Fall is a time for things like changing leaves, apple picking, corn mazes and pumpkins. As the seasons change it is so much fun to see the clothes in the department stores change, the holiday section at Wal-Mart transformed and the featured books at the library change. While not everyone celebrates Halloween, most people can […]
Historical fiction is a weakness of mine. I LOVE to read and my favorite way to delve into history is through a good story. Recently I have been using this fact to engage my children more in different historical time periods. That being said, I am of course compiling my thoughts and resources together to […]
This is the fourth and final part of my four part series called High School Literature List. My hope is that these lists will give you a place to start from. They are by all means not all inclusive but will give your teen a good literature base. Popular or Contemporary Literature Suggestions While popular […]
This is the third of my four part series called High School Literature List. This section covers some of the most famous poets you might want to read about and read some of their poetry. As with all these literature selections it is not necessary to cover them all, but to try and include a […]
This is the second section of my High School Literature List series. In the first one I covered American Literature. This one will cover World, including British literature choices for high school and beyond. Please keep in mind that these are just suggestions and I have not even read all of these myself. When choosing […]
While preparing to enter high school and considering the thought of moving on to college, there is often a question of what books to read. What American literature, poetry, World or British literature should you have read? While there is no set answer to this question, I have compiled an extensive High School Literature List […]
We have young athletes in our house. While they may never be Olympic hopefuls or NFL stars, they strive for greatness in their own ways. I love it when they can see role models not only in the sports they participate in, but in other sports as well, living healthy, positive lives. Here are 3 […]
Franklin the Turtle books, and the show were a favorite in our house. Franklin and his friends played together and faced problems like our kids might face and they always related to him and enjoyed reading about him. During the elementary ages we do a lot of reading together. Since all of my children […]
Creating a reading log can be an important part of the paperwork you keep for your homeschool student. While there are many variations of paper reading logs, you can also create an extensive reading log for each of your children using Homeschool Tracker. In my first Homeschool Tracker How To Video I discussed how we […]
Saint Patrick is the patron saint and national apostle of Ireland. St Patrick is credited with bringing Christianity to Ireland. Saint Patrick’s Day was made an official Christian feast day in the early seventeenth century. The day commemorates Saint Patrick and the arrival of Christianity in Ireland, as well as celebrates the heritage and culture of the Irish in general. Here is a collection […]
When I sat down to create a list of books for Valentine’s Day for this year, I was reminded of all the characters my children have loved throughout the years. Our kids become fixated with a character, their theme song, show, toys, and more. We buy Valentine’s Day cards with characters on them, and candy […]
My blog began in 2009. My husband had talked about setting up a blog for me but I wasn’t interested and could not fathom how I would do that or what it would even look like! What exactly is a blog anyways? I decided to look it up and came up with blurbs like, “a […]