Fifteen years ago I began a fun Christmas tradition–counting the days until Christmas with Christmas-themed books. I began by buying twenty-four inexpensive Christmas picture or board books. I wrapped each book individually, and I let my daughter open one book each day. I kept the books in a basket beside our fireplace. Each day we [...]
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Possibly, I am slightly obsessed with books. Not only do we have a dozen bookcases or more that house hardbacks and paperbacks of all shapes and sizes, but I have boxes of books that the kids have made during our dozen years of homeschooling. These books are not only treasures for us but fantastic learning [...]
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Summer vacation is upon us — HOORAY! We’ll be loading up the van and heading down to the beach in Florida soon. We’re pulling out all of our favorite beach and ocean books to get ready. Want to create your own unit study on beaches and ocean life? I’ll give you our list of favorites. [...]
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In this previous post, I introduced the idea of starting a literature circle in your co-op or with a group of friends. Let’s say you’ve picked your theme and your books. So what does an actual literature circle look like? Literature circle looks a lot like an English class but without the writing and grammar [...]
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One of my favorite parts of the season is opening the box of Christmas books and putting them on the book rack right by the Christmas tree. They are, truly, old friends. For me, the mark of a good Christmas book is that it makes me cry. We have a good number of children’s books [...]
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