Great Books for Homeschoolers (Part 1)

I have wanted to share this list for AGES!

These books aren’t new—thousands of homeschoolers are probably using them already—but if you haven’t seen them yet, check your local library for access to these phenomenal resources. We’ve been thrilled to borrow dozens of them as needed for our curriculum.

Without further ado, here are some [click headline to read more…]

Children’s Book Week

Save 25% off 4 or more used children’s books now through May 8 at Better World Books. What’s not to like about that?!

No, I’m not a registered affiliate, and I don’t get a kickback. I just love what they do. Not only has Better World Books raised more than $9.5 million dollars for literacy [click headline to read more…]

Free, Family-Friendly Learning Online

Two weeks ago the National Center for Family Literacy (NCFL), one of Better World Books’ top five literacy partners, launched a free “online front porch to bring family literacy into every home.” According to their press release, NCFL’s Wonderopolis™ provides family-friendly content that is practical, easy to use and designed to engage children’s natural [click headline to read more…]

Helping Other Children

“We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean, but the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.” – Mother Teresa

One of the goals of this blog is to help parents and caregivers enrich their own lives and those of their children through [click headline to read more…]