Whew. I’m coming up for air. It has been a crazy couple of weeks as we’ve been settling into a new routine. Our math books finally arrived and everything is in place to get back going 100%. July and early August are usually more carefree days – full of free play, reading good books and […]
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Oma’s Book Club
In continuing our discussion of books and reading, today I have a guest post from my mother, affectionately called “Oma” by her grands. She is a gifted teacher. Literature and discussing great books is one of her favorite things to do. I feel so blessed that she is passing that love on to her grandchildren! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ […]
The Wonder of Wordless Books!
Books, books, books. We love to read them and it is always fun to explore different genre’s. When I talked about 7 benefits of reading aloud to our kids, I mentioned the benefit of exposing our kids to a variety of literature genre’s. A favorite genre of children’s books in our home are wordless books. […]
How to Cultivate Read-Aloud Time
So you want to read aloud to your kids more… You understand how important that can be… Where, oh where do you start with growing those precious times of reading aloud to your kids? Here are 6 ways to cultivate your read-aloud times!
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 […]
Sweet Rewards of Reading…
Simply journeying deep into our imaginations as we get caught up in a story certainly is rewarding in and of itself. But sometimes it’s fun to add a sweet surprise at the end! 🙂 A few months ago, we read and fell in love with Homer Price! His quirky antics captivated the boys and I found that […]