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		<title>Calvert May Inspire!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 17:59:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lucas Roe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s Summertime and the Weather is Fine to Explore Science and Nature Outdoors Science is the study of the natural and physical world. Formal science uses systematic observation and experiment; however, teachers know that an important step in successful science education is developing enthusiasm for science in children. To do this science education can expand [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mid-Year Blues Got You?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 21:40:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lucas Roe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The middle of the homeschool year is often when families experience what is best described as the Mid-Year Blues. It is a time when interest and motivation for homeschooling wane. When the blues hit, the best thing to do is shake things up. Over the years, the staff at Calvert School has collected a number [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making Stress-Free Holiday Memories</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 19:27:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jgray</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[December]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.calvertschool.org/?p=1303</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Wait a minute! It’s December? How did that happen?  Panic! Excitement! Hysteria! Frenzy! The December Holidays are sneaking up on you and you still have to buy the gifts, iron the carpet, shampoo the tablecloth&#8230;   Wait&#8230; what??   Let’s take a few deep cleansing breaths&#8230;.  There, that’s better.  Now let’s take a step back. How [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Addressing Learning Styles</title>
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		<comments>http://blog.calvertschool.org/featured/addressing-learning-styles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 20:42:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jgray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a homeschooler, you&#8217;re probably already aware that there are many different learning styles. Everyone has their preferred method of learning. Whether your are new to homeschooling or are an old pro, a quick review of learning styles can be beneficial. The common school of thought recognizes three distinct learning styles. These are Visual Learners, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can Your Baby Really Read? Reading Readiness Tips</title>
		<link>http://blog.calvertschool.org/featured/can-your-baby-really-read-reading-readiness-tips/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.calvertschool.org/featured/can-your-baby-really-read-reading-readiness-tips/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2012 13:14:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jgray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For at least two years now, I’ve been boasting that my (now) 4 year-old can read. We can drive down a street in any given city and she’ll read the signs,  “Taco Bell!  Burger King! Pizza Hut!” &#8211; I’m not sure whether to be proud or&#8230;well, maybe we eat out too much.  But what it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fine Motor Skills and Handwriting Success</title>
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		<comments>http://blog.calvertschool.org/featured/fine-motor-skills-and-handwriting-success/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2012 02:04:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jgray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent CBC news article said,  &#8220;The practice of students endlessly copying letters and sentences from a chalkboard is a thing of the past. Teaching perfect strokes and proper curves in cursive writing is no longer at the top of a teacher&#8217;s lesson plan.  With the advent of new technologies like tablets and smartphones, writing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A GREAT Way to Teach the Importance of Handwashing</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 14:12:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gretchen Roe</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[easy science experiments]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.calvertschool.org/?p=1173</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes, a Calvert lesson is so timely that it has to cross grade level boundaries.  My second grader and I have been arguing the virtues of hand-washing all summer.  Today, Duncan, my seventh grader, had an activity that made those virtues so easy to understand for ALL of us.  I wanted to share it with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Advisory Teaching Service Program &amp; Observations about Singapore Math</title>
		<link>http://blog.calvertschool.org/calvert/1163/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.calvertschool.org/calvert/1163/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2012 17:02:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gretchen Roe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For years I have utilized the Advisory Teaching Service for many reasons.  Principally, because my children have enjoyed and profited from the relationships they have cultivated with their ATS teachers.  This year is no exception, and my second grader, Eoghan, has said almost every day that he cannot wait to find out who his ATS [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Calvert Students Making Greater Academic Gains than non-Calvert Students</title>
		<link>http://blog.calvertschool.org/featured/calvert-students-making-greater-academic-gains-than-non-calvert-students/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.calvertschool.org/featured/calvert-students-making-greater-academic-gains-than-non-calvert-students/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2012 18:10:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jgray</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.calvertschool.org/?p=1116</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re familiar with Pinterest and other forms of social media, you probably know that Infographics are all the rage right now.  Why?  Infographics are a great way to present data, knowledge, and information in a visual format.   Instead of looking over large amounts of information, you can easily see the information in picture [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The First Week of a Calvert Year</title>
		<link>http://blog.calvertschool.org/calvert/the-first-week-of-a-calvert-year/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.calvertschool.org/calvert/the-first-week-of-a-calvert-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2012 18:52:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gretchen Roe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Calvert School]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Home Education Tips]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[beginning homeschooling]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok, so if you are like us, the first week of school has begun and you are wondering what you have gotten yourself into – right?  It is either going swimmingly, or you feel wrecked.  Even though this is my 20th year to begin – and my 17th year with Calvert, I find that it [...]]]></description>
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