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180+ Non-Candy Stocking Stuffers for Babies, Kids, & Teens | Roots & Boots

180+ Non-Candy Stocking Stuffers for Babies, Kids, & Teens

Skip the candy and the junky toys!  Instead, try these non-candy stocking stuffers for babies, toddlers, kids, and teens.

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81 Screen-Free Activities for Kids | Roots & Boots

81 Screen-Free Activities for Kids

Looking for screen-free activities for kids?  I’ve got you covered.

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How to Do Charlotte Mason Picture Study | Roots & Boots

How to Do Charlotte Mason Picture Study

Charlotte Mason picture study is both simple and brilliant.  You need not be an expert to conduct a picture study with your children.  In fact, you get to learn right alongside them!

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A Gentle Approach to Kindergarten | Roots & Boots

A Gentle Approach to Kindergarten

If you’ve felt the tug towards a more gentle approach to kindergarten for your child, you’re not alone.

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How to Choose a Homeschooling Method | Roots & Boots

How to Choose a Homeschooling Method

Maybe you’ve decided to homeschool your child, but you’re wondering how to choose a homeschooling method. 

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Homemade Advent Wreath with Foraged Greens | Roots & Boots

Homemade Advent Wreath with Foraged Greens

This year I was determined to create a homemade Advent wreath with foraged greens.

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4 Meaningful Ways to Celebrate Advent with Kids | Roots & Boots

4 Meaningful Ways to Celebrate Advent with Kids

I don’t know about you, but at my house it feels so easy to get sucked into the busyness and commercialism of the Christmas season. 

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Thoroughly Equipped to Educate

Have you ever done something because it seemed like the right thing, the logical thing, to do, only to realize that it wasn’t right for you at all?  Have you ever done what was expected and then discovered the freedom to break away from the norm?

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Non-Candy Easter Basket Ideas | Roots & Boots

Non-Candy Easter Basket Ideas for Babies, Kids, & Teens

Skip the candy and the junky toys!  Instead, try these non-candy Easter basket ideas for babies, toddlers, kids, and teens.

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How to Do a Family Christmas Countdown

37 Ideas for Your Family Christmas Countdown

By year three of our Family Christmas Countdown, it had already become a firmly established tradition. Our oldest son, then six, talked about it all year long.  I guess when you’re six, a three-year-old tradition adds up to half your life, and all of your remember-able life.

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