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Apr 29, 2017 at http://donnayoung.org

Some Calendars Updated Early

Most of the calendars that I manually undate on July 1st were updated today, April 29th.

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Oct 28, 2015 at http://donnayoung.org

YoungMinds - Art - Color Theory

Color Theory - new worksheets for the child to see how mixing tint, shade, tone, and intensity affects hue.

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Oct 26, 2015 at http://donnayoung.org

YoungMinds Penmanship - October - Penmanship Throughout the Year

October - Penmanship Throughout the Year is a new page with printable files.

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Oct 12, 2015 at http://donnayoung.org

English - Homophones

Homophones - I updated this page.

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Oct 9, 2015 at http://donnayoung.org

YoungMinds English - Lie or Lay

Lie or Lay - I updated this page to add activities and a worksheet.

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Oct 6, 2015 at http://donnayoung.org

YoungMinds English - Rhetoric: Effective Use of Language

I worked in the Carrying out a Plan section.

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Oct 2, 2015 at http://donnayoung.org

Finished- HWT and Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons

The HWoT-TYCTR set is finished. The set includes 100 handwriting lessons and is included with the Basic subscription.

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Sep 22, 2015 at http://donnayoung.org

Comic Strip Story Lines - Template#333

Template#333 has been updated to accept story lines under each panel.

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Sep 22, 2015 at http://donnayoung.org

HWT and Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons

Lessons 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, and 92 from the HWoT-TYCTR set are finished.

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Sep 15, 2015 at http://donnayoung.org

Telling Time - The Time in the Future and in the Past

These ask the student to tell what time is will be (or was) a certain amount of minutes in the future and in the past.

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Sep 14, 2015 at http://donnayoung.org

HWT and Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons

Lessons 85 and 86 from the HWoT-TYCTR set are finished.

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Sep 12, 2015 at http://donnayoung.org

Subscription Required

I am sad to announce that in order to print files at donnayoung.org, one must have an active subscription.

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Jul 20, 2015 at https://donnayoung.org/blog

ESO Emotes: A Printable List

It’s true, I don’t work all of the time; sometimes I play video games and my favorite ones are the Elder Scrolls series by Bethesda. I’m currently playing The Elder […]

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Jul 13, 2015 at http://donnayoung.org

Comic Strip Templates, Classic Set

To the classic set of comic strip templates I have added 3 new panel layouts- 12 panels, 16 panels, and 20 panels. The layouts in the classic set feature equally sized panels with gutters that measure approximately 1/4 inch (6mm).

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Jun 25, 2015 at http://donnayoung.org

100-Number Charts 2a - 2 100-Number Charts per Page

YoungMinds Subscribers- I've added 9 new 100-number charts to Set 2a. The files in Set 2a contain 2 100-number charts per printed page and in the case of the new files, the two charts are identical and they are the Count-By type of missing number chart.

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Jun 25, 2015 at http://donnayoung.org

More 2-Page and 4-Page Lined Undated Block Calendars for the Papyrus Planner

I've added more layout choices for the 2-page and 4-page Ruled Blank Block Calendar. To help you choose between the 5-row and the 6-row files, I have added information under the file links that tells you how many 6-row months to print and which months require 6 rows.

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Jun 21, 2015 at http://donnayoung.org

Two New Styles of 1-Page Undated Block Calendars that Print in Landscape

Two new styles, both with 5 and 6 row layouts are at the Printable Blank Calendars, Landscape. In addition to the new styles, you will find information near the top of the page that tells you how many 6-row months to print and which months require 6 rows.

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Jun 19, 2015 at http://donnayoung.org

New 2-Page Undated Block Calendar for the Papyrus Planner

New- LB Blank Block Papyrus Planner is a blank monthly block calendar that has a lined background as in, the entire background is lined. The LB Planner has 2 file choices, read more at the Papyrus Planner page.

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May 26, 2015 at http://donnayoung.org

Printable High School Diploma

I have updated the high school diploma page. I added something new to the page and I am calling it Pre-Filled Diploma because I do not know what to call it. The Pre-Filled Diploma consists of five form fields into which the student's name and other information is typed. Upon submitting the information, the download page loads where you can choose from two high school diploma rtf files, both of which contain the information from the form fields.

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May 14, 2015 at http://donnayoung.org

Subscribers- SS Ordinary Cursive Words

SS - Ordinary Words Cursive Handwriting - Practice writing cursive words with these handwriting lessons. Each printed sheet has 2 lessons. There are 4 words and one free line per lesson. The entire set of 63 files includes 126 cursive handwriting lessons.

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May 11, 2015 at http://donnayoung.org

SS - Ordinary Words, 2-Lessons, Blank Lined Paper

SS - Ordinary Words, 2-Lessons, Blank Lined Paper - New cursive lesson paper at Cursive Words. This blank handwriting lesson paper features a wider space between handwriting lines. I'd use the space to critique my student's handwriting. The printed paper is divided into two lessons with 5 ruled handwriting lines per lesson.

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May 9, 2015 at http://donnayoung.org

Which Homeschool V Planner Should I Use

This page addresses the decision points regarding which one of the three V Planners that you should use. The decision is not a hard one, but I want to make sure that you have the information that will lead you to the best decision.

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May 5, 2015 at http://donnayoung.org

Lessons 75-100 in HWoT and Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons

Started- I have started this set. Yesterday I added 3 files and a description of the lessons to come. To specify what page offers, it is Printable handwriting lessons 75-100 in Donna Young's handwriting practice series that combines HWT (Handwriting w/o Tears) and the book Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons

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Apr 22, 2015 at https://donnayoung.org/blog

Planting Sweet Potatoes

Tuesday I bought 9 Beauregard sweet potato plants from a local store. I haven’t grown sweet potatoes in a very long time. This afternoon I started digging the bed for […]

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Apr 14, 2015 at https://donnayoung.org/blog

What’s New Page & SimplePie

Because working on donnayoung.org has been incredibly time consuming for the past 5 years and the work load has not been getting any lighter, I am automating as much of the work as I can. My What's New page is the latest victim of this automation. What's New is now plain, bordering on ugly, whereas before it wasn't. Why would I do that?

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Apr 13, 2015 at https://donnayoung.org/blog

Sourdough Milk Bread – Tuna Sandwich

Tuna Fish Sandwich using a single serve package of tuna fish in sunflower oil (2.5 ounces) It seems silly to post a tuna fish sandwich recipe, especially a recipe during which one […]

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Apr 13, 2015 at http://www.donnayoung.org/homeschool-vplanner

How to use the Google Calendar Add On

The How to Use it Video – watch this if you want to import lesson plans from your V Planner into Google Calendar. The video is long because I wanted […]

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Apr 13, 2015 at http://www.donnayoung.org/homeschool-vplanner

Google Calendar- Set up the Dates First

Set up the dates first, but even before that, review Column S to make certain that the times listed are useful to you. If they are not, then you may […]

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Apr 12, 2015 at http://www.donnayoung.org/homeschool-vplanner

How to Add the Google Calendar Add On

How to add the “Import to Google Calendar” add on for V Planner V4 and Lesson Planner V4. This video was made using the Lesson Planner V4 (instead of V […]

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Apr 12, 2015 at http://www.donnayoung.org/homeschool-vplanner

V Planner Add-on – Google Calendar Import

This add-on is for V Planner V4, High School V Planner V4, and Lesson Planner V4 XLSX. The add-on allows you to create a csv file with up to two weeks […]

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Apr 10, 2015 at https://donnayoung.org/blog

Sourdough Milk Bread – Ham Sandwich

Ham Sandwich using Sliced Smoked Ham such as Kentucky Legend Ham This is how I make a ham sandwich using my Sourdough Milk Bread and the good type of ham, the […]

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Apr 9, 2015 at https://donnayoung.org/blog

Cloudflare, WordPress, & Redirect Loop

Topic- Activated Cloudflare through website host and wordpress site sends a redirect loop instead of displaying the pages. This post might be useful for those who- Do not use www […]

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Apr 8, 2015 at https://donnayoung.org/blog

Sourdough Milk Bread

Because I like food, especially bread, and even more especially, sourdough bread, I made up a new bread recipe to get my family through some rough days. I could be […]

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Apr 6, 2015 at http://donnayoung.org

Lessons 51-74 in HWoT and Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons

Completed- Printable Lessons 51-74 in Donna Young's handwriting practice series that combines HWT (Handwriting w/o Tears) and the book Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons

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Apr 6, 2015 at https://donnayoung.org/blog

Lessons 51-74 – HWoT and TYCTR in 100 Easy Lessons Handwriting Practice

HWT font style handwriting lessons 51 – 74 that are coordinated with the book, Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons. Lessons 51-74 are finally completed. I apologize […]

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Apr 6, 2015 at https://donnayoung.org/blog

HWoT and TYCTR in 100 Easy Lessons Handwriting Practice

Regarding my current project – Handwriting lessons that pair Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons with a handwriting font that is like Handwriting Without Tears® — Someone […]

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Apr 1, 2015 at https://donnayoung.org/blog

Portfolio X – Generate a Homeschool Planner

For the longest, Portfolio X Lesson Planner, my homeschool planner generator, was incompatible with the Chrome browser! For two or three years, I had a notice on the page telling visitors […]

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Mar 31, 2015 at http://www.donnayoung.org/homeschool-vplanner

Highlighting the Systems, DS and NS

The video is old, it is for V2.5d, but the information about how the two lesson plan fetching systems operate remains the same. Number System is completely flexible and with […]

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Mar 31, 2015 at http://www.donnayoung.org/homeschool-vplanner

What is a BETA V Planner?

BETA V Planners usually contain sample data so that you can see how the planner works. BETA planners are not supported, so if you decide to use one, it is […]

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Mar 31, 2015 at http://www.donnayoung.org/homeschool-vplanner

Which V Planner am I Using?

In case you need to know which V Planner you are using, I made a brief video showing where to look on your V Planner. The version of the V […]

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Mar 31, 2015 at http://www.donnayoung.org/homeschool-vplanner

Lesson Plan Fill

Take Advantage of Excel’s Linear Series Fill to Quickly Add a Certain Type of Lesson Plans (3:27 min) This tip is useful when using curricula that lists daily lessons in […]

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Mar 29, 2015 at http://donnayoung.org

V Planner Videos Tag

After realizing that all of the videos were broken, I uploaded them to my channel at Youtube and linked them in the V Planner Blog.

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Mar 29, 2015 at http://donnayoung.org

Set-Up High School V Planner

Below are the steps to setting up High School V Planner. I might elaborate on some items or I might link to a page that has more information. When you open the planner for the first time, you

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Mar 29, 2015 at http://www.donnayoung.org/homeschool-vplanner

Set-Up High School V Planner

Below are the steps to setting up High School V Planner. I might elaborate on some items or I might link to a page that has more information. When you […]

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Mar 28, 2015 at http://donnayoung.org

Course Categories in High School V Planner

Course categories are necessary for some of the useful functions in the High School V Planner; I encourage you to use the course categories. What are Course Categories in the V Planner?

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Mar 28, 2015 at http://donnayoung.org

Table in High School V Planner

At the end of the V Planner you will find a worksheet named Table. At table you will find records for everything. At the top of table you will find a sortable list of records.

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Mar 27, 2015 at http://donnayoung.org

V planner AUC3 – Column 3 Plus Scores

AUC3 - Column 3 Plus Scores AUC3 displays the contents of lesson plan column 3 from the S-Sheets plus the student's running scores for semesters 1 and 2. It is controlled by AU lesson planner and