It’s back to school time! Do you love the new supplies and new school year excitement? I really love beginning a new school year! My kids get excited about a fresh start and brand new crayons. I’ve tried to capitalize on their excitement with some school-themed books. No, these aren’t books about goingRead more
One of our favorite fall activities is going to the apple orchard and picking apples. In fact, it’s become a yearly tradition that my kids look forward to each autumn. Everything about fall is my favorite – I love the changing leaves, the pumpkin patches, and especially the ripe apples. Whether you’reRead more
Can you believe that once upon a time my children did not believe me that leaves actually changed color? We read books and I showed them pictures. Still, they were not convinced. Why? We lived in south Texas where the leaves really didn’t change color. Leaves stayed on the trees year-round and winter wasRead more
Do you scour Pinterest for book list pins? I do! I have an entire Pinterest board dedicated to book lists. I LOVE book lists. I’ve created quite a few book lists over the past few years – from books that enhance our history or science studies to lists of fun and funny booksRead more
Summer is almost here! We plan to have busy mornings at the pool and relaxing afternoons filled with books. I’ve created a book list to help guide our book choices. It’s filled with fun and funny books that are exciting, interesting, engaging, and sometimes even silly. Take a peek into what my risingRead more
It’s almost summer time! Thank goodness, right? While we’re not going to be homeschooling full time over this summer, I do still have some learning activities planned. At the very top of that list are books and more books. My kids are going to be doing lots of reading this summer. I’veRead more
It’s almost summer time, which means that summer reading programs are about to begin. Instead of participating in lots of different programs, we usually host our own family reading challenge that goes all year long – and you can read more about that right here. For our summer reading I try to findRead more
Does your child love to read?? Well, mine doesn’t love it. He has been a struggling reader, a reluctant reader, a complaining reader, a bored reader, a frustrated reader…. You get the picture. However, recently we have emerged into new territory. He is now a slightly confident reader who is branching out andRead more
I’m not exactly sure what constitutes homeschool success, but I do have a few goals that I’ve jotted down over the years. One of the things that is written across the top (and in bold) is that I want to raise a houseful of kids who love to read. Is it possible to raise aRead more
Do you need a break from your regular reading routine? At my house we love to read, but I sometimes need to take a break from the thick chapter books that I read aloud to my older kids (ages 11, 9, and 7). We all have a bit of spring fever and I’m wanting toRead more