New Zealand is definitely on my list of places to visit. I wanted to go there pre: Lord of the Rings but now going to see The Shire is a cool bonus. Also, we don’t have a lot of sheep around where I live so a country that has five sheep for every person sounds…
I’m honestly not sure if one can be involved in the homeschool community in any way online without quickly hearing about Brave Writer. If you read around homeschool blogs for more than five minutes you are going to hear about someone raving about Julie and Brave Writer. And for good reason. Remember when I was…
Today I wanted to kick off a new book list series: books about particular countries. I asked Raeca which country I should start with and she said South Africa right away. South Africa is a country that is very special to us because it is Ephraim’s birth country. We were fortunate to be able to…
I never used to be a fan of wordless picture books but in the last few years I am starting to see their value; they are great for getting children to create a story line based off of the photos and make excellent discussion starters. While I have come to appreciate wordless picture books I’m…
Did you know that books can not only be great to read but also gorgeous decor in a nursery? While I have no intentions of ever decorating a nursery ever again, I think these books would make cute gifts for any little girl’s room! 10 GORGEOUS BOOKS TO DECORATE A GIRLS ROOM We loved this…
Lately I’ve been introducing the kids to a few different movies (well, mostly Raeca, Ephraim thinks all movies are scary). It didn’t really start out to be an educational experience but as we started watching this movie and then this one I found myself having to explain a bit about WWII and I think it…