Thanksgiving is just around the corner, and one of the easiest ways to incorporate the holiday into your homeschool schedule is through reading. Here are some ideas for your book basket this month: The Thanksgiving Story by Alice Dalgliesh is a book we've read before and will be reading again as part of our My Father's World Curriculum this year. My 2nd Grader has started ...
Books
Cookie Monster Poke Cake & a Cookbook Review
It's Halloween this week, and I've got a frightfully good recipe for you today! I received a review copy of The Poke Cake Cookbook by Jamie Sherman, and while there are so many delicious-looking recipes I'd love to try (75 to be exact), I let my kids decide which one to bake first. Their answer was no surprise. They chose the perfect cake for October (or ...
Reading Opens Worlds
You may not know it now when reading often feels like work, but reading a book can transport you to another world, immerse you in another culture and broaden your horizons. It's like traveling in an armchair. From the first words of some books, I am gone 'til some tiny hand pulls me back. "It is a truth universally acknowledged…" "There was a boy called Eustace Clarence ...
Review: Mom Made Us Write This in the Summer
I received this book just before Christmas and had hoped to have a review for you long before now. Better late than never, I hope. When the book arrived, it disappeared…which is a good sign because I found my daughter reading it nonstop over the next few days. She loved it from the first page. Mom Made Us Write This in the Summer is the summer journal of twins Maggie and Max ...