My Favorite Math Manipulatives
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Subtraction Strategies
Exploring Simple Subtraction Strategies and How They Scale in Application in More Complex Numbers… Hello There! Welcome to The Beauty of Play. This post is for my subscription members. I currently have two subscriptions: One for all things homeschooling and another for all things math.You can learn more about them at https://thebeautyofplay.com/membership/ . If you…
Teaching Foreign Language
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A Main Lesson Page
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Using Narration as a Teaching Tool
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Change and Continuity Over Time
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A Day in the Life
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Reading Comprehension – Close Reading
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Charlotte Mason Style Artist Study
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Using Game Points for Math
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An Overview of Multiplication
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Healing Math Trauma: Including Non-Conventional Math Activities as Part or All of your Homeschooling Curriculum
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Home Systems that Help Support Homeschooling
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A Year in Review 24-25
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Sewing a Pumpkin Patch
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Exploring Form Drawing
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Rituals of Connection
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All the Ways to Use the 100-chart
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Playing with Older Children Webinar
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Hexagonal Thinking
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A Look inside my Current Planner (2025-26)
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Planning Pages for the 2025-26 Academic Year
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Addition Strategies
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Bringing Context to History
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A Look at Addition
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Teaching Science
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Preparing for High School
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Quarterly Reflection
Looking at homeschooling so far this year and setting goals for the future…. Hello There! Welcome to The Beauty of Play. This post is for my subscription members. I currently have two subscriptions: One for all things homeschooling and another for all things math.You can learn more about them at https://thebeautyofplay.com/membership/ . If you are…
Homeschool Office Hours
October 24, 2025… Hello There! Welcome to The Beauty of Play. This post is for my subscription members. I currently have two subscriptions: One for all things homeschooling and another for all things math.You can learn more about them at https://thebeautyofplay.com/membership/ . If you are interested, you can sign up for my newsletter HERE where…
Keeping a Math Journal
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Waldorf Workshop Sept 2024 Hana and Della
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Using Illustration as Tool for Teaching
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Overview of How I Approach Math
What Math Concepts that I Teach When and Why… Hello There! Welcome to The Beauty of Play. This post is for my subscription members. I currently have two subscriptions: One for all things homeschooling and another for all things math.You can learn more about them at https://thebeautyofplay.com/membership/ . If you are interested, you can sign…
Building A History Block
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Language Arts Overview
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Happy Office Hours – July 31, 2024
establishing rhythm, adding in play, doing math without a curricula, and following a child’s passion… Hello There! Welcome to The Beauty of Play. This post is for my subscription members. I currently have two subscriptions: One for all things homeschooling and another for all things math.You can learn more about them at https://thebeautyofplay.com/membership/ . If…
A Look at Division
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Using Monopoly for Math
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Doubling and Halving
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A Review of our Seventh Grade Year
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Daily Work
The Supporting Work in addition to our Main Lesson Blocks in our Homeschool… Hello There! Welcome to The Beauty of Play. This post is for my subscription members. I currently have two subscriptions: One for all things homeschooling and another for all things math.You can learn more about them at https://thebeautyofplay.com/membership/ . If you are…
Number Bonds for 10
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Form Drawing
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Charlotte Mason-style Nature Journaling
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Waldorf Planning Workshop with Hana and Della
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Reading Comprehension Part II
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Solstice Greetings for the End of the Year
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Copy Work
A Valuable Tool for Language Arts, Retention, Reading and Comprehension our Homeschooling Toolbox… Hello There! Welcome to The Beauty of Play. This post is for my subscription members. I currently have two subscriptions: One for all things homeschooling and another for all things math.You can learn more about them at https://thebeautyofplay.com/membership/ . If you are…
Writing: From the Early Years through High School
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Using Fractions Years 1 and 2 Seminar
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Using Number Sums Seminar
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Using Multiplication and Division Part II
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Using Multiplication and Division Seminar Part I
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Preparing for High School
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Using Addition and Subtraction Seminar Replay
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Using Narration and Illustration (Notebooking) from the Early Years Through High School
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Using Quality of Numbers Workshop
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Reading: Learning to Read in the Early Years to Analysis and Rhetoric in High School Seminar
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Thinking about Time in our Homeschooling
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Tools for Learning
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The Waldorf Chemistry Block
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