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Several years ago I struggled with an important decision for my daughter’s educational future.  I searched for answers from the wisdom and experience of those before me, but struggled to find such answers. Why am I sharing this with you?  Because, if I could go back in time, this is what I wish someone would have …

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If you’re looking for educational toys for 6 year olds, I’ve got you covered.  Whether your kids love science, building things, arts & crafts, robots, coding, math or puzzles, here are some great toys for kids to learn while they play. Science Toys For Kids… Beginner Electronic Discovery Kit Kids will get to create working electronic circuits, learning …

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Learning addition strategies helps kids learn to add the faster more efficient way.  I created 31 pages of addition strategies worksheets to help kids learn these very useful skills. Why I Created These Addition Strategies Worksheets The short answer is I saw a need. I had spent quite some time with my daughter mastering addition.  She’s pretty …

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I honestly don’t know how I stumbled across this type of mental math.  Then I watched YouTube video’s of kids calculating in their head faster than you could find the answer using a calculator and I was intrigued. It’s basically using an abacus to do calculations and then gradually learning to visualize the abacus in …

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The theme of this months Poppins Book Nook is “Countries Around The World”.  The children’s book I choose is one of my favourites: “The Day The Crayons Came Home”. In the story, a little boy named Duncan get’s a strange stack of postcards in the mail from some of his crayons that he forgot about …

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