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		<title>Nonfiction Monday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Welcome to this week&#8217;s edition of Nonfiction Monday! This is my first time as host for this round-up, and I&#8217;m excited you are here! Nonfiction Monday is simply a collection of links from around the blogosphere that highlight or recommend great nonfiction books for kids or other nonfiction posts of interest. Please add the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Written In Bone: Forensic Anthropology and Nonfiction Monday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is my post for today&#8217;s Nonfiction Monday round-up hosted by L.L. Owens. Be sure to head on over and check out more posts about nonfiction books for kids! &#160; I’ve often said that children are fascinated by topics that have a high gross factor. And what is more gross than exhuming skeletons that have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Using Literature Guides to Find Great Books</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many parents and teachers would love to use more trade books in the classroom, either to replace or supplement textbooks. Many times, however, it seems to be too much trouble to find titles that accurately match up by grade level, historical period, or by geographical region. In addition, many educators want a short book summary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Octopus for Lunch?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How would you like to eat an octopus for lunch? No, not a real octopus! But you can make one from a hot dog for a special lunchtime treat! Here’s how: Use a knife to split a hot dog in half lengthwise, stopping about halfway up. Then split each of those halves into fourths (again [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nonfiction Monday: P is for Peach&#8211;A Georgia Alphabet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[P is For Peach: A Georgia Alphabet Written by: Carol Crane Illustrated by: Mark Braught Published by: Sleeping Bear Press ISBN 13: 9781585360468 ISBN 10: 1585360465 &#160; Sometimes you just find a book or series that makes your heart beat a bit faster, and you know you’ve hit a resource jackpot! That’s how I felt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Make A Bunny Banner</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For a fun Spring project, check out my personal blog, Picket Fence Cottage,  for directions/photos on how to make a &#8216;bunny banner.&#8217; Very cute!]]></description>
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		<title>NWFCC Virtual Homeschool Specialist Tour Press Release</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am so excited to be a part of this month&#8217;s Virtual Specialist Tour hosted by the NWFCC. Below is the press release! ******** Amy M. O’Quinn’s 6-day Virtual Homeschool Specialist Tour hosted by the NWFCC Fri, Mar 25 Homeschool Specialist Amy M. O’Quinn is being showcased the entire month of March at the National [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Science Snippet: Dissecting An Owl Pellet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Owls by Sandra Markle Okay, children, today we are going to dissect this owl pellet and find out what the owl last ‘dined’ upon. Everybody ready? Hmmmm…fur, fur, bones, bones. Make that teeny-tiny little bones! More fur, more little bones…. John is very fascinated (or is that disgusted) with the whole activity! More fur, more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sunflower Houses</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Doesn’t this look like a fun project? Here’s another version. Growing a sunflower house is something I&#8217;d really like to try this year! When I was a little girl, I just loved my secret little ‘hide-aways’. And who knows? If the children and I do grow a sunflower house this year, I might just sneak [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Favorite Whole Foods Resources and Recipes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As a homeschool wife/mom and a notorious &#8216;researcher&#8217;, I&#8217;ve had an interest in nutrition and a healthier lifestyle for quite some time. I know that I must have adequate energy and a positive attitude in order to keep up with all my responsibilities, and I enjoy reading about the topic and experimenting in the kitchen. [...]]]></description>
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