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Our Homeschool Month: June in Review
I thought I would try to post an end of month review each month, I know it will be nice for me to look back on (especially when it comes time to get our end of year portfolio together next June), and maybe it would be helpful for some others as well. June was the end…
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Classic Novels for Grades 3 & 4
Let’s continue our list of kids classics by looking at some great novels for grades 3 and 4. If you missed it you can check out the other lists: Classic Novels for Kindergarteners (ages 4-6) Classic Novels for Grades 1 & 2 Classic Novels for Grades 5 & 6 Classic Novels for Grades 7, 8…
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Our Favorite Easy Readers
When kids are just beginning to read it can be tricky to find them good books to read. You know the only way for them to get better is to practice their skills, but which early readers should you be supplying them with? Hopefully this post will help give you some good ideas. When kids…
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Why You Should Read to Your Kids Every Day
I think there is often this idea that most of us believe at one point that homeschooling needs to look just like regular school done at your home. When other mothers say “oh, I could never homeschool”, they are often imagining pages of worksheets, coloring pages, spelling tests and planning for all the subjects. The…
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Classic Novels for Grades 1 & 2
Welcome to the second installment of our list of kids classics! Today I wanted to share some great novels to read aloud to those in grade 1 and 2. If you missed it you can check out the first list in this series (and come back for the other’s soon!). UPDATE they are all up:…
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Teach Reading the Simple Way
I thought it would be so hard to teach reading. I mean, how does one actually do it? I admit, I even entertained the idea of sending my kids to school for the first few years and then homeschooling after they already knew how to read. Thankfully, even though we did send our daughter to…