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I LOVE the UpdraftPlus plugin. LOVE. IT. And someday when I have the money I may decide I need to upgrade to a paid version. But for now, I don’t […]

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I totally flaked on gathering the links posted to Facebook last weekend! WOOPS! Here they are, the links I posted to the Homeschool Realm Facebook Page from May 18-24. A […]

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A bit of a slow week, but some more great links!! Looks like it was all science this week. Okeanos Explorer Live feed from an ocean explorer! Wild Kingdom It’s […]

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Here are the links and info I shared on Facebook this past week… Hoodamath.com This site has free online math games, some of which are based on already existing popular […]

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