“Little Lord Fauntleroy” by Frances Hodgsonn Burnett is the story about a little boy living with his poor, widowed mother, who finds out that he is an English lord (via his deceased father) and eventual heir to a fortune. He moves to England with his mother to live with his granddfather. His mother, an American […]
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Re-reading “Maria,” the autobiography of Maria Von Trapp of “Sound of Music” fame, I enjoyed her description of the time she was answering questions after speaking at a university. A philosophy student said, “Mrs. von Trapp, you come from a large family don’t you? You must have had a very happy childhood.” Maria hated to
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Here are some advantages of educating your child at home: You love your child more than any other teacher, which counts for a lot. Your child is more significant to you than he/she would be to anyone else. Therefore you will take more interest in their learning. The teacher-student ratio is ideal – whether it’s
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“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!”
