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Backyard Chickens – Our First Flock

Posted on March 2, 2012 | No Comments
When we moved into our home 3 years ago we were excited at all the space an opportunity that our lot provided. I immediately thought of chickens! We have woods, a yard and a giant hill with boulders, it’s a great place to have some animals. Since...
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Ask The Educator – February Edition

Posted on February 23, 2012 | No Comments
Our contributing educator this month is Amanda Lehrman, from The Momma Files. If you have a burning question for her we’d love to hear it, just complete the form below. Now on to this month’s questions: Lauren Gordon from MommyBreakdown.com asks: Two of my three kids are summer babies....
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Toy Fair 2012

Posted on February 13, 2012 | No Comments
Yesterday I had the pleasure of attending Toy Fair 2012 in New York, it was great. I was able to talk with the various companies and find out what’s new this summer, I also had a chance to explore all of the new educational options from some...
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Looking Ahead – Toy Fair 2012

Posted on February 6, 2012 | No Comments
In less than a week I will be in New York City to attend the 109th American International Toy Fair. I’m looking forward to checking out some of the more than 7,000 new toys being introduced there and bringing back to you information on the...
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Parents Can Use Reflection to Gauge Unschooling Progress

Posted on January 24, 2012 | 4 Comments
It’s a common theme among homeschooling and unschooling parents to have this constant nagging feeling that we are somehow not doing for our children what we need to be doing. That we’re somehow experimenting on them with unschooling and the educational choices we have helped them make. I...
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Ask The Educator – January Edition

Posted on January 19, 2012 | 3 Comments
I’m starting a new feature here at Harmonic Mama where you can “Ask the Educator” any burning questions you may have. In our first installment we have a question about how to encourage your child to read. The answers will appear here on Harmonic Mama on the...
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A place of their own, the reading nook.

Posted on January 16, 2012 | 2 Comments
Yesterday we put together a little reading nook in the unused space at the end of our daughter’s bed. This space often collected stuff and was never a very usable space but with the addition of a small chair and two book ledges made long...
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I Need Your Questions. New “Ask the Educator” Feature on Harmonic Mama

Posted on January 14, 2012 | 2 Comments
I am starting up a new monthly feature here on Harmonic Mama in conjunction with Amanda from The Momma Files. She’s a former teacher and is here to answer your questions about education from the other side. So in preparation for getting this feature off...
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The Magic of MagiQuest

Posted on January 12, 2012 | 1 Comment
MagiQuest is a live action role playing/video game where you use a wand to complete quests and go on adventures. We were first introduced to MagiQuest when we stayed at Great Wolf Lodge. After playing for just an hour or so my girls were hooked....
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This Year’s Gluten Free Birthday “Cake”

Posted on January 9, 2012 | 4 Comments
Some of my children’s friends have a gluten allergy which makes it challenging around birthday time because my kids want to have cake at their parties but don’t want to leave anyone out of enjoying this birthday treat. Last year we decided to make a gluten free...
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