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THIS is the Most Important Part of Your Homeschool Day | Caitlin Fitzpatrick Curley, Simple Homeschool

THIS is the most important part of your homeschool day

September 1, 2020 //  by Cait Curley//  4 Comments

Written by Caitlin Fitzpatrick Curley Did you know that reading aloud is the most important part of your entire homeschool day? It's true! It almost seems too simple, doesn't it? But reading aloud is one of the best things we can do for our children's future academic success. Would you …

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Category: curriculumTag: back to school, literature, read aloud, reading, reading aloud, routines

Literature and Learning Differences: The Power of Story

October 4, 2018 //  by Shawna Wingert//  8 Comments

Written by Shawna Wingert of Not the Former Things For years, I have felt like a read aloud failure. I love books. I worked in the library all through college, and spend far too much money buying books on Amazon because they will deliver them to my door in just two days time. My boys, however, …

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Category: a mom's educationTag: literature

How to read aloud every day

How to read aloud every day

April 8, 2015 //  by Sarah Mackenzie//  20 Comments

How to Read Aloud Every Day ~ Written by Sarah Mackenzie of Amongst Lovely Things. I'm convinced that the minutes and hours I spend reading to my children are the best invested moments of my entire life. With six kids underfoot to love on and teach, I fight a constant feeling that I’m not …

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Category: family timeTag: literature

10 new “must-read” nonfiction picture books

March 23, 2015 //  by Jamie C. Martin//  42 Comments

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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Category: curriculumTag: literature

5 tips for reading middle grade novels with your kids

November 12, 2014 //  by Sarah Mackenzie//  46 Comments

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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