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Back to School Survival Manual
Back to School Survival Manual: A Girlfriend's Guide to an Organized and Successful Homeschool Year | Alicia Michelle
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Everyone Needs Survival Gear. Especially Homeschool Moms. No matter if it's your first or your fourteenth year as a homeschooler, preparing for a new school year can be daunting and overwhelming. What do you do first? Where do you start? That's why the Back to School Survival Manual: A Girlfriend's Guide to an Organized and Successful Homeschool Year is such an amazing resource. Full of expert advice from a ten-year homeschool veteran, this casual, conversational book is like chatting with a girlfriend about how to: --build self-confidence in your homeschool's purpose and vision --determine what supplies you have (and what you really need) --learn practical tips for managing daily homeschool chaos and clutter --discover how to create a realistic learning rhythm --get powerful tips for daily homeschool success The book also contains 30 pages of reproducible 8.5 x 11 inch checklists, charts and planning activities to use year after year! Get a great start to your homeschool year with the expert, caring advice found in this book! It's truly a must-have resource for all homeschool moms.
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BookishMarginalia
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How I feel when I think of going back to work tomorrow after winter break staycation #TeachersofLitsy #ChipmunkCat #CatsofLitsy

mom2bugnbee I'm with you, Chipmunk! 4y
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BookishMarginalia
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On this last day of winter break, I‘m binge watching Masterchef Junior surrounded by 4 of 6 #catsofLitsy #MiaCat #BonBonCat #TrickyCat #DavidCat (See my cool new #SockMonkey socks?)

Leftcoastzen 👏😻 5y
umbrellagirl Cozy 🐱🐱🐱🐱 5y
Bette Best afghan ever! ❤️🐱👍 5y
LunaAubry My type of day before school! I feel that, though. Tomorrow is the first day of our spring semester and I‘ve spent the day binge reading and watching Netflix! 5y
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CindyMyLifeIsLit
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I‘ve made it through the first week back! I‘m sleep-deprived, my feet hurt, and I‘m having trouble adjusting to eating lunch at TEN IN THE MORNING 🤬, but otherwise, it was clear sailing! 😁 Here‘s to a great year, #teachersoflitsy!

Lynnsoprano I don‘t miss the sore feet! #Retiredteacheroflitsy 5y
laur89 I understand the struggle!! Lunch for me is now at 1 PM - I spend my pre lunch period talking over the growl of my stomach 😅 5y
CindyMyLifeIsLit @laur89 I envy you! I‘m not a breakfast eater and the usual things I bring for lunch are NOT appealing to me at 10 am, so it‘s been difficult. I just didn‘t eat anything the first couple of days, but that resulted in making me feel sick. There‘s an answer out there—just have to find it! Maybe you could surreptitiously grab a few animal crackers or something between classes—that might quiet the stomach beast! 😜 5y
laur89 @CindyMyLifeIsLit I don‘t do breakfast either - I exist purely on coffee until lunch! I should start bringing a snack to hold me over. Maybe you could just bring a granola bar or some fruit, and save your lunch until a later break time! 5y
CindyMyLifeIsLit I‘ll probably try the granola bar thing, but they gave me all my breaks in one big lump in the morning. I‘m back-to-back classes until almost 3. 😒 5y
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alisiakae
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Took a reading break to work on one of our favorite things, organizing back to school supplies! 😍😍

Bookzombie I still love school supplies. I get a little excited when they start setting up the back to school displays in stores. 😊 I'm not in school and don't have any kids, lol. 5y
Johanna414 Love school supplies! 5y
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WhatThePuck
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After a 12 year hiatus, let's try this again. This will definitely hinder my reading challenge. #soold #sendalcohol

sudi Good Luck 🍀 5y
Reagan You can do it! I went back and graduated at the ripe old age of 38. #nevertooold 5y
julesG Best of luck! You can do it! 5y
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Caroline2 Oh exciting!! 👏 5y
Megabooks Awesome!! 5y
tournevis 👏👏👏👏👏 5y
Crazeedi Congrats! I finished my degree at 42!! 5y
WhatThePuck @sudi @Reagan-reads @julesG @Caroline2 @Megabooks @Crazeedi thanks! It's been awhile! Hopefully I'll be done by the time I'm 40 and my oldest will still be in high school. Idk how we'll handle it if we're both at the same school. 😂 5y
JacqMac Congratulations! And good luck! 5y
DaveGreen7777 Congratulations! Wishing you the best! You got this! 👍 5y
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MicrobeMom
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1. Heading to the Jersey Shore. It‘s supposed to rain ☔️😥
2. My semester started this week.
3. NYC
4. Sloth slow chill relaxed and symbiotic algae in their fur! Cool!
5. 76F and rainy! Blah! ☔️
#friyayintro @jesshowbooks

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Nessavamusic
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First day of school, starting my 20th year of teaching. Happy new school year to all the teachers out there #teachersoflitsy

Seekingtardis Thank you for being amazing and molding young minds!!! 😍😍 #teachersarethebest 6y
mrp27 Have a great school year 🍎 6y
Lovesbooks87 That's amazing! Hope you have a great first day back! 6y
MonthlyBookClub Have a great first day!!! 6y
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AsYouWish
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1. Ravenclaw
2. I tried, I think I only bailed on one, Hatchet
3. Number the Stars
4. Hatchet-hated, To Kill A Mockingbird-disliked
5. Harry Potter

#back2school
@Mandigolightly

Mandigolightly I‘ve never read Hatchet. It looks so dull! 6y
AsYouWish @Mandigolightly I had to read it for one of my college classes and it made me physically ill, so my professor gave me permission to stop reading it. 6y
Mandigolightly @AsYouWish aww nice prof! 6y
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britt_brooke
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• art and math, always

• I liked them all

• I didn‘t do organized extracurriculars, but I spent most of my free time obsessively listening to alternative music or cruising around with my friends.

• Pirates

#HelloThursday

SamanthaMarie I spent a lot of time driving around our town and the outskirts of it with my friends, too. I think that must be such a high school thing to do 😂 6y
britt_brooke @SamanthaMarie Yes! 😆 I‘m from a pretty small town and there wasn‘t much else to do. 6y
SamanthaMarie @britt_brooke Yes! Same here. We did a lot of driving and just hanging out in each other's backyards on summer nights. 🤷🏼‍♀️ Hahaha! Thank goodness for books 😊 6y
wanderinglynn Thanks for playing! 😀 6y
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BarbaraTheBibliophage
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📚 English (but somehow I majored in Business / Marketing in college)
💱 Statistics (worst college grade)
☕️🥤Socializing at the student union
🐾 Panthers

#HelloThursday

wanderinglynn Stats was my worst grade too! I was a liberal arts person and yet they still tortured us with the math. 😕 Thanks for playing! 😀 6y
DGRachel Oh, I loved my statistics class in college. I almost changed my major from English, but that would have required Science for Majors classes and I knew there was no way I was going to be able to handle that. Math classes were not a problem, but I struggled with every science course I had to take in college and those were non-major level classes. 😔 6y
britt_brooke I also majored in business and sucked at statistics. 👯‍♀️ 6y
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BarbaraTheBibliophage @wanderinglynn @britt_brooke 🙌🏻 to no more stats. I did use them in a job many years ago. Agony. 6y
BarbaraTheBibliophage @DGRachel I was lost in any math beyond accounting. Algebra never sunk in for me. 6y
DGRachel @BarbaraTheBibliophage That‘s interesting. I failed my one and only accounting class in college and I now work as an accountant for an international construction management firm. Go figure. (Not attending class was probably my error there...LOL) I always liked Algebra, but I struggled with anything dimensional like geometry and analytic geometry. I can‘t envision 3D in my head. 6y
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TheFunkyBookworm
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First day back at school.... sigh, I should be home reading 😩
Ps- I‘m also annoyed bc I left my flair pens at home and I can‘t make these notes I‘ll never look at again all pretty 😂
#teachersoflitsy

Reviewsbylola My kids would go Gaga over that notebook! 🧜🏼‍♀️ 6y
Melissa_J Wow. You go back to school early! When does your summer break start? My daughter doesn‘t head back until early September. 6y
TheFunkyBookworm @Reviewsbylola Target!!!!! So many great mermaid supplies!!!!!!! 🧜‍♀️ 6y
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JoScho Bless you girl! I feel your pain. Good luck today. ❤️ 6y
Joy0201 Ugh. We have one more week off. And Flair pens are a must💗 6y
BeansPage 💖 the notebook! 🧜🧜🧜🧜 6y
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AsYouWish
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😁History, choir, novels, literature, & study hall
😩Math, speech, & PE
🎼Show Choir
🚌Blue Devil (lower elementary), Wildcat (lower elementary-middle school)-the school changed the mascot,& Cardinal (high school)-I changed schools

#hellothursday @wanderinglynn

wanderinglynn Thanks for playing! 😀 6y
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thereadingowlvina
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📒 History

📚 Physics

⚽️ Sports in general

🎽 It is not a Malaysia thing

Thank you @wanderinglynn for today's #HelloThursday #BackToSchoolEdition! Brings back lots of good memories I miss my school days! 🙂💕

wanderinglynn Mascots must just be a U.S. thing. That‘s interesting! Thanks for playing! 😀 6y
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RebelReader
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1. English
2. Algebra
3. Cheerleading
4. Panther

#HelloThursday

wanderinglynn 🙌🏻 I hated Algebra too! Thanks for playing!😀 6y
Kaye What were your school colors ? 6y
RebelReader @Kaye Blue and white were our colors. 6y
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wanderinglynn
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#HelloThursday | Back to School Edition

1. Art, Music, & English
2. All the maths
3. Yearbook
4. Patriot

AmyG Yes.... ALL the maths and anything in science that required math. 6y
wanderinglynn @AmyG 🙌🏻 Exactly! 6y
minkyb Totally ALL the maths but especially Geometry 😳 6y
wanderinglynn @minkyb Yes! I had geometry 6th period (last class of the day), and the room faced west, so it was hot, and the teacher was old and had a monotone voice. On top of all that, it was geometry. Horrible class! 6y
minkyb My teacher used to throw broken pieces of chalk at us. The memory is fresh in my mind. I took geometry in high school in 1971‼️ 6y
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AmberWB
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After 13 years in the classroom, I am looking to broaden my horizons. Hopefully next fall, I will be on my way to becoming a media specialist! 😊

wanderinglynn Best wishes! Sounds exciting! 7y
Biensoul YAYYYYYYYY!!! 7y
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Purrfectpages
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Although I love this time of year for a few reasons, back to school madness is not one of them. Back to school for me means more work and less time to read and be an active Litten. Having the class from hell doesn't help matters either. #notbookrelated #hadtovent #teachersoflitsy

cobwebmoth Hugs! I hope it gets better. 7y
Nat_Reads Hoping your year improves--one tired teacher to another. 7y
Tamra Oh, but thank you for that laugh out loud! You haven't lost your sense of humor ......... yet. 😂 7y
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CoverToCoverGirl Volunteered for many years at the kindergarten level I can appreciate the difference between a great class and a class from hell... teaching is a job greatly unappreciated or valued by many parents, my hat goes off to all of you! 🤗 7y
Leelee.reads Sounds like you got a class that needs lots of love. Hang in there! 7y
jmtrivera I relate so hard! 7y
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