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Morning Time When You're NOT a Morning Person

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When I first heard about the Charlotte Mason idea of a "Morning Basket," I thought it was really neat.   However, I just didn't see how it was possible with three wild, little kids (5, 4, 3).  The bigger problem was that I am NOT a morning person! Wikimedia Commons Fuzzy Brain Time As I mentioned before, I am NOT a morning person.  I wake up with a fuzzy brain and wheezy, asthmatic lungs.  Usually, before anything else can happen most mornings, I need a breathing treatment.  While I'm on the machine, the kids eat breakfast in front of a TV show.  At a certain time, an alarm on my phone rings that reminds me to start morning time. Call To Worship I announce our Morning Time by putting on the first song on the  Getty Kids Hymnal CD , which is "The Doxology" and "O Shout for Joy."  The music is energetic and joyful and gets us all moving.  While I gather our supplies, the kids get their carpets and lay them out on the floor.  The carpets a

DIY Movable Alphabet Ideas and Free Printables

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/> I can't think of anything to write by way of introduction.  Sorry. Here's a lot of movable alphabet ideas and some free printables: Everyday Alphabets Easy Store-Bought Magnetic Letters in a Tackle Box (free printable) { magnetic letters } Print and Cursive Wood Tiles (free printable) { square wood tiles and circle wood tiles } Glass Stone Alphabet { glass stones } Felt Alphabet 3D Fabric Letters Painted Rock Alphabet Alphabet Peg Dolls { wood pegs } Themed Alphabets Australia-Themed Movable Alphabet Snowman Letters (free printable) Lots of Alphabet Flashcards (free printables) Penguin Letters (free printable) Heart Letters { foam hearts } Cars Letters (free printable) Ice Cream Cone Cards (free printable) Robot Alphabet Cards (free printable) Apple Letters with CVC Words Dental Movable Alphabet by In Our Pond (free printable) Glow in

Camping with Kiddos

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I've been enjoying Travel Time Tuesday so much and have been posting so much content (twice a week lately) that I decided to move all of it to it's own blog.  The Camping with Kiddos blog post is now at my new site-  Party Through the USA . Click on the picture to go to the camping post.

A to Z Play Dough Ideas

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{A} Apple Pie Invitation to Play ( rolling pin and  pie tins ) {B} Bricklaying ( small wood blocks ) {C} Core Sampling ( baking pan and layers of the earth model ) {D} Dinosaur Fossils ( dinosaur mega toob ) {E} Egg Engineering ( plastic eggs and play-doh ) {F} Frog Life Cycle ( frog life cycle set and google eyes ) {G} Galaxy Play Dough ( space toob and solar system set ) {H} Human Body Model ( human body model ) {I} Ice Cream Play Dough ( ice cream scoop and cups ) {J} Jelly Bean Edible Dough ( jelly beans ) {K} Kool-aid Play ( kool-aid ) {L} Letter Stamping ( Melissa and Doug Letter Stamps ) {M} Mash It ( wood hammer ) {N} Nature Stampers ( anise stars ) {O} Orange Play Dough ( orange oil ) {P } Play Dough Recipes ( corn starch and cream of tartar ) {Q} Quick Mix Recipe ( rolling pin ) {R} Robot ( paper clips and pipe