Weekend homeschool links

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It doesn’t get any better than coloring a classic side by side with my girl!

Weekend homeschool links:

• That’s not a teachable moment
• Children should learn through play until age 8
• Sweet photo series reveals what’s in preschoolers’ pockets
• Heidi Scovel: Raising a Reading Family (a podcast!)
• Reader Spotlight: A Waldorf-inspired day with one teen
• To share with the kids: Turning a brick of melted crayons on the lathe

What we’re reading this week:

• Jamie – Age 40:

– A Tangled Web
– The Yada Yada Prayer Group
– Rickshaw Girl

• Trishna, Jonathan, Elijah – Ages 12, 11 & 10:

– Pearl Harbor
– The Unfinished Angel
– The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady, 1912

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“What we want to see is the child in pursuit of knowledge, not knowledge in pursuit of the child.” ~ George Bernard Shaw