Life with The Family O

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Mrs. O has written 227 articles so far, you can find them below.

A Prayer for Teachers

Filed under Homeschooling, Inspiration by Mrs. O on August 22, 2011 at 10:50 pm {no comments}

Are you on Pinterest? WOW! I have been super inspired since finding it. While cruising through checking out all the great stuff I came across a Class Rules sign on Pinterest. I love the sign, I printed it for our Homeschool Room. I decided to visit the blog that it originated on and I found this [...]

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Turning 8

Filed under Blogging, Thankful For by Mrs. O on August 22, 2011 at 9:10 am {one comment}

My oldest turned 8 this past week and we did things a little different this year. Usually we do the whole party thing, but I thought it was time for some more meaningful time with people he loves. I asked him if he wanted to have each Grandma take him on a date and then we would [...]

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Stopping to Smell the Roses, Literally!

Filed under Blogging, Inspiration, Thankful For by Mrs. O on August 12, 2011 at 12:42 pm {no comments}

I love flowers, I love gardening. Before I had kids, most of my time was spent gardening. I researched, planned, plotted and planted. Fast forward 8 years and I have no time to garden, I figure I will be able to do it again once my kids are a little older. Until then, I get [...]

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Fun with Shaving Cream

Filed under Homeschooling, Inspiration, Kid Fun by Mrs. O on August 3, 2011 at 2:41 pm {no comments}

Recently I discovered another amazing blog! This one is called Meet the Dubiens. I have seen so many things on this blog that I want to do with my kids. Very inspiring! Our first inspiration we did today. She mixed food coloring with shaving cream and used it as paint for her kids bath time. [...]

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2011 “Not” Back to School Blog Hop!

Filed under Blogging, Homeschooling, Inspiration by Mrs. O on August 2, 2011 at 2:35 pm {2 comments}

Last year while I was gearing up for my first year of Homeschool, I came across a Blog Hop. At the time I had no clue what a Blog Hop was… glad I found out. A blog hop is a place where bloggers with common interests can participate in a theme and submit their blog [...]

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Summer Centers

Filed under Blogging, Homeschooling, Inspiration, Kid Fun by Mrs. O on July 25, 2011 at 6:18 pm {2 comments}

We love centers! I used them throughout the past school year for all 3 boys. Some structured some as free-play. The boys are always happy to pull them out and play with them it is a guaranteed 30 minutes of constructive play. For the Summer I reorganized them, rearranged and grouped different things together to get the [...]

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2nd – 3rd Grade Math – Multiplication

Filed under Homeschooling, Quizzes by Mrs. O on July 24, 2011 at 11:22 pm {no comments}

Online Quiz: 2nd – 3rd Grade Math: Multiplication Mark your answer then click the Next button to go to the next question. You will be given results immediately following the quiz.

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Addition For Kindergarten Quiz 1

Filed under Homeschooling, Quizzes by Mrs. O on July 24, 2011 at 7:23 pm {no comments}

Online Quiz: Addition for kindergarten. Mark your answer then click the Next button to go to the next question. You will be given results immediately following the quiz.

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