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	<description>Exploring Life In The Grit Of The Earth</description>
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		<title>Encouraging writers</title>
		<link>http://dirtundermynails.com/2012/01/09/encouraging-writers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:13:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems that every new school year Kaia picks a subject to rebel against.  Last year, she did whatever she could to get out of writing in any form.  So, this year, I&#8217;m getting super creative with her assignments.  If there is more to writing than just sitting down at the table and putting words [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leif&#8217;s crafting</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 02:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not just Kaia who&#8217;s been crafty lately.  Leif has been holding his own.  Aside from helping me create a parking garage for all of his cars: He has recently had his hands in lots of gloop!  We discovered a recipe during a science lesson and he can&#8217;t get enough of it.  His little hands [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sewing Lessons</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 02:51:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kaia has been begging me for sewing lessons lately.  She&#8217;s done a simple square purse on my machine before, but this time she decided to do something with a real pattern.  She chose a fabulous owl pillow.  I had to stop my hands from taking over and really let her do it all.  I gave [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lacey Frames</title>
		<link>http://dirtundermynails.com/2011/11/23/lacey-frames/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 02:26:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Want a quick way to highlight your little one&#8217;s masterpiece?  How about sewing a lace frame around it?  Or, sew the frame on the paper first to encourage them to create. Kaia&#8217;s Poem, FALL, introchaic bimeter And Leif&#8217;s &#8220;blue train on blue train tracks in a tunnel&#8221;]]></description>
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		<title>Renaissance Faire</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 19:02:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kaia and I have been planning and looking forward to this trip for many months!  I knew as soon as we decided to study the Middle Ages that we would need to go to a Renaissance fair!  The Renn Faire in NC is one of the biggest around.  The village is built on 20+ acres [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I know&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://dirtundermynails.com/2011/10/06/i-know/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 02:20:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been seriously slack in posting here.  That&#8217;s because I&#8217;ve not been slack in the rest of my life.  We are working hard in homeschool, playing hard in the beautiful fall weather, reading great books, picking apples, eating well, and enjoying life!  That&#8217;s how it should be, right?!  I have a feeling new posts will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fundraiser for a fabulous resource</title>
		<link>http://dirtundermynails.com/2011/09/14/fundraiser-for-a-fabulous-resource/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 12:20:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mathematician Maria Droujkova has been working on an amazing living math resource for babies, toddlers and their parents.  Please take a moment to check out her newest project and think about donating! &#160; &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>First day of Anatomy</title>
		<link>http://dirtundermynails.com/2011/08/31/first-day-of-anatomy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 14:52:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We were super excited to start Anatomy this year.  I have so many fun experiments planned.  But, of course, we had to start with the Jello Cell.  Did you create one of these in school?  I remember doing it at least twice! You can use all kinds of things to create your cell.  This just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pyramath Winner!</title>
		<link>http://dirtundermynails.com/2011/06/20/pyramath-winner/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 00:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wow!  Thank you all so much for your wonderful comments and math game suggestions!  We are excited to try them out.  We are also very excited to tell you that we now have decks of PrimeBomb and Fractazmic that we will be reviewing soon. So, with out any further ado&#8230; The winner of the Pyramath [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Fabulous Math with PyraMath &amp; a Giveaway!</title>
		<link>http://dirtundermynails.com/2011/06/13/more-fabulous-math-with-pyramath-a-giveaway/</link>
		<comments>http://dirtundermynails.com/2011/06/13/more-fabulous-math-with-pyramath-a-giveaway/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 11:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In early May, I read this review on a game called PyraMath and immediately thought it would be a great way to practice math facts with Kaia.  I went to the website and clicked on the link to Play.  We happened to be visiting in Boston a the time, but I thought I&#8217;d just play [...]]]></description>
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