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Nature Study: Starting Sweet Potato Slips with the Dirt Method

Saturday, 23 March 2019 by TOSBlog

I like to start sweet potato slips this time of year, as a nature study project. Unlike many plants, which start from seeds, sweet potatoes grow new plants from eyes that emerge from the potato. When our last frost date passed in the spring, we transplant the slips to our garden and grow our

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Making Preparations Is Better Than Making Plans

Friday, 22 March 2019 by TOSBlog

We all know that we could plan every detail of our lives, and it would do no good. Flexibility is really a vital part of survival in this life at home, in school, with life circumstances, and even a grocery store run! Although we need to be cautious to not make too many plans,

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Craft Ideas for Hands-On Learners

Thursday, 21 March 2019 by TOSBlog

Grab the glitter and the glue, the paper and the pipe cleaners, the rulers and the markers—it’s National Craft Month! Crafts offer a variety of hands-on learning opportunities for kids. Many crafts involve measuring, designing, problem-solving, and other skills—plus children have fun doing it and can admire their work when they’re done. Here are

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Stop Stressing Your To-Do List

Wednesday, 20 March 2019 by TOSBlog

It’s midnight and I can feel myself fading, finally snug enough in my cocoon of blankets to drift off to sleep. The sound of snoring (is that my husband or the dog?) can’t even stop this slumber now, as I tumble deep into – wait, did someone say dog? I never did bathe the