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How often do you stop instruction for brain breaks?  Is it when you see the glazed look on your students’ faces – or perhaps you set a timer every so often to remind you to stop intentionally for a quick pick-me-up? However you decide to remind yourself to stop for a brain break, it is always a good time every so often to stop and allow the brain to process what you just taught your students. It’s Thursday and I’m sitting in a weekly staff meeting.  I always pick the back of the room for a good reason. I can’t...

Let’s cut the strings of traditional curriculum and lean into the love of leanring! When those magazines and catalogs come in the mail, turn them in to homeschooling GOLD. 10 Ways to Homeschool with Junk Mail Read Talk MOCK Shopping Word Collages Creative storytelling VOCAB Hunt Scavenger Hunts BORING? Interesting Paper Crafts! These paper flowers are adorable! Grab your Free Homeschool Success printable before you go! The post 10 Ways to Homeschool with JUNK MAIL! appeared first on A Better Way to Homeschool.

A massive rise in an auto theft ring in the Greater Toronto Area has been met with unease. The last thing you want is to walk out the front door of your home to find your vehicle is missing. When a thief breaks into a vehicle, that’s one thing but when they take the whole nine yards, that’s a big problem. Today, I want to discuss auto theft and how Canadians can prevent and protect themselves from would-be thieves. It can happen to YOU! How to protect your vehicle from auto theft. Table of Contents Increase Of Auto Theft In...

Last January I shared a new ritual that I was starting: the One Bag Quick Declutter. Have you been doing it with me? Every month I put it in my planner as a monthly task (you can also find a spot for it in the Homekeeping Planners) and it simply reminds me to do a quick declutter and look for at least one bag of stuff to get rid of in my quest to simplify our home.  Want to try it or join me? I’ve been sharing my process on Instagram on the 11th of each month. Follow along here – I’m...

Lemon Garlic Butter Chicken & Mushrooms — I mean, what could be bad about any of that? This straight up comfort food recipe is both affordable & easy; just add a simple green veggie on the side for a complete meal! Let’s keep things quite simple with today’s recipe (because who needs complicated in our New Year’s dinner, while we’re still recovering from the holidays…). You need but a few ingredients to cook up some baked Lemon Garlic Butter Chicken & Mushrooms, where the simplicity of those ingredients lets all of the comfort food flavor shine through. We’re using affordable...