We are deep into the back- to -homeschool-craziness here! All of our outside activities and classes have started up again. Lots of drive-time for mom! Here’s a run-down on what we’ve been up to here at home :) Sky gave up on the garden. He has been very busy with his woodworking, so the garden [...]
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I was close to Amie’s age when my love of reading took off. Amie seems to have turned a corner, and is now devouring chapter books. She started the Ramona Quimby books by Beverly Cleary and is now busy racing through the next ones.I love, love, love seeing my children enjoy some of my own [...]
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Stories are often the best way to capture a boy’s attention, the best way to drive home a moral point, and are also just good fun. With so many kid’s books tied into popular cartoons or shows, I fear our kids are missing out on enjoying and learning from classic books. Our boys would be [...]
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Book Review: The Two Princesses of Bamarre by Gail Carson Levine. This is one of my favorite books, a real treat to give to a young teen reader. The Two Princesses of the kingdom Bamarre, Meryl and Addie are as different in personality as they are different in appearance. Meryl has always, even in childhood, [...]
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I wrote in an earlier post about audio books being one of my homeschool secret-weapons. In this post, I would like to share one of our all-time favorite audio stories, A Coyote’s in the House by Elmore Leonard. Read superbly by Neil Patrick Harris- (really, I could go on and on about what a splendid [...]
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Everyone loves a good story. Even if they do not know this indisputable truth of life -yet, it still rings true…everyone loves a good story. Your job, homeschool mom- is to reel them in… My third homeschool secret weapon is…slip them a good, good story- audio books are a highly effective way to accomplish this. [...]
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Currently on the home bookshelf edited 02-17-12* Jen America The Last Best Hope -W. Bennett Millie’s Fling 150 pounds The Bible Meg The Bible Josie The Diary of A Young Girl -Anne Frank The 3 Younger Students The Story of the U.S.A. book 1 The Thanksgiving Story Squanto, friend of the Pilgrims Reader’s Christopher [...]
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