Weekend homeschool links

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Enjoy this week’s homeschool links:

• How to teach a foreign language when you don’t speak it :: From contributor Kris Bales of Weird Unsocialized Homeschoolers
• Let the kids learn through play :: The New York Times
• Why we walk :: Simple Kids
• The MMD printable reading journal :: Modern Mrs. Darcy
• 5 steps to a fabulous summer plan :: Ed Snapshots

My recommendations this week:

I’ve steered clear of the novel Old Yeller for years, mainly because the movie made me so sad as a kid. But this week I picked it up to read to my boys, and we made it through half the book in one day!

So many good lessons here about becoming a man & embracing your responsibilities. I recommend for ages 9 and up, and make sure you read aloud so you can discuss as you go along.

I first discovered the Mitford series 14 years ago when my dad was dying from pancreatic cancer and I begged a bookstore worker for a purposeful, but not disturbing read as a distraction in my free time.

I read them all and now I’m happy to find myself visiting again with this new title!

After the tragedy happened here in Newtown, our lovely little library began giving away copies of Heaven is for Real (the kids’ version).

My children were completely drawn to it, and it has led to many deep discussions for us as a family. I’d recommend it for ages 7 and up.

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“I began my studies with eagerness. Before me I saw a new world opening in beauty and light, and I felt within me the capacity to know all things.”
~ Helen Keller