What to Read Wednesday

Learn about country life with farm books Farm books for kids are great for supplementing a field trip or learning more about where our food comes from. While we don’t live on a farm, it sometimes feels like it because of all the critters we care for. We became backyard farmers to a certain extent […]

The Best Easter Books for Kids & Free Printable This blog uses affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy. Easter is just around the corner, and we are knee deep in Easter books for read aloud time. There are so many fun new choices for the spring holiday season, and we have a few classics we […]

The Best Bunny Books for Kids With gardening season just around the corner, and Easter on its way, we are reading all kinds of bunny books for kids right now. We have a cute little rabbit that visits our garden and forages in our yard, so we’re looking forward to seeing him again now that […]

The Best Valentine’s Day Books for Kids This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy. Isn’t it fun that we can incorporate holiday books into our school reading, especially if they increase our understanding of why we celebrate the holidays the way we do? History of the Holiday One of our favorite […]

This blog uses affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy. Election time is confusing for many adults, so it can be difficult to help your kids understand all that is involved in the election process. After reading books about voting, my kids have a much better understanding of the election process. When they see campaign […]

This blog uses affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy. My kids have loved to play ‘dress up’ ever since they were little, so naturally, Halloween is one of their favorite holidays. They start planning their epic costumes months in advance and cannot wait to visit the costume shop when it opens in September. We […]

This blog uses affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy. When I was ten, my best friend Charlotte, who was obsessed with horses, taught me how to play a horse game she had invented. I had never actually been on a horse, and I don’t think I had ever even been close to a ‘real’ […]

The Best Chinese New Year Books for Kids This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy. We usually do something special for Chinese New Year. My boys love Chinese food and have studied China for our homeschool support group’s International Festival. We have an uncle who lived in China for many years and has […]

The Best China Books for Kids This blog uses affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy. I am so lucky, because I get to travel to China every morning for my job as an online ESL teacher. It is so much fun to learn more about the culture of China through my students as I […]

The Best Children’s Books About School This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy. It’s that time of year–Time for school to start back! Once the new school supplies start appearing on store shelves, it really feels like fall. We are experiencing many changes this year as we transition from homeschool to college […]

The Best America Books for Kids In our homeschool, we seek out real life and hands on experiences for learning as often as possible. Our boys had a wonderful opportunity to meet a World War II veteran who is also a prolific artist, and we were honored to spend some time with him and learn more […]