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Favorite Apps for Moms (and all human-kind): Tick-Tick

PUBLISHED: January 27, 2014 | By Hilary Erickson

I have always loved my Galaxy SIII and I might have married it, if I wasn't already in a committed relationship (no Mormons can't even marry other Continue Reading

BBQ Black Bean Pizza

PUBLISHED: January 24, 2014 | By Hilary Erickson

This is one of my favorite weeknight meals when I have a lot going on.  The kids like it, it's filling.  Add a salad and it's even somewhat healthy, Continue Reading

Allowance

PUBLISHED: January 22, 2014 | By Hilary Erickson

The Ericksons Family Bank. It's not FDIC insured, but if you know me -- it has a chart involved. :) My kids get allowance from the "family bank" Continue Reading

Storing Food in General

PUBLISHED: January 17, 2014 | By Hilary Erickson

Why do I store food? Honestly, I just can't STAND to be out of stuff.  It's more of an OCD thing, then a Mormon thing -- although it may just come Continue Reading

Great to be Eight Brochure

PUBLISHED: January 11, 2014 | By Hilary Erickson

I made a Great to be Eight brochure, that lists all the important info to turning eight in our primary.  It took a little time, and I wanted to share Continue Reading

Primary Birthdays

PUBLISHED: January 11, 2014 | By Hilary Erickson

Darn it, I had every intention of taking pictures of the primary birthday things I made, but then I handed them out....I found a few items on Continue Reading

Moving on to bigger steps is the final "step" in teaching reading. It's a whole new world for early readers -- and YOU can help them see it all!

Teaching Reading for Parents: Step 4 — BIG books

PUBLISHED: January 10, 2014 | By Hilary Erickson

We're not talking War and Peace here, but it's time to move onto books with complete sentences.  Maybe things that normal humans would say. Continue Reading

Teaching sight words is an imoprtant step when you're teaching reading. Here are some ways to do it while keeping it fun.

Teaching Reading to your kids: Step 3 — Sight Words

PUBLISHED: January 9, 2014 | By Hilary Erickson

Teaching sight words is a great way for kids to feel good about themselves and words they just know. I think it's dumb to have steps, as all of Continue Reading

God Owns My Life.

PUBLISHED: January 8, 2014 | By Hilary Erickson

I was reading back through some of my blog posts and I came across the one that was the day I realized that I needed to let God own my life.People had Continue Reading

Small books are a key step in teaching reading. The smaller the better, the more repetative the better. Books that make you want to die rather than read them over, and over, and over... and over.

Teaching Reading for parents: Step 2 — Small Books

PUBLISHED: January 8, 2014 | By Hilary Erickson

Small books are my arch nemesis.  Thankfully, they are small.  Aka, short.  As in, although it feels like it took them an hour to read it, it was less Continue Reading

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