“Maria” by Maria von Trapp is the autobiography of the woman many of us know from “The Sound of Music.” This book takes us from before her birth until fifteen years after her earlier book “the Story of the Trapp Family Singers” which, as the title suggests, is focused on the whole family. Getting to […]
If you can read, you can homeschool your children. Therefore, I know if you are reading this, you can homeschool your children. Logic. If you can read, then even if you don’t know much about a subject, you can learn along with your child. Curriculum comes with a teacher’s guide that can lead you step
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Reviewing children’s picture books always makes me think. The books tend to be colourful and have good rhymes or at least a pleasing rhythm and often a story that is delightful, but simple. And yet, I am noticing that if I pause for even a few moments, there is often a profound message. That’s what
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“Old Hat New Hat” by Stan and Jan Berenstein is a cute picture book with appealing rhymes. A bear goes into a hat shop to buy a new hat, and after trying on many hats, decides he prefers his own. A simple, but fun story for young children, and a good reminder to us all
Celebrate: to acknowledge (a significant or happy day or event) with a social gathering or enjoyable activity. One way to add joy to the education of your children is to be intentional about celebrating. Celebrating is educational. Educational and fun! A great combination. You can turn absolutely anything into a celebration, but to keep celebrations
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I identify as an optimist, who has tended to see the glass not just half full, but mostly full! However, the last few years have seen not only myself, but other extreme optimists, disheartened by events unfolding in our country and in the world. The other day, however, I was reading a children’s picture book
“Jamberry” by Bruce Degan, with its joyous pictures, pleasing rhythm, and celebration of berries, is the perfect book for the summer season (or to cheer us up in winter.) It is the favourite of so many young children who will not tire of your reading it “again!”
There are many different places in the Bible where Jesus says a similar thing – it’s something we all know pretty instinctively: “For no good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit, for each tree is known by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered from thornbushes, nor
“The Chosen” by Chaim Potok, was a best-seller when it came out. It is about the relationship between two fifteen year old boys fromtwo different Jewish traditions They begin as adversries, but that changes as they get to know each other and become close friends. Fifteen year olds to adults will enjoy this well-written book, that shows
While I was walking recently in my favourite park by the river, I noticed some workers putting a few fake coyotes by the pond where many geese hang out. The goal is to scare the geese away, as they make a mess pooping all over the walks. The next day I noticed that the decoys
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