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I am a single disabled mother on a journey of self-discovery with my two young daughters, Dawn and Emily. Join us as we laugh, learn, and make mistakes! Find some awesome homeschooling tips, resources and downloads! Please subscribe to my site via feedburner (below) so that you will receive automated emails as this site is updated.

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Awesome Hello Kitty Pages

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

For all the Hello Kitty fans out there, I’ve found a few gorgeous resources for colouring and activity pages.
Hello Kitty Coloring Pages is a blog that posts high-quality colouring and activity pages.
ColoringBook.info also has a good collection of Hello Kitty pages.

21 Best Must-Bookmark Sites for Colouring Pages

Sunday, January 24th, 2010

If your children are anything like mine, they LOVE to colour! I thought I’d take some of the effort of finding good colouring pages for them by posting the top 21 of what I consider to be the best colouring pages on the net! And since I’m a proud Canadian, I will refer to [...]

Find Words that Begin With…

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

When your child has learned the alphabet and its sounds, it’s time to beging forming words. This set of worksheets is a great way to indirectly introduce research skills. 

Choose a letter and give the corresponding page to the child. Ask the child to find words that start with that letter. He might look through books [...]

Worksheet: Mixing Colours

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

Here’s a nice way to teach a child how two colors can mix together to form another (secondary) color.

Download and print the worksheet.
Get some yellow, magenta(red) and cyan(blue) paint, some water to rince and a paintbrush.
Starting with the yellow colour (otherwise it will dirty and won’t work properly), pain the top circle.
Clean the brush and [...]