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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A lot of things have changed around here since we started homeschooling a few months ago, but one thing hasn’t changed. We still make weekly trips to the library. It was already part of our routine, so the only thing that has changed is that we can go on weekday mornings now. We also pick [...]
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Halloween is almost here, full of thoughts of jack-o-lanterns, flying bats, black cats and spooky ghosts. Do you have your basket of books ready for your little pumpkins? Try these selections on for size with your babies, toddlers and preschool aged children. Five Little Pumpkins This book is a classic for us – I remember [...]
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“Whatever you do, find ways to read poetry. Eat it, drink it, enjoy it, and share it.” ~Eve Merriam Poetry is terribly misunderstood. Most of us were introduced to complex, often incomprehensible poetry when we were in school and learned quickly to dislike it. But poetry doesn’t have to be a jungle of symbolism and [...]
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In the next few weeks, our school year will come to an end. As we are finishing the last pages of the math workbook, or gluing down the last piece of the lap book, I am ridiculously sentimental about the ending of our first year of homeschooling. I wish I was one of those mothers [...]
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This is one of those issues that worries many homeschoolers who have young children. I know that your answers will help many readers! Our question from a reader this week: I would like to learn about teaching kids to read. Did you use any special books, methods, or materials?
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Just a Tiny Owl: Whimsical and Inspirational Art
