Category Archives: books

Struggling Reader Turns into a Reading Lover

Posted on November 11, 2012 by

My older two have struggled to become readers. And, once they can read, they have struggled to read fluently. I have written before about the time my oldest asked my husband if he liked to read. She told him that … Continue reading →

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Science/History – Something Different

Posted on September 27, 2011 by

Every year in our homeschooling journey so far, I’ve alternated days that we worked on history and science. So, we’d do history on Mondays and Wednesdays with science on Tuesdays and Thursdays. We school four days per week, so the … Continue reading →

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Reading

Posted on September 10, 2010 by

I’m concurrently reading: What Will Happen in Eragon IV: Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Becomes the Third Dragon Rider and How Will the Inheritance Cycle Finally End? Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics: Teachers’ Understanding of Fundamental Mathematics in China and … Continue reading →

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Translation Help

Posted on January 5, 2010 by

We recently opened a box of Cheerios® that had a children’s book in it. We’ve gotten these before, although it has been awhile. The kids look forward to this and we’ve found quite a few that have become favorites. The … Continue reading →

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Are Books A Distraction?

Posted on October 28, 2009 by

Once my children can hold something in their hand and move across the floor in any way (crawl, walk, roll), they have grabbed a book, brought it to me (or my spouse), and insisted (verbally or non-verbally) that we read … Continue reading →

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Summer Reading Club

Posted on July 2, 2009 by

The tiny local library has started their summer reading club up. Activities are planned once per week at the library and all books the kids read (or have read to them) are recorded on sheets and turned in. At the … Continue reading →

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What You Get When Two Engineers Get Together

Posted on December 10, 2008 by

My spouse and I were coordinating on the installation of a new purchase in our house. He had decided where he wanted it (upstairs) and I knew where it belonged (downstairs). When we finally had it in the house, we both … Continue reading →

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Happy Labor Day!

Posted on September 1, 2008 by

I have no plans for anything “special” on Labor Day. My spouse is working and we are getting ready for school to start tomorrow! Just a note about what we did last week before the official start of school: History (Story … Continue reading →

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Review: Haystack Full of Needles by Alice Gunther

Posted on August 27, 2008 by

Haystack Full of Needles A Catholic Home Educator’s Guide to Socialization by Alice Gunther I had never heard of Alice Gunther. But the subtitle intrigued me. The foreword was written by Laura Berquist. But I’m not big on reading the … Continue reading →

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Arrived! (Currently Reading): Haystack Full of Needles

Posted on August 5, 2008 by

Postmarked 8/1 & 8/2 (I ordered three books, two arrived in one envelope, one arrived in a separate envelope), three brand new copies of this book arrived at my house on 8/4. I’m trying to squeeze in a chapter here & a … Continue reading →

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