Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message
Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message includes activities surrounding this Iroquois message of peace and thanksgiving. Crafts, vocab, and more!
Reading/Books
Book Review: TEACH by Dennis Dinoia – Creating Independently Responsible Learners
TEACH by Dennis Denoia is a practical guide for helping parents and teachers teach kids to become independently responsible learners.
The House in the Cerulean Sea Character Mapping – FREE Printable
The House in the Cerulean Sea Character Mapping includes a summary, character lists, and free printable character mapping pages for use with the book. A freebie from Starts At Eight.
Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax Resources & Printables
This is a collection of Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax resources and printables. Including printables, games, unit studies, a fun app and more!
The Giver ~ Book Discussion & Colorless Activity
The Giver is a wonderful middle and high school level novel that invokes tons of in-depth discussion and raises thought provoking questions about a life without memories, feelings or pain, a life of sameness and predictability and how that might be better or worse than the life we live. The Giver Book Discussion and Color […]
Teaching Seasons and Months Using A Busy Year
Teaching Seasons and Months Using A Busy Year is a collection of mostly FREE resources for teaching seasons and months based on this wonderful picture book.
Seasons of Parenting Books for the Ages & Stages
Parenting is a job that no on really prepares you for. There aren’t really classes or instruction manuals for parenting our children! There are however many parenting books that can help us along the way on our parenting journey. Seasons of Parenting Books for the Ages & Stages Throughout my many years of parenting three […]
HUGE List of Easter Books for Kids
You are sure to find something for your children to delight in this Easter with this HUGE list of Easter Books for Kids. Whether you celebrate the resurrection of Jesus, or delight in that funny bunny the Easter Bunny (or maybe both) there are books for all! Through the years we have read so many […]
Top 10 Favorite Read Alouds
We have so many books that are on our love list here in this house, but not all of them would make for a great read aloud. So I will share some of our favorite read alouds that I think would fit in this read aloud category. Some (most) are for younger kids (picture books), […]
Super Shark Books! Fiction and Non-Fiction for Toddler to Teen
For kids young and old comes this collection of shark books. In lieu of the 30th Anniversary of Shark Week this year I am sharing a collection of both fiction and non-fiction books for kids from prepreaders through high school! A fascination with sharks started early in our house when my son fell in love […]
List of Summer Reading for Moms
I am an avid reader. Not only do I love to read, but I have worked to instill a love of reading in my children. I have participated in many books clubs over the years, both for myself and with my daughters. Even when I was in high school, summer was the time to read. […]
Middle School Summer Activities Inspired by Great YA Books
We are so close to the end of our homeschool year we can taste it! The sun shines more, the grass is getting greener, the temperature rises each day, and the buds are turning into blossoms! Visions of bike rides, camping, swimming, and s’mores dance in our heads! Even though our formal learning comes to […]