What to Read Wednesday

It’s Almost Thanksgiving! This blog uses affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy. Thanksgiving is just around the corner, and we love to build up excitement for the holiday by reading turkey books to get us in the spirit. It seems like the Thanksgiving holiday gets pushed aside, because just as soon as the Halloween costumes […]

How we learn with children’s classics Sharing children’s classics with my kids is one of the true joys of homeschooling. Whether they read independently, we read aloud together, or they listen to an audio book, sharing a wonderful story is an enriching experience. We have built up a pretty impressive book list over our years of […]

Fun things to do when you go hiking We love to get outside and explore, and though we do more walking than hiking, we love to combine nature study and science with our forays into the wild. You don’t really even have to go farther than your own backyard to go on a nature hike. […]

Fun With Fingerprints This blog uses affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy. My son is a kid detective through and through. If we lose the tiniest thing at our house, he is invariably the one to find it. He is a big fan of Sherlock Holmes and loves to dress the part whenever he […]

The Best Kids’ Books About Whales Facts about whales: Certain varieties of whales are the largest animals on Earth. The biggest blue whale ever recorded was 30.5 meters long! Whales living in the wild have been known to live for up to 200 years–the oldest living mammals in the world. Whales are mammals that breathe […]

The Best Trumpet Books for Kids This blog uses affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy. Before it was ever used as an orchestra instrument, the trumpet was used for signals and military purposes, as far back as ancient Greece and Egypt. There is even a picture of a trumpet in King Tut’s tomb. Since music is […]

We love fall! From pumpkins and apples to colorful fall leaves, this season just makes us smile. After several long hot months, it is fun to take the school day outside as much as possible and take advantage of all the changes outdoors for some fall nature study and crafts. This blog uses affiliate links. […]

Ice Cream and a Good Book What could be better? My youngest child LOVES the Elephant & Piggie books by Mo Willems. In fact, these are the books that were the turning point for him to learn to read independently. Because he chose them on his own, and because he enjoys the characters and storyline […]