Kids Books & Reading
Spring reading at the Library
March 26, 2010
Without a doubt, spring in New England is a fickle thing. Last week was sunshine and squishy mud between the toes. Early this week was grey skies and sleet; rain and snow falling on daffodil buds. Today the temperature hovers at freezing and the blustery wind flaps the towels on ...
Great outdoor education books
March 10, 2010
You'll find my monthly post published today at Simple Homeschool. I've written about two things we enjoy very much; reading and the outdoors. The combination of these is a post titled, Great Books for an Outdoors Education. Reading is something that inspires us to get outdoors more; to experience this ...
welcoming winter ~ a recommended reading list
December 10, 2009
Last weekend it was a light skiff. Then yesterday it was a big dump of the white stuff; and so although winter's official arrival date is over a week away I consider old man winter to have arrived with this snow. Welcome winter camping, snow forts, snowshoeing and mad river ...
A bare-bones homeschool library and reluctant readers
August 28, 2009
A homeschool library Earlier this summer I was asked the following: Since you keep your at home book collection small, I'd love to hear about which books you do think are worth owning vs. borrowing. People will disagree with me on this but I don't think it's worth owning much, ...
Reading with my boy
June 4, 2009
His sisters were downstairs in the living room. One asleep, taking an unexpected afternoon nap on the couch. The other cruising her way through a chapter book, thoroughly engrossed. But he and I were snuggled together on my bed. Reading about snakes, weasels and stone wall dragons. I love this ...
The Boy Who Drew Birds and everything else
May 29, 2009
I have one of those boys. A child who draws morning, noon and night - at home or while camping! He wakes up and draws and is often drawing when we tell him it truly is "time to turn out the light". Maybe it was for that reason that we ...
Pond study
April 14, 2009
These photos are almost 2 weeks old now, hence the snow in the background. At the time I wanted to write a little "pond study" post to go along with them but then thought how fun it would be to collaborate with Mariah at Playful Learning. Her educational blog posts ...
