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Price Drop: George Canine (Education)

George Canine 3.5.1 Device: iOS Universal Category: Education Price: $2.99 -> Free, Version: 3.5.1 (iTunes) Description: DESCRIPTION• In Lessons 1 and 2, George teaches the alphabet letters that are most familiar to children: a, b, c, f and e, and their uppercase partners: the capital letters A, B, C, F and E.The letter d is learned in Lesson 6 to separate it from the letter b, because students commonly confuse these two letters.• In lessons 3 and 4, students learn the letters, i, n, o, s and t, because these are the most frequently used letters in the alphabet. • In lesson 5, students learn the uppercase (capital) letters, I, N, O, S and T. • In lesson 6, students...

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Top Ten Tuesday: Upcoming 2020 Adult Book Releases

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. Today, we’re talking about some of the adult books that are coming out between July and December 2020. Here’s what I’m looking forward to reading.If you are interested in 2020 young adult and middlegrade releases, I have a post for that! *This post contains affiliate links. I earn a commission from qualifying purchases. Upcoming 2020 Adult Book ReleasesJulyA Beautifully Foolish Endeavor by Hank GreenScience FictionJuly 7, 2020The Carls disappeared the same way they appeared, in an instant. While they were on Earth, they caused confusion and destruction without ever lifting a finger. Well, that’s not exactly true. Part of their maelstrom was the sudden viral fame and untimely death of April...

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Ciao! MyLab Languages from a Student’s Perspective

Ciao! As a college student learning a language, MyItalianLab is one of the arrays of interactive language learning platforms offered through MyLab Languages created by Pearson. I accidentally stumbled upon an Italian class the start of my sophomore year. As a favor to a friend and my Italian heritage, I stayed in the class. I thought it might be fun to learn a new language and have the ability to communicate with my grandparents in their native language. However, I completely underestimated the rigor of the class. With the help of Pearson’s MyItalianLab platform, I received an A in the class. Now, I am continuing to learn Italian and plan to study abroad in Italy in approximately two years with...

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5th Grade Homeschool Curriculum Year End Review

The homeschool curriculum choices blog posts are great, but what I really want to know is what families thought AFTER they used the curriculum they chose!  I have shared many of these posts, you can see them all here. This is my third child to homeschool 5th grade, which is why the post is titled “Round 3!” First up, 5th grade!  Here’s a reminder of the original 5th Grade Curriculum Choices post. Below I will give a small review of each subject, if you have more specific questions about anything, just leave me a comment and I will do my best to answer! Math ~ Teaching Textbooks 6 Once again, Teaching Textbooks does the job for us! She completed Math 6 and will be continuing...

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A Better Listener Is a Better Spouse

— There are times when my husband would ask, “Are you listening to me?” And I wasn’t… not really. I’m married now, and it’s the second time around. My life and my focus are very different than they were the first time. I’m secure enough with myself where I unapologetically recognize I need to change. The problem reared its head when numerous times my husband would ask, “Are you listening to me?” I would have to admit, even though I thought I was, my mind was often far away. When did I stop listening to him? It never happened when we first fell in love… my sole focus was on hearing what he had to say. I wanted to drink...

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