I’ve kept my two older children’s board books from when they were young. They enjoyed “Good Night, Moon”, Eric Carle’s “Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?”, and other classics. (For more book ideas for babies, click here.) Baby Bumblebee is also enjoying those same books now, reciting or singing along with each one. Experience has taught me, though, that it’s best … [Read more...]
Living books… books that live in your heart
I’ve always loved books, old ones especially. I treasured the classics that I grew up with. I've even started to pass some of them on to my daughter, yellowed pages and all. See above! In homeschooling my kids, I was naturally and inevitably drawn to materials and curricula that make use of books with great literary power. We gobbled up the books in "Five in a Row" (FIAR). … [Read more...]
How we transitioned to a Charlotte Mason inspired homeschool
I’ve been doing unit studies since we started homeschooling almost seven years ago. You’ve all seen how much fun we’ve had following Five in a Row and making our own literature-based studies. But then, my eldest got older (she’s nine now, gasp!), I had a new baby, and I’m doing a lot at home, that I lost a bit of my homeschool footing. I was tired all the time and was just … [Read more...]
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