Any other tea drinkers out there? Winter weather, even here in the Arizona desert, has a way of bringing out the teapots. In this B.O.Y. heavy house, I try every once in a while to help civilize them. My husband just rolls his eyes. I look at it as a way to not only prepare them for marriage […]
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Seven Benefits of Reading Aloud!
With summer here and summer reading programs starting up in full force soon, we get frequent reminders to read to our children. Reading together is such an intimate activity that we get to do with our children. But I’m a WHY person and sometimes it is good to have a reminder of WHY it is […]
Mesmerizing Pilgrim Reading
Today we parked out in the front room, eating, drawing and listening… All eyes were glued on me and the computer screen -captivated, except for the periodic cries for ‘one more chapter’. I’m not a fan of reading books off of my computer. In fact, this is a first for us. But it is just […]
Hello Reading, Goodbye Ice Cream
We’ve been doing a whole lot of this… It is nice not being the only reader around here… This has been a month of reading lots and lots of books! Our little Greta has been having a rough couple of weeks. But sometimes, she will conk out and we sneak in some Bible memory work […]
Christmas Reading
Last year we did a Christmas countdown by having books for them to unwrap each night leading up to Christmas. This year, they have been clamoring to do it again, so we are doing a countdown until we leave to visit Mima and Pa on the 22nd. In order to break things up a bit, […]
Our Learning Adventure Plan: 5th, 3rd, 1st
Another year and I can’t help but think of it in an Anne of Green Gables kind of way… We have a fresh start. After a month and a half off, we dove back into our regular learning routine. For some reason our new starts aren’t really ever easy, but I get excited each and […]