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~~~~~~~~~~ All photos posted here are property of Life with Me3. Photos copyrighted to Portraits by Alinda. DO not use any content without written permission. How many of you have had doubts about homeschooling? How many of you have wondered if you’re doing the right thing? How many of you have had the “I wonder if I’m teaching my child(ren) enough at home?” Moments? I surely do. I was at the library today when a young man approached me with this booklet pictured above. I was having a hard time deciding on whether I want to continue home school through kindergarten or send him out to public school. So when he approached me, I saw this as an opportunity to get information on what their system was like. Those schools are chartered which is public but with a slightly different approach. So I thought why not gather information for options right? Got home and my son (4 yrs old) saw the booklet, picked it up and scanned it. Then said indirectly to me 🙂 “Why did t...

~~~~~~~~~~ All photos posted here are property of Life with Me3. Photos copyrighted to Portraits by Alinda. DO not use any content without written permission. Hey fellow homeschoolers.. what does your morning look like? Do you have a routine, or is it anything goes? Besides our morning worship, we do calendar time. It’s always fun and exciting for my son. He loves changing the day and date. It’s a great warm up activity for him. . Most of the supplies we have on our wall are from www.teacherspayteachers.com so many great resources there. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ...

~~~~~~~~~~ All photos posted here are property of Life with Me3. Photos copyrighted to Portraits by Alinda. DO not use any content without written permission. — HOME SCHOOLERS ALIKE, JOIN US ON FACEBOOK: click here  Growing up, I’ve always heard the saying “All work and no play, makes Jack a dull boy. All play and no work, makes Jack a dull boy.” A few days ago, Someone said to me that “It’s wrong to teach your child at home. That’s for the teachers. At this age(he’s 4), he should just be playing.” 🙄🤔🤔.. . First: A parent is free to educate their child at home. There are many reasons why we choose to home school. Secnd: My child plays! Matter of Fact; most of our learning is through play. We use games and quizzes for all of our lessons. We hike through out neighborhood and the lil bit of parks that we have, talking about every thing we see/observe, and more... We do a lot of crafts and go through more supplies than a school of children 😂.. Imagination...

~~~~~~~~~~ All photos posted here are property of Life with Me3. Photos copyrighted to Portraits by Alinda. DO not use any content without written permission. -- When do you print your materials? During the day, night time when kids go to bed, or early morning before they rise? How do you organize and prepare? Do you plan and print all ahead of time or do you do it each day? I am trying to organize my self better, especially when it comes to planning my lessons for the day/week and having the materials ready before hand. I tend to plan and print the night before and sometimes the same morning. My goal for this new year, is to start setting a specific day to get it done.

I was browsing through facebook, when someone shared a link about TV shows and Autism. Now, the article itself, though stated, that a research was done, did not prove anything or have any detailed facts that shows the connection with Autism to these shows. I have not done my fear share of research on Autism, but as far as my common sense is taking me, I'm sure that a TV show, cannot cause Autism. But, anyway, I will not get into an argument on this.... However, I do agree with some of the complaints, that these TV shows can affect a child mentally and behaviorally. I think almost every person can relate to this. I remember the annoying callou! goodness, that kid was a whiner! He always wanted things his way. I always made my kids switch to a different show when he comes on. I do think they've heard the cry from parents and made a few adjustments to the show. I am still not a fan. Then there are most of the cartoon shows on boomerang. The violence in these shows are not for...

~~~~~~~~~~ All photos posted here are property of Life with Me3. Photos copyrighted to Portraits by Alinda. DO not use any content without written permission. -- " An Almond All Alone " We received this fun book in the mail last week and had to make it part of our story time. My son love the color and graphics. It's a nice story about an almond that was looked down on because of his physical appearance, which lead him to having no self confidence. He didn't think he can do anything great until he met a nut just like him. A friend. Someone that believed in him. showed him that anyone, no matter their challenge, can be great and achieve great things if they look past their flaws and put their mind to it, if they think outside the box. He did not just encourage him, he worked with him so they can both achieve their goal. Sometimes in life, we need a friend to encourage and help us get to where we want to be. Here are a few pics of my son trying t...

~~~~~~~~~~ All photos posted here are property of Life with Me3. Photos copyrighted to Portraits by Alinda. DO not use any content without written permission. ~~~~~~~~~~ The preschooler loves receiving items in the mail, even better when it's on his name. I've been looking for ways to get him at least one package per month to boost his excitement. So, a few months ago, we decided to join the brand repping world. It has been hard getting selected but we finally got picked up by a few shops and it has been fun so far. The kids love receiving the lil clothing or toy or book in the mail. Double excitement when it comes on his name. Here he is modeling two beautiful and comfortable shirts from one of our favorite shop  S ew Chill Designs . You can view the website for a variety of different items for both boys and girls. Here he is in the " Bat Boy " shirt.

~~~~~~~~~~ All photos posted here are property of Life with Me3. Photos copyrighted to Portraits by Alinda. DO not use any content without written permission. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When I decided to home school my son, we used every part of the house. From the basement to every room got abused by our activities :). It was hard keeping up with the chores of cleaning up and rearranging furniture at the end of the day. My living room was always a mess. So i decided, it's time to set one room for this. I had a vision and i have put it together (well, most of it). It took me two months to get it all together due to order issues (I swear, every store I ordered from sent damaged items to me. It was frustrating). Nevertheless, I got it complete and i'm happy with it. Still need a few tweaking and a few pieces (science and sensory) but it's ready for use. The Preschooler is absolutely in love with his new space. He is always in there doing some sort of craft, or at t...

About two weeks ago, we learned about the parts of a plant. Our bean sprouted so quick and so nice, we didn't want to just throw it away, so we decided to move it to a pot outside to see what will happen. This is him helping. It was such a fun and exciting little lesson for him. I love doing hands on and interactive lessons with him. ~~~~~~~~~~ All photos posted here are property of Life with Me3. Photos copyrighted to Portraits by Alinda. DO not use any content without written permission.

Free Christmas/Holiday Mini session! We are still trying to build our followers, so we are doing another giveaway.. This will be for a portrait session with +Portraits by Alinda   www.portraitsbyalinda.com   (kids only). How to participate? Subscribe to our blog (This Blog - Life with Me3) .  to your right, there is a "subscribe by email box) or you can subscribe by other means, see the options at the bottom of the post. Y ou won't be bombarded with emails. i promise. blog posts are done once or twice a week. Share this post . copy the link in the browser or click on the share button at the bottom of the post. Be sure to make it PUBLIC so we can see it. Comment under this post with link to where you publicly shared this post. Winner will randomly be selected on Thanksgiving day. ~~~~~~~~~~ All photos posted here are property of Life with Me3. Photos copyrighted to Portraits by Alinda. DO not use any content without wri...