This post contains affiliate links. It's officially winter, my favorite season of the year!  In celebration of this I thought I'd share all of my winter themed unit studies, activities, and printables in one place for easy access.  I hope you enjoy!  We had such a blast with every single activity included here!   Antarctica Unit with Free Printables Arctic Unit with Free Printables Winter Unit Practical Life with Food Extreme Weather Unit:  Avalanches,...

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Passion, Pizza Strokes, and Perseverance

I can still remember that first "Mommy & Me" swim class like it was yesterday.  In my opinion, Dinomite was doing fabulous.  But then as the class ended, the instructor approached me explaining that the class wouldn't work out for my son. I was mortified, and can still feel the sting of the tears as they swelled in my eyes, mixing with the chlorine from the pool.  How can a "Mommy and Me" class not work out? Back then, we didn't know Dinomite was autistic.  To us his...

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A Christmas Movie Countdown

Christmas time is full of opportunities to continue traditions and create new memories.  A tradition that we have enjoyed since we had our first Christmas together is our annual Christmas Movie Countdown.  Every year, we choose a new holiday movie to add to our collection.  Each night leading up to Christmas Day, once the younger kiddos are in bed, we watch a different movie.  At first, we only had a few titles.  Years later, we have put together quite an extensive...

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