Chloe is reading and we are discussing Wakefield by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Nathaniel Hawthorne, (1804-1864), ranks among America’s major authors. Between about 1825 and 1850, he developed his talent by writing short fiction and the novel Fanshawe (1828). Then he gained international fame for his novel The Scarlett Letter (1850). Here is an extensive list of his works. […]
When given the opportunity to review Reading Kingdom for use with my 5 year old beginning reader Ava, I was so excited. I have two older children at home and was looking for something not only to occupy my daughter for a short time, but something that was going to be educational as well. I […]
Being a homeschool parent who loves Susan Wise Bauer’s, The Well Trained Mind A Guide to a Classical Education at Home, I decided it was time to give Jessie Wise’s First Language Lessons curriculum a try. First Language Lessons Even though Chloe was in 6th grade last year, I was unsure how well of a […]
Have fun creating a Thanksgiving Acrostic Poems with the FREE Printables provided here! Thanksgiving Acrostic Poems This year I really wanted to do something special with them. We have tried acrostic poems before with little success but I went for it again with Thanksgiving. It turns out that they were better equipped to write one […]
.First Language Lesson for the Well-Trained Mind ~ Level 3 . This year I was lucky enough to obtain First Language Lessons for the Well-Trained Mind, Levels 3 & 4 at a fantastic price. So I bought them to give it a try! I guess I should not be surprised by how much I LOVE […]
Now that the kids are getting older I wanted to expose them to some Shakespeare. I remember very little from my high school years about Shakespeare and I did not have a great understanding or love of it then, nor do I now. My hope is that by exposing them to the stories at an […]