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    NGHS Journal: History meets art with sugar cube pyramids

    - By Rosanna Gotcher

    The Ward Family — Day 29 — September 14, 2012 Today we met for school at my sister’s house. While the kids worked on their math, I ran to the store for sugar cubes and icing. After most of the kids had finished with their math (Joel was being silly…

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    NGHS Journal: Friday Fun Day, Shopping in the Prize Bucket

    - By Rosanna Gotcher

    I can’t believe we have been in school for one month already!  Friday was a fun day.  After Devotion and Math, Joel got to use the points he earned in August and go “shopping” in our prize bucket! He had 100 points.  He picked out an angry birds slap bracelet,…

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    NGHS Journal Rosanna Ward: Day 1 – August 6, 2012

    - By Rosanna Gotcher

    By Rosanna Ward Monday was the first day of our new school year. Even though I don’t believe that learning should be limited to “school” — and decidedly believe that much real learning takes place outside “school” hours — I do so love new beginnings. I love New Year’s Day,…

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    Friday Flashback: Field Trip to Civil War Reenactment Camp

    - By Rosanna Gotcher

    By Rosanna Ward This week you can find us at the homeschool blog link-up called “The Homeschool Mother’s Journal” hosted by The Homeschool Chick. In our homeschool this week… Last Friday my sister Elizabeth and I took our kids to a civil war reenactment camp in Yale, Oklahoma. Here is…

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    The Gotcher Family’s Homeschool “Day in the Life”

    - By Renée Gotcher

    This week I’m participating in Q&A Friday at Simple Homeschool, and this week’s topic is Your Homeschool “Day in the Life.” I had planned to write earlier this week but a little bout of illness went through the family, so I am literally writing about today. Funny thing is, I…

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    Friday Flashback: “I Want to be a Pro Golfer”

    - By Rosanna Gotcher

    By Rosanna Ward This week I’m participating with a homeschool blog link-up called “The Homeschool Mother’s Journal” hosted by The Homeschool Chick. My six-year-old son Joel has been cracking me up this week. I am really enjoying spending some one-on-one time with him. In our homeschool this week… I took…

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    Friday Flashback: (Sort of) Getting in the Groove

    - By Renée Gotcher

    This week I’m participating with a homeschool blog link-up called “The Homeschool Mother’s Journal” hosted by The Homeschool Chick. This week I was all prepared to get back into the groove of our weekly homeschool flow. We almost got there… but as usual, I’m discovering that there’s no such thing…

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    Friday Flashback: A Slow Start to a New Year

    - By Renée Gotcher

    This week I’m participating with a homeschool blog link-up called “The Homeschool Mother’s Journal” hosted by The Homeschool Chick. I love that this week The Homeschool Chick Sue’s post is called “My Year of New” because it’s not about your typical “New Year, New You” gonna-fix-everything-that’s-wrong-with-my-life reflection. In fact, Sue’s…

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    A Homeschooling Christmas: Final Week

    - By Renée Gotcher

    It’s our final week in my “homeschooling Christmas” series! Although we had a full week left before Christmas, things quickly transitioned from busy preparation to vacation mode in our house. I think this was partly due to the fact that two snowstorms moved through Colorado — one on Monday and…

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    A Homeschooling Christmas: Week Two

    - By Renée Gotcher

    This week I’m participating with a homeschool blog link-up called “The Homeschool Mother’s Journal” hosted by The Homeschool Chick. I’m also continuing my series on “a homeschooling Christmas,” where I’ve been sharing about our new approach to integrating Christmas traditions (some old, some new!) with our homeschool plan for December.…

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    Ward Family Christmas Traditions: Week One

    - By Rosanna Gotcher

    Three of our favorite family Christmas traditions happened this past weekend. Saturday afternoon we went to the local tree farm to pick out a tree and visit Santa. That evening we also attended the Tulsa Christmas Parade as a family. And our annual family baking day took place on Monday.…

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    A Homeschooling Christmas: Week One

    - By Renée Gotcher

    Last week in My Tango with Traditions, I shared my struggle with establishing and maintaining family Christmas traditions over the years since becoming a mom — and my resolve to change that this year. As a family, we decided which previous traditions were keepers, and what we wanted to do…

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