This post contains affiliate links. Jamie Martin, editor of Simple Homeschool, also blogs about motherhood at Steady Mom The love of good books flows steadily through my bloodstream--always has. I have to admit, though, that I tend to stick to the tried-and-true classics, titles that have …
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5 tips for reading middle grade novels with your kids
Written by contributor Sarah Mackenzie of Amongst Lovely Things When my oldest children were small, I couldn’t wait until we could read middle grade novels together. I enjoyed reading picture books with them, of course, but it had been Beverly Cleary and Roald Dahl who had sparked my own …
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Confessions of a non-classical reader
The following is a guest post by Laura Thomas of This Eternal Moment. If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking. –Haruki Murakami I have a confession to make -- I did not grow up reading classical literature. While I have …
Our top 25 read-alouds (ages 5-12)
Written by contributor Sarah Small of SmallWorld at Home We started reading to our firstborn the day we brought him home. We didn’t start with Pat the Bunny or Goodnight Moon, although those both played an important part in our story time with all our children. We started with a college textbook, …
How to deal with twaddle in your homeschool
Written by Jamie Martin, editor of Simple Homeschool and blogger at Steady Mom When we begin our homeschooling journey, we so desperately want to do things "right." We want to use the right materials, books, curricula, and get the "right" results from our little ones. It was with these …