Reading is a deep and abiding passion in my life. “Read early and read often” is pretty much my life’s motto. So teaching my children to love reading has always been very high on my list of homeschooling priorities. Thankfully Read More
I just love when my kids get absorbed in books I love, and right now it’s happening all over the place! Riddle-master: The Complete Trilogy is a simply brilliant fantasy series by Patricia McKillip. I read the first few chapters aloud Read More
Shamus Young, author of How I Learned, was labeled “learning disabled” back before that was a trendy thing. He was sent to special ed classes and heavily medicated for much of his childhood. On his own time, he discovered an Read More
As in any homeschooling home, many things are being read most of the time. Here’s a recent run-down: Reading for a 9-year-old girl Mica (who is 9 and 3/4, which seems oddly appropriate to note in a post about books ) Read More
I keep meaning to do a 2012 wrap-up … I guess I really ought to get to it before January runs out, eh? Here are my top posts from 2012. It may be ten … or it may not! We’ll Read More
– I have four children who have always been homeschooled. They learned to read in four very different ways, though there are some important similarities too (all four have me for a mother, after all). This is the fourth in Read More
– I have four children who have always been homeschooled. They learned to read in four very different ways, though there are some important similarities too (all four have me for a mother, after all). This is the third in Read More
I’m planning a series of posts telling how each of my four children learned to read. Obviously, I don’t have time to tackle that project until after Christmas, but here’s a little teaser in the form of what they’re reading Read More