Welcome to the eighth day of 10 Days of The How To’s For Book Clubs. Today’s list was created with girls in mind. Now before you start to jump about labeling genders, I didn’t create this thinking that boys wouldn’t enjoy these books too, but these books either have female main characters or seem like […]
Welcome to the seventh day of 10 Days of The How To’s For Book Clubs. Today I have compiled a list of books that may appeal to our boys. Now please don’t jump on me about the gender thing. I am very aware that these may not appeal to some boys, but may appeal to […]
Welcome to the sixth day of 10 Days of The How To’s For Book Clubs. This is a list of elementary aged books that we have loved throughout our years with our children. With our book clubs we have had reading abilities that varied greatly. In the younger years some of the children cannot read […]
Welcome to the fifth day of 10 Days of The How To’s For Book Clubs. Today I am happy to share a guest post with you from Elaine Wynn about some books that can really transport our kids into new, imaginative places! I imagine you’ve seen plenty of lists packed to the brim with amazing […]
Welcome to the fourth day of 10 Days of The How To’s For Book Clubs. Today we are going to be talking about hosting a parent/child book club. It has been six years now since my oldest and I started participating in a mother/daughter book club together. The notice went out via an e-mail loop, […]
Welcome to the third day of 10 Days of The How To’s For Book Clubs. Today we are talking about finding a book club that suits you. Or if you can’t find one that works, then we will talk about how to start a book club of your own! Having been an avid reader all […]
Welcome to the second day of 10 Days of The How To’s of Book Clubs. Today we are going to talk about the types of book clubs. Over the years I have been involved in a multitude of book clubs. I think you might be surprised at what you can find or create if you […]
Over the next 10 days I will be covering everything you ever wanted to know about book clubs. From the types of book clubs, how to run one, even book lists and activity suggestions to get you started! The How To’s for Book Clubs Day One: Overview/Landing Page Day Two: Types of Books Clubs Day […]
As homeschoolers we are often afforded the opportunity to be out and about more than those in a traditional school setting. Given that we have more flexibility to be out, that often means we have been to many different places in our local area. This is Part I of a series on Field Trips in […]
FALL is here! Fall is here! While summer is my favorite season, fall takes a close second! The changing colors, pumpkins, fresh donuts and cider, apple picking, hay rides, & more make fall a fun time of year here in New York. This is the time to put on long sleeves, some good sneakers and […]
Everyone’s homeschool looks different. Every parent and child has different needs. What works for you may not work for me. That being said, we all are just a little curious about what people are using and loving in their homeschools! When I sat down to think about what are the “must have” items for us, […]
I have always been an organizer, a list maker, a type-A high stress need to get things done and checked off kind of person. This desire was no different when it came to beginning homeschooling my first in 2006. I love the smell of new books, the feel of new notebooks, and pencils, and the […]
