In honor of my parent’s 20th wedding anniversary tomorrow, I chose the gifts of every anniversary as my theme for the Carnival of Homeschooling this week. It was very interesting to see the traditional gifts and modern gifts and how I could fit everyone’s submission into them.
Here is a guide on which gifts to give on which anniversary, so make sure to bookmark this! 
Elena LaVictoire of My Domestic Church has a timely book review about life and hardships that rings true for us today from Laura Ingall’s book, On the Banks of Plum Creek, especially for Christmas in a recession.
Janice Campbell who is Taking Time for Things That Matter knows you don’t run a marathon without training, and you probably shouldn’t jump into advanced literature without building your reading muscles on easier materials.She knows that Reading for Fun and its the Foundation of Literary Appreciation Becuase there’s no disgrace to starting at the beginning!
Savings Toolbox shows us ways to Save Up For College with FreshmanFund’s 529 College Savings Plan Gift Registry.
Robert Lindsey who uses Biblical Parenting shares his Parenting Goals and would love some feedback on my question about parenting goals.
DavidofOz who shares Bruggie Tales knows its great when training in financial knowledge leads to such great results in Bruggie Brothers Garden Maintenance.
brigid from New York Public Library decided to return to a habit of her childhood: eating sardines since attedning a recent Brain Fitness session offered by the library’s Office of Staff Development.
Brain Blogger asks Are Boys Really More Hard-Wired for Math than Girls?
It used to be accepted as fact that boys are naturally better than girls in math. With time, what was taken as a fact has become an assumption that boys are more inclined to do math than girls.
Kris who has Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers has some ideas and links for setting up a Writing Mini-Offices for your child.
Becca has Inspiration for Mothers has found an excellent resource for nurturing your child’s inner life in her book review of Nurturing Spirituality in Children, by Peggy J. Jenkins, PhD.
Sheila Gregoire from To Love Honor, and Vacuum has a new FREE book report outline up that people can download to help grades 5-8 to write book reports Just For Homeschoolers.
How many times in your life have you heard someone say, “I can’t do it. This is too hard!”? It is practically the battle cry of any struggling student in any subject area. It is the mantra of those who were raised in a culture where success and failure continue to be taken personally. When I inevitably have a student tell me that a song they are striving to play on their musical instrument is too hard, I always give them the perspective that “hard” and “easy” are completely subjective terms relative to one’s level of experience with any given task.
Jacque from The HSBA Post provides plenty of links to contests, giveaways, articles of interest and prayer requests in Memos For Your Monday.
Amy Cortez the The Eclectic Telegraph shares about Teens & That Parental Chant: “It’s Almost Over”.
Amy Smith who knows Kids Love Learning shares about Improving Fine Motor Skills: Part II.
Christine Guest from Our Curious Home is hoping that maybe someone else doing a co-op Research Class Wrap-up like this can avoid the crazy part, but still be given hugs and coffee at the end.
Mary Nix who is The Informed Parent shares Tuition free, at-risk and another homeschool benefit.
I share about “A Date That Will Live In Infamy” at Growing In Grace Magazeine. We all know that it is December 7th. Did you remember to thank a veteran on Monday?
If you would please announce this edition on your site, so everyone can know which gifts to get for your anniversary and find some great homeschool links while they are at it, I would appreciate it! You can grab the banner that matches how long you have been married to announce it!
I hope you enjoyed this edition of the Carnival of Homeschooling. If you would like to be included in next week’s edition that will be hosted by SmallWorld, make sure to submit your article!
Off to the grocery store now! Have a great Tuesday!
Love, Prayers and Blessings,
Thanks for stopping by “Daily” at the “Planet”!!
©AmandaDixon2008
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December 9th, 2008 at 6:53 am
Thanks for including my post. I loved your theme, so nice of you to honor your parents anniversary this way. Any idea what the gifts are for anniversary #22 which is the one my husband and I will be celebrating.
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December 9th, 2008 at 10:38 am
Whee! I’m new to blogging, this is my first ever Carnival and I’m so excited to be included! Grabbing a banner as we speak to post on my blog. Great post, I love how you included both traditional and modern gifts — which I didn’t even realize existed!
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December 9th, 2008 at 10:55 am
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December 9th, 2008 at 11:08 am
That was fun! You did put a lot of work into that and I love the graphics!
(My husband and I are celebrating 30 this summer – hard to believe!!)
Elenas last article is Tis the Season – Advent! Mega Links
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December 9th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
Great Carnival, with a lovely theme. Thanks for including me.
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December 9th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
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December 9th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
You have some excellent articles in this carnival, and I really like the theme. Your anniversary theme is especially appropriate, as we will celebrate our 27th anniversary on the 19th of this month. Thank you for including my article! Now, off to read more good posts….
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December 9th, 2008 at 4:10 pm
Your graphics are beautiful and you did a wonderful job!
I celebrate my 14th anniversary of being married to my wonderful husband tomorrow. Congratulations to your parents. They have raised some wonderful children.
Lynn
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December 10th, 2008 at 7:37 am
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December 11th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
Miss Amanda,
I really like the way you did this. Great Job!
Blessings,
Mrs. Michelle@JourneyHome
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