Here are a couple of great books to add to your My Body activities! My Body, Your Body is a fun book that will involve your kiddo with simple commands and fun facts. Using the book your child will explore their body’s defining characteristics. You’ll look in a mirror for your eye color, stick out […]
Back To School Books!
Okay, so apparently we are holding on to summer for one last week in our house. Is it really Thursday?? Sorry about not posting this YESTERDAY! Oh, well… This week we are planning a unit that will help us kick off our school year right! We are going to be talking all about school, and […]
5 Fun Children’s Books that Teach the Value of Friendship
In our family, we’re big fans of children’s books. It’s not unusual for us to have 20 or more picture books on loan from the library to go along with our own growing collection of titles. Picture books are great for sparking a child’s imagination, but they are also useful for reinforcing ideas and values […]
Read Alouds For Elementary Boys
Summers are for cookouts, vacations, baseball, swimming…and reading. That’s right, reading. This summer we devoted time every night to reading with Lil’Man. Well, his daddy did and this was his first attempt at regularly reading fiction with him. So I wanted to choose books I knew would be worth their while. (My husband admittedly is […]
Time For Kids {Review}
Our summer reading continues. Kevin and Lil’ Man have finished reading Sir Balin the Ill Fated and Floors together over the course of several summer evenings. They’ve enjoyed experiencing these stories together. We threw The Boxcar Children Beginning in the travel bag before our out-of-town vacation last week. Wouldn’t you know it Lil’Man read the […]
Summer Read Alouds 2014
My son is a big fan of reading. He especially loves having his Daddy read to him before bed. So, this summer we are using Sonlight’s summer suggestions for elementary aged boys. We actually purchased them through Amazon. Here’s a short synopsis for each. A Tale of Gold GOLD! GOLD! scream the headlines in July […]
Chpt 5 Educating the WholeHearted Child
This chapter was full of ideas and suggestions for “strengthening your kiddo’s mind to learn for God.” As a former certified educator, I loved the “new to me” view on learning. This book has definitely kept me thinking twice about the how and why of educating my kids. The main chucks of this chapter were […]
Educating the Wholehearted Child Book Study
Have you ever purchased a book and then completely forgot to read it? I have. {affiliated links below} After attending the Teach Then Diligently Convention I am determined to finally finish Educating the Wholehearted Child by Clay and Sally Clarkson. And this summer is just the time to do it. It will be the perfect […]
Easter Books
Easter is just around the corner! We are in the process of creating some fun kindergarten extension themed printables to go with our preschool pack, but to get you started we found some books that are perfect for the Easter season. Amazon.com Widgets If you have any Easter book suggestions that aren’t listed, please leave […]
Favorite Christmas Books
My son loves to read and I’m a sucker for picture books! Listed below are some of our favorite Christmas books. We own a few, but most of them we just check out from the library. Stories about Jesus The Animals’ Christmas Eve is an oldie, but goodie. It was originally written in 1977, but […]