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Sallie Borrink

I’m Sallie — Christian, wife, mother, just-retired homeschooler, homebody, and autodidact. Our little family lives a quiet and cozy life of home education, self-employment, and pithy exchanges. I’ve been writing here for 20+ years about Truth, Goodness, and Beauty. And I like to laugh. A lot.

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Kitchen Table Curriculum is a new curriculum and resource platform geared specifically toward homeschool families. There hasn’t been anything like this since Educents and CurrClick closed so it can definitely fill a niche in the homeschool world.  They describe it this way: Kitchen Table Curriculum Curriculum from the families and teachers who’ve already taught it …


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I am very happy to share a project that has been a long time in the making. For years, my Distraction-Free Handwriting products were available as eight separate printable packs. They were useful resources, but they were more complicated than they needed to be for parents trying to decide what their children needed. So I reworked …


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Sarah Morton’s Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Girl by Kate Waters, with photographs by Russ Kendall, invites children to spend a day with a young girl living in Plimoth Plantation in 1627. The story is based on a real girl named Sarah Morton who is mentioned in period journals and histories. …


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This free Presidents’ Day KWL is perfect for your Presidents’ Day unit study. Use this easy-to-use printable to help you understand what your children know, want to know, and learn about this learning theme. If KWLs are new to you, see my post here: Use a KWL in Your Homeschool Unit Study. Preview the KWL Here …


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This free Astronomy KWL is perfect for your astronomy unit study. Use this easy-to-use printable to help you understand what your children know, want to know, and learn about this learning theme. If KWLs are new to you, see my post here: Use a KWL in Your Homeschool Unit Study. Preview the KWL Here is …


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