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Teaching Your Child to Read: Tips for Success (And When You Need to Worry), with Sarah Constantine

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What is the best way to teach your child to read? When should you start teaching your child how to read? What should you look for when choosing a reading curriculum? How much time should you spend on reading lessons? And when should you worry? What are the warning signs that might mean your kiddo…

The Ultimate Teen Gift Guide For All Interests

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If you’ve been hanging around with us for any length of time, you know that I love to share fun resources. Our gift guide has been a huge hit over the years, as has our 100+ educational stocking stuffers resource list. I’ve had community members ask me to create a teen version of our gift…

The Best Educational Gift Guides: Holiday 2023

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It’s time for our annual Holiday Gift Guides! The truth is, I don’t like all the little plastic toys and stuffies that end up under the tree or in the stocking. They just end up broken in the corner of a toy box… in the dog’s mouth. I want FUN and educational stocking stuffers. Stocking…

The Ins and Outs of College for Neurodivergent Homeschoolers

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Transcripts, credits, college apps, oh my! One of the most common questions I receive is a version of this one: “But Cait, what about high school? How the heck do I homeschool high school?!” It can be intimidating to think about high school science labs, credits, grades, dual enrollment, and looming college applications. And if…

Reading Aloud and Older Kids, with Sarah Mackenzie [Episode 131]

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Please welcome Sarah Mackenzie of Read-Aloud Revival and Waxwing Books to the podcast. Are you curious if reading aloud to tweens and teens is still important? Do you want to read aloud to your teens, but they aren’t interested? What do you do if you’ve fallen out of the habit and want to re-establish a…

Online Homeschool Art Courses Your Teens Will Love!

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I can hardly believe it, but my kids are now 15.5, almost 14, and 12 years old. When I started My Little Poppies, my oldest was in kindergarten. Where is that pause button?! If you’ve been hanging around with us for any length of time, you already know that we love to dabble in creative…

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