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Things Just Got Groovier

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Things Just Got Groovier, groovy lab in a box, popular mechanics
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Cait is a school psychologist, mom to three 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!

Cait has created several courses for homeschool parents. 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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  • The Best Early Math Games for Your Homeschool - January 24, 2021
  • Homeschooling Reflection: Loss of the Big Yellow Bus - January 21, 2021
  • How to Make Read-Alouds Memorable in Your Homeschool - January 17, 2021

Groovy Lab in a Box is an award-winning educational kit for children ages 8 and up that teaches children about science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. I gush about Groovy Lab in a Box all the time, both on social media and on this site. You can read some of my previous gushes here and here and here. Full…

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Tadpoles and Me

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Cait is a school psychologist, mom to three 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!

Cait has created several courses for homeschool parents. 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 Make Read-Alouds Memorable in Your Homeschool - January 17, 2021

Hi, this is Leo, and I have come to tell you about frogs and tadpoles. Tadpoles and Me Yesterday we went to the pond across the street and we found lots of life. Pond study! A video posted by MyLittlePoppies (@my_little_poppies) on May 23, 2016 at 11:14am PDT There were water boatmen, there were lots…

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Homeschooling Science in the Early Years: 5 Ways to Keep it Fun!

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Cait is a school psychologist, mom to three 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!

Cait has created several courses for homeschool parents. 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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  • The Best Early Math Games for Your Homeschool - January 24, 2021
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  • How to Make Read-Alouds Memorable in Your Homeschool - January 17, 2021

When I was in high school, my chemistry teacher asked me to register for AP Chem the following year. And I burst out laughing. I couldn’t help it. The idea of taking AP Chemistry seemed funny to me. After all, I was an English girl, a History girl, and a Psychology girl. But… Chemistry? I mean, I did well in it but I didn’t…

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Memorize Periodic Table: So Much More than a Party Trick

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Cait is a school psychologist, mom to three 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!

Cait has created several courses for homeschool parents. 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 Make Read-Alouds Memorable in Your Homeschool - January 17, 2021

Do you remember having to memorize stuff for school? Presidents State capitals Planets Vocab words Dates I hated memorizing lists of things. Did you? How did you do it? Did you… Recite the list over and over? Make flash cards? Try to find a helpful acronym? Or, did you get creative and make up a song?…

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How to Catch a Crayfish

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Cait is a school psychologist, mom to three 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!

Cait has created several courses for homeschool parents. 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 Make Read-Alouds Memorable in Your Homeschool - January 17, 2021

Hi. This is Leo. The other day we caught six crayfish. You can also call them crawfish or mudbugs. Today, I’m going to tell you how you can catch some too. How to Catch a Crayfish You will need: String, scissors, hotdogs, knife, a big bucket, a pond or lake with slow moving water and…

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Interview with a Zoo Keeper by Leo

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Cait has created several courses for homeschool parents. 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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  • The Best Early Math Games for Your Homeschool - January 24, 2021
  • Homeschooling Reflection: Loss of the Big Yellow Bus - January 21, 2021
  • How to Make Read-Alouds Memorable in Your Homeschool - January 17, 2021

Hi. This is Leo. Recently, I was able to interview my mom’s friend’s brother who is a zoo keeper. He’s also married to a zoo keeper. His name is Eric and he’s the Tulsa Zoo Large Mammal Keeper and his wife works with the penguins! This interview is perfect because we’ve been reading ANIMAL books…

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