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“Come, Little Leaves” by George Cooper | Printable Poem

Friday, October 3, 2025 (Updated: Saturday, April 11, 2026)
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  Make this cheerful poem part of your fall learning. Download “Come, Little Leaves” by George Cooper to enjoy with your children and explore the signs of seasonal change where you live. Print off the lovely page to: read and/or memorize …

Category: Printable PoetryTag: Fall

“October’s Party” by George Cooper | Printable Poem

Friday, October 3, 2025 (Updated: Saturday, April 11, 2026)
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Make this cheerful poem a part of your October learning! Download “October’s Party” by George Cooper to read with your children and guide you as you look for signs of October in the trees where you live. Use the lovely page to: read …

Category: Printable PoetryTag: Fall

Caroline Surprised Me With Kirsten From American Girl

Tuesday, September 30, 2025
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Last week I finally bought doll stands for our American Girl dolls. Caroline has the Caroline Abbott doll (Christmas gift from my parents) and a doll named Daisy (that she designed and bought herself). There are pictures of Caroline with her American …

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Caroline Is Enjoying All Bob’s Money

Tuesday, September 30, 2025 (Updated: Saturday, June 27, 2026)
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Do you remember this video from 2019 about All Bob’s Money? We jokingly refer to Caroline’s Social Security payment every month as Bob’s Money. I honestly feel a little funny about the money. At the same time, David worked decades …

Category: Family Economy | Our Family LifeTag: Social Security
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C. S. Lewis on Not Submitting to Future Church Decisions and Doctrines

Tuesday, September 30, 2025 (Updated: Friday, June 26, 2026)
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A few weeks ago David and I were discussing at breakfast the growing trend of pastors and church leaders to defer not to the Bible for the defense of their theology, but their creed or confession. It has gotten to the point where a few of them are …

Category: Christian LivingTag: C.S. Lewis | Christian Reformed Church (CRC)

A Reset Week | Cozy Life Reset – Day 21

Tuesday, September 30, 2025 (Updated: Thursday, May 7, 2026)
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We’ve had a very full September. Caroline and I have been well into homeschooling after starting the last week of August. We did a lot of home updating, fall cleaning, and preparing for Caroline’s birthday. She wanted to invite friends …

Category: Cozy Life Reset | Our Family Life | Relaxed Homeschooling

John 15

Monday, September 29, 2025 (Updated: Friday, June 26, 2026)
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John 15 “I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard. He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful. You are already clean because of the word I …

Category: Bible PassagesTag: John (Bible)

Mark 7:1-30, Matthew 15:21-28

Friday, September 26, 2025 (Updated: Friday, June 26, 2026)
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Mark 7:1-30 Then the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus, and they saw some of His disciples eating with hands that were defiled—that is, unwashed. Now in holding to the tradition of the elders, the …

Category: Bible PassagesTag: Mark (Bible) | Matthew (Bible)
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Adding More Grandmacore To My Home

Tuesday, September 23, 2025 (Updated: Wednesday, February 18, 2026)
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We’ve been in the midst of adding some touches and improvements around our simple living and Grandmacore home this year. Over the past month or so, we’ve done both practical and pretty. I realize that “small changes” means …

Category: Our Family LifeTag: Decorating Our Cozy Home | Grandmacore
Woodland Christmas memory game printable for preschool and kindergarten

Free Woodland Christmas Memory Game Printable for Preschool and Kindergarten

Sunday, September 21, 2025 (Updated: Tuesday, June 23, 2026)
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This free Woodland Christmas memory game printable is a fun hands-on activity for preschoolers and kindergarteners. Matching games help children practice concentration, visual discrimination, vocabulary, and short-term memory while enjoying a …

Category: Free Memory Game PrintablesTag: Christmas
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I’m Sallie — wife, mother, just-retired homeschooler, and curator of my home. Our little family lives a quiet and cozy life of home education, self-employment, and pithy exchanges. I’ve been writing here for 20+ years about Truth, Goodness, and Beauty. And I like to laugh. A lot. Start here. ♥

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