summer HOMESCHOOL LIBRARY HAUL – so many great books!
I’ve been requesting lots of books from the library lately so I thought it was time for a library haul! All the books are linked in the video description here.

I’ve been requesting lots of books from the library lately so I thought it was time for a library haul! All the books are linked in the video description here.
I truly appreciate mid-grade novel authors and their ability to tackle hard topics in such unique ways. Most of the books on today’s list are really good for getting conversations going with kids in or around third grade. While they are more than capable to read these books on their own at this age I…
I recently shared my daughter’s favorite chapter books from her year in grade four and today I wanted to share my son’s favorite chapter books from his year in grade one! Grade one is kind of a tricky year for chapter books. Kids are learning to read but generally not ready to read chapter books…
There are some picture books that have just proven themselves over and over again. Of course, everyone has a slightly different opinion on which books are actually good classic picture books. Truthfully, my kids even have different opinions than me (if they had made this list Curious George would have been included). When trying to decide…
Each year I am really impressed by the amount of picture books that are published. A lot of them are junk but there are some real gems in there! Last year I did a round up of our favorite picture books from 2016 and wanted to do the same for 2017. We definitely read more…
Part of my plan for our grade two year is to have some dedicated reading time in our day. Raeca doesn’t need me to tell her to take time to read each day, she does it naturally already but I wanted to add in a little bit of time where she could read a few…
Here’s a look into our most recent homeschool library haul, it’s a huge one! And honestly, I had fully intended to film a flip through of all the books but I got overwhelmed by the sheer number of books here. I think I may have to make these videos a little more frequent if I…