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Church with Kids… Sigh. (Sunday Musings)

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Caitlin Fitzpatrick Curley
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Cait is a school psychologist, mom to three amazing children, and an unexpected homeschooler. She loves nature, good books, board games, strong coffee, and dancing in her kitchen. Cait believes homeschooling *can* be almost all fun and games!

Be sure to check out our current course offerings. Cait co-hosts The Homeschool Sisters Podcast and is co-founder of Kindred Collective. Cait is also founder of the Family Book Club at My Little Poppies, a fantastic community of book-loving parents and the Gameschool Community at My Little Poppies, a vibrant community of gameschoolers.

Cait is a contributing writer for Simple Homeschool. Her work has also appeared on The Huffington Post, The Mighty, Scary Mommy, GeekMom, and many others. You can find her on Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram.
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  • How to Rock the Most Important Part of Your Homeschool Day - July 31, 2020
  • 10 Amazing Homeschool Subscriptions - July 20, 2020
  • Gifted Homeschool Curriculum Choices {4th, 5th, and 7th grade} - July 7, 2020

Posts here at My Little Poppies are typically about raising my children, parenting a twice exceptional child, and figuring out this whole first year of homeschooling thing. On my Facebook page, I share posts, articles, and research that I find interesting or thought-provoking, from a homeschooling-parenting-educator-school psych perspective. I’ve tried to steer clear of religion and…

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On Sensitivity- TV Phobia Anyone?

By Caitlin Fitzpatrick Curley 14 Comments

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Cait is a school psychologist, mom to three amazing children, and an unexpected homeschooler. She loves nature, good books, board games, strong coffee, and dancing in her kitchen. Cait believes homeschooling *can* be almost all fun and games!

Be sure to check out our current course offerings. Cait co-hosts The Homeschool Sisters Podcast and is co-founder of Kindred Collective. Cait is also founder of the Family Book Club at My Little Poppies, a fantastic community of book-loving parents and the Gameschool Community at My Little Poppies, a vibrant community of gameschoolers.

Cait is a contributing writer for Simple Homeschool. Her work has also appeared on The Huffington Post, The Mighty, Scary Mommy, GeekMom, and many others. You can find her on Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram.
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At the risk of appearing pathological, here goes nothing… Leo is afraid of the television [and I may be to blame]. Leo was born busy. He’s spirited. He has spunk. Actually, Leo was a mover and a shaker even before he entered the world, but that can be a story for another day. As an…

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Profoundly Gifted Guilt (Zero to Sixty)

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Cait is a school psychologist, mom to three amazing children, and an unexpected homeschooler. She loves nature, good books, board games, strong coffee, and dancing in her kitchen. Cait believes homeschooling *can* be almost all fun and games!

Be sure to check out our current course offerings. Cait co-hosts The Homeschool Sisters Podcast and is co-founder of Kindred Collective. Cait is also founder of the Family Book Club at My Little Poppies, a fantastic community of book-loving parents and the Gameschool Community at My Little Poppies, a vibrant community of gameschoolers.

Cait is a contributing writer for Simple Homeschool. Her work has also appeared on The Huffington Post, The Mighty, Scary Mommy, GeekMom, and many others. You can find her on Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram.
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  • Gifted Homeschool Curriculum Choices {4th, 5th, and 7th grade} - July 7, 2020

I often say that Leo is a 0-60 type of kid, and he always has been this way. He’s 0-60 with his emotions, his movements, his ideas, and his development. Many gifted learners reach developmental milestones extremely early. You read about children who sing entire songs at six months, children who walk at eight months,…

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Asynchronous development (not your typical shell collector) (

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Cait is a school psychologist, mom to three amazing children, and an unexpected homeschooler. She loves nature, good books, board games, strong coffee, and dancing in her kitchen. Cait believes homeschooling *can* be almost all fun and games!

Be sure to check out our current course offerings. Cait co-hosts The Homeschool Sisters Podcast and is co-founder of Kindred Collective. Cait is also founder of the Family Book Club at My Little Poppies, a fantastic community of book-loving parents and the Gameschool Community at My Little Poppies, a vibrant community of gameschoolers.

Cait is a contributing writer for Simple Homeschool. Her work has also appeared on The Huffington Post, The Mighty, Scary Mommy, GeekMom, and many others. You can find her on Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram.
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  • How to Rock the Most Important Part of Your Homeschool Day - July 31, 2020
  • 10 Amazing Homeschool Subscriptions - July 20, 2020
  • Gifted Homeschool Curriculum Choices {4th, 5th, and 7th grade} - July 7, 2020

I’ve been thinking about asynchronous development lately. Last week, we were on vacation. While at the beach one afternoon, the kids were busy collecting various shells. Suddenly… “Dad! Doesn’t this shell look just like the Leaning Tower of Pisa?!” Schizz and I could see the resemblance. I really would love to see the world through those big…

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Suddenly, Unexpectedly Homeschooling (“You’re gonna WHAT?!”)

By Caitlin Fitzpatrick Curley 32 Comments

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Cait is a school psychologist, mom to three amazing children, and an unexpected homeschooler. She loves nature, good books, board games, strong coffee, and dancing in her kitchen. Cait believes homeschooling *can* be almost all fun and games!

Be sure to check out our current course offerings. Cait co-hosts The Homeschool Sisters Podcast and is co-founder of Kindred Collective. Cait is also founder of the Family Book Club at My Little Poppies, a fantastic community of book-loving parents and the Gameschool Community at My Little Poppies, a vibrant community of gameschoolers.

Cait is a contributing writer for Simple Homeschool. Her work has also appeared on The Huffington Post, The Mighty, Scary Mommy, GeekMom, and many others. You can find her on Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram.
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  • How to Rock the Most Important Part of Your Homeschool Day - July 31, 2020
  • 10 Amazing Homeschool Subscriptions - July 20, 2020
  • Gifted Homeschool Curriculum Choices {4th, 5th, and 7th grade} - July 7, 2020

“You’re gonna WHAT?!?” I am going to homeschool next year. I am suddenly, unexpectedly homeschooling. If you had told me this two years ago, I would have burst out laughing. I am an educator, a former public school employee, and a public school advocate. I believe in public schools.So… what happened? The short answer is that we…

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Little Artist…

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Cait is a school psychologist, mom to three amazing children, and an unexpected homeschooler. She loves nature, good books, board games, strong coffee, and dancing in her kitchen. Cait believes homeschooling *can* be almost all fun and games!

Be sure to check out our current course offerings. Cait co-hosts The Homeschool Sisters Podcast and is co-founder of Kindred Collective. Cait is also founder of the Family Book Club at My Little Poppies, a fantastic community of book-loving parents and the Gameschool Community at My Little Poppies, a vibrant community of gameschoolers.

Cait is a contributing writer for Simple Homeschool. Her work has also appeared on The Huffington Post, The Mighty, Scary Mommy, GeekMom, and many others. You can find her on Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram.
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Latest posts by Caitlin Fitzpatrick Curley (see all)
  • How to Rock the Most Important Part of Your Homeschool Day - July 31, 2020
  • 10 Amazing Homeschool Subscriptions - July 20, 2020
  • Gifted Homeschool Curriculum Choices {4th, 5th, and 7th grade} - July 7, 2020

Leo is my little artist. Sometimes he’ll sit down and paint something absolutely amazing, like this one from last summer: Other times he’ll draw something that looks age-appropriate, like the one he came home from school with today: Then you ask him about it and he’ll sigh dramatically and say, “Muuuuum! That’s the dry, cool air…

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