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I have returned to my love of writing with a fierce intensity bordering on addiction. I have published a few things years ago, but set it aside due to responsibilities and not being happy with my writer's voice. I still have obligations but I am committed to my writing time. I have found that I really need it!

My passion is ...

my family, the outdoors, learning,

I know too much about ...

deer

My parents always told me ...

to behave

My childhood ambition ...

first it was to be a vet, then to work for Red Adair (think John Wayne in The Hellfighters) and then to be a war correspondent and then an anthropologist.

My favorite memory ...

spending time with my grandfather

Why I write ...

because I can't not write

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

a murder mystery

My first job ...

cashier at a fried chicken eatery called The Fryer Hut-20 some odd years later and I still don't like fried chicken!

My best moment ...

just might happen tomorrow

My inspiration ...

my sons

Education > Homeschooling Homeschool lesson plans: Presidents of the United States

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Teaching the Presidents of the United States in a home school setting can be much more challenging than in a traditional classroom.  Public school teachers have the definite advantage of utilizing competition and  peer pressure in motivating memorization.  A home school teacher usually doesn't have those advantages,  so instructive creativity and motivational creativity is demanded. Five creative ways to teach (and memorize) the Presidents of the United States include: 1.  Presidential Placemats Each day or every other day, introduce a new president.  Follow t...

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