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Discover This: Star Wars Art Mash-Ups

December 18, 2015December 18, 2015 alessa art, mythology, Star Wars

Any veteran homeschool parent will tell you when there’s a BIG pop culture event going on, it can be hard

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snowman logic
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Snowman Visual Logic

December 1, 2015December 1, 2015 alessa logic, math, visual spatial

Teaching critical thinking skills to early elementary kids can be tough when a child still struggles with reading complete sentences.

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2nd Look Sentences For Thanksgiving

November 22, 2015December 20, 2018 alessa 2nd Look Sentences, comprehension, grammar, reading

Ever find yourself reading something and you skip over a word – or even switch up the order you read

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Homeschooling: Learning to let go of control and trust the process
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Letting Go Of The Homeschool Control

November 12, 2015July 8, 2016 alessa homeschool

I started homeschooling in January of my oldest son’s kindergarten year. Our homeschool journey started off free-form and by-the-seat-of-our-pants, until

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Homeschooling: It's got to be better than this
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Homeschooling: It’s Got To Be Better Than This

November 9, 2015July 8, 2016 alessa homeschool

I never set out to homeschool my children. In fact, I was one of those moms, so lego-ed out from

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Homeschool Hacks To Keep Babies and Preschoolers Occupied

November 2, 2015July 8, 2016 alessa hack, homeschool, preschoolers, toddlers

One of the loudest cries for help new homeschool moms make is: What do I do with my baby /

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Discover This: Optical Illusions

October 29, 2015December 20, 2018 alessa art, psychology, science

I get a kick out of the rock band OK Go. When they first started out, their quirky DIY music

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Halloween Logic Freebie

October 26, 2015October 9, 2018 alessa freebie, Halloween, logic, math

Deductive Reasoning is a logical thinking skill that requires a person to sort through a series of true facts to

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Differentiating for non-STEM students
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Oh, The Humanity of Gifted Education

October 19, 2015September 16, 2018 alessa blog hop, differentiation, gifted, history, humanities

Some students just ooze their intellect. Watch these kiddos for a few minutes and you can usually peg their academic

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Pathologizing Lack of Achievement
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Are We Pathologizing Lack Of Gifted Achievement?

October 17, 2015October 18, 2015 alessa talent development

Dr. Steven Pfeiffer recently wrote Lessons Learned from Working with Gifted and Creative Kids” for The Creativity Post. In his

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Life Happens

Sometimes life comes along and hijacks your best laid curricular plans. That can be a good thing.

Everyday learning happens - sometimes beginning with the most innocent question.

Follow your child's whimsy.
Ask good questions.
Go for a walk.
Listen.
Get Messy.
Laugh.
Explore.
Debate.

Above all else, have fun.

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