At our house, we are very blessed to have a two car garage sized play room. It is lovely. It is HUGE! Right now it is home to our train table, a box of oversized building blocks, play house and a couch for reading of course. While this makes my younger crowd quite...
It’s that time again. Time for the Traveling Through the Pages Summer Reading program. We are happy to be bringing you another great year of fun featuring book selections by Jessica Lawton, art by homeschooler Katherine Weaver, and administration (aka grunt...
I know there are some moms out there whose character voices during read-aloud time rival the work of Oscar-winning actors. I am not one of those moms. Voices are not something I am particularly good at, they take a ton of energy to maintain, and who can remember how...
Gather in homeschool circles for very long and you will come across mention of My Book House. Usually, the questions about this beloved set of books are either “Are they worth the cost?” or “How do I use them in the homeschool once I have...
When she was six, my daughter told me she didn’t want to learn to read because then I might stop reading to her. Nothing could be further from the truth, but then six-year-olds aren’t known for their logic, are they? Lucky for her it wasn’t too long...
How do I know if a book is a good book? What I mean is, how do I judge the children’s books I run across, the books that aren’t on my book list? Oh, how I wish I had simple, shortcut answer for this question! I still remember the day I realized that I...
