GRADE 8 BOOK LIST – middle grade & YA books I’m recommending my 8th grader read in our homeschool
Here’s a list of books I am recommending to my daughter, who is going into grade 8, to read.
A couple times a year I like to make a list of the books my kids have each been reading in the last few months. Today I’m going to share some great middle grade books. These are some that my daughter, who is in grade five, has been enjoying lately. Some of these she’s on…
Since April is Poetry Month I wanted to share a list of our favorite poetry books. I’ve actually already shared some of our all-time favorite poetry books so I thought I would great a list with a twist: our favorite funny poetry books. My kids love poetry, maybe it is because they are young yet, but I…
I really appreciate picture books that rhyme if it is done well and it doesn’t feel like the rhymes are forced. The words in the books on this list flow so beautiful it compliments the book. These books I can read over and over and not get sick of them, which is a great thing because…
Today I am sharing how I go about planning our homeschool year without a curriculum. We are officially unschoolers which means we are relaxed and have a simple homeschool rhythm and setting broad goals for the year works well for our family. RESOURCES MENTIONED Homeschool Vision Planner Broad Homeschool Goals
A good historical fiction book makes me want to learn more about the time period and topic it covers. I love how great middle grade is at this. Even as an adult I enjoy a lot of middle grade historical fiction books. This list includes some good historical fiction middle grade books. Also, I purposefully…
I remember at the beginning of every school year in middle school and high school vowing to make that the year that I kept my binder and notes much more organized. That generally lasted about a month and by the time Christmas came my binder was a complete disorganized mess. Was I the only that…