Life’s A Weekend!

I enjoyed MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) when my children were under 6yo and now we home educate (homeschool).
How do these two worlds meet online?
These are some results from searching “homeschool MOPS mother“:
http://triviumacademy.blogspot.com/2007/08/preschool-ideas.html
http://teacher-mom.blogspot.com/
“… I remember at a MOPS convention I went to years ago, Elisa Morgan showed a picture of a shriveled up juice box […]

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Boker tov
http://kecirohomeschool.com/biblicalholidays.htm - click on the blue titles for more. See also the LHS link to learning Hebrew.
http://biblicalholidays.com/Acrobat/BHPreview2.0.pdf - pdf, excerpts
http://biblicalholidays.com/Excerpts/excerpts.htm - various articles. See also LHS links to individual feasts and holidays.
http://biblicalholidays.com/Excerpts/holiday_chart.htm - check also rest of this website for Hebrew references and articles.
http://www.cresourcei.org/chyear.html - church year - scroll down and click on blue links
Christmas
http://www.dmoz.org/Society/Holidays/Christmas/Decorations_and_Props/Advent_Calendars/
Shalom

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Here’s your spelling lesson for today.  
Yes, this is filed under Fellowship or Friendship Friday. A tenuous link but since blogging and writing online is a kind of community, it gets put here.
All bloggers & writers, please note :

Plurals do not need apostrophes.
Apostrophes are usually used when a letter is missing.
eg. you’re = you are.   ‘You’re welcome to come […]

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Here’s a few unrelated links to things that caught my mind-eye:
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Now I know where to find my Nana.
http://web.hcc.govt.nz/jsplive/assure32.jsp - fill in the name of the deceased in the boxes provided and their listing and map for the Hamilton cemetery will come up.
http://hamilton.co.nz/page/pageid/2145827212/Cemetery_Maps - maps
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An utterly fascinating illustration of this duping of ourselves is the latest arts building opened […]

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 New Zealand home educators are online.
Here’s some that I found: (expanded & republished)
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/AngtheFLYingKiwi/ - Ang
http://momentsofwhimsy.blogspot.com/ - Cate
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/ChrissyShads/ - Christina
http://thenewunschooler.blogspot.com/ - Colleen
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/KiwiSmithFamily/ - Craig Barbara
http://www.cynthiahancox.com/blog/ - Cynthia 
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/CynthiaH/ 
http://wonder-mints.blogspot.com/ - Darnia
http://3kiwihomeschoolers.blogspot.com/ - ‘J’s Mum’
http://kiwidigitalscrapbooking.blogspot.com/
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/kiwimumoffive/ - jaybee
http://homeschoolingdiary.wordpress.com/ - Jen 
http://banquet.homeschooljournal.net/ - Johanna
http://lapbooking.wordpress.com
http://katekiwi.blogspot.com/ - Kate
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/kiwigirl/
http://www.homesteadblogger.com/atTheGoodLife - Leanne
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/OurSchoolingJourney/ - Maree
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/mlaktin/ - Marilyn
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/wisdomspearls/ - Melody
http://www.rachel-larkin.com/ - Rachel L, Ak
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/LittleSchoolHouse/ - Rachel L, Chch
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/4kiwigirls - Rachel R
http://www.xanga.com/Rabbits_Nest - Raewyn, top SI
http://weblog.xanga.com/Rabbits_Nest
http://watercolourdreams.blogspot.com/ - Sandra
http://sharonnz.blogspot.com/ - Sharon
http://unschoolersanonymous.blogspot.com - Shell, Wn
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/KuraKainga/ - ‘Sherena’
I shall keep looking […]

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Treacle Chocolate Cake & Dessert
2 T treacle
100g butter
150 g brown sugar
2 T cocoa
1 egg, beaten
150 g flour
150 ml milk at blood heat
1 t baking soda 
Preheat oven 170deg C. Grease and line a 23c cake tin. (or round).
Put treacle, butter, brown sugar, and cocoa in pot and stir over low heat until melted and smooth.
Cool 2-3- […]

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Useful articles in raising children - and training them:
http://www.childdevelopmentinfo.com/
http://www.childdevelopmentinfo.com/parenting/smart_love.shtml
http://www.positiveparenting.com/resources/articles.html
http://www.positiveparenting.com/resources/feature_article_002.html - 9 things instead of spanking
http://www.positiveparenting.com/resources/feature_article_001.html - 10 keys to successful parenting

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Create a Sense of Serenity
There’s enough chaos in the world, but you can instead create serenity in your personal world. Here are 7 easy ideas:
1. Get rid of one thing. If the prospect of ridding your entire house of clutter seems to be am impossible feat, make it your goal to get rid of just […]

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So, it’s winter downunder !
Here’s some pics and links of our beaches…
Mt Maunganui - east coast, North Island, New Zealand
Whangamata - further up the east coast, Nth Is, NZ
New Plymouth - west coast, Nth Is, NZ  -  also here and click for larger images - gorgeous
Memories of earlier (warmer) days …
Johanna

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