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Best Resources For Reading, Writing, And Arithmetic Ages 2 – 6

Posted on October 1, 2025January 1, 2026 by Amy Rogers Hays

Teaching your children the basics of reading, writing, and math, whether they go to school or stay at home, is one of the great joys (and frustrations!) of parenting. Now that both of my children are 7 and 10 and can happily sit and (1) read silently for an hour at a time, (2) write…

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Our First Grader’s Top Board Games: 5 No-Reading-Required, Travel Friendly, Family Card Games

Posted on August 30, 2024August 30, 2024 by Amy Rogers Hays

This is the third of a guest post mini-series on our family’s favorite games by Amy’s husband, Evan Hays–middle school social studies teacher and board game enthusiast. (Click here for part one and two.) Another amazing thing about board games is that they are accessible to people across ages and abilities. Our six year old daughter…

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5 Games to Start a Board Game Collection

Posted on August 9, 2024August 9, 2024 by Amy Rogers Hays

This is the second of a guest post mini-series on our family’s favorite games by Amy’s husband, Evan Hays–middle school social studies teacher and board game enthusiast. (Click here for part one) Those of us who have been bitten by the board gaming bug often have an issue with owning too many board games (think…

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5 Tips for Family Board Gaming

Posted on July 20, 2024July 20, 2024 by Amy Rogers Hays

This is the beginning of a guest post mini-series on our family’s favorite games by Amy’s husband, Evan Hays–middle school social studies teacher and board game enthusiast. I am not sure if you are aware of this already or not, but you happen to be living through a board gaming Renaissance. If I already had…

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Categories

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  • Children's Spiritual Formation
  • Connect
  • Creativity
  • Eat
  • Family Stories
  • Fun with Kids
  • Liturgical year
  • Love & Marriage
  • Make
  • Motherhood
  • Move
  • Newbery Book Reviews
  • Order
  • paleo
  • Pray
  • pregnancy
  • Read
  • Reflections
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  • Self-Care
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  • Toddler
  • Travel
  • Uncategorized
  • walks in the woods
  • Wisconsin Beauty
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Favorite Posts

natural haircare

Make
Natural Hair Care: Baking Soda, Apple Cider Vinegar & Vodka-Gelatin Hair Gel

 

homemade deodorant

Make
Homemade Deodorant For Sensitive Skin: Bentonite Clay and Baking Soda

 

college advice

Advice to Future College Students: 10 Things I Wish I Had Done More

 

belonging to a church

Belonging to A Church

 

dyslexia

Reflections on Dyslexia:
May B. A Novel by Caroline Starr Rose

 

leaving grad school

A Defining Retreat: Deciding to Leave Grad School

 

love story

The Beginning of a Love Story In Honor of Anniversary Weekend

 

breakfast

Scramble Up A Simple Paleo Breakfast

 

cake

Bake Up A Flourless Chocolate Cake

 

comfortable and presentable

Organize Bookshelves by Color

 

trees

My Life In Trees

 

elimination diet

An Elimination Diet Figure Out What Foods Are Making You Sick

 

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