Last week was week eleven in our homeschool year and I decided it was time for a bit of break. I know a number of homeschool families who work in a week off every six weeks into their homeschool schedule right at the beginning of the year. The idea sounded good to me off the…
I love all things school supplies. I think it actually might have been part of the reason I became a teacher in the first place. Notebooks, pens, workbooks, organizational supplies, art supplies, planners . . . you name it. But because I know that school supplies are a weakness of mine I do often hesitate…
The books on this list today are perfect for those kids that are ready to really start chapter books. I’m not talking about the leveled readers like Penny and Her Doll (which is a great book) where each “chapter” actually only has a couple of pages each with only a few lines of text, these books…
Here is the third installment to our homemade grade one curriculum. To keep things a bit organized I’ve created a Grade One Curriculum page where I will have links to each of the weeks as I post them, you can head there to get the link for previous weeks as well as an overview to…
In my opinion, the best kind of book is a big book. Bonus points for books that are big and beautiful. That is the case for all the books on today’s book list. These are six big books with gorgeous illustrations that I know you (and your kids) will enjoy looking at for hours, I…
Kids love repetition, especially when it comes to reading the same books over and over again. It can be so good for language development but as a parent you want to make sure the books you are reading over and over are good ones, not the if-I-have-to-read-this-one-more-time-I’ll-pull-my-hair-out kind. I was thinking the other day, if…