lesson plans, or even logging into Pinterest. This stuff is going to be easy. I promise.

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Posted in: The Preschool Years Tagged: homeschool, preschool

A letter to my former self on her high school graduation

May 18, 2014 by Aprille 10 Comments

Next Saturday, on a beautiful sunny day in May, you’ll turn your tassel. Your perfect day will be the beginning of a tumultuous decade of change and pain and growing up the hard way.

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Posted in: Messy Faith, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings, Recovering Perfectionist Tagged: fundamentalism, graduation, growing up, high school, homeschool, legalism, recovery, twenty-something

in case you think you are the only mom whose 3-year-old is NOT in preschool

September 4, 2013 by Aprille 35 Comments

I was starting to wonder if I missed the “Yes, all three-year-olds go to preschool” memo. But it’s where God has us, and it’s okay.

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Posted in: Ezra, Motherhood, The Preschool Years Tagged: homeschool, preschool

Beauty in the Mess ~ Edition 07.09.13

July 9, 2013 by Aprille 1 Comment

It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these posts! We’ve been busy adjusting to our new life in North Carolina, celebrating the 4th of July, taking short day trips, and most of my free time has been spent writing posts for my new blog series about legalism and grace. But in the mean … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Beauty in the Mess, Ezra, Family Tagged: angry birds, banjo, black eye, ChickfilA, church, cookies, cow, cuddles, father's day, friends, homeschool, paleo, pool, porch, preschool, presents, sears, zoo

Patriotic Sensory Bin and Color Sorting Activity

June 26, 2013 by Aprille 3 Comments

I combined the color-sort idea with the sensory bin idea and 4th of July theme and came up with this activity.

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Posted in: Ezra, Independence Day, The Preschool Years Tagged: 4th of july, color sorting, homeschool, independence-day, patriotic, preschool, red white and blue, sensory bin

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