Most parents who read aloud to their children know this picture. I’m not sure why, but running and flipping onto the couch as soon as it’s time to “cuddle up” for a story is an unbreakable routine. Actually, cuddling rarely happens. Reading aloud is mostly made up of just heads and legs in odd and […]
In the last post I wrote about the joys of Jolabokaflod. This time I’m writing about the joys of my new “book meetings” with Ray as we kick off her 3rd Grade year. She is making the transition in school from learning to read to reading to learn, and so she has many books to […]
Homeschooling has had its fair share of challenges over the years, there’s no doubt about it. But as we end 2020 and look at starting a brand new school year on Monday with ALL THREE girls (how… I don’t know), I can’t help but feel that we’ve been inordinately blessed by it all. We were […]
Last year we started learning about traditions around the world as anchors in our December month honing all focus towards Christmas Day. The girls particularly loved learning about why so many little girls wear white dresses and put candles on their heads on December 13th! We now know the ins and outs and even some […]
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