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Language Mechanics Printables

My mom and grandmother administered the girls’ standardized tests while we were in Florida (in West Virginia, a parent can’t administer the official tests that we submit to the school board), and one thing I realized when I was flipping through the test booklets was that we haven’t really spent enough time focusing on language mechanics — specifically capitalization and punctuation.

We use First Language Lessons from Peace Hill Press, but we haven’t been as consistent with it as we should have been, and I thought they had a better understanding of both topics than they did. (More on our 2013-2014 curriculum plans coming soon!)

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The following post is from Jason & Jennifer Bruce of New Season Design:

Printable Father's Day Tie Cards at lifeyourway.net

Father’s Day is just around the corner, and I’m sure the kids are going to want to make something fun just for Dad!

Have them break out the crayons, markers, and colored pencils and create a tie card just for him. You can choose stripes or polka dots, or create your own design using the blank tie template. (It might even be fun to draw Dad on his tie card!)

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Printable Color-Me Mother’s Day Cards

April 24, 2013
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The following post is from Jason & Jennifer Bruce of New Season Design: Flowers, jewelry, books, gift baskets, clothes, photo mugs… These are all great Mother’s Day gifts. But as a mama, the things I cherish most are the thoughtful cards and gifts that Emma (age 8) has made for me. In fact, when holidays approach, [...]

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Printable Spring Subway Art to Brighten Up Your Home

March 26, 2013
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The following post is from Jason & Jennifer Bruce of New Season Design: Spring? The calendar might say it’s time for Spring, but one look out the windows here makes me wonder.

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Printable Gift Tags for Every Occasion

February 27, 2013
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The following post is from Jason & Jennifer Bruce of New Season Design: When it’s time to wrap Christmas gifts, we go all out. Cute bows, cute paper, and especially cute gift tags. But what about the rest of the year? Do you put the same thought and effort into wrapping Mother’s Day, birthday, or anniversary [...]

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Printable Routine Chart for Kids

February 6, 2013
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The following post is from Jason & Jennifer Bruce of New Season Design: One of the things I’ve enjoyed about our daughter Emma growing up is that she’s able to take on more responsibility for her routines with each passing year. All I have to do after breakfast is tell her to take care of her “morning stuff,” [...]

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Printable Gratitude Journal to Count Your Blessings

October 29, 2012
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Jennifer and Jason from New Season Design created this adorable gratitude journal just in time for the season of thankfulness last year, and I’m excited to share it with you once again this year. Print out these 32 printable cards (4 to a sheet), cut along the lines, hole punch and tie together with a [...]

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Printable Bookmarks for Big Kids

October 16, 2012
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Last year Jennifer from New Season Design created a set of printable bookmarks for kids for Life Your Way readers. They are adorable but definitely geared toward younger kids, so she’s now created a set for older kids as well! The best part is these are fun to make as well as to use: All [...]

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